The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-22
INTIMIDATION
BEHIND MARK HANNA'S CIRCU.
LAR FOR FLAG DAY.
Mr.. Bryan Wants to Save American
Labor From Being Marked for
slsughter-Urges All silver Men
to Display the American Flag.

Mr.. Bryan wants to Save American
Labor From Being Marked for
s1sughter-Urges All silver Men
to Display the American Flag.
Lima, o., ootober sO.-(special.) MIR.
Bryan, in his speech here yesterday, called
attention to Mark Hanna's alleged owner
ship Of the American flag, and oallin,
on the people who favor "sound money
to display flags on October 81. Mr.
Bryan said:
Now, note what he says, that he want.
the flag displayed by all those who on the
8d of November intend TO vote for tn,
preservation of our nations honor. We
advocates of free silver believe that by
only having a financial policy made by
the American people for the American peo
pie can you support the honor of the United
States. He wants those to display the
flag who are for sound money. We who
believe in the money Of the constitution
are for sounder money than those who
want to change our currency into pounds.
shillings and pence. We who believe i'm a
basis for our financial transactions sufli
ciently broad for those transactions tC
rest upon, believe In sOunder financial
system than those who advocate a gold
standard and financial system based
upon gold alone when you cannot get the
gold to furnish your foundation. We not
only believe in sound money, but we tell
you what we mean by sound money and
do not play the hypoCritc by talking about
sound money and then refusing to ex.
plain what the term means. He wants
those who are going to vote for the ad.
VanCemCnt of our peoples interests and
general prosperity to display the flag.
My friends, we believe that free coinage
of silver, the opening of tn, miuts to the
free coinage of silver at 16 to + without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth, means the advance.
ment OF the interest of the people and of
general prosperity and therefore we can
Join with these men in displaying the
American flag and let it be known to the
country that we are standing by the flag
and that we are not asking foreign ma
tions what that flag shall mean. join in
the request for three reasons, first because
everything he asks in that letter we be-
lleye in, and therefore we have as much
right to display the flag on that day as
any Republican has, and we believe that
we have good deal more moral right to
do it in this campaign. 1 join in the let
ter Tor another reason. l do not want
them to mark the advocates of free silver
for slaughter on that day. l do not want
employees to go about over your town and
throughout the country and find out
who has a flag In his window and then
IuTtdJell 10 ulSCnuTBt any man VINO uOeS
not say he is going to vote the Republican
ticket.
My friends, If coercion is going to be at
tempted, for heavens sake let il not be at
tempted by using the flag as a means Of
pointing out the men to be threatened. II
they want to find out who shall be slaugh-
tered let them take some other emblem
than the nations emb em under which to
do their netariOuS W brk. There is an
other reason why join in that request.
/ want some flags TO float on that day
which do not mean government by syn
dicates and for syndicates. l want some
flags to float on that day that do not stand
for the right Of q coal trust to send rep
resentative to every freside and collect
from every family in this land. want
some flags to float on this day that do not
stand for the opinions of those who say
that If the majority Of the people will de-
eide certain way in this campaign they
do not know whether they will submit TO
the decision or not. want some flags to
float on that day which have behind them
the honest sentiment of the American
their own business and do not intend to
be bought or bribed or driven into sup.
port of foreign financial policies. Ap-
plause and cheers.
SO my friends, l want to ask all adVo-
Gates of silver to bring out the flag on
that day want them to put it into their
homes and in their places of business and
IL need be, to carry it upon the streets
and let our opponents know that we do
not intend to surrender that ensign and
emblem into the hands of the enemies Of
the people of this country. Great ap-
plause and cheering