The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
Accuses Employers Amcng His
Opponents of Resorting
to Coercion.
a SIGN DOWN IN NASHVILLE.
"If Our Employees Don't Vote as
They Please Well Discharge
Them"

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. w. ]. Bryan
finished his Indiana campaign at Ham
mond this evening and reached Chicago
shortly before 10 o'clock tonight. Hi
stay here was short, for in thirty minutes
he was On board the Burlington train
bound for Burlington, Iowa, where he
speaks tomorrow.
Tho union station was iammed with
people tonight when the candidates train
arrived, but the crowd was not admitted
inside the iron fence and Mr. Bryan
escaped any Inconvenience from over
crowding. In response to cheers Mr..
Bryan showed himself for few minutes,
but did not speak. The candidate ap-
peared to be in the best of health.
A vast audience, numbering between
$4,000 and 20,000 greeted Mr.. Bryan at
Hammond. He arrived here just before
7 o'clock, and after supper was escorted to
the scene OF the meeting, big open lot.
He was greeted with tremendous enthusl-
asm. He spoke in part as follows:
understand tnat some employers-I do not
know whether they have done 1t here-have
tried to convince their employees that under
free coinage their pay would only be half as
much as what they now get. want TO call
your attention to one thing If under free
coinage your dollars will only buy half as
much thas means that your employers would
ger twice as much for what they produce
twice as many dollars--as they DO now ana II
your employers get twice as many dollars as
they do now then they can pay YOU twice as
many dollars for your wages as they DO now,
if they love you as we'll after election as they
seem to love you now, before election, when
they want your votes. IGreat applause and
laughter.1
But, my friends, instead of resorting to ar
gument, some of the employers have resorted
10 coercion. Applause and cries of That's
so!'l That is, they have attempted to make
their employ think they want them TO
think saw sign down in Nashville, Tenn,
and / wish you would remember this sign.
stretched over the door of store, containing
these words: ''If our employees don't vote as
they please we will discharge them" My
friends, that is the right kind OF sign 10
have. Instead of saying that II their empioyes
don't vote as the managers want them they
will discharge them, these employers ought to
put up the sign that they had IN tennessee.
Laughter and applause.
MY friends recognize that In this cam.
paign we have great influences against as. /
recognize that our opponents are able to col
lect enormous campaign funds. / recognize
that they are able TO carry great excursions to
their candidate. But l Hei1eye that when
come to the people themselves instead OF haV-
ing them sent to me / can present our cause
and appeal to the hearts OF the American peo-
pie. Applause and .cheering.l believe that
our cause is just, and that the people of this
country cannot be corrupted by large CAM
paign fund. Neither can they be intimtdated
by their employers. Our hope OF victory lies
not in q corruption fund, not In the employ
ment of force but in an honest appeal to the
unpurehased and unpurchasaDle voters OF the
United States. [Cheering.l
threaten TO take your privileges from you, but
remember that the iaboring men OF this
country have secured the Australian ballot
system and tyranny stands outside while the
voter goes inside. lApplause.l Ny friends
have not come 10 ask the vote of any man; 1
have not come to tell you how to cast tn at
vote; come simply to present our cause.
believe we are right. believe the policies for
which we stand mean peace and prosperity TO
the great masses of the people OF this country.
[Appiause.l And if you so believe ask you
TO record your vote with us. | beg you to
study this question and make your vote mean
exactly what you think your vote ought to
mean.
Mr.. Bryan made speeches at Upton,
NoblesvilIe and several other places en-
route from Indianapolis to Hammond.
At Logansport he addressed two meetings.
On the arrival OF his special train at the
latter place he was escorted by brass
bands and silver clubs to the residence of
Judge David D. Dykeman, where the can
didate, Governor Matthews, ]. G. Shank
lin, National Committeeman from Indi-
ana, John w. Tomlinson of Alabama and
the other mempers of the party were en-
tertained at luncheon. The first speech
took place at Riverside Park, where the
the stand from which Mr.. Bryan spoke a
delegation of old soldiers was gathered,
and the candidate referred to their pres
ence in his speech. The assemblage was
very enthusiastic. He spoke in part as
follows:
II gives me great pleasure to be permitted to
address the citizens of this place, and desire
to express my special thanks to those yeter-
ans of the war VINO have so kindly taken part
in the exercises to-day. l say appreciate the
attendance of these war veterans. The inter-
ests of the soldier will be safe in the hands of
those who are fighting as important a battle
to-day as they fought years ago. [Great cheer
ing.l For, my friends, 1t is as important TO a
nation that 1t shall not be subjected TO the die
tation of any foreign power as IL is that We
shall preserve ii as nation among ourselves.
In fact consider the Young men OF to-day
who are too young to have shown their
love of country upon the battlefield.
l consider them fortunate in having au OPP
portunity to prove not only their love OF coun.
try, but their love of mankind by beating of
this invader from abroad. The gold standard
is not an American idea. 1t was never ac-
cepted by our people; it was brought into this
country in the dark and without discussion
and has never in single campaign received
the support OF any party. lApplause.l
If you people believe that times are as good
as they could be, If you believe our present
financial system is good and ought to be con-
tin led. then, my friends, you ought to vote
the Republican ticket; but If you are dissatis-
fed with present conditions ii you are dissat-
lS0eQ Win our present 0naDClal system, you
believe 1T can be improved, you have got to
secure that Improvement from those who want
to change it, not from those who want to keep
1t as it is.
The Republican managers idea OF circula-
ton Is to circulate large amount of money
just before election in order to contract the
currency right after election-and the Repub-
lican manager claims that he is the advance
agent of prosperity. [Laughter.1
Ny friends. 1 am afraid the chairman of the
Republican National Committee is the fore
runner of the advance agent of that peculiar
form of prosperity that comes just before an
election to those who expect to make enough
now to run them until the next campaign.
IGreat cheering.l
The second speech was made from q
stand at the corner of Fifth and North
streets. People were massed in both
thoroughfares in its vicinity, and great
difficulty was experienced in getting Mr..
Bryan through At the conclusion OF the
speech Mr.. Bryan was escorted to his
train by cheering multitude, and att 20
left for Hammond. On his journey from
Logansport to Hammond Mr.. BRYAN
spoke at Crown Point.