The Irish standard., 1896-09-05

SO ~ Il
vide. and conquer. Il Whenever there. has
been an effort upon the partof the la bor-
ing man to secure. any legislation needed,
where have they found their friends?
They have found their friends upon the
farm and not in Wall street. And now
they appeal to the laboring man to come
with the money changers and help them
defeat the farmer because he wants a
higher price for his product.
s eff man says that he is opposed to a
gold standard and Is. In favor Of bimetal-
lism, but says the foreign aid is neces-
sary to support this government, you tell
him that there were lots Of good citizens
who thought the same thing IN 1916, but
they have no monument; no monuments
have ever been erected by which to re-
member them. (Applause)
Under free coinage the dollar will be
the same size that It is now, the same
weight and will have the same fineness
It will be a legal tender better than it is
today, because while the silver dollar to-
day is a legal tender unless somebody
contracts it, the new silver dollar will be
of legal tender, no matter whether man
hereafter tries to demonetlze by law what
the government calls money. If man
saws that when you melt that silver dol
lar down it is worth but So cents, you
tell him it is because the law says that
if the dollar melts you cannot have it
coined again. bat must use it to make
SPOONS OUT u, OuI yOu AllSuu ny raw u
say he can take it to the mint and have
it restamped again, just as he can take
a gold dollar today and have it re-
stamped if it melts.' (Applause.
: On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Byran
enjoyed a day of ease after a week Of cam
the largest inland cities Of the state. in
two or three farming centers and many
short ones from car platforms. Two or
three and sometimes more long speeches
have been made by Mr.. Bryan each day,
and the intervals between have been spent
in travelling by train or carriage. Every
morning has seen him up at o'clock. and
not before / has he been able to secure
Sleep The week with him has been a
season Of unremitting turmoil, pushing
through crowds, riding after brass bands
with fireworks flying, or canno roaring IN
at hotel tables and car seats there have
always been a dozen people at his elbow
to shake hands, to try to talk politics or
tell him how the campaign must run.
He has even had to WELD fork with the
left hand while writing autographs with
the right. Despite this continuous strain,
Mr.. Bryan was looking almost as fresh
as week ago when he appeared in the
hotel dining room yesterday morning. His
voice has lost most of the huskiness
which at one stage Of the tour
threatened to bring it to an end. He and
NlFS. 6Fydu WENT 10 lie T LCoDy ISA
ian church, where they listened to ser
mon by Rev. G. M. Colv!lle in the morn
ing. Afterwards they dro-e to Lakewood,
on Lake Chautauqua, twelve miles from
here, where they were entertained by Nor
man T.. Mack, Of Buffalo. Wherever they
stirred curious groups gather about them
Today Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left New
York state, probably to return in OCTOBER,
when he will speak in Brooklyn and other
places. ..a. -
In the morning brief visit was made
to Cha utauqua, there will be speech at
Ripley, and then dash for Cleveland. o.,
where Mr.. Bryan will speak tomorrow
night. Being shown newspaper state.
ment that the owner of the largest hall
in Toledo who is Republican, refused
to rent the hall for a Democratic meet
ing, Mr.. Bryan said that he would tell
the Toledo Democrats that If the people
there want to hear him he will speak on
the prairie. Word has been received that
a plan is on foot to pack the hall in Cleve-
land with Republicans.