The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-14

You have the right to consider and
act upon every question which arises,
and when you find a person who tells
you that the masses and the people are
not competent to settle the greatest
and most important question that con-
Germs our nation, you find a man who
does not understand the conditions of
our institutions. Applause.
Great questions are simple question.
Every political question is an economic
question and every great economic
question lis great moral question and
when you determine which Is right and
which is wrong; when you come to the
settlement of question where Justice
IS involved, 1t can be settled only by
the great common people of this nation
(Great applause and cries Of that's.
right."D
No question can ever be settled un-
I'll the people sit in judgment on 1t. The
politicians have tried to settle the
money question. The financiers have
tried to settle
THE MONEY QUESTION,
but 1t will not be settled until the
great producing masses Of the country
express their opinion. and from that
opinion there Is no appeal. (Applause.)
You have the right not only to hold an
election but to express your opinion on
the money question, and@you have the
same right, by your ballot, to protect
your own interests and watch over the
Weifare OF your families, that any other
person has in this broad land. And
more than that each man must look
aiter his own rights and protect his
own interests.
There Is no class Of persons in this
country into whose hands you can
trust the government, believing that
Iney VIII look out for everybody else.
Ihere Is too much of selfishness in us
all, and while we must each look out for.
ourselves, we must keep our eyes open
that others don't take care Of them
serves and ourselves too The money
question is not a complicated question
ana 1t Is presented in this campaign in
the simplest form 1t has ever taken
Defore the people. When this campaign
Is on, before the election arrives. there
VIII De just one great question in this
country and that is, is this nation great
enough to attend to its own business.
is TINS nation great enough to legislate
for It's own people? If so, then. the peo-
PIE VIII demand a financial policy based
upon the American interest and for the
caring of American rights, regardless
OF aid and consent Of any other nation
on the earth. (Applause.) If this nation
Is not great enough to attend to it's own
business, then to what nation can we
go with the expectation Of aid? Do
you know Of any nation that is stand
ing ready to help us, unless we helm
ourselves? If there Is any nation that
sets up the plea that 1t cannot take
care of its own people? 1t is left for
the United States to humbly bow be-
fore the foreign nations and beg them
TO 90 that for which this nation was
1nGTlfnfd6 n tab
OF the United States. (Applause.)
But 1 did not intend to make a
speech. | simply wanted to thank you.
TO come here and express my graft
tude to you and to those like Won who
have conferred upon me this distin-
gG1Shed honor. I appreciate the honor.
and appreciate the responsibility which
that honor imposes. Whether I shall
be elected or not depends not upon me.
but upon the people,
Here the time was up for the train to
leave and Mr.. Bryan was hustled off
through the crowd, which was 10th to
give away to him. Hundreds of peo-
pie shook him by the hand as he came
through the assembly and promised him
their support
At MattOon the crowd was almost as
large as that which assembled at Cham
pa1gn. The streets were blockaded with
vehicles and men and women. and all
the buildings in the vicinity were
DECORATED WITH FLAGS
in honor Of the passing of Mr.. BRYAN.
He was introduced to the crowd from
the rear platform Of the train by Hon.
Frank Splitter, as the next president
OF the United States. In addressing the
assemblage, Mr.. Bryan said:
We have hardly time to discuss the
questions which are the issue in this
great campaign. I have been taught
that a public servant was hired man,
chosen for a certain length of time to
do certain work and that those who
select him are the only ones to Judge
whether or not he is competent for the
place. You can't always tell whether
a man will make a good man or not.
by the way he looks, but we have a
good platform adopted at Chicago and
believe that any person who will hon
estly, faithfully and courageously car
ry out the provisions of that platform.
will make a good hired man for the
people of the United States. (Applause)
This is a campaign in which there
will be much of feeling, more feeling
than has ever been in any campaign in
which you or I have been engaged.
since the war. And the feeling arises
on two sides. You find those who be-
lieve that the financial policy we adj
and those who believe that the only
salvation to this country lies in the
immediate restoration Of free and IN
limited coinage of gold and silver at the
present ratio of 16 to 1 without the
consent Of any other nation on earth
Great applause)
81 believe In that platform. 1T ex-
presses that policy which Is necessary
to restore parity between money and
property. And in this campaign you
will find that those men who are
pecuniarily benefited in 1.-THE rise in the
value of dollar will favor that policy
that will raise the value of that dollar.
but that the poor people will not be In
favor of such a policy. When these
people tell you that they want good
money, you tell them that money NAV
be too good; Is may be so good that
you may pray for II and wish for it.
but you cannot get hold of it. Cap
plause) We want dollar that will be
just, and not dollar which will only
reward the men who own money"
HIS NATIVE HOME.
When the train pulled up to the depot
at Salem, there were people on hand
ready to welcome Mr. Bryan from All
over Marion county. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan were escorted to a carriage by
the committee and taken to the home
of Mr.. Bryan's sister, Mrs. James
Baird. Awaiting them at the house
were Mrs. Mary Vanantwerp, Mrs.
Davenport and Mrs. Zadock Jennings.
all relatives Of the honored guest and
his sisters, Misses Mamie and Mamie
Bryan 1t was not the wish of Mr..
Bryan to have a celebration here at
this time. But two short weeks ago
he was called here to attend t51e daath