Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-12
BRYAN AGAIN NOTIFIED.

Grand Demonstration ut lincoln In Hon
or of His Selection by the Silver Party.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. e.-The contin-
nous welcome Lincoln people and large
contingents from other parts of Ne
braska gave William J. Bryan on his
homecoming eliminated yesterday
evening in a grand demonstration in
honor of his formal notification of his
nomination for the presidency by the
national silver party Norris Hum
phrey presided at the meeting and in
troduced George A. Groot, of Ohio.
chairman of the notification commit
tee, who made the notification address
Mr.. Bryan was Immediately presented
and accepted the nomination of the
silver party in the following words:
Mr.. Groot, Chairman, and Other Members of
I beg to reply at this time without the formal
fty of a letter. The platform adopted by the
silver party contains but one plank and that
plank, the plank upon the silver question, is
identical in substance with the silver plank of
the Chicago platform.
AS have already discussed that plank at
length, it will not be necessary to enter into
any extended discussion at this time beg to
answer the committee that accept the nomi
nation rendered by them behalf o. the sill
yer party in the spirit in which the nomination
presented 1 appreciate the feeling
which animated those who assembled in that
convention. / can appreciate the hesitation
with which those assem- Dled there turned their
backs upon the party with which they had
been associated. 1 know something of the
strength of party ties. and because / was in a
position where L looked forward.to a possibility
of like action on my own part, can appreciate
the depth of the conviction that led them to
place the interests of their country above the
welfare of their party.
More than a year ago, when were engaged
in struggle to bring the democratic party to
an Endorsement of free coinage, the question
was put to me, whether. in case of failure. 1
| nOrf he darnn "a in mr. inan he
were gold standard adv ocate, running upon a
gold standard platform I never believed that
sucn action proba BILE in the democratic
party then but when those who questioned me
were not content with probabilities. and asked
again whether. in that event. 1 would support
the nominee, said, you will remember.
that under no circumstances would my vote be
given to a man who would, in the executive Of
fee. his influence to fasten the gold stand
| ard upon the American people
In 1891, February L. in Memorial hall, at
| Toledo O., the Lincoln day banquet. the
present candidate for president upon the re-
publican ticket used the words which I shall
now read you I have found those words
published in Toledo paper. and they have
| been published SO long without correction that
/ we may safely assume that they were correctly
| reported. If he hereafter denies the correct
| ness of this report, I shall hasten to do him
justice by retracting these words These are
words which he is said to have used:
| During all of Grover Cleveland'S years at
the head of the government he was diShonor-
ing one of our prescious metals, one of our own
great products, discrediting silver and enhan-
cling the price of gold He endeavored even be-
fore his Inauguration to ONCE to stop the coin
age of silver dollars. and afterward. and to the
end of his administration, perSiStently used
| his power to that end He was determined to
| contract the circulating medium and demone-
tie of the coins of commerce, limit the
volume of money among the people, make
money scarce and therefore dear. He would
| have increased the value of money and dimin-
ished the value of everything else, money the
master, everything else the servant
| Following these lines the republican conven-
| ton in 1892 declared at Minneapolis that the
American people from tradition and interest
were in favor of bimetallism. Have traditions
changed in four years? Have interests changed
| in four years? No, my friends, and yet forget
| ting the platform of 1885, forgetting the denun-
| citation uttered by this distinguished leader in
| 1884, forgetting the platform of 1892 the repub-
lican party in convention assembled declared
! that the American people must forego the adj
| vantageS of the bimetallic system, to which
tradition and interest endeared them, until
| foreign nations should bring those advantages
to them. 1t is not strange that men who had
| looked for bimetallism in the republican party
! should have given up hope and turned else
| where for relief The republicans cannot be
| criticised for leaving the republican party.
They have done what every American citizen
has a right to do.
| They have done better than our democratic
| advocates of the gold standard have done, be-
cause the republicans, when they left the
| party, Joined with those who had chance to
| succeed, while our democratic advocates of the
gold standard sought to secure the election OF
| republican candidates by nominating demo-
cratic candidate. To show you that the action
| of the republicans is defended by experience
and by example let me carry you back to the
period just preceding the war. If you will turn
| to a book recently published. entitled John
| Sherman's Recolections,' you find on page liz
| of the first volume a portion of a speech whic h
he delivered in congress in 1856 Let me read
| this extract:
Il am willing to stand by the compromises
of 1920 and 1850, but when our white brethren
of the south allow this administration to lead
them off from their principles when they
abandon the position which Henry Clay would
have taken, forget his name and achievements
and decline any longer to carry his banner
they lose all claims And 1 say nov
that until this wrong is righted. until Kansas
is admitted a free state cannot act il
party association with them"
There was the distinguished senator from
Ohio asserting to the people OF this country
upon the floor of congress that he was willing
to accept compromise after compromise bu
the time had at last come when he could q
with them no longer: that until certain thing:
were accomplished he could not act with them
The situation to-day is but repetition of his
tory.
The chairman of the notification COMMITTEES
has told you that we have to meet to-day