The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-20

any other nation on earth. means the adj
vancement of the interests Of the people
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
rations what the flag shall mean.
II join in the request for three reasons.
first, because everything that he asks in
that letter we believe in. therefore, We
have as much right to display the flag on
that day as any Republican has, and we
believe that we have a good deal more
moral right to do 1t in this campaign. /
join in the letter for another reason. | do
not want them TO mark this advocates OF
free silver for slaughter on that day. j DO
not want the employers to go about over
your town and throughout the country aud
find who has a flag in his window and then
threaten to discharge any man who does
not say he is going TO vote the Republcan
ticket. My friends, if coercion is going to
be tempted, for heavens sake let 1T not
be attempted by using the great flag as a
means of pointing out the men to be threat
ened. II they want TO find out who snail
be slaughtered let them take some other
emblem than the Nations emblem under
which to do their nefarious work. There
is another reason why / join in that re-
quest. / want some flags to float on that
day which do not mean a government by
syndicates and for syndicates.
want some flags to float on that
day that d., not stand for the right of
a coal trust to send a representative to
every Sireside ard collect tribute from every
family in this land. / want some flags TO
float on that day that do not stand Tor TN,
liiiHo4l VI I'VE Win 90 baNS
jority of the people will decide a certain
way in this campaign, they do not know
whether they will submit to the decision
or not. / want some flags to float on thar
day which have behind them the honest
sentiment Of the American people. OF peo-
pie who attend to their own business ana
do not intend to be bought or bribed or
driven into support of foreign financial pol
icies. applause and cheerS.)
so, my friends, ! want to ask all ad-
vocates of silver to bring out the flag Or
that day. 1 want them to put it into then
homes and in their places OF business, anu
if need be, to carry it upon the streets ana
let our opponents know that we 40 nor IN
tend to surrender that ensign and emblem
into the hands of the enemies OF the peo-
pie of this country
Al Wapakoneta Mr.. Bryan worked off one
of his ready-made speeches on the people,.
and then started for Piqua. where he talked
to Popocrats who had bedecked themselves
with yellow badges marked Mi. Al TOY
nothing new was said, and at Dayton MI.
Bryan made no speech on his down trip;
There was a big crowd at Hamilton, me
place the Ex-Governor acted as master Of
ceremonies. and presented Mr.. BrSan Th hs
TIE matches Democratic. orator. Inc
orator made his usual speech.
When the train reached Dayton again
1t was ) o'clock, and a good crowd mad
mble In his speech Mr.. Bryan. among
other things. said.
But. last of all, the goid-bug fnancier
appeals to the soldier and asks him to sup
port the gold standard. The same finan-
ciers who are attempting to scare the sol
lar are the same financiers who made
TIER bonds payable in coin. while the
soldier was paid in Accent dollars. The
soldiers will remember that when they
passed through the war the fnancier was
not the friend of the soldier: | challenge
find a single instance where the money
changers have ever had any use for them
except to stand them up to be shot at while
they were making money, ] am not afraid
that the soldiers who risked their lives in
order 70 make this Nation one-I am not
afraid that these soldiers will. on account
of the scare that they bring in regard to
their pensions, surrender our government
into the hands of foreigners and make us
the province of a foreign nation.
Those who stand upon the Chicago plat
form are not Anarchists. There is not an
that can be made against BIZ
metal'ism which has not been answered
over. and over again. and yet, in spite of
has been met and repealed our opponents
are appealing to every class of people and
of the gold standard. One of the latest APP
peals has been made to the church socie-
ties. and letters have been sent from the
national Republican committee to the va
rious missionary societies"
There were short stops at Xenia and
jamestown. and good-sized crowds listened
to fiye-minute speeches from the nominee
at the latter place. While the crowd was
enthusiastic. there were quite a number of
crowd. Washington Courthouse was given
a ten-minute talk. Chiliicothe was granted
20 minutes, but the orator had nothing new
Circleville came in for a five-minute talk
fair-sized audience. There we're short adj
dresses at Lancaster and New Lexington.
BY this time a drizzling rain had set in
and the outdoor speeches were consequent
w attended with inconvenience to the can
didate. The train was two hours late and
GAINESVILLE was not reached until after IL 80
O'Clock. Here the nominee made o speech
of a half hours duration. The train bear
ing. the party left for Bellaire at los and
viii arrive at that place about Z O'Clock
Tomorrow. when the nominee makes the
first speech of the day.