The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-09
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF AMY u0RTH CAROLINA DAILY

the servant? applause and cries of
"No.0 NV friends, we can support
our cause by appealing to Republican
testimony We can support every CON
tention we make by Quoting Republ-
can authorities and therefore, Republl-
cans who come to us in this campaign
do not change their convictions, they
simply change their party name when
their party has abandoned the position
they used to occupy and now demands
that YOU shall surrender the convic-
tions of a lifetime. Somebody may
feel like cheering for ex-President
Harrison. IF so, l will read what he
said. Ex-President Harrison sent a
message to Congress on the first of
December, 1890. You will remem
Der that in 1890 they passed what was
known as the Sherman law, which pro-
vided for the purchase of four million
ounces of silver each year. After the
passage of that bin, the price of silver
went up and as the price of silver went
up prices generally began to rise, and
on the first of December Mr.. Harrison,
then President, sent to Congress
message from which | read the follow
ing extract:
The enlargement of our currency
by the silver bullion undoubtedly gave
an upward tendency to trade and had
marked effect ON prices, but this
natural and decided effect of the silver
legislation was by many enormously
attributed to the tariff act
Mr.. Harrison said that the passage
of that silver bill undoubtedly gave
an upward tendency to trade and had
a marked effect on prices"
Won tell l1S that we fsanppf 1~aicea fhn
value of silver by law | point you to
that law which was not as broad as
the one which we propose. | point
you to limited use of silver, not an
unlimited one like we propose, and ac-
cording to the President it gave an up
ward tendency to the market and had
| a market effect on prices. And then
| he turned and rebuked those who
| had attributed this to the tariff act
and told them it was due not to tariff
| legislation but to silver legislation
| (Applause.)
| Here, my friends, is authority that
| silver legislation will do just what we
| claim it would do; more than that,
| Mr.. Harrison says that that was not
| only the natural effect but the desired
effect of such legislation. Now, they
tell us that they do not want prices to
rise for fear the laboring mans wages
would not go so far, and then they said
| it was desired effect.
| Since when, my friends, has this eff
| feet become undesirable? Since the
| money changers wrote a Republican
| platform that compels every Republi-
| can to silence the voice of his con-
| science? QApplause.) The arguments
which you hear to-day are arguments
men read TO support platform that in
your hearts, you Republicans of Iowa,
are ashamed to own. (Applause)
Later on, a voice asked: 'fHow about
| Grover?" and Mr.. Bryan said: 'SWe
| are not talking about him now. Since
our Republican friends came to the
| support of the Administration, we have
| not found it necessary to say anything
about it"
After the closing speech Mr.. Bryan
spoke from the carriage asking the
| people TO study the question of finance
| and TO make their silver speech on
election day.
| There were but few people at the
| depot at Burlington to see the nominee
| off, and those who were there were
| not demonstrative. between Burling-
ton and Cedar Rapids, three short
stops were made, these being at
| Columbus Junction, Nicholas and
| West Liberty, where the candidate
| gave short speeches on the same lines
| followed by him in his former plat
| form speeches.
/ Cedar Rapids was reached shortly
| after o'clock and the local commit
tee escorted Mr.. Bryan and his party
in carriages to the baseball park near
| the outskirts of the city where he ad-
dressed large crowd
At Bel1efontaine, some cheers for Nc
| Kinley were given by few of the large
crowd of farmers gathered about the
| train when that station was reached
The enthusiasm, however, was on his
side and the cheers for Mckinley serv-
ed as a stimulus to the admirers of the
Democratic nominee for further effort
in the cheering line.
Marshalltown was reached at 1880
and Mr. Bryan made two speeches
here, the first in large tent erected
in a public square in the center of the
city and the second in the. Odean
theatre. Big crowds greeted him at
both meetings and Ahe enthusiasm
was the most marked of the day.
THE LATEST BRYAN ESTIMATE.
Washington, Oct. 8.-Secretary Di-
| fenderfer, of the Silver party, to-day
| gave out an estimate on the election.
| He gives Bryan 282 electoral votes,
| Mckinley 107 and puts SO in the doubt
| full column, this last being made up
| of Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New
| Jersey, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
| He comedies New England, New York
| and Pennsylvania to Mckinley, and
claims for Bryan all except these