The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-16
AT GRAND RAPIDS.
The Popocratfc Orator DenOunces Re-
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It was dark when Mr.. Bryan reached
Grand Rapids. After dinner he made a
speech in Campau square. then he talked
to ladies only" in the opera house. and
afterwards spoke in Lockerby Hall. In his
speech to women Mr.. Bryan said:
TT will be a few years ago
there was a great deal of talk about a char
acter-I do not know whether / ought TO call
1t a character or two characteristic it was
DR.. JeKy4l and MIR. hyde. You VII Ielntni-
Der that the same person appeared at diff
ferent times in different characters. One
time the man was a good man, benevolent.
kindly disposed, at another time the same
person was a mean man. a VI ain seeking
to take human life. My friends, we have
the character OF Jekyll and Hyde Illustrated
well when we come to discuss the silver
question, because we can cite you to a
number of men who have been potn Jekyh
and Hyde. We can cite you to a number
of men who have been kindly disposed and
interested in the public welfare at one
time, and at another time they have been
supporting a system that means more mis-
cry. according to Mr.. Carlisle. than all the
wars, pesti.ence and famines that ever oc-
Cured. / want to call your attention TO
two or three persons who have said one
thing at one time and another thing at an
other time on the question. Our opponents
have been able to bring into the campaign
all the movable guns; they nave enlisted
on their side and are sending out through
artillery. and one of the ablest speaker
they have sent out is Colonel Ingersol, who
brings to this money question ms great
ability as an orator. Mr.. Ingersoll is now
using his great weapon rid!cule. against
silver. Let me show you what he once SAID
on the other side of the question. and. my
friends. he will nave to talk a long while
before he can answer what ne mas salo on
our side. and / think it is fair for US 10
who have not been able to answer tneIn-
selves. Here is what he said In a speech
published in pamphlet form by G. ,. Bald
win, 14 Madison street, Cnlch.o.
For my part ! do not ask any inter
ference on the part of the government eX-
cept to undo the wrong it has done. ! DO
not ask that the money be made out or
nothing. do not ask for the prosperity
horn of paper, but I do ask for the remone-
tization of silver. Silver was demonetized
by fraud. 1t was an imposition upon every
debtor in the United States. It assassi.
mates labor. 1t was done In the interest or
ayarice and greed and should be urdone
nv honest men. The farmer should vote
only for such men as are abe and willing
TO guard and advance tile interests Oh Ia
MY friends. that is what he said when
he talked to the farmers some years age.
and what he said then Was true. 1t was
true then: it is true now. The silver OF this
Nation was excluded from the land by a
law that was never discussed by mankind.
No one will claim that the American peo-
pie ever demanded the demonetization OF
silver. and yet. my friends, that law passed
secretly and in the dark. has been on the
statute books ever since. We have modi-
fed it to some extent. but we have never
.sYou will notice that one of the most dis
tinguished journalists of this day, one of
the most eminent men in his profession, Mr..
Murat Halstead. is doing all he can to
maintain .he gold standard in this coun-
try. Let me read you what he said on the
24th OF October. 1877. / take this extract
from a letter of that date frots the New
York Journal of Saturday. Oct. TO-" Mr..
Bryan read the extract and made the point
that Mr.. Halstead had changed his Views.
Continuing. he said:
"Rut / will go to larger men. John g.
Carlisle who to-day stands as the repre-