The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-11
BRYAN's SECOND SPEECH.
He Devotes q Few Minutes to Cap
itaIIsts and Republican, Platform.

AT the meeting in the Avenue Theater
Mr. Bryan was introduced to the audience
by Joseph Holley, the chairman of the
Democratic county central committee as
the next President of the United States.
Mr. Bryan was received with great ap-
plause. and spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow-citi-
zens-I do not consider the enthusiasm
which has been manifested all along the
road as aught in it of personal nature, IT
simply proves that respect which people
feel for those who stand in positions of
authority, or stand before the people as
candidates for those positions. We are a
people who love government. who recognize
It's necessity and stand ready to defend it
at all times And no matter how much we
may differ with those who for the time be-
Ing may, under the forms of law, make,
decide or execute our laws we sustain
them in authority until we can change
them and make them to suit our purposes.
II shows the capacity of people for
self-government. 1t is the best evidence
that We are people who can be trusted
on large matters well as small, to do
those things which are necessary. i have
an abiding faith in the love of country and
In the honest purpose of the American peo-
Die 10 secure that which is best We differ
very much. we wrangle. we quarrel. We
present our views with all the ability and
all the vigor that we have, but yet when
IT is all done we bow to the will of the ma
yority- tApplause.)
We are entering upon a campaign which
viii exceed in interest and in intensity any
campaign through which we have passed.
i see before me the faces of young men
young men who. like myself, have grown
UP since the war. We have been fighting
those war questions and too often the Bit
terness OF a quarter of a century ago has
fingered to cloud our Judgment and to
darken our understan ding. But we have
reached new era. We have come upon
period when ali var questions settled
and when the people come face to face
with great Industrial problems. when peo-
pie come face to face with great econom-
must. IL 1t remains before the public long
be based upon economic truths and every
economic question is at last moral ques-
ton. question OF right or wrong. and no
question has ever been settled until 1t has
been settled upon the basis of what is
thing than when he said that the art of
government Is the art of being honest, and
that to discern right from wrong requires
not the help OF many counselors. He was
right. The great principles of right and
wrong are easily observed and that is why
every question that can arise in govern
ment like ours And when i find people
who say that this is a great question,
complicated question, as they say the
money question is. l find that they con-
cIude by saying that they have made a
study OF complicated questions. Q.aughter)
deep for the people. md some one who
says II is just about deep enough for him.
tAppluase and laughter) No question is
too deep for the American people (great
applause). and the seventy million of peo-
pie acting as a great jury must finally de-
eide, and they alone can decide every pub
lie question (ADDlausc)
A DRIVE AT CAPITALISTS
'T read the other day in little pamphlet
sent out by some OF the advocates of the
gold standard. who call themselves advo-
Gates OF sound money. and il contained this
paragraph. that all the fnanciers and cap
italists. the only people who are competent
10 express an opinion on the subject are in
favor of the gold standard Great applause
and laughter) IL first appeared In an ar
ticle in the Quorum written by a dstin-
guished Frenchman. and was then repro
duced and scattered over this country as
literature by the advocates of the gold
standard. and, therefore, We must suppose
that it expresses their ideas, that only cap
ttalists and nnanciers are competent 10 ex-
press an opinion upon this subject. And
they are not slow TO condemn the intelli-
people whom they would exclude from par
ticipating In the settlement of this ques-
ton tareat applause and laughter. a voice:
But they can't do it,
My friends. L believe that each man.
Whether he he high or low. rich or poor is
the best Judge OF the effect of any propo-
sition upon himself great applause). and he
alone has the right to say how his vote
shall be cast ana on which side his infiu-
ence shall be thrown. My friends IL Is the
principle OF the broadest Democracy that
these questions must be settled by the CON-
mon people and that this government has
never created particular class legis-
late for others Tremendous applause }
When i say that no man can accuse me OF
attempting to deny 10 the capitalist or the
hnancier the right 10 have his views and to
have his opinion and 20 express that opin-
ion; i simply deny 10 him the exclusive
right to think upon these subjects. l deny
20 n the right 10 act for anybody but
himself Great applause)
We stand upon the declaration contained
In that immortal document penned by the
greatest constructive statesman the world
has ever seen the Declaration OF Independ-
ence- (ApDlause-) We stand upon the
proposition therein laid down. and would
apply those propositions 10 every act OF
legislation as proposed. That declara ton
applause.) And | challenge you 10 search
the Constitution founded upon that dec.ara-
tion- Search IL II you Will. and point TO a
single sentence that gives TO any class of
society superior rights or privileges to any
other class OF society. Applause and
cheers.)
Now. my friends. we are not preaching
= new doctrines We arc not preaching a
new idea We are simply asserting that
the principles that underlie this govern
ment should apply TO new conditions as
they arise. and that you can find out what
ought TO be done by measuring every pro-
tanned I'm the Declaration OF Independence
and By the provisions OF the Constitution
which is based upon that declaration. That
r. all We ask We simply mean this: That
when We 20 10 legislate government shall
know no distinctions that there shall be
known by government no difference be-
eoeen men because OF birth. because OF