The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

ehey could continue to represent the Amer
icun M people. Among the men who called US.
anaIenlsts s.ts you find the ones who hinted at
p,l posSipie means by which the Will OF the people
oouiu oe defeated. / am proud that in our
IauAs we had men who loved this form of gov
.bn,, sbbnnisnl mat no matter what the people say
pSy py Iule, ana we bow to their supremacy
nut, my friends, bowling to a decision. accept
.ns ~ "itnout complaint the result OF an cleo
o,,r o,Vn uoes not mean that we shall surrender
ut S Sonvictlons or that in the future We shall
ngnt gt with less earnestness than We have
iousht IN the past You must remember that
i,,. an .ne history Of this Nation some party has
@ aimays peen defeated, and yet parties have
n9t gone out OF existence because of defeat.
:, remember thai the Democratic party has
= ~ p.a9 LOT many years without ever having won
afresloential election and it lived after it
won Presidential election and then failed TO
ses Tue PRESIDENT elected-because it is the
Sn,. SSprnIon 9i me Democrats of this Nation that
"a. uei ). illden was elected President, ana
ies tne people who supported him were will
ing m 10 abide by decision of tribunal insu-
1u.eu s ior tne purpose OF settling that dispute
say the Democratic party has lived through
defeat; the Republican party has lived through
ueisati All parties have lived through defeat,
II tney had anything to live for, and when our
epppibiIatSo teii US that this defeat means me
.l annlnilatlon OF those who believe in free sill
Ver. they take counsel of their hopes ins tead
~ S.elr thelr judgment [Great cheering.l l be-
1--WE tnat we have made great progress in this
oa.tnPalgn We have not made the progress
when we hoped to have made
We nave not achieved the results which we
capectea cai 10 achieve, but, my friends, the
cause OF himetallism was stronger the day
aiter election than it was at any day during
.ne cam mpalgn. want to say this-and your
,,.1e UDserVation Will bear out my remarks-that
we went into this fight disorganIZsd army;
we came out OF 1t fighting iorce that has
meyer nao superior in history. tApplause.]
wN VOW we have passed the stage OF argument
nnen you discuss public questions you pre-
sent your arguments to the people They ask
you why you believe in bimetailism or in the
gold standard. You tell them. You explain
10 tnem: You tell them what you believe
each policy Will do They say that is prophecy.
Ihey l.y may refuse 10 believe you, but when the
time lllne comes for acuon then the successful
party must put its policy into operation, and
when those policies are in operation then you
can Judge the effect which they produce.
II the Republican party can make this coun-
Wy prosperous under the gold standard it Will
nave TO reverse the laws OF nature and give
points to all the writers on political economy.
lApplause.l Ii the Republican party can
Drlng rosperity to this country by making
money dearer, 1t will do what never has been
gone Dy any other party in any other country.
but, my friends, see the arguments that expe-
tce tlehce mas TO disprove. The Republicans went
Deiore the iaboring men and told them that
low prices were great blessings because their
wages would go farther, and they went before
the farmer and told the farmer that agricul-
ture was depressed-and that simply means
prices were down-and that the gold standard
sno conndence-especially confidence lap
pause ana laughterl would restore prosperity
ana restore prices 10. the farmer.
Now, want TO suggest TO those who are
gong to continue the organization of these
clubs that they meet at stated times, say once
a month or at such times as the members of
the club may decide, and that at these meet
lngs they discuss public questions. l believe
tnat the public servant ought 10 live continu-
ally under the eye of the master whom he
serves. believe that the people, when they
eject man TO office, should watch his every
act and discuss his every vote and speech in
order that they may know whether he is a
man TO be employed in that business or not.
lAppiause And. therefore, say TO you that
these clubs can find ample employment of
their time IL they will discuss from month to
month, from meeting to meeting, the various
questions which arise and interest the Ameri-
can people. You tell me this is agitation. l
say 10 you that when you go into nation
where there is no agitation of public ques-
tlons among the people you viii find a
hation where few can prey undisturbed
upon all the rest of the people. [Applause.l
Thomas Jefferson said great truth when he
SAID that Tree government exists in jealousy
ana not IN confidence, and that confidence is
everywhere the parent OF despotism. He was
right Confidence is the parent OF despOtism
and exists among the people. 1t is the oppor-
tunlty sought by the enemies OF the people,
and agitation among the people OF every pub
lie question gives Us more Intelligent citizen
ship, and more intelligent citizenship gives US
better government. [Chsers.)
understand from the papers that the chair
man OF the Republican National Committee
has suggested that they will also keep up their
organization. 1 am glad OF it. 1 have never
advised those who believed with me TO do a
single thing thatI would not advise my oppo-
neuts to do and when | advised our people to
keep organized and to keep discussing, ad-
wise our opponents to do the same thing, be-
cause K thW would discuss more ana think
more tRere Would be less of them.
Now, would'lik TO see all the silver clubs
in the country maintain their organizations,
have regular meetings, discuss these questions,
and would like to see ali the Repu plican
organizations keep up and their meetings
keep up, and then l would like 10 see joint
debates between our organizations and theirs,
because, my friends, if they can convince our
people that we are wrong we have no claim
upon our people, and If we can convince them
that we are right, then l think we will not
only have claim, but Will successfully assert
it. [Applause.l
AT the conclusion of his opera-h house ad-
dress Mr.. Bryan was taken 10 Bohannon's