Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27

farmer that agriculture was depressed
and that simply means prices were
down, and that the gold standard and
confidence, especially confidence
would restore prosperity and restore
prices to the farmer.
WORK TO BE DONE.
Now / want to suggest to those wht
are going to continue the Organiza
ton of these clubs that they meet a
stated times, say once a month, or a
such times as the members may direct
and at these meetings discuss public
questions. believe the public serv
ant ought to live continually under
the eye of the master whom he serves
believe the people when they elect :
man to office should watch his every
act and discuss his every vote ant
speech, in order that they may know
whether he is man to be employed
in that business or not. And, there
fore, l say to you that these clubs can
find ample employment of their time
if they will discuss from mouth to
mouth, from meeting to meeting
questions which will arise and interest
the people.
You tell me that is agitation. ]
say to you that when you 60 into q
nation where there is no agitation oI
public questions among the people
you will find a nation where n few
can prey undisturbed upon all the
rest of the people.
Thomas Jefferson said great
truth when he said that free govern.
ment exists i'll jealously and not in
confidence, and that confidence ii
everywhere the parent of despotism
He was right. Confidence is the par.
ent of despotism and exists among the
people. 1t is the opportunity sought
by the enemies of the people, and agi,
tation among the people of every par.
ticular question gives us more in
telligent citizenship, gives us better
government.
FAvoRS JOINT DEBATE.
understand from the papers that
the Chairman of the Republican Ma.
tional Committee has said they will
keep up their organization. l am
glad of it. Now / would like to SET
all the silver clubs in the United
States maintain their organization
and discuss the questions, and / woult
like to see all the Republican organ
izations keep up and their meeting,
keep up and then / would like to SEE
joint debates between our organiza
tions and theirs; because if they car
convince our people that we ar,
wrong we have no claim upon oul
people, and if we can convince then
that we are right, then l think we viii
not only have a claim, but we will sue
cessfully assert it.
In the afternoon an audience O
ladies which packed the Funke Oper,
House from pit to dome greeted Mr.
Bryan. The address, which was brief
was given by invitation of the Mar,
Bryan Silver Club of Lincoln.
BRYAN TALKS TO THE LADIES.
Mr.. Bryan congratulated the ladie
on the part they had taken as tn,
friends of bimetallism and expressed
his heartfelt appreciation for the ef
forts made in his behalf. After re
ferring to the campaign in a genera
way, the speaker said that among th
new things of this campaign was tn
speaking to audiences of those VIII,
could not vote. But, he said, h
liked to talk to women on politica
subjects. He referred pleasantly t.
the influence of women over husbands
He would rather at the beginning O
the campaign have the wife than tn
husband on the side. There was
chance then of getting both. Speak
ing of the tendency to keep out O
politics because of fear of contamina
ton, Mr.. Bryan said:
politics is going to stay in thi
country, and because we ignore poll
tics we cannot get out of politics
We should prepare ourselves and OH
children, so politics may be so pur
tina: anybody can take part withou
being contaminated"
He spoke thirty minutes, and at tn
conclusion he and Mrs. Bryan wer
occupied an hour in shaking hand
| with the crowd.