The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24


boarded the train and clasped hands with
the candidate. Among them was ex-
Senator Martin of Hunter county. now
president of the Frenchtown National
bank, who assured Mr.. Bryan that he
is a silver man. Mr.. Bryan made n
brief speech from the platform.
AT Phillipsburg royal greeting was
given Mr.. Bryan. He was escorted from
the station TO the public square, on which
a platform had been prepared. Mr..
Bryan said:
"Fellow Citizens-We are in the midst
of great campaign, campaign in which
an issue is submitted to the American
people more grave in its results than any
| issue, Ill my Judgment, which has been
submitted to the American people in
time of peace during the entire history
of the country. Feeling is aroused on
both sides, and well may there be feel
ing, because those who are entrenched
behind special privileges know that he
success of this campaign, the election of
the Chicago ticket, means that they will
be driven from the bulwark, and made
to earn their living like other men. Cap
plause.) 1t means that hereafter they
must eat bread earned by the sweat of
their own brow. But, my friends. if
| there is feeling on the other side. there
is feeling on our side too Go out
| among the masses of the people and ask
them what they understand this cam
paign to mean and they will tell you this
| is Il campaign in which the people are de
| Tending their homes and their tiresides
and fighting for postcrity. Great ap
plause.) If you would ask me what tn,
campaign song ought to he this year.
would tell you the beautiful song, Home
| Sweet Home | have been struck will
int. .c hat
| tested in this campaign. Sometimes WE
! have people who are Indifferent about til,
result of Il campaign. 1t is not so this
year: we find no lukewarm people any
where; we find those who are against u'
and who contribute liberally to the cor
porate fund and we find with us thost
who have no funds to corrupt the voter
| But they are outvoting themselves this
| fall. 1t won't be necessary to use car
riages to bring the voters to the polls
this fall. They will be there when thu
polls open.
Our opponents want to know how this
money question will concern them. /
you want to know, you will find out il
important that they can subscribe to th'
campaign fund. (Applause) Thes'
men are not in the habit of hrowins
money away, my friends, and when yol
| find them rolling up an enormous cor
ruption fund, you may depend on it tha
| they expect to get back every dollar the,
subscribe by unfair legislation. Cap
plause and cries of "More. too.D
"My friends, they tell us that the grea
financiers are doing all this for the Den
eft of somebody else. They are not il
the habit of doing so. My friends, yol
will find, as we have found, that wher,
your interests and the interests of th'
financier are the same that then they ma.
act with you, but you will find that when
ever the interests of the financiers ar
different from the interests of these peo
pie, they may be depended upon to lool
out for themselves. | see here aborin;
men. | want you to remember that il
this campaign we have opposed to II
every man who has attempted to destro.
labor organizations. (Applause.)
want you to understand that we have OF
our side in this campaign the only peopl
who have aided labor in its attempts t,
better itself and those who are interested
in the welfare of the laboring man.
remember when | was in congress we hat
a bill to compel the railroads to put ol
couplers to protect the lives of the rail
road employees and every railroad attor
ney opposed it and told us that it woul,
cost too much. measured human lives il
dollars and cents. If the president o
the railroads were able to manipulate th
| votes in the interest of these whom the,
want elected then the presidents woul,
manipulate the votes of the men at th
| POLLS"