The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-15
Az INDIANAPOLIS.
The Republican Annex Ticket Re
Ceivcs Il Proper Share OF Attention.


ceivcs Proper Share OF Attention.
The outpouring Of the people at
indianapolis was most extraordinary,
and the crowd was estimated at go, 600.
The speaking was in tho State House
grounds, and MIR. Bryan was introduced
by Governor Matthews. He said:
This city enjoys tho unique distinc
tion Of being the birthplace and the
death bed Of a sO-callcd party. (Grcat
| and prolonged cheering and laug ghtcr
| 1t calls itself the National Democratic
party when it does not expect to carry
| a single county in the whole Nation
(Chcers and laughter.) 1t calls itself q
Democratic party when it was organ
lied for tho express purpose Of clecting
Il Republican candidate for President
Great cheering.)
If it was big enough to justify q
name, | would call it a stupendous
fraud. But it is too small to bo called
stupcndous. Laug and chcers.)
will call it transparent fraud.
(Chccrs.) 1t was the first political con-
vention ever held in this country where
the members Of the convention nomi
mated ticket that they did not expect
to vote for, and the first place where
men have received q nomination and
don't want to be voted for. Cheers and
iaughter.) The minority plank at Chi
cago opposed free coinage on the
ground that it would interfere with
international bimetallism. {Laughtcl..)
Tlo,'o could be no clearer evidence Of
Intended deception than is found in the
fact that the minority at Chicago when
they had things all their own way,
repudiated the planHs they stood on
thorc and cau,2 out in favor OF a gold
standard instead of international BIZ
metallism.
My friends, I am willing to meet an
open enomy in an open field and cOncede
tc that enemy all tho rights and priv
ileges OF open warfare, but when our
opponents call themselves advocates Of
sound money and want to faston upon
us an nnsound financial system, when
they call themselves the advocates of
honest money and then deal dishonesty
with tho American people when they
say that they are members of q DcmO-
cratic party, and yot employ speakers
and openly say they are going to vote
tho Republican ticket, that party docs
not deserve to be treated like an open
encmy in this campaign. Great cheer
ing.)
My friends, | have no criticism to
mako of any man who believes that the
election Of the Chicago ticket would &.
strOy this country and who in that &c.
lief votes tho Republican ticket, but,
my friends, to find q man who wants
to elect q Republican ticket and then
has not the courage to bear the Odium
Of advocating it, is an entirely different
matter. Great chccring.)
Give it to Bynum," cried voice in
the crowd.
''If you want to know what that dis
tinguishcd citizcn"--continucd Mr..
Bryan.
"Extinguished," camo from the
crowd.
Mr.. Bryan: The gentleman suggests
cXtinguished citizen. Great cheering
and laughtcr) But I will saw distin-
guished, because he has a past, whcth-
or he has any future or not. daughter
and checring.)
II you want to know what he said
about the gold standard, let me read
from his speech in favor of silver in
1886: "Again the advocates of gold ap.
prOach us with open hands and smiling
countcnanccs, but fear with dagger
concealed beneath their coats.
| (Chccrs.)
All, my friends, he understood the
nature Of the animal before he began
! to associate with it. (Cheers and laugh
tcr.) He is right in his description
The gold standard never fought al
open fight. My friends, instead OF say
ing now that we will adopt bimetallisn
ana drive other nations to it, ho saw
that we viii stand by the gold standart
and allow other nations to drive u
away from it. Cheers and laughter.
| might quote to you what Mr.. Bynun