The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
VIGOROUS WELCOME.
Greatest Ovation Of Bryan's
Trip at Cleveland.
HE SPOKE TO OVER $4,000.
fhree Great Meetings Held In the Lake
City-The Crowding Almost as Great
as at Cs'eron-Uis Trip From Chan.
tauqua to Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Sept. /. - Candidate
Bryan has been the object of no other
demonstration so vociferous and so
spectacular as that which the city Of
Cleveland gave him, and nowhere else,
with the possible exception OF New
York, have so many people attempted
to hear him talk. Two great meetings
listened to Mr.. Bryan, the first in the
Central armory, where 10000 people
were packed the second in Music hall,
which holds 5000, and afterwards he
spoke to several thousand from the bal
cony of the Hollenden hotel. Bands
and marching campaign clubs were nu..
merous about the streets, aud with
thousands of strangers in its gates the
city bore holiday asnect
Tne orOwulng was aImoSJ ns great as
at Celeron and any sort of stampede
would have produced panic. Mr..
Bryan was received with great enthnsi.
asm at each place he spoke. Charles p
Salem introduced him at the armory
meeting and Arnold Green at Music
Hall.
Mr.. Bryan In his sp, ech in the arm
Ory' said;
What is the meaning of this enormous
occasion would produce this scene. No
ordinary campaign would stir mems
netrts as they are being stirred today.
Y ur presence, your enthusiasm testify to
+ ~ fact that this year people are thinking
as they have not thought before In recent
years. And well they may In this cam
paign two nigh ores re arrayed, and
tlcy are enRagt,. In q struggle which
means much to both. When Mr.. Carlisle
in 1873 was discussing the money question
no said:
"The struggle now going on cannot
cease, and ought not to cease until all the
industrial interests Of the country are
fully and finally emancipated from the
heartlcss domination of syndicatos stock
exchanges and great combinations Of
money .grabbors in this country and
Europe"
Have the people been emancpnted from
the heartless domination of these heart.
less syndicates and money-grabbers of this
country and Europe2 Cries OF mo, no,
no. No, for the last 20 years that heart
less domination has increased in its sever
| ity, and within the last three years that
heartless domination has grown more and
more intense until today the people arc
confronted with this proposition: Are the
| American people able to govern them
selves or must this government be thrown
over to the syndicates to carry on as they
| think best for their private prOtltp Cries
for Bryan. Great applause and cheer.
| Mr.. Bryan: 1t has been customary for
many years for the two leading parties to
| adopt platform ambiguous and meaning
| less and then 90 before the people and tell
them that the platforms are about the
same and make the fight on some other
| issue. But 1t has changed in this cam
| paign. There is an issue now and the
line is drawn so that no one need be de
ceived. Is there anybody, any party de.
claring that the gold standard is good?
| Not one. Never In the history of tho
! United States has national party dared
| to write in u national platform II single
| sentence in approval of gold standard.
| The gold standard was conceived in avar-
| ice. 1t was fastened upon this country
| by fraud and il can only bo continued by
! deception. A voice: down with Nc.
| Knley"--great applause.
The gold standard never fought an open
| fight i'm all its career. 1t carries the mask
of the burglar and the knife of the
assassin. When 1t was fastened upon this
country in 1873 the American people had
never discussed it aud no party had ever
| gone before the people, urging single
measure that leaned toward gold stand
ard. Every step has been taken at night
and without the knowledge or consent of
the people.
| Tie Republican party had at St Louis
/
party. The present administration had
| advanced the gold standard, had forced
through, under whip and spur, a law that
repealed the purchasing clause of the
| Sherman law. The administration had
| issued bonds in time of peace, and, worse
than all, it entered into the contract with
u few fnanciers in New York and London
| by which IL had paid these financiers an
enormous profit for protecting the treas
ury, which 70,0O0,00O Of people stood ready
oProtect.
party. Why didn't the convention de.
nounce the financial policy of the Demo-
cratic partyp Why did 1t not demand the
abandonment Of the gold standard and
the restoration of the gold and silver
coinage of the constitutions Because
| their convention was dominated by the
same influences that have dominated the
controlling affairs Of both great parties.
| The hnanciers of New York wrote the
Republican platform. The laborers OF
this country, the farmers of this country
were looking for relief, but the Republican
party was deaf to all sounds save the
blinking of gold, and blind to all colors
save the glittering yellow. Tremendous
It wrote its platform. Did 1t say that
she gold standard was gDodY In the pres
ence of the misery that 1t has wrought
even the Republican party with all its
audacity, did not dare TO advocate gold
standard. II anybody comes to you and
tells you that the gold standard is good,
you ask them who said so IL anybody
tells you 1t Is u blessing, ask him why no
political party in the United States has
ever found It out. What does 1t sayi
Why it pledges--pledges the Republican
parSy-to get rid of the gold standard and
substitute bimetallism Whenp When
foreign nations will help us do 1t. 1t oon'
fesses the gol,. standard bad when 1t says
II ought to be abandoned, and yet con.
fesses Its inpodency TO govern this country
when 1t conIdsses that 10 must ask fol
| foreign aid.
Mr.. Bryan then depicted the evils, he
said would iesult, if silver was driven
from this country and the goldbugs
turned their attention to all the Other
nations Of the earth and drove the sill
yer out Of them, increasing the demand
for gold.
At another point voice asked; by
what means does money get into circu-
lationp" He ended his explanation by
saying that II was so simple there is no
need to describe it, but said he
How do you get gold into oiroulationI
Ia voice: I'VE don't see any"l / stand
corrected, You produce gold from the
mines. You take that gold to the mint
and have 1t stamped into money That
money Is his, as the bullion was his before
the mint stamped It, You take that gold
back and you pay the man who produced
1t from the mines. You pay the interest
upon any debt that may hang over the
mine, You pay all the expenses Of pro
duotion, and then the profits that remain
are yours to spend, That is the way you
do with gold That is the way we want
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