The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-09-09
Mr.. BRYAN'S SPEECHES.
He Talks at Cleveland, Ohio, to an
Immense Audience.
SOUND SENSE AND ELOQUENCE.

If there is any person here who thinks
that the Democratic party of the state of
New York ought not to indOrse the candi-
| dates and the platform, what | shall say
| is not addressed to him, but to those who
| believe that the state convention to be
| held in this state in about two weeks
| should indorse both platform and candi-
| date. | desire to offer a suggestion. We
have great fight in the Democratic par
ty-One of the most memorable contests
| ever waged in the United States-and
those who advocate the free coinage of
silver have won. by carrying their cause,
not to conventions, but to the people
| themselves, the source of all political
| power. Recognizing the Democratic
| idea that power comes up to the machin-
cry of the party from the people them
selves, and does not go down from the
machinery to the people, we commenced
with the sovereigns, and we instructed
| our delegates from the primaries to the
| counties, and from the counties to the
state conventions and from the states to
| the national convention.
| l want to say to you in this state that
| ii you want the state convention to in
dorse the Chicago platform and ticket,
there is only one way to be sure of it, and
| that is to let no man go to any cOnven-
| tion, small or great until you know how
he stands on this question and know that
he stands with you. (Applause). The
| men who assemble in convention do not
| go there as individuals. They go there
as representatives. They do not go there
for themselves. They go there to act for
you, who send them, and you not only
| hov ,irl,+
sentative is going to do when he gets
there, but you have a right to tell him
what to do on this subject when he gets
there, and bind him with instructions to
| do it.
PLEA FOR REPUBLICAN VOTES.
| Now, have not in this campaign in
sisted that any Democrat should vote for
me merely because l was nominated by
the Democratic party. l have insisted
| that the ticket has claims upon every
| Democrat who believes that the success
of the ticket nominated at Chicago would
be the best for his country, best for his
family, and best for his neighbors.
have been willing to concede that any
| Democrat who believes that the election
| of any other ticket would be better for
| his country than the election of the Chi
cago ticket, has perfect right to make
his vote express what he wishes But
when I say that to Democrats, when I
concede the right of Democrats to leave
their party, to desert the ticket and sup
port somebody else, / want to assure you
that l apply that doctrine of indepen-
dence to members of the other parties as
well as to members of the Democratic
party If Democrat, who is engaged
| in some big syndicate has the right to
| leave the Democratic party because he
| DelleVes the Republican party will be
more friendly to syndicates, then the
Republicans who do not want this coun-
try run by syndicates have right to
vote against the syndicates and for the
Democratic party and ticket. (Applause.)
| There are things in the platform that
are offensive to some people. They
were put in there on purpose to offend
some people. (Applause and laughter)
No person who thinks that it is proper
to turn over the instrumentalities of the
government to a few people in order that
they may prosper while the masses toll
without recompense is likely to be
pleased with the plank in the platform
which says that we are opposed to issu-
ing bonds in time of peace, and traf-
| ticking with syndicates, who, at high
prices attempt to maintain the treasury
| of the United States. When the Demo-
cratic party declared against trusts it did
not expect to win the friendship of those
people who think that this government
has no right to suppress a trust. We
did not expect that that plank would
draw the syndicates and trusts to us, but,
| my friends, we have a right to expect
| that those of our citizens who are oppos-
ed to trusts and syndicates will be num-
erous enough to rid the place of all whom
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ations. (Great applause).
AS TO THE CURRENCY ISSUE.
There is in this campaign one great
| paramount issue. Whether you are in
favor of gold standard or opposed to it,
you must agree that this is the most i'm
portant question at this time. The Re-
publican party, without declaring that
the gold standard is a good thing, de-
clares that it ought to be maintained for
the present. How long? The platform
| does not say. So far as you can gather
from that platform, this nation must per-
manently maintain a gold standard with
all that gold standard means. 1t must
maintain that standard forever unless
some other nation will come and help us
let 60 of it, applause and laughter).
That platform expressly pledges the Re-
publican party to use every effort to
substitute b1metalllSm Tor the SOld
standard Is not that a sufficient declar-
alton that the bimetallic principle is bet
ter than the gold standard? And yet,
after having declared that the principle
of bimetalism is better than gold
standard, they tell the American people
that they cannot have the thing until
other nations take pity upon us. (Great
applause.)
The Democratic party declares unalter-
able opposition to the gold standard. 1t
demands the immediate restoration OF
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio Of 16
to 1, without waiting for the aid or con-
sent Of any other nation.
Some gentleman has aked me how long
it will take to restore bimetallism. My
friends, that is question that the Amer
lean people have to decide. II the peo-
pie this fall elect a congress, both house
and senate. in favor of the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver. at 16 to l. and
then elect a president who will sign q
|, bill when it reaches him, 1t will not take
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