Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-06

CT day and my opponent and his lawyer met me and they both toldsne would not need any attorney, but, he said, I thought it would be safer to see an attor- hey for myself I went over with him, and as soon as they found that the de- fendant had employed an attorney they dismissed the case. Gaughter) They had no reasonable claim, but the plaintiff and his attorney told the defendant they could fix 1t up by themselves and save him the expense Whenever you find a man willing to settle this question for you find out whether he Is on your side"
 The gold standard, MT. Bryan declared, had never fought battle in the open field, and was not fighting 1t this year, It would be contrary. to all precedent for advocates of the gold standard to say what they meant.
 "The ones who have talked the most about international bimetallism do not want it," continued the speaker. "It is held out as sort of bait, bundle of oats in front of @ horses nose to make him pull. When the democratic convention met the gold standard advocates brought in a. minority report. They did not de- clare for a gold standard, but declared they were afraid the free coinage of sil- yer by this country alone would prevent international timetallism, towards which all the efforts of the country should be di- rected. But the ma jority ruled at Chioa- go. Then what? Then, their leading men L. and what did they do? Did they adopt platform they tried to get adopted at Chicago? Oh, no; when they got down to Indianapolis they threw off the mask and declared in favor of the gold stand ard. What does that meant It means the attempt at Chicago to commit the democratic party to international bimet- allism was
 A Fraud and Deception
 practiced upon the party. Great ap- plause) And the fact that these men who tried to get that sort of platform at Chicago and failed went down to h. dianapolis and then adopted gold stand ard platform is a confession that when they acted at Chicago their purpose was to deceive the American people. (Great applause.) We are willing to fight the republican party or anybody who op- poses our position and will come out and so state, but when party, as at Indian apOls, put up one man for the purpose of electing another, we declare they are no more honest in their desire for inter- national bimetallism than they are in their political methods. (Great applause.) The convention at Indianapolis was held in the interest of republican success, and if they had the courage that ought to follow conviction they would indorse Mckinley, for whom they expect to vote. They are attempting to get over into the republican party by degrees. (Ap- plause) I have talked longer than I ought to in the afternoon (cries of "Go on?O; you will have to excuse me. be- lieve in all the speaking have ever done this is the only audience who stood out doors until they wore out the rain. Great applause and laughter)
 Democratic Clubs Convention Postponed.
 Washington Sept. 5.-The convention of democratic clubs at St. Louis called for September 30, has been postponed un- til October 2 and 3. Officials at demo- cratic headquarters, from advices re- ceived, estimate the number of clubs that will be in attendance between 5000 and 10000. MT. Bryan and MT Sewall have notified headquarters that they will be present at the convention.