The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

length of time to do n certain work and
that those who selected him are the
only ones to judge whether or not he is
competent for the place. You can not
always tell whether a man will make a
good man or not by the way he looks,
but we have a good platform adopted at
Chicago and believe that any person who
will honestly faithfully and courageously
carry out the convictions of that platform
will make us a good hired man. More
feeling than has ever been shown in any
other campaign will be shown in the
present one and the feeling arises on two
sides. You find those who believe that
the financial policy we advocate will be
ruinous to this country, and those who
believe that the only salvation to this
country lies in the immediate restoration
of the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present ratio of 16 to l,
without the consent of any other nation
on earth. (Applause) | believe in that
platform. 1t expresses that policy
which is necessary to restore parity be
tween money and property And in this
campaign you will find that those men
who are pecuniariy benefited in the rise
in the value of a dollar will favor that
policy that will raise the value of that
dollar, but the poor people will not be in
favor of such a policy. When these
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money you tell them that money may
be too good; it may be so good that you
may pray for it and wish for it, but YOU
can't get hold of it. We want a dollar
that will be just and not dollar which
will only reward the men who own
money"
As the train proceeded south there
were small bodies Of citizens at I'M
important stations who assembled to see
the train carrying the presidential nomi-
nee go through on the fly. The en-
| thusiastic citizens were gratified in their
desire, for Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, at each
place, walked out upon The rear plat
| form, where Mr.. Bryan took his hat and
waved it at the assembled people as the
| train rushed through.
At dillingham;, although it was quite
dark, there were at least 1000 people,
many of whom were women, assembled.
AS the train came to a standstill there
were loud cries for Bryan" Free sill
YER" and 'Altgeld," and after the men
| ton of each the crowd gave vent to en-
thusiastic cheers. When quiet was re-
stored, Mr.. Bryan was introduced from
the rear platform of the train and said:
Fellow Citizens-I remember that
less than year ago | stopped off here
for few hours and spoke at the court
house. At that time we wished the,
Democratic party would adopt a plat
! form that was Democratic. Since that
| time a great struggle has been going on,
and last week that struggle ended in a
national convention and that convention
adopted platform, which, in my humble
Judgment, is Democratic in every word
and in every line"
At Effingham Mr.. Bryan and his wife
were met by Hon. L.. Dwight of Contra
liza, and the marshal of Salem, both cOus-
ms of Mr.. Bryan who boarded the train
and accompanied them to the end of their
journey. South of Effingham, about four
miles, large number of farmers as
sembled along the edge of the track and
had built huge bonfires. AS the train
shot by there was a fusilade of shotguns,.
old army niuskets and firecrackers, while
the assembled cOuntrymen shouted
"Hurrah for free silver and Bryan"
Mr.. Bryan was taken to the Virginia
hotel at Odin. After being in the hotel
a few minutes Mr.. Bryan was taken to
the street and mounted platform which
had been hastily prepared and addressed
the people of Odin for five minutes.
II do not want to make speech here
tonight, because | have not been formally
notified by the notification committee as
to my nomination. 1t does me good to
visit the county of my birth and to meet
and greet old friends of my boyhoOd
days. Odin is n familiar name to me
and many OF the faces l recognize are
those | knew years ago. l am deeply
touched by these manifestations of good
will. | do not feel that the nomination
has been given as the result OF any par,
tlcular merit. Circumstances control
our actions and largely mark our course
IN Ire. mat IS responsive Tor the fact
that Just now L happen to be the stand
ard bearer of one OF the great parties.
In selecting some one to stand upon the
platform and carry out the doctrines pro,
mulgated therein circumstances pointed
to myself ana am but one OF you chosen
FOR 6rlef time to exercise a privileged
a9thority, II by you SURFACES, l am elect
ca TO the once. | never thlnk OF TINS
once without thinking OF the simplicity
OF our government. we desire some
tnlng TO De done; we select some one give
nm the power and the moment the peo-