The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
BRYAN ENTERS IOWA.
struggle to Win the State Besrun
Before Breakfast.

~ WIN the State Begun
Before Breakfast.
O1TUMWA. To-. Oct 31.-Mr. BRYAN
entered Iowa on the c., B. & O. at 4
CLOCK this morning, and made his first
speech or the day at Mount Pleasant
at o'clock before he had had his
breakfast. The air was cold and cr,sn
ana seemed to give the candidate new
Vlgor for his last tour across this state
he appeared in good voice, and smoke
so oistinctiy as to be heard with ease
py tne large crowd which congregated
mus early In the day. The audience
was an enthusiastic one, and was evil
gently In sympathy with the speaker.
MI. Bryan's speech at Mount Pleasant
was devoted largely to a discussion on
efforts. p''isn
At Fairfield, where he was met bv
large crowd, Bryan devoted himself to
questions which had been propounded
10 MIN by telegraph, and spoke as fol-
lows: 90 AoA-
Laoles and gentlemen: In going about
from place to place, | have but q faw ~
lnenIs at each stop, and l am not able 10
enteT into an elaborate discussion Of anv
question, but | take these occasions to dis
cuss various phases of the money Question
ooInetlmes have questions put to me. the
answers to which aid in the diseussion ca
this morning have two Questions tn answe az
One OF them is; Granting for a. moment
thaC we nave the right to pay the interest
on our bonds in coin and not in gold, is it
not at least unfair, after having paid eontini1-
any IN gold to suddenly switch to silver
without warning and to compel the accept
ance tnereof, when the face value Of the
Donos themselves at the present moment
and for many years has been the sama as
thelr value in gold; in other words, Is 1t fair
70 the holder to suddenly change his gold
PONDS or MS bonds as good as gold, into
mere silver bonds?"
Inc ponds issued by the United States call
Ior com and the Matthews resolution in 1873
declared that this nation had the right to
pay us coin obligations in either gold or sill
yer ana tnat resolution has never been re-
scinueo Inc president Of the United States
mas no right to change the laws Of the land
tL W1en ne tries to do it the people have
the right to stand about the law instead of the
foreign syndicates. Mr.. Carlisle In discuss
ing this subject before the committee on an
proportions on the 21st Of January, 1895, said
mat II the executive officers had in the be-
ginning exercised the right to pay in either
coin 1t would have done no harm, but would
nave nave worked wei, but his contention was
mat having established precedent, 1t would
be necessary to follow that precedent instead
or silver 800
We say that II the administration has sur-
rendered the rights that the people have the
sooner another administration resumes those
ilBhts the better for the people who hay
been injured by the surrender OF the rigk1ss
Again let me say that we have sold bomb
payable In coin, and the purchasers Of the
ponds have made differences In what they
paid, In some instances, because of our right
to pay in silver, and | believe that when the
men who bought the bonds made difference
between coin bonds and gold bonds and
charged US for the risk. that they took, that
they cannot complain II we exercise the right
to pay in either coin. And then there I'm
another question
When Mr.. Bryan arrived at OF
tumwa, he was met at the station by
a reception committee, who escorted
him to the city, where he remained for
more than an hour, addressing the
crowds which had gathered to hear him
in several different places.