The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-20
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lR. BRYANS SPEECH.

and prolonged reception Mr. Bryan spoke
as follows:
MIR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Eir. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
! am grateful TO you r0 the very cordial
welcome which you have extended to ms
as return to the city in which four years
OF official life Were spent.
Here one oi the crowd, catching ON to the
words -four years. shouted -four years
more and the point Was quickly taken ui
and cries OF good and cheers We're given
Mr.. Bryan proceeded: l see before me
the faces OF u great many VINO are known
us young men. 1 am gla TO speak To the
young because we, who are young. ana
who IN the IOIrse or nature must i've
under our gorernment for many years. are
Interested in making that governmennt
gool enough to live under
1 desire to call yoIr attant on to two
plankS III the platform accepted at Chicago,
before tOIching on other matters con
nccted with the campaign speak or
these two pldaks bec:tus. uhey concern the
people who i've in the district OF Columbia.
fhe Chicago platIofai contain this plank.
We favor the admission of the Terrtur-
les of New Mexico. OklahoIna and Arizona
Into the Unioi aS States, and we fayr,r
the early admission % all the Territories
having the necessary population aud re-
soIrcs.s to entitIe them To Statehood. and
while they remain Territories we hold
tii',J the officials appointed 10 administer
the government o. any Territory together
with the District Of COlumbia and A laska
snoald he loir fide :cSiueLts OF TIC Ier-
ritory or district in which the duties are
Il he performed. The Democratic party be-
licves in home rule and that all public
lands -
BELIEVE IN HOME RULE.
| have iinSHcst. however, the part which
refers to the District Of Columbia. de-
sire to emphasize these words: The
Democratic party believes in hume rule. :"
/ believe IN that platform, and in that
oi the plank witch / have enipha asized,
Aud when 1 say l believe IN home ruL..
do not mean that there shall be a home In
the District, 1T in the Territories, alter
the rulers commence to rI'ie. but that
they snal! live there before they are ap-
pointed.
Let me read another plank: We are
opposed 10 life tenure in the public service
We Iavor appointments based upon merit.
liked terms OF Office, aud such an ad-
n.instration OF the civil service laws as
Will afford equal "ppnrt unities To all
itizens OF asCertain"n fitness. except as
provided ny the Constitution
of the United states
We are al favor OF a civil service IT,
form That means something. dnd not Il
c.vIi service re!orm that prrniits = i'Iesi
dent to sustain The civil service until iS
can get hIs friends into nfIiCC ami sustain
tire service Just as lie il gong out SO aS
To keep his friends III.
We believe IN appointments based Upon
merit and sucn method O! appointment
as VIII open the offices 10 men OF a>cer,
tanned fitness.
FINED TERMS OF OFFICE
It this Iuimt IN Mr Bryan's speech The
weather looked very threatening and CioCGs
Of dust commenced 70 blow over the audi
eTcc, Iaany turning to leave.
Mr.. Bryan, however. after a brief raEse.
continued as follows:
We are IN favor OF fixed terms Of Office
in the several departments of the govern
ment. We want II so that wnen man
goes in we Will know how long h. Is going
To stay and when NJ Is going out. We don't
want 20 Du!!d up an ofnce- -h"!'!inG ciassand
FIJI the offices tor life 50 that wlcn a man
gets an offiCc H. viii have no more concern
Il Don't his country THAN tn draw his salary
We believe that the life tenure Which
relieves u man from all further ,csre -
destructiv" nf The highest forms u' citizen
snip anl l. not ia he t"Icrated IN a cupnlrS
like ours.
vuI opponents are dninG as much for Us
IN tins campaign As we are able to do Tor
ourselves. or all the public Documents
recently issued. The most Important ON Is
the letter jnSt gwen TO the public written
by the Secretary or the treasury, from
whica deSir" /" quote one sentence:
II is the duty of the SECRETARY OF the
Treasury and al other pubilc oiilCiIl> 10
execute in good Faith ;hc ruiicy dcciared
by Congress. Mark these words. and wllen-
ever h.. shall h% satisfied tiat the silver
dollar cannot be kept equal i'll the pur-
except 10y receiving II N cSchanEe for The
gold dollar, when such exchange Is de
II will bc his duty 10 ADOPT that
course.
REDEMPTION OF SILVER. ,...
! want YOU t. mark these words. beCa use
in those words the secretary vi the Treasury
tells you that whenever the Seetetary Is
that ii IS necessary that lie Will
commence reaecninS silver dollars III
gold. call your attention I" il because
/ want To emphasize the GrCcpt ions wiIit h
have been praCriccd by this admin i>tratiou
on the money question.
When TINS ddTI!iui>t ra'iun advised the re-
peai III the ShcruIa g. law, Nuu weretOid the
repeal OF the sherman law would remove
lhe difficulty, and yet, as soon rs the
law WAS repealed the same slu-
thprity which promised relief us soon as
hat was repeated. came To Congress with
The demand that the .reenhlcks and Treas:
IrN notes must ne retired by an issue OF
gold bonds III u;dPr 10 stop the drain on
the TrcaSury'S gold.
The secretary OF the Treasury .nior!ns,
you that II the 2fcrnhaCks ana TreasurA.
not I've i dollar "t paper mon"y /" lie pre-
sent"d Tor gold. yet II would Lc hiS duty
to commence to redeem the silver dollars
In gold ana Z" start another endless chain
that would drain the Treasury
ACcuruin@ - tH" ,.ooiIiHc !-Id down ty
MT. carlisle, you cannot stop the drain
upon the Treasury until you retire all the
SILVER dullaI> ara leave nothing at gold
i'll the Treasury vaults. ! an glad that
our opponents are thus conf elled to cX-
pose TO the public eye their hcartlcSs, tIcr-
rilcSS and criminal policy. | am glad
that they have tuld the public we must
have gold ;loEc. and thus have confessed
that we are in the hands OF two banking
syndicates and must pay them what they
want.
Talk about mOrOpolieS and trusts. and
here they propose to establish The Must
gigantic trust--a Money trUst-and to let
the men who own the gold dole II out to
the other seventy millions Of American
citizens. I Cenounce that policy as More
of any foreign power
| would rather, as has been said, put our
Army in the hands OF foreign gcncral