The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-13

st. Paul. Oct. 11.-W. ]. Bryan made
three peeches in this city last night.
Tremendous crowds greeted him at
each of the halls where he spoke and
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
At the Auditorium Mr. Bryan was
introduced by S. l.. Pierce and spoke
as follows:
Mr.. Bryan-Mr. Chairman, Ladies and
Gentlemen: 1t gives me a great deal of
pleasure to be permitted to defend our
cause in the presence of an audience in this
great city, and before addressing my self to
the subject in hand, l desire to express to
the organized labor of this city my grateful
appreciation of the gift which they have
presented. 1t is a gold pen with a silver
holdtr, and If shall be elected by my
coun ,rymen TO be chief executive Of this
nation "a voice. you will') that pen (An-
other voice. Chats what you WHY and
that holder shall b used to sign a free
coinage bill. Great dpplause) And l am
glad that the pen with which my signature
shall be affixed is the gift of the laboring
men, because, my friends, l believe that the
laboring men of this country-aye more
than that. the laboring men of all this
world, are interested in the restoration of
silver to its ancient place by the side of
gold (Applause) | would not favor the
free coinage of silver did not believe that
it would be
Beneficial to Those Who Toll
because, my friends, my political philosophy
teaches me that there can be no prosperity
in this nation unless that prosperity begins
first among those who create wealth and
finds its way afterwards to other classes
of society. (Applause.) More than that,
civilization itself rests upon the great mass
of the people, and it is only by carrying
the mass of the people upward and onward
that we can expect any advance in civiliZa-
where a few in a land have more than
they can use and the many have an INSULT
cient amount to give the necessary susie
nance. Applause.) Nor do l believe that
these great inequalities can exist in Il
nation where the government observes the
old maxim of equal rights to Gil and special
privileges to no one.
My friends, when government Is properly
administered there will be no railroad
wreckers to make themselves rich by bank
rupting those who put their confidence in
them (applause); when government is prop
erIv administered there will be no repre-
sentative of a coal trust sitting by every
firesde to exact tribute from those who
desire to be protected from the cold of
winter (applause); when government is
properly administered there will be no syn
dictate fattening out of the governments
adversities after they have brought those
adversities upon the government for their
own benefit (applause) when government
is properly administered there will be no
corporations which assume greater author
ity than the power which created them
(appIause;; when government is properly
administered it will recognize those funda-
mental principles set forth in the Declara-
tiOn of Independence, "All men are Gre
ated equal, that they are endowed with in
alienable rights, that governments are in
stituted to preserve these rights and that
governments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed" (Applause.)
When these four principles are applied then
government will be what it ought to be.
Jackson has well said that there are no
necessary evils in government; that evils
exist only in its abuses: and, my friends,
1t is not government that we raise GU"
hands against. No man who understands
society or the necessity for government
will ever raise his hand against government;
it's against the abuses Of government. (Ap+
plause) Its against the abuses of govern
ment, and we shall not be driven from our
purpose to eradicate these abuses although
every man entrenched behind a special priv
ilege shall heap abuse upon those who at
tempt to rob him. (Applau-e)
We have na4e the III .ueston the
paramount issue of this campaign and yet
our opponents are not satisfied to meet this
question openly They have never been
satisfied to meet the money question. The
advocates of the gold standard never fought
an open fight in all their lives-and never
will (Applause.) You ask me why they
don't / will tell you. Shakespeare ex'
plains it ''that it is conscience that makes
towards of men," and the conscience Of the
advocate of the gold standard tells him
that his policy enriches some, but it is sure
to curse the great masses Applause)
The Inevitable Question.
A voice-May I ask you question, Mr..
Bryan?
Mr. Bryan-Yes. sir.
Other voices-"No, no. and Kisses.
Mr. Bryan-My, friends, wait a moment,
now
VOICE. want to ask you a question.
Mr. Bryan-Wait moment. l am willing
to answer any question pertinent to this
discussion. because when a man beileves
he is right, no question confuses him much.
(Applausel Voices "Question?'D
Same voice-"What in your opinion. was
the cause of the Homestead and the Pitts"
burg strikes?" Voces, ooh, sit down. sit
down!)
Another voice-"Give that to Erwin. Err
win will tell you" and Kisses.
Mr. Bryan-My friends, when | submit
to an inquiry, l have a right to suppose
that it will be directed toward the subject
that l am discussing and not subject for
eign to it. applause. and cries PUT
him out!'D If anybody desires to ask any
question connected with the money question
while l am discussing that question, feel
perfectly at liberty to do so and l shall
not embarass you by my reply VIII try
TO give you light. If you are wrong and IL
am wrong I shall be glad to be put
right as / am to put you right. TAP
plause and voices put that man out!O
| said that the advocates of the gold
standard had never fought an open fight.
repeat it. The advocates of the gold stand
ard are not fighting an open fight in this
campaign. Before the Republican conven-
tion didn't you hear great many people
talk about the impossibility of having two
yard-sticks? Didn't you hear them talk