The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

if we have not got the volume down low
enough you can get it down lower by
continuing the financial policy and allow
ing the SyndicatcS To run this govern
ment and substituting bonds upon the
people instead of money in the pockets
BRYAN'S MARTINSBURG SPEECH.
He Addressed an Enthusiastic Crowd at
the Home of Senator Faulkner.
MartinSburg. W. Va. Sept. 30.-Mar-
tinShurg is the HON" of Senator Faulk-
ner and there Mr.. Bryan spoke to an
enthusiastic crowd of West Virginia. 1t
was Il typical southern greeting. this re-
ception ut Martinsburg. Here again the
cavalcade of southern horSemen lined up.
Each rider tried To out-ycll his neighbor
and when :he line of march of the pro-
cession was formed they galloped madly
by. emitting the boisterous rebel YELL
Senator Faulkner introduced Mr.. Bry
an 70 an audience which had assembled
on = vacant lot NJ one end of which a
platform. gay with flags and bunting.
had been erected. The crowd was ell
thuSaStic and cheered the candidate from
the beginning of his speech until the last
sentence. Mr.. Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-ln Il platform many questions are
covered. bu: the election always turns
upon some prominent issue and in this
campaign we have declared that the
money question is the paramount issue.
If there are other things i'll which you
believe. the settlement of those things
can I've postponed until we have met and
passed the crisis pressed by the advo-
Gates of the gold standard. Our oppo-
npntS. not we, are responsible for the
fact that in this campaign we are engaged
in Il battle royal between the money and
the common people These contests are
always brought about by the aggression
of those who seek to use the govern
mcnt as Il means of private gain. All
the great questions which have from
time To time been forced upon the public
have been forced, not by the many. but
by the few. and the great struggles which
have occupied the thoughtful people of
the world have been the struggles made
by !he masses in self defense. And 50
in this campaign the hosts are being mar
Shallcd To resist the aggrcsSionS of the
gold standard.
IF | were 10 tell you that foreign
army was coming To attack us or that
Il foreign navy was anchored ut our
gates. | would expect every one of You
To join in an effort tn protect your coun-
lIN HUM INV iSltll. lIll'uIINt " Spu
that foreign financial policy has not
only invaded our country. but has gained
Il foothold here and Il great national
party. the republican party. has declared
that foreign policy shall remain here I'M
til foreigners themselves shall consent TO
its retirement. (Applause)
The gold standard idea is an imported
idea. and. my friends. | care not whether
You attempt to restrain il by high tariff
or Il low tariff. shall not be content UNI
til il shall he driven back and find no
more home in our midst. (Applause)
This contest upon which we are en-
tering is not = temporary fight. Some
of our democratic friends who have
worked with us in the past tell us that
in this campaign they will either work
with the republicans or stop half way
between our ranks and the republican
ranks until they summon enough cour-
age TO 20 the other half and declare
themselves republicans. LApplause.l l
want them 10 go understanding that they
are never to return until they come back
in sack cloth and ashes. (Great ap--
plauSc1 If these men who have gained
their prominence through the honors
given them by the democratic party have
an idea that they can withdraw in the
face of the enemy and then be invited
to take command hereafter. they are
making mistake, the greatness OF which
will increase as time goes on. TAP
plausel This is no temporary disagree
ment. Those who leave the democratic
PARTY today leave democracy and can
never excuse themselves hereafter. zap
plauSe) ~.
MY friends. every man who is intelli-
gent is presumed to intend that which i.
the natural and logical consequence OF
his own act. In this campaign, when
on the one side are arrayed the great
| common people and on the other side all
| those trusts and combinations and syndi-
Gates which prey upon the people IN s lHl
| a campaign as this. there is no middle
| ground. Those who are not with us
are against us. and. my. friends, want
| to say to you that no matter how dlstih-
cuished = democrat may he. the demo-
cratic party is better off without the men
who believe in republicanism as ii Is
taught 10y the republican party thah II
| would be if they We're among us. ZAP
plauSe.l They tell us that big democrats
are leaving. There. Is one cohS:o'HIt lu,
that | find and that is when big dem
ocrat breaks into the republican part!
he makes a biz hole in the republican
party daughter and applauSel-a hole so
| biz that sixteen little republicans can get
ONT. I.aughterl And. my friends. so
| far rs | am concerned, | would rather
have the support of Il republican VINO mas
been against us heretofore, but is WIN
us now. than TO have the support OF Il
| democrat who was with us before but
| who stays with us now simply 10 use the
republican party to depart from the
principles of the fathers. lApplause)
So much for introduction.
Won have here fine American COM
munity. | understand many gathered
here earn their living by cultivatlng the
soil. am glad TO be able 10 talk to
| farmers. because l believe now what Mr..
| Mckinley said six years ago. but wmch
he has forgotten in the six years when
| have elapsed since that time zap,
plauseD Six years ago, after we had
had thirty years of his kind of tarlit
policy, he stated in his report. which acc-
companied the Mckinley bill, that agrl-
culture was depressed, and that without
| prosperity among the farmers there could
be no prosperity among other classes OF
the people (Applause.) That depres-
sion of six years years ago has contin-
ued in spite of high tariff or low tariff,
and must continue in spite of any KIND
of tariff legislation (applausel. as long as
the dollar goes up and the farmers pro
duets 20 down. Our opponents are m
clined to dispute the ability of the people
generally TO understand the money QueSS-
ton. The money question is not compl'
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