The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-09

that was the restoration of silver to
the place given it by the constitution
and by previous legislation Mr. Trout
man was enthusiastically encored, and
the entire audience left this hall BIZ
metallists.
Not long after that meeting Mr.
TrOutman suddenly changed his views
and adopted the financial plank OF the
St Louis platform He changed 50
suddenly that he left the rest of US fell
lows Just where we were standing that
night. But I hope he did not change
so enthusiastically as to denOunce As
anarchists and repudiaters those VINO
sat with him on this stage that night,
and learned the silver doctrinefr from him
and other party instructors. CAP
plause)
AS Judge Morton retired from the
front of the stage. there We're calls for
Turner" Turner" and Judge King
man introduced the gentleman from
Spain during Harrisons administra-
ton and is now member of the ma
tional silver committee He is one OF
the many free silver Republicans
Mr. Turner delivered the address Of
the evening and spoke for over an hour
He said:
There are many things I deplore in
this campaign. but also many things
that cause me to rejoice I rejoice to-
night to be in company with those who
years ago caused the birth of the Re
publican party
The Republican party as it stands
today has departed from its true prin-
ciples and surrendered itself to the
/ Grover Cleveland Democracy In le2s
when the Republican party assembled
in national convention it declared IN
favor of gold and silver. and condemn
ed Democracy for attempting the gold
standard In 1892 the Republican party
in national convention said that the
American people from tradition and IN
terest favored bimetalhsm, and SAID
that the Republican party as party
demanded the use of both gold and sill
Yer as standard money
but III is said that conditions have
changed. This is true Conditions have
changed but the change has been Up
such q way as to make more 1mpef7a-
lively necessary to the people Of this
country and the people of the west the
reconciliation of silver and it's restor-
alton to the place given it by the con
stitution- (Applause)
They tell us that the free coinage Of
silver would be all right if we had an
international agreement My friends
7 am not a Republican by international
agreement. (Applause) am an
American Republican and believe IN
American principles. I don't believe
that the spirit of rs is dead. and don t
believe the American people are ready
to declare themselves vassals of Great
Britain. We are great enough and
grand enough and independent enough
to make q financial policy Of our own
(Applause-)
II understand that there was news
paper COrresp pendent sent by tine gold
forces from this city to Mexico with
kodak to take pictures of Mexican la
borers and by this means Of Illustration
to show the silver men the condition
that would overtake the laborers Of
this country should free silver win. tt
this was a logical kind of an argument,
why didn't they send a man to Egypt
to take pictures of the Iaborers in that
gold standard country who receive 10
standard Spain or Portugal where the
labDrers receive from ~ to 20 cents for
~ and 16 hours work. (Applause-)
They say that silver viii not stand
the fire test as is true Of gold. They say
that you can melt a dollar of gold and
it win be worth as much without the
stamp as with it. Why is this SOP Be
cause you can troW that lngot of gol9
into the United States mint and say
Put the stamp upon it, And one of the
issues of this campaign is to be able to
throw the ingot of silver back to the
mint and say also. Put the stamp
upon it, (Applause)
Some weeks ago Grover Cleveland
s-ot before a missionary society in the
east. God only knows how he got there
and he told them that there We're many
lawless states In the west which need
ed their attention. Grover Cleveland
doesn't know the people of the west
He is not great enough and big enough
to understand this magnificent west.
Tn his statement before that mission
airy society ne rejected the ignorance
of the eastern people There are law
less communities i'm the east even i'm
the shadow Yale college. (Applausa)
1--WE are told that this is a campaign
Of education 1T should be a campaign
of education IN the truest sense Of the
word Every citizen of this country
should study the political question
thoroughly and dispassiOnately and
then vote according to the dictates of
his conscience.
This great west has nominated a
man for president of unquestioned
ability and spotless character. If you
think as [ do you vii vote for VIM J.
Bryan. Vote for the good of this coun-
try and the prosperity of the future
and against the distress predicted by
Logan VOx pOpun. vox Del Bryan. I
Bryan. Bryan" prolonged applause.) I
L. A. Stebbins followed Mr. Turner
with short speech bearing on his can
didacy for district judge. we are GO
ing to rattle the dry bones of Republi- /
canism in Shawnee county this fall"
said he. las they have never been rat