The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-01


a.s ..~t1-k. escorted ~ Z 2 Ho15en. c.
tee f~aavefzraz PIa411e4tsE. e inspires 4
ae~es e-e~x ah3~n con-5lae1 for th-es
n rt-es. wffh waving % hats and hsll1-
EarrhGefs. ard watch Eas contnse1 ali
tsa f.rsa the ter 2orsry Chairman 7ss
t~vTag - wosk I1 haz sp@-eE- TIE audi
erra wss tae largest ". BRYAN had al
dressed INDOORS except TIRE o1e a. Gs13-
son sraara Garden TIE Music HzIi croE5
waH eaf a. Aarga ard none 3eEE IRE hall
w-e Music Hall crowd vas entertained ~
trra1 orators during lts tEo sn1 a aAff
reass' waiting Il rs speeches - nctn
rssres ST. Hrysn devoted himself mainly
70 tna financial question.
Bryan onene6 his speech a. the ATncry
win the foiloa5nx words
sWhst ls re meaning q this enormous
on pouring - fhs pe0pisT No ordinary
occasion would pro1ace tais scene. no or
binary carupaIzu would sir meas hearts
ss they are bel8E sEirre1 today In Cur
presence y0gr enthusiasm tsstiilsS 20 tEe
fac. That IRIS year the people are think
INK as taeg have not thought before II
recent years. And well they may II tii!s
camps q tWo mighty forces are srraye-1.
an1 taey are engaged IL q struggle which
means much % both When Dir. Carlisle
sn 1s7s vas discussing the money question
ae said. The struggle now going on can
not cease. ard ought nor 20 cease, unnl
al the Industrial Interests OF the country
are fully ana finally enancivated from
the hearEi-ss domination Of syndscates.
stock exchanges and other great cOHl5i-
nations % nBoaey gTa6hers "A this country
and Europe Have The people been erlsEl-
clpafe5 from the heartless domination Of
the syn5icztex ana money grab5sTs OF this
country and Europe7 Cries % No
No. for the last twenty years the heart
less domination has increased N 80 Sc
verify. and within the last three years
that hsartless domination has grown more
and more intense. until today the people
are confronted with thls proposition: Are
toe American people 20 govern themselves.
or must this government be thrown over
70 the syndteates 10 carry on a scheme
they think best for their private proftF
lCneers.b
The speaker AT once took Up the plat
fern o. the Chicago and -. Louis couyen-
r3ous and asserted that the custom OF 20
lltieal parties Ia past years. Of adopting
ambiguous and meaningless platforms,
had teen abandoned. There vas an iss ne
nov. and the line was drawn SO no one
need be deceived. He reminded his hear
ers that no one IN the present campaign
was declaring for the gold standard and
that never IN the history OF the United
States had a national party dared 20 write
in fts platform single sentence In APP
proving II. The gold standard was cor
cefyes ia avarice" and fastened upon
this country b fraud" and the speaker
declared that II could be continued only
By fraud and deception
Mr. Bryan added that the gold STANDARD
had never fought an open fight. and that
e srried the mask OF the burglar and the
knife Of the assassin, In the legislation
which fastened IL upon the country every
step had been taken a. night, and without
the knowledge or consent OF the people
Mr. Bryan said the Republican party az
81 Louis had such an opportunity IS sell
dom comes TO a party. adding. The ad-
minlstratlon had advanced the gold stand
ard had forced through under the whip
and spur law that repealed the purchas-
ing CLAUSE Of the Sherman Ian. The ad
miutstratlen had issued bonds in time OF
peace. and. worse than all. il had entered
into a contract with few finauclers In
New York and London by which it paid
70 those nnauciers an enormous profit for
protecting the treasury. which 100000
people stood ready 70 protect.
Bur the Republican party did not de-
noanea fhe transactions. ne said. because
10 vas dominated by the same influence
that had dominated the affairs Of both
the great parties. and the Republican
party had been deaf 30 all sounds save
the cHnk,ug o. golS. and blind 20 all color
save the glsttsring yellow" Great ap-
plause)
ar Bryan repeated his argument that
The Republican platform confesses the
gold standard 10 BE bad when {, says Il
ought TO be abandoned. and yet coafesses
SD impoteBcy 10 govern thts country when
it ooufesses shat il must ask for foreign
ais" Il the to.ling masses n this country
could not excite pisy il the minds % The
t-, frxr rfTa ~
great. he asked. hosv Could they expect
pity from the nation from which ,hey had
wrestesl an empire7 lie asserted that his
opponents were preaching the gospel OF
despair that they were asking the people
% continue a policy from which there was
no hope. not a promise. not a prospect
TrH- speaker added that the country Ras
aeon 5he threshold u period Of de2rcs-
sion which was indefinite In duration Z
the gold standard we're % ne continued,
ana Z lmea we're hard now. he asked,
what uIGAt ta expssct - when ali the ma
lions came - demand goi1- He added.
n understand thar soma people when
they Waut tae votes ~ employees, 20 30 the
employers and arrange for she delivery.
U.ess cries - Mars Hanna. Mark Han
ra." ana hIsses1 NY friends. when We
wanr votes to- the Chicago t.1Se, ne go
tn tHe s1verslgrs enselFes Nh1 are the
only owners ~ tha.r votes Il me cu1-
rlayes ~ faa railroads want 20 vote FOR
che chicago tsHCef. chose Who are in
charge ~ ere rot3 aava 20 right % pre-
Heut sasu. ana under thc Aus.ra. san
ballot 2au shry cannot prevent H. J want
81 feel tast have behind ire a majority
- t1e American r. PIE Na1 H.i stand rv
.0e vhlia rat IN fer-e every Hor8 ~ .ha
CF-.ezE1 platform i frsra IS r.Rrr In -ra
60. ~auert - - g. Nv friends, trry
-sH ~ anarchists No Kan u-1 owns
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