Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-27
The Democratic Candidate Speaks at
Rochester and Erie.
CANDOR NEEDED IN TEE CAMPAIGN
He Advises Voters to Look to Their
Own Interests.
ADDRESSES TO THOUSANDS

VIM. j. Bryan, the democratic presiden-
tiai candidate. and party left Syracuse at
1890 yesterday afternoon and reached
Rochester at 2:15. The only stop was at
Lyons, where a crowd of 25O reinforced
by band, demanded a speech, and Mr..
Bryan responded.
The greatest crowd Of the trip in New
York surrounded the Rochester depot and
followed the party to Brown Square. The
platform. fag-draped, stood in a pictur-
esque spot under the trees. Several thous-
and persons were gathered in the grove,
the large sprinkling of ladies with bright
the scene.
In the streets and on four sides of the
square were solid lines of carts and car
r:ages, crowded with people The area of
humanity stretched back of the platform so
far that more than half of the would-be
listeners secured only a view Of a speech in
pantomime, and on the outskirts hundreds
were coming and going, so that probably
N.OOO persons had sight OF the man OF
the day. though not more than a fourth of
them could hear him.
Some of the prominent democrats who
welcomed Mr.. Bryan to the platform were
Mayor George e. Warner, James 3. Howe
editor of the Rochester Herald; James L.
Whalen, president of the Flower City DEM
ocrattc Club; Revenue Collector Flecken-
stein, Postmaster Perkins and Collector of
Customs Decker.
Mr.. Bryan was presented by ex-Secretary
of State Frederick Cook. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Bryan's Remarks.
cit will not be possible for me to occupy
any great portion Of your time. The train
which carries me from you will be due in
about three-quarters of an hour. But it Is
not necessary that candidate should DO
all the talking. When 1 am through Mr..
Carmody will address you, and 1 bespeak
for him your close attention.
Il am a candidate for the highest office
in the gift of the people of the creates; ma
ton of the earth today, and as a candidate
for that position l appear before you, not.
however, to solicit your suffrages, because
tell you how you will use them or to beg
you to present them to him as a gift. You
are free men. The ballot Is yours to use
for the defense of your rights. for the pro-
lection of your interests and for the well
fare of society. How each of you shall use
his ballot is for you to determine. and no
one has the right to complain, provided
those who vote shall first endeavor to de-
eide intelligently how their vote shall be
cast. Our government rests on the intelli-
gence and the patriotism of the American
people. We believe that they are capable
Of self-government. We believe that no
Is before them now. and that no question
ever will arise, which is too great to be
submitted to the common people Of Amer
lea. (Great applause)
whenever l find q man who says that
the money question Is complicated ques-
ton. l generally find a man who thinks
that he has made a speciality of compli-
Gated questions. uaughter.) Whenever /
find a man who thinks that the money
question is too deep for him, 1 generally
find man who thinks that 1t is just about
deep enough for him. CONTINUED laugh
teri
Whenever 1 find a man who tells you
not to bother about financial legislation, I
nrd man who wants to take upon himself
all the suffering and to do your thinking
and your acting for you. But when / find
such a man am afraid that find man
who, when he acts for you, will be sure
that he does not neglect himself. Great
laughter.)
There is one thing about the advoca tes
OF bimetallism. Whenever you find a man
who believes in the immediate restora ton
of the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio of 10
TO 1. without waiting for the aid or consent
OF any other nation on earth, you find a
man who tells you that he believes that
that policy will be good for himself, and also
believes that 1t Will be good for others also
l ike that sort of candor. Ask a farmer
why he wants bimetallism, and he SAYS
because 1t is good for him. Ask a Iaborinr
man why he wants bimetallism, and he
says that ne thinks it will be good for him.
ASK business man why he likes BIN ..al-
hsm. and ne says. I make my living out
Of those to whom 1 sell, not out of those
from whom ! borrow. Therefore, bimetal-
ism Is good for me because 1t en- ables peo-
pie to buy what 1 have to SELL You ask a
professional man why he favors~ bimetai-
ism, and he tells you 1t is because his bust
ness rests on the producers of wealth ard
that he cannot prosper unless the bro
ducers prosper. But you ask a flnancier
why he Is in favor of the gold standard.
and what will he tell you? Does ne saw he
cause 1t Is good for him? You never hear
one OF them say that. Gaughter)
What the Gold Men Want.
IF you ask these financiers why thew
want gold standard, some of them will
tell you that the free coinage of silver
would be good for them, but that they do
not want anything which would be roo6
Ter them. They say they want a gold
standard because it is good for somebodv
else: that they want it because It Is good
TOT the farmer. because it is good for the
Iaporlng man. and good for the business
man. You tell them that these people are
,~liiihs to FISK bimetallism, and Their these
hnancfers rise to the full heiei1t a. tIiei :
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