The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-19
OLD GLORY.
Bryan CriticiZeS Mark Hanna'S
Attempt to MOnOpOlize It
II, k1,o Tn4o,,oe4 % o,,o Do1s4soo7
In the Interest of One Political
Party.
LET ALL HANG IT OUT
On the Thirty first of October,
He Says, Especially
Those Who Want American
Money for American People.

Sidney. O.. Oct. 1s.-About the band
stand in the city park of Lima several
thousand people had gathered to hear
Mr.. Bryan, Democratic nominee, ana
when they heard him they gave DEM
onstrative evidences of approval. 1t
was a crush and the committee of ar
rangements were either powerless to
protect the party from the crowd or
too interested in shaking the hands of
a presidential nominee to attend to
the business for which they were ap-
pointed. In his speech Mr. Bryan quot
ed the letter of Mark Hanna, calling on
the people who intended to vote the
Republican ticket to hang the Ameri-
can flag from their windows. October
81. His reference to the letter was: I
want to call your attention to some
thing that appeared in yesterday morn
ing's paper. I find that the chairman
of the Republican national committee
has issued a letter to the American
people in which he says: The Ameri-
can flag has been in the present cam
paign the emblem or insignia of ma
tional honor. Its influence has been
for great good in the cause of a good
people
Its display in many places has been
potent in the advancement Of the coun-
try's battle for maintenance of its
honor at home and abroad. I there
fore suggest that on Saturday October
81, all who intend to vote on November
for the preservation of our national
honor for sound money and the ad-
vancement Of our peoples interests and
general prosperity display the ma
tional colors at their homes, their
places of business, or wherever they
may be seen in order that voters whose
hearts are for their country may be
strengthened in their purpose ana
those who are undetermined may
the more periodically and inteIigently
conclude how best to perform their
duty after election
My friends, it is the first time that
I know of, that ever agreed with the
chairman of the Republican national
Committee, ouc>I want to asl=n
name to his letter and ask all those
who believe in the ideas set forth there
to display the flag on the 31st of Oc-
tober, because there is not a thing in
that letter but what we advocates Of
free silver endorse.
Now note that he says that he wants
the flag displayed by all those who on
the 3rd Of November intend to vote for
the preservation of our national honor
We advocates of free silver believe that
only by having financial policy made
by the American people can you sup
port the honor of the United States
He wants those to display the flag who
are for sound money. We who believe
in the money of the constitution are
for a sounder money than those who
want to change our currency into
pounds, shillings and pence. We who
believe in basis for our financial
transactions sufficiently broad for those
transactions to rest upon believe in
sounder financial system than those
who advocate a gold standard and a
financial system based upon gold alone
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we not only believe in sound money
but we tell you what we mean by sound
money, and Go not play the hypOcrlte
by talking about sound money and then
refusing to explain what the term
means He wants those who are go
ing to vote for the advancement of our
peoples interest and general prosperity
to display the American 1ag- My
friends we believe that free coinage of
silver. the opening of the mints to the
free coinage of silver at l6 to /, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation on earth. means the ad-
vancement of the interests of the peo-
PIE and of general prosperity, and
therefore we can join with these men
in disDlay ying the American flag and
let it be known to the country that we
are standing by the flag and that we
are not asking foreign nations what
that flag shall mean. I join in the
request for three reasons; first, because
everything that he asks in that letter
we believe in. and therefore We have
as much right TO display the flag on
that day as any Republican has, and
we believe that we have good deal
more right to do 1t in this campaign
I Join in the letter for another reason.
/ do not want them to mark the advo-
Gates of free silver for slaughter on
that day I do not want employers to
go about over your town and through
out the country and find out who has
a flag in his window and then threaten
to discharge any man who says he
is not going to vote the Republican
ticket My friends, if coercion is go
ing to be attempted. for heavens s sake
let it not be attempted by using the
flag as means OF polnJnB out the
man to be threatened
If they want to find out who shall
be slaughtered. let them take some 9TH
er emblem than the nations emblem
under which to do their nefar1Ous work
There is anOthed reason why join in
that request. I want some flags to float
on that day which do not mean a gov
ernment by syndicates and for syndi-
Gates I want some flags to float on
that day that do not stand for the right
of a coal trust to send representative
of every dreside and collect tributefrom
every family in this land.
Il want some flags to float on this
day that stand for the opinions of those
who say if the majority of the people
will decide a certain way in this cam
paign they do not know whether they
will submit the decision or not. want
some flags to float on that day which
of the American people, of people who
intend to attend to their own business
and do not intend to be bought or brib-
ed or driven into support of foreign
financial policies NApplause and
so nv friends I want to ask all ad-