The sun., 1896-09-20

which four years OF Official life were spent"
vords fSup SfS OF ys"rs S S50% sScutea % year.
more" And the point WAS quickly taken up
and cries OF Good " and cheers wero given
~ ace before me the faces OF great many
SPEAK to tho youss Ssens.e snsn we who arc Young
| aud who In the course ut nature must live under
our Goyernmont for many years are interested %
live under. tApplAuse
II desire TO call your attention to two plnnks
| In the platform adopted at Chicago before
touching on other matters connected with the
campaign. speak OF these two planks because
they concern tho people who live In the Dlstrict
Of Columbia. Tho chicago platform contains
this & plank: .,n,..,.,a, -. r.--,,,,,.. .,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona into the
| Union as states. and we favor the early adnis-
population and resources to entitie them 10
| statehood. and while they remain Territories
we h2pe that the officials appointed 10 admins.
| ter the Government OF any Territory, together
with tho District of Columbia and Alaska,
should be bona-ide residents Of the Territory or
district In which tho duties are to be performed.
ApplauSe.l The Democratic party believes In
II have finished. however, the part which re-
fers to the District OF Columbia. desire to
| emphaalze these words: The Democratic party
tsss ia . and %i In thai psnS the S'Sx
form. and IN that portion OF the plank which
home rule / do not mean that there shall be- a
! home in the District or in the Territories after
Ees me ra"a a @ another plank Eve "rs dp
posed 70 life tenure I'm the public service; lap
| rlnuse.J We favor appointments based upon
merit, fixed term, of Office. and such an adniin-
istraiion of the civil service laws as will afford
Ccnstltution ot the United states
| We arc IN favor of civil service roform
that means something; and not u civil service
reiorm that permits a President to sustain the
Office and sustain the service just as he 10 going
out 80 as to keep hts friends In. tApplause;1
We We believe in app9in,ment;s based upon merit
the offices to men OF ascertained fitness"
AZ this point in Mr.. Bryan's speech the
weather looked very threatening and clouds of
many turning 70 leave Mr. Bryan however,
We are in favor OF fixed terms of Office in
| the several departments of the Government.
| We want 1T SO hat when goes in we will
know how long he Is going to stay and when hs
| is going out. We don't want to build up an
9nfenSSid,ns class and i ts occs fnr life so
Ills salary: JchesFsi We bsisys that that the lie
care is destructive OF the highest forms OF citi-
zsnshp and is not to be tolerated in a country
Our opponents are doing as much for us in
this campaiEn rs we are able to do for ourselves.
Gently, issued. the most important one is the
letter just given to the public, written by the
one ot ,as from h whEh aeTS
Secretary Of the Treasury. and OF all other pub
lie officials. TO execute in good fdith the policy
declared by Congress and mark these words,
and whenever he shall! be satisfied that the
silver dollar cannot be kept eqnal in the pur-
chasing power with the gold dollar except by
receiving 1t In exchange for the gold dollar.
when such exchange is demanded it will be his
duty TO adopt that course.
81 want you to mark those words because in
tho those words the Secretary OF the Treasury tells
that il Is necessary. that he viii 9ommence re.
deeminR silver dollars In gold. I-auRhter.1 |
call your attention to II because want TO empha.
w iph hur haAt Ctia nd
[Aprtausel When this Adminstration ad-
told the repeal of the sherman law would
remove the difficulty. and yet as soon as tho
which promised relief as soon as that was re-
pealed. came to Congress with the demand that
tired by an issue OF gold bonds in order to stop
the drain on the Treasurv's gold"
Proceeding with his speech; after brief in
termission caused by n violent gust OF wnd
The Secretary of the Treasury informs you
that 4 the greenbacks and Treasury notes were
all retired so that there would not be dollar of
paper money to be presented for gold, yet it
would be his duty 70 commence to redeem the
silver dollars IN gold md to start another end
loss chain that would drain the Treasury. Ac-
cordinG to the doctrine laid down by Mr.. Car.
Isle. You cannot atop the drain upon the Treas
nry until YOU retire az the silver dollar; aud
~ am glad that our opponents are thus COM
PEELED TO expose To the pu bile eye their heartless.
they have told tho public we must have gold
alone. and thus have confessed that we are in
the hands hands Of two banking ,yrndi'ca,e,. and must
lies and trusts and here they propose 10 es;ab-
li.h the most gigantic 'rust-a money trus'-and
IL let tho inca who own the gold dulo II out To
the other IOooo.00O OF American citizens. |
dunounce that policy IS more cruel and heart
power.
IL would rather. as has been said. put our
navy In command OF n foreign Admiral. thnn TO
put the Treasury Department in tho hands of II
dica,e. lCheers.l would resist such a finan-
cial policy with as much earnestness as would
When M Gas saS a,s
Office. some one said to him: i hope the Lord
is on your side. and he replied that he was
more anxious to be on the Lords side. Laugh
ter and applause.l am glad that in this cam
palgu we have so many evidences that an over
instance that know Of is that overrulinE Prov
dence so distinctly and clearly manifested as
~ the recent letter of the Secretary of the
Lei me ask you question. Did the Admin
is,rn,ion. when 1t recommended the repeal OF
the sherman law, believe it would cure our
troubies;,, lCres Of MOL" and cheers
SO absolutely mistaken that you have the
right to disregard and distrust the knowl-
II ihe Administration knew that the repeal OF
the sherman law would not bring relief. then
you ,Sne The right to dis,rus. the honesty Of
mend ono policy and pursue another" Jap
charge their contents upon the audience and
the banting shed its colors upon tho
spectators on tho platform. dyelng them
red ana blue indiscriminately. A forest
OF umbrellas roso in the audience, and one
chivairic spectator, emulatng Sir Walter
Raleigh. took OF his coat and threw II about
Bryan's shoulders. standing himself in bare
sleeves in the petlng rain. This elected cheers
from tho crowd, hut nevertheless tho grounds
began rapidly TO be divestsd of spectators
Shouts were raised for Mr.. bryan TO go on
contiuuedi
III the Administration know when II recon-
mended tho retirement of the greenbAok and
Treasury notes as means of stopping the
drain, ON the gold OF tho public Treas
ury that after They were retired a policy
would be proposed such as the Secretary now
recommends. IL WAS dishonest in not taking the
people in Its confidence at the time. lCheera1
IL IL did not know that then let It confess its
ighorance OF finances and of tho laws of the
country. tApplause.
Does the Administration know row TINT
when II starts to redeem the silver dollars In
gold = win start another endless chain which,
VIII drain the Treasury--nn endless chain which
will continue until they retire oil tho silver dol.
lars and substitute bonds in their steadf All
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