The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-18

property will not be secure. Your property
Will be more secure under our system OF
nnance than it has been when men have been
licensed 10 prey upon your property ana eat
the bread you have earned by the sweat OF
your brow. [Cheers.l We not only desire TO
use the silver dollar we now have, but we
want more dollars to use among the people
II all those who have so much money they are
AFRAID TO have any more will vote for my OPP
ponents, want the votes of all who are not
afraid of being overwhelmed in Hood OF
money. [Applausel
understand some of your merchants have
brought Mexican dollars into your community
70 teach the evil of free silver. IA voice,
That's right''l No, it's wrong. [Laughter.l
1t is pee ulIar camr align upon which we are
entering. Heretofore the merchant has been
satsned 10 act as the merchant and sell MS
wares 10 anybody who would buy, but in this
campaign the merchant has turned school,
teaener and is attempting to use his business
70 teach object lessons in finance and insult
the intelligence and patriotism of those who
pay Tor his goods. [Cheers.l They tell you If
we have free silver we viii go to the Mexican
standard and our dollar then will be worth no
more than the Mexican dollar. When man
tells you that, ask him whether the Mexican
dollar is good to pay taxes. He Will tell you
no. You tell him your silver dollar is good
enough 10 pay taxes now and Will be good
enough to pay taxes under the free coinage of
silver. lCheers.l ask him whether the Next
can dollar is good enough to pay debts with
and he will say no. You tell him our silver
dollar is now good enough to pay debts with
In the United States unless it is contracted
against, and under free coinage 1t will be as
good as 1t is now, and better, because we expect
to prevent the making of contracts hereafter
that will demonetize by contract what the
Government does not demonetize by law.
[Cheers.l
And let me pause to say that while 1t seems
that great many bankers deem IL their duty
TO support the gold standard there is no reason
why the Western and Southern bankers should
be In favor of II. II our bankers in the West
and South would think for themselves instead
OF taking their opinions ready made from
bankers in New York, who iulpor them from
London, we would have more free-silver
BANKERS. ICheers.l If the bankers would stop
TO think for moment they would know If the
farmers could get better prices for their
produce they would have more money TO de-
post in their banks. and the money OF this
country would not be drained year after year
into the laps of those abroad who hold our
notes while we pay them in deprecated
products. [Cheers.l
RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. ia stop of
ten minutes was made by William ].
Brynn's special train al burlington, where
Mr.. Bryan addressed 1000 people, includ-
ing large number of cotton operatives.
At Hillsboro several hundred people gath
cred about the train and heard a few words
from the candidate. The train was in
charge OF Colonel Julian Carr. the wealthy
tobacco manufacturer of Durham, and
was slowed down just after leaving Hills
boro to let Mr., Bryan visit Occoneechee,
Colonel Cars country place
Mr.. Bryan confded to Colonel Carr a
desire to take a bath when Durham was
reached, and when the train arrived there
at 5:l5 the speech making was postponed
while the candidate performed his ablu-
tions at Colonel Carr's residence. At the
stand, where the speaking took place, sit
uated near the station, several thousand
people cheered Mr.. Bryan to the echo
when he appeared, fresh from the tub.
RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. IL. : n orth
Carolina's capital city had william j.
Bryan Tor it's guest for two hours tonight.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at O'Clock with Cover
nor Carr and others and was met at the
Southern Railway station by reception
committee, fam beau club and a brass
band. He was escorted to NasYsquare, a
beautiful open park near the station.
where 5000 people had gathered in de-
tiance of the heat to hear him. The speak
ing stand was aglow with electric lights,
the name bryan" being displayed in big
electric letters over the place where the
Democratic candidate stood. At each COR
ner of the square big nonfres burned ana
the lights threw the big crowd into pictur-
esque relief. Cheer after cheer went up as
the candidate assembled the stand. Glenn
ent Manley, the chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and Halt Aver, the
chairman OF the Populist State Comm
tee, presided jointly over the meeting.
After his speech Mr.. Bryan went to the
Park Hotel and held a reception, the cor
ridors and lobby and the streets outside
being packed with people while it lasted.