The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
BRYANS SILVER LINING
BRYAN GATHERS HOPE FROM
THETEMPLE OF HIS SHAT.
TERED DREAMS.
SPEAKS 70 THE SADDENED MILLION
TELLS THEM THAT ALL Is NOT
LOST YET, BUT TO BE UP AND
DOING AT ONCE.
SHED NOT YOUR TEARS BECAUSE OF NY DEFEAT,
says Bryan, for the Cause That 7 AL
vocate Will Live-The Year 1900 Is
Not Far Distant, When Our
Hour of Triumph Will Ger
tainly Come.
SHED NOT YOUR TEARS BECAUSE OF NY DEFEAT,


day gave out the following.
10 the Bimetallists of the United
otates-Conscious that millions of Iowa.
hearts are saddened by temporary do.
feat, l beg to offer word of homo and
encouragement No cause has support.
ers more brave, earnest and devoted than
those VINO have espoused the cause of hi.
metalllsm. They have fought from con.
vlctlon and have fought with all the zeal
which conviction inspires. Events will
prove whether they are right or wrong
Having done their duty as they saw it
they have nothing to regret. The repub.
llcan candidate has been exalted as the
advance agent of prosperity. If his pol
ley brings prosperity to the American
people, those who supported him will
share in that prosperity. If, on the
other hand, his supporters who do not
belong to the ofice-holding class or to
the privileged class will suffer in com.
mon with those who opposed him. The
friends of bimetallsm have not been
vanquished; they have simply been over
come. They believe that the gold stand
ard is conspiracy of the money chang
ers against the welfare of the human
race and until convinced of their error
they will continue the war against it.
The contest has been waged this year
under great embarrassments and great
odds. For the first time during this gen
GRAFTON, public attention has been CEN
tered upon the money question as the
paramount issue and this has been done
in spite of all attempts upon the part of
our opponents to prevent it. The re-
publican convention held out the delusive
hope of international bimetallism. Gold
standard democrats have publicly advo-
Gated the election of the Indianapolis
ticket, while they laborcd secretly for
the election of the republican ticket.
Trusts and corporations have tried to
excite a fear of lawlessness, while they
have been defying the law and American
tinanciers have boosted that they were
the custodians of national honor, while
they were secretly bartering away the
nations financial independence. But in
spite of the efforts of the administration
and its supporters, in spite of the threats
of money loaners at home and abroad,
in spite of the coercion practiced by cor
poratons and employers, in spite of
trusts and syndicates, in spite of the in
tluence of Il hostile press, bimctallism has
almost triumphed in its first great fight.
The loss of Il few states, and that, too,
by very small plurality, has defeated
bimetallism for the present, but bmet-
talism energies from the contest stronger
than it was four months ago.
Il desire to commend the work of the
three national committees which have
joined in the management of this cam
paign. Cooperation between the mem
beers of distinct political organizations is
always difficult, but it has been less so
this year than ever The interest i'll Il
common cause of great Importance has
reduced friction to Il minimum. | here
by express my personal gratitude to the
individual members as well as to the eX-
ecutive officers of the national commit
tees of the democratic, populist and sll-
yer parties for the untiring and unselhsh
labors they have performed. They have
laid the foundation for future success
and will be remembered as pioneers when
victory is ut last secured.
mo personal or political friend need
grieve because of my defeat. My am
bition has been to secure immediate leg
islation rather than to enjoy the honors
of office. Therefore, defeat brings to
me no feeling of personal loss. speak
ing for the wife who has shared my Ia
bors, as well as for myself, l desire to
saw that we have been amply repaid Tor
all that we have done. .u
IN the love of millions of our felloW
citizens, so kindly expressed Ill knoWi-
edge gained by personal contact WIN
the people and in broadenedI sympathles,
we find full compensation for whatever
efforts we have put forth. Our hearts
have been touched by the devotion OF
friends and our lives shall prove our APP
nreciation of affection which we prize
ne the richest reward which this cam
paign has brought. .. -
.'In the face of an enemy rejoicing III
IFS victory let the roll he called for the
and urge all friends OF d.
metallism to renew their allegiance 10
the cause. If we are right, as Delleve
we are, we shall yet triumph uhtil con-
r;nced of his error. let each advocate or
continue the work. Let an
s;Iver cluhs retain their orSanlzatl0li'
hold regular meetings and circulate Ia LIT,
erature. Our opponents have succe tSoir
in this campaign and must now put tneif
.Jnstead of talking mysteriously anou!
sound money and AN honest dotiar, ,
thew must now elaborate and de1ehu
= financial system. Every step taken taken
Inv them should be publicly conslueiLeu
by the silver clubs. Our cause h nan
DTrospercd most where money mas pt ten
discussed by the people. during 5isd ' aiI
next four years it will be 4 St"u'i Il has
over this nation even more than 1t HAS
been studied in the past Do
"The wear 1900 is not far away, way, P 81;
FORE Fl that wear arrives international 6 D no
metallism will cease to deceive p oaIIeJ
That ti1 YEAR arrives those who have ca i,.Ii
themselves gold standard democrats !., ,,s "l or
become become binetallists and be with d Us tb Us
tbey will become republicans anu Ives 5ros
open enemies; before that year ,,o %pl n"o,
P will have convinced stlll more , pTT
nIe @ that trust is menace TO so pplt tbst
m iel and to public safety; before d Isln1
wc rr arrives the evil of gold st?p' rn