Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-26

Two silver Candidates Address
large Crowd on Boston Common.

Two Silver Candidates Address IL
Lnrge Crowd on Boston Common.
BOSTON, Sept. 25.-The audience which
greeted Mr.. Bryan on Boston common
the largest which he has faced since he
started on his tour through the "enemys
country" No estimate placed the number
of people at less than 10000, while many
oven placed it at 10000. Bryan had ad-
dressed a big crowd at Worcester at $3.50
O'Clock. 1t was very enthusiastic and
cheered every telling point Immediately
after the Worcester speech Mr.. Bryan
started for this city. Mr. Bryan, his party
and the committee were half an hour late
and the crowd had become very impatient,
Candidate Bryan with his running mate
Vice Presidential Candidate Arthur Sewall
and members of the reception committee,
occupied a temporary platform in the center
of a broad campus and the crowd entirely
surrounded the little spot Hon. James II.
Malett of Worcester introduced the speaker.
The first speaker was Joseph 7. O'Sullivan
of Lawrence, a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor Mr.. Bryan appeared at 1880 with
a bouquet of roses in his hand and was
at once introduced. The enthusiasm was
greater than Boston common had ever seen
before and ii was fully seven minutes before
he was allowed to speak. Mr.. Bryan said
Though far from my Nebraska home, ]
am glad that I can greet you as fellow citi-
Zens of a common country. l shall not at
tempt to make myself heard to all who are
assembled here. / have spoken to number
Of audiences Cheers in the distance ana
great applause), but l never spoke to an
audience that seemed to reach so far away
into the distance as this one does. CAP
plause) ! will speak to these who are near
est to me here and those who are in Rhode
Island and Maine can hear me when | visit
those states. daughter and applause) ]
came down to Massachusetts, to present to
your people the gospel of democracy as |
understand it. That is the way to do. l do
not claim to have any authority except that
conferred upon me by the democratic con-
vention If you doubt my democracy | can
point to that convention as a better certif-
cate than any boiling democrat find.
(Applause)
DOCTRINE OF MORE MONEY.
1--WE lay down this proposition, that the
more money there is in the country the
easier it is for any person who has some
thing to sell to get his share of that money.
(Applause) Our opponents plant themselves
upon the doctrines that the less money the
whole people have the more money each in
dividual will have. daughter and applause)
That is a mathematical proposition which
you cannot find in any arithmetic, but it
seems to he the proposition upon which re
publican fnanciering is based We say that
while the dollar goes up property must go
down, and that falling prices and falling
property mean hard times. II you ask us
how this gold standard affected the farmer
we tell you that the gold standard lowers
the price of the products he sells without
lowering his taxes or his debt. If you ask
us how the gold standard affects the laborng
men, we reply that it destroys the oppor
tunty for labor, multiplies the number of
idle men. The gold standard fills our streets
with men who are anxious to work and they
find no opportunity. The gold standard, by
increasing idleness brings poverty to those
who should have enough and to spare, and
when you bring the people into poverty,
when you take their means OF gaining
livelihood, you make tramps out OF men
who under Just conditions would be self
supporting and contributors to the nations
wealth and greatness. Applause) And
last of ALL when you drive men TO hunger
and despair and desperation, you make Grim
inals out of men who under just conditions
would be law-abiding citizens. (Applause)
The gold standard has nothing to defend
it except the misery which has followed it
wherever il has been tried. The gold stand
ard is failure, if you will accept the testi-
mOny of those in every land who have had
the testimony of those who create wealth
and add to the national productivcness,
eve have commenced warfare against
the gold standard. We invite you TO join
with us. CCries Of I'VE wll") If you |
don't join with us now and we are defeated
this year we will come again and extend
the invitation until majority Of this coun-
try does join with us. We have not many |
great daily papers with us, but, my friends |
the time will come when the daily papers
will be glad to furnish editorials that the !
people of this country want. Having been !
connected for a short time with the news !
paper business myself, | do not underesti- |
mate the influence Of newspapers but. my |
friends, in times like these people so ahead |
Of the newspapers when the ne Espapers |
refuse to lead the people beg you TO recog- |
hize the importance of this issue 10 you, If |
1t shall result in eleyating to Office those who |
believe in the free coinage Of silver the re- /
form viii come now. If 1t results in their |
years more the bringing Of relief to the |
people OF this country"
With t.ls last remark, Mr., Bryan closed |
bis address and changed his position TO
the other side Of the platform as he ha 1 been