The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-10-15
He Spoke at Iron Mountain
This Afternoon.
GIVEN AN INK BOTTLE AND INK
by Laboring Men OF Duluth to Sign n
Silver Bii1-Addressed a Big Crowd of
Them There-Also Talked to Ladies'.

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Mr.. Bryan spoke to goodly crowds.
Upon his arrival in this city he was
met by reception committee, and, |
with Mrs. Bryan, was escorted to the
st. Louis hotel for dinner. He was
then driven to the Lyceum theater.
where he addressed an enthusiastic |
meeting of women. Thence he pro-
ceeded to the car barn, which was
packed to the utmost with the laboring
men of Duluth.
Here Mr.. Bryan was presented with
the last utensil necessary for the sign
ing of q silver bill when it should
reach him, providing he should be
elected, an elegant silver ink bottle,
filled with the fluid necessary for the
purpose.
Charles A. Towne was chairman of
both meetings, and at each of them he
presented the nominee in q neat little
speech.
At the meeting in the car barn, Mr..
Bryan made great plea for support for
Charles A. Towne, the silver Repub-
lican, who is running for congress on
the Democratic ticket. Then he said:
1t is useless to have a president who will
| sign bill, unless you have congress and
senate which will afford him an opportu-
nifty to sign bill, and in this campaign,
| while we expect not q bare majority, but
| an overwhelming victory, we must always
| remember that 1t Is possible that congress
may turn upon the vote of q single mem
| ber and that member whose vote turns
the vote in congress may be elected by q
single vote in his district, and beg you to
| remember the responsibilities that rest
upon you in an hour like this and leave
no effort undone to give majority in the
house and to give majority in the senate,
Urall IN nj lnnf nUNE IN fn nN
the free coinage Of silver without waiting
the aid or consent of any other nation.
A voice-You won't veto 1t, will your
Mr. Bryant will not, but want you
to have two-thirds, If possible, in both
| houses so that IL any changes should come
to me and would veto it, l want you to
have enough votes to pass 1t over my head.
But, my friends, you need not have any
fear about my vetoing any measure which
is in harmony with the platform on which
i stand. have been taught to believe
that platforms are guides to those elected,
not merely a means by which one may be
elected, and you may rest assured that
what is in that platform l believe in, and
that no power on earth will prevent me
carrying that platform out so far as my
ability may go. desire to thank organ
ized labor in this city for having completed
the equipment, so that am now prepared
to sign that bill whenever 1t reaches me,
| without depending on anybody else for
pen or inkstand or ink. The golden pen
and the silver holder and the ink present
ed tonight shall be preserved, and, If by
the suffrages of my countrymen l am
placed in that highest office withing the
gift of the people of this world, these
things shall be used for the purpose fol
which they were intended, and L shall be
glad that when the deed Is done will be
indebted, not to fnanciers, not to trusts
not to corporations, not to syndicates, but
to the laboring men for the equipment.
My friends, glad to have the support Of
laboring men and will tell you why. Be
cause, If l am elected by their votes, al
they will ask of me is to do my duty to my
enjoyment of equal rights and give specia
privileges to no man. II l were elected
with the aid of those great syndicates ant
trusts and corporations, when they haC
elected me they would expect me to EN-
ploy all my time in aiding them to ge
back out of the people more than they hat
contributed to elect me president
thank the glee club for singing that
= song, which think should he made oul
q battle hymn. My friends, in this cam
, paign we are fighting in the defense of ou
!. homes and our flresldes, and when th
coal trust attempts to send its representa-
e tiyes to sit by your fresides and collec
{ tribute from you remember that song
/ Home, Home, Sweet Home" and let you
n ballot mean that the trusts must be de
g stroyed and that the people shall be freeC
= from their unlawful exactions. "Home
Sweet Home, is the song that you should
remember when you go to cast your vote
in Nov mber, because, my friends, If yol
g do not use une ballot to protect that hom
= and that family of yours, remember tina
= there Is no one in this country who viii
a uso his ballot to do what you neglect to d.
!. for those you love, for those who are tn
: objects of your anxious care cannot lool
to you to defend them from all those influ
o ences which seek to make home less happ,
and the family less prosperous. II the
Q cannot look to you for defense, then, IN,
a friends, to whom can they lookP The,
q say that "lIome, Sweet Home" should b
e our battle hymn, because we are trying t.
protect each home in this country iron
T injury at the hands of any one, and then
d in the broader sense, we are trying to pre-
/ tect this home, our country, from tn
domination of foreign financial influence
a The money question is paramount IL
this campaign. Other questions can b
settled at any time. The money question
;. must be settled now. Whenever grea
Il party does as the Republican party ha
n done, proposes to surrender the right +
= legislate on "a question of domestic cor
n Germ, just so long as that question is bC
a fore the people, no other question can AZ
- proach 1t in Importance. The Reput
= lican party does not say we can abando
II the gold standard when we get tired of II
i The Republican platform admits that tn
y people are tired of 1t now, because tina
:, platform pledges the Republican party t
n substitute the double standard.
:, The Republican party, however, afte
, admitting that the double standard Is bet
D. ter than the gold standard, tells You tina
! you must submit to gold standard unit
'e relief comes from abroad. How long mus
10 it beP They say no limit. Until is lon
II word. Until may mean forever, IN
:, friends, and believe that the man VIII
=, wrote that platform and put in the wor
81 until never expected the leading nation
to come to our relief, but expected tina
forever we should have the gold standar
in our midst.