The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-29
BRYANS TEN SPEECHES
To Monster Meetings in Different
I Sections of Chicago.
HIS ADDRESS TO BUSINESS MEN.

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The Democratic Candidate Declares That
the Prosperity Of the Business Man Rests
Upon the Masses, the Foundation of So
Ciety.
CHICAGO, Oct. s9-Twice yesterday after.
noon the largest hall In the business dis.
trict of Chicago was filled literally to suf'
| location with people to hear William j.
| Bryan. Outside on the lake front and
streets adjoining, unable to gain admis-
sion, were crowds that would have filled
the hall twice again. Eight other large
| meetings were addressed by Mr.. Bryan
before midnight In various parts of the
city.
| The most important gathering of the
| series was the big MONDAY meeting Of
business mon at Battery D armory, on
| the lake front, and probably next in point
Of interest was the great meeting for wo-
men in the same place couple of hours
| later. Long before the hour for the bust
ness mems meeting Battery d was packed.
The seats had been removed from the
body of the hall, and the audience stood
solid shoulder to shoulder The great
| girders that supported the roof furnished
seats for q number of venturesome nd
mirers and the galleries were packed.
The hall was crowded to its utmost limit.
General G. A. Howard called the meeting
to order. Mr.. Bryan received an ovation
that lasted more than five minutes and
bid fair to continue indefinitely In the
course of his lengthy address the candi-
date said:
Il am glad to talk to business men. I
have said that those who SO often assume
to be the only business men sometimes
make great mistake in assuming that
the prosperity of our nation rests upon
them, and am coming today to talk to
business mon and to say to them that in
pleading the cause of the farmer and the
laborer am trying to lay substantial
foundation upon which the business Of
this country can be done
IF you are engaged in merchandise, en-
gagged in the exchange Of wealth, and sup
pose that the prosperity Of the producers
depends upon you, you deceive yourselves.
Wealth must be created before it can be
distributed. Those who create wealth
could live although you went out Of bust
ness. You could not live if the producers
of wealth go out of business. believe that
policy is best for this country which be.
gins with those who toll and gives them
first the inspiration to work and then pro-
tects them in the enjoyment of rightful
shares of the proceeds of their toll and
proceeds from them up to the upper classes
Of society, who rest upon them. And
challenge you to find in the pages of re-
corded history single instance where
prosperity came down from the upper
crust of society. 1t always comes from the
masses, the foundation of society
II believe that many of the business
men are being tyrannized over by financial
influences. You point back to times Of
war to find your heroes I tell you that
the year 1898 has developed heroes in this
nation know business men who have
been summoned before their bankers and
told that If they insisted upon talking for
free silver their notes would not be ex-
tended know one man who was sum-
moned into the bank and told that if he
did not stop talking for free silver he
would have to look elsewhere for accom-
modation and that man told his banker
that no realized that he was in his power,
that if he had q mind to he could call for
the payment Of his notes and close up his
years of industry. But he said: Sir, you
may do it if You will. believe that hui
manity is involved. You can take my
property but you CANNOT take my SOUL
Il believe that the mercantile ella sses
have suffered as much by government by
banks as any other class OF the people,
and when l preach deliverance OF tho
common people from tho money changers
l preached deliverance to the business
men from the tyranny of the banks.
man who, because he loans you money,
attempts to rob you OF your citizenship,
should be made to feel the penalty by an
Injured people
In THIS campaign the Republican party
mas not elaborated any financial policy. 1t
IS opposing, hot proposing, anything. II
the Republican party has plan which
Will relieve us from our present financial
condition why doesn't the Republican
party submit that plan to the American
people for their verdict and II they have
no plan What presumption II Is Tor them
TO ask you TO trust them hrst and let them
ma OUT afterwards. say we are advo-
catlhg souhder nnanclal system than
they, because When you go TO construct
anything Whetnef IL DO mouse or imam
cal system you nave got TO nave a1ounda-
tioh 1or IL 10 rest upon, ana our opponents
are trying TO construct commercial fab
nc resting upon gold, when they cannot
ma the golu 10 serve as the foundation
Tor the fabric.
Some OF our critics are very much ex-
cited because the chicago platform says
that we pledge ourselves to secure such
as Will Tor the future prevent
contracts ior particular KIND OF money.
Ihey say that we are not going to let peo-
pie contract. we are not going to let
them make contracts that are against
pupilc pohcy; we DO not lntend that they
Shall demonetlze by private contract what
this government makes money by univer-
sal law ask one OF you to enter into
contract TO collect ~ per cent. interest and
see whether the government has any right
theory that hat the men who borrow w money! ay
need to be protected from the avarice Of
"our opponents believe in allowing the