The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-01
AT THE AkMORY.
Forces Arrayed In Struggle Which
Means Much.

Forces Arrayed In Struggle Which
Means Much.
Cleveland, August 3l,-Bryun's speech In
the armory was as follows:
What is the meaning Of this enormous
outpouring of the people? No ordinary
occasion would produce this rcene No
ordinary campaign would stir mems hearts
as they are being stirred today. Your
presence, your enthusiasm testify to the
fact that this year people are thinking
as they have not Thought before in recent
years. And well they may. In this cam
palen two mighty forces are arrayed and
they are engaged ~ struggle which
mems much to us. When Mr. Carlisle
In 1878 was discussing the money question
he said
The struggle now going on can not
cease ana ought not to cease until all the
Industrial interests OF tie country are
FUZZY and finally emnuc pated from the
heartiess dOmlnatlcn Of syndicsteS stock
exchanges and other great combinations
OF money gtabbers IN this ccAnfry and
Eurol e."
Have the people been omancipated from
the hearlless domination OF tncso heart
less syndicates aud money sruDbers of
this country and Europe? Cries of NO
mo- No, for the last twenty years that
heartless domination has increased in its
severity ana within the last three Years
that heartless domination has grown moro
ana more intense until today the people
are confronted with thS proposition. Are
the American people able to govern them
selves or must this government be thrown
over 10 Inc HyndicatcS TO carry on as they
think best for their private profit? Cries
of mo. no.D
\ voice Everybody vote for Bryan
tGreai applause ana checringD
II mas been customary IN the past for
many years for the two leading parties
to adopt platforms ambiguous aud mean
inelcss ANA then go before Inc people and
say that the platforms arc about the same
and make the tight ON some other issue
II has changed In this campaign
There is an issue now and the line l.
drawn so that no one need be deceived
Is there anybody, any party, declaring
that tho gold standard Is good? Not one
Never IN the history of the United states
has "A National party dared to write IN
National platform "A single sentence IN APP
rroval of gold standard. Tho gold stan
dard was conceived in avarico. II was
fastened upon this country by fraud and
It was only continued by deception "a
voice Down with Mckinley" Great
applause)
me republican party at ST. Louis had
such an opE2riunhy as seldom comes to
a pa5rly Why "a u n?t demand ll,rs Me
he restorat on of the gold and silver
coinage of the constitution? Because
their convention was dominated y the
controlling affairs of both great prrt.es.
The iinanoieis OF New York wrote the
republican platform. The lahoreis OF this
looking ana long ne for relief lut the
republican parly was dear % an SOUNDS
colors save the glitterinR yellow Gre
meudous aprlsuse) In inc presslce cf
the misery II has wrought even he re-,
publican party with all ITS audacty did
not dare 20 advocate a gold stancard IL
confessed that the gold standard Nas "a
had thing when il sad IT should lie aban-
doned. and yet confessed its impoi tncy
1t must ask foreign aid to do IT,
our opponents preach the gospel Of des-
not not a prospect They ask you 10 enier
mon night Summed by no star; to
embark upon a sci whose farther shore
no mar ncr may lind. 90 trav". anon a
desert where the oasis when rea he'd cry
makes disappointment thousand times
We have MOI finished with the gold
standard yet You think you have guf-
fcred our suffering hss Just begun " We
have a continuation of the Sold standard;
w. are but upon The threshold O. n pe~iod
81 A nresg!ou VII Oh IL trdrtft, IN dura-
tion and can not be described in Intensity.
Hard TIMES? Why only fow, nnti 'ns are
now suffering from gold Al demand gold,
WAT until they have driven silver rom
india and CHINA Japan and Mexico and
then YOU w put goid 90 MOCK ana
every ,oller under the sun VIII BOW ~ II
and work a little harder 10 60 a tile
ines Of The yellow metal. And AZ whose
bidding do YOU destroy silver? The farm
ers and lah1rtrs Of the world nave never
demanded the death = the white metal.
no has demanded ii2
A yoice-"Wall street"
The money changers whom the Savior
drove out OF the temple Go 20 the great
money ceutrrs, where "A few nl-it can tor-
NOR the worlds gold and then Iet = out
for a little while 70 the nation thhi ~
nav the highest price Tor II. 90 10 the
large holders OF ti&ed nyestmehts VINO
mi that their property rises as stagna-
lion and distress prevail THROUGHOUT tn<
world These are the ones VINO come 10
YOU and in the name OF honesty beg you
10 give to them the hrsar carmen ~ the
sweat OF your brow. They appeal 10 the
iaboring men 20 help them tasten their
,tardar5 upon the country. when I'D
,'raac rran who stoned the prophet turn
sround ana saw peace on earth dnd good
In touari rnan2" You have right to |
'oretdsr M. manner and the words If
,bnsc who come 10 preach sold ftafd- |
a,J.-tbrsa defend who raise themselves |
%, M fuil height OF thnir moral stature |
- IA sqv. snail we allow these poor, ig-
norant incompetent people 10 ruin them
understand that sometimes people OF
u.hom they want the votes OF their en- /
Tl"ves 60 10 the employers and arrange !
~ their delivery. Ceres Of Mark |
tftrns Marx Narca- afH 'rt5r.A ny /
,,...lss,is when we want votes - the chi |
a.,,o ficket We 30 TO the soyerelgns them |
s.i,,se who are the only owners or their |
,c,as we want the support OF those VINO
VIII want to secure for THIS government