The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-18
Bryan Says He Would Risk Be-
ing With Lazarus,
IF Abusers of Silver Men &C
With Dives.
PREJUDICE OF CLASS
Bryan Says Republicans Appeal
to 1t Everywhere.
They Are Now Trying to Enlist
the Church.

Raleigh. N. c., Sept 18.-This city
like the rest through which the candi-
date passed, drew from the surround
ing country in order to augment the
crowds to meet Mr.. Bryan. Nash's
park was filed with admirers OF the
nominee. They cheered him enthusiast
tically when he appeared on the plat
form. Mr.. Bryan was introduced by
H. w. Aver, nominee for state auditor
on the Populist ticket.
Mr.. Bryan said: Il am informed that
the Republican national committee has
sent circulars 60 various religious pa
pers and organizations calling atten-
ton to a danger with which they are
threatened. 1 want you to remember
that the Republican party, and the Re
publican speakers and the Republican
candidates, most of these have de-
nOunced the Democrats for trying to
array class against class. I want to
say to you that the Republican party
is doing more in this country to array
class against class than any party that
ever existed in the United States. Gap
plause.) The Republican party is APP
peaiing to every class, or nearly every
class and attempting to array that
class against class. They appeal to the
labOring man and tell him that the
gold standard gives him a higher
priced dollar for his wages, without
telling him it also makes it impossible
for a large number of men who want
to labor to get chance to earn one of
these high priced dollars. (Applause.)
Out in our state the Republican COM
mittee of one of the counties appealed
to the school teachers, trying to show
them that a gold standard was good
thing for them, thereby trying to set
the school teachers against the rest of
the people, and now they have appealed
to the church organizations and church
papers, and are trying to array them
against the free coinage of silver
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by the advocates of the gold standard
to almost any class better than an ap
peal made to the preachers and teach
ers of religion. If there is one thing
the church people of this country could
afford to array themselves against, it
is the gold standard as it is being adj
vOcated at this time. (Applause.) And
yet the Republican party is appealing
upon the gold standard side.
How things have changed in the last
1900 years. Look at the people who
head the gold standard propaganda in
the United States. Look at the bond
holding classes and the money chang
ing classes, the brokerage classes of
New York, who are trying to fasten
gold standard upon the people of this
country, not openly, but secretly and in
disguise, and then turn back 1900 years,
when the meek and lowly Saviour threw
the same kind OF people out OF the
temple, because they had made his
house a den of thieves. Great ap-
pIause) And then think that these
people come and appeal to the ministers
of the gospel and the church papers
to save them from the wrath of the
people. daughter and applause)
MY friends, when I find-there are
not many of them, but they are quite
conspicuous-when I find these men
casting their lot upon that side and
exhausting abusive language in their
description of the great masses OF the
people of this country, feel like say
ing to them that if they will take their
chances with Dives, I will risk my
chances with Lazarus. (Great ap-
pIause.)
This money question is question
which concerns every one of you and
Won have a right to consider which side
you want to support. When prices are
falling and money is rising, a man can
better afford to lock his money up in
a vault and gain the rise than invest
his money in property and risk a loss
in the value of the property. 1ou are
making the property. Times must De
hard and hard times mean more idle
men, and more idle men mean destitute
men, and destitute men mean at least
men appeal to the ministry to increase
Goidsboro, N. G, Sept 18.-Mr. Bryan
arrived at HIS last night. He ad-
dressed a large crowd at Selma he
was greeted by good sized crowd here
but did not speak His train was taken
ont of town to a siding and Mr.. Bryan
silent on board. Mr.. Bryan intends after
the Baltimore meeting Saturday even
ing to go to Washington either Satur-
dav night or Sunday morning he VIII
he the guest Sunday of Q. L BRIDE,
with whom he lived during his term as
congressman.