Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-26
BRYAN TELLS OF DEAR MONEY
In Turn He Sounds the Praise of Cheap
7a. 10 Dollar.
TO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
Democratic Somincc Continues His
Assaults Upon tiic Gold standard
mud Advocates Free sill
VSr Coinage.


refreshed by a ,en-huurs' sleep William J.
. Bryan LETT Hartford at 116 q. m. to invade
the "enemy's country" still further. There
was an immense crowd at the depot to catch
parting glimpse Of the nominee. and to
these Mr.. Bryan made few remarks. He
told them that the money changer was inter
ested in having a dear dollar and that
dear dollar meant hard times to the pro-
ducer of wealth. There was no demonstra-
tion, no cheering and nothing in the way
of enthusiasm. On the train was a COM
mttee from Springfield headed by Colonel
John l.. Rice
The first stop was at windsor. where
small crowd had gathered, bearing the ban
ner Inscribed, Mckinley and Prosperity"
There were few cheers for him by part
of the crowd. and more cheers for his op
ponents. At Windsor Locks, the next stop,
the assemblage was more enthusiastic for
MIR. Bryan. There everybody wanted to
shake hands with him, and called on him
for a speech. II am glad to see you, was
the extent of his address, and even that
was applauded. Thompsonville also gave
him cordial reception, and he was cheered
enthusiastically by a few hundred people
gathered about the depot. Mr.. Bryan ar
rived in Springfield at 1905 and was met
at the station by MIR. Winter, members OF
the board of aldermen and George Fred Will
liaIns. A great crowd followed him to the
court square where he spoke to large
audience that filled the block. At the con-
clusion of his speech he went to the Hotel
Worthy for dinner and at l:l5 left for
Boston. In his speech at the court square
Mr.. Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Before entering
upon discussion of the great
paramount issue OF this campaign
desire in this city to pay
tribute to independent journalism. ZAP
plauseJ My friends, l have always respected
an honest and earnest and able opponent.
have never criticised the right of any one
TO speak his sentiments and present his
ideas as clearly, as forcibly, as eloquently
as he can. | believe with Jefferson that
error is harmless where reason is left free to
combat it. Great applause.) And If any
man has an idea | am willing Tor MN TO
launch that idea and trust to the merits OF
that idea to make its way into the MINDS
and into the hearts of men. | respect the
Springfield Republican for the high plane
upon which it discusses political questions
| respect it for the tolerance which 1t shows
to political opponents, and without CensurtnG
those who Substitute abuse for argument,
can commend those who use argument in
stead of abuse l(Great applause) | can
commend also to every citizen the word OF
that distinguished editor who was the
founder of this paper. | am told that he Is
the author of the expression that a man
who Is not willing to die for cause in
which he believes, is not worthy to live
Great applause)
"My friends, it is willingness of people
to stake their all upon the correctness OF
their convictions that has enabled truth to
spread from person to person until at last
Il oyercomes the opposition. And in this
campaign we have as good an Illustration
as was ever given of the depth OF conviction
and the intensity of earnestness in the pres
entation of the cause. I challenge you to
al hn
a cause more earnest men than are found.
today among the advocates of the right OF
this government to legislate for itself with
out regard to other nations. tGreat ap-
plauseO 1t will not do to say that there
is no cause for such feeling as is manifested
now.
NINE OWNERS NOT IN 1T.
"My friends, our opponents sometimes tell
us that this movement in favor OF free
coinage is started by the mine owners and
kept up by the mine owners. I want them
to understand that they cannot explain this
great uprising Of the people on the theory
that It is instigated by men who own buh
lion and want to sell it at higher prices.
This great uprising comes from the mass
of the people who do not produce bullion,
but they produce property and they realize
that the gold standard has been driving
value out of the property which they pro-
duce. (Applause.) The opposition press may
well afford to pause in their ridicule OF the
advocates or ffee coinage, III lnelT uenuH-
citation of them as lawless characters to ind
out whether there is a well-founded reason
for this advocacy of bimetallism among the
farmers of the United States, OF Ireland, Of
England of Germany, of France and OF every
nation which has been cursed by the gold
standard. My friends, I assert here, and
challenge any goldbug paper to dispute it,
that a financial policy which is injurious
to the agricultural classes has nothing to
commend it to the government in any nation
on earth, Great applause and cheers)
THE gold standard has never commended
itself to the agricultural classes of any
country which has had it, What will you
say then? Will you say that these farmers
have no right to have their interests re-
spected? No, you dare not say that because,
my friend they must first produce wealth
before there is wealth to be distributed
What will you say, then? That, having the
right to have their interests respected they
have not the intelligence to know what is
best for them? No, you dare not say that
because you know that in public life and in
business life the best brains that you have
| come from the farms Of this country. Ap-
plause) What answer will you make to
them? When they ask for bread, will you
give them stone? When they ask for fish
will you bestow serpents upon them? That
has been the policy of the inanciers of this
country, and, assembling their selfshness
they have been attempting to force their
ideas upon others, While others have
fallen down beneath the weight of those
ideas the fnanciers themselves have risen
to prosperity on the PROSTATE forms of the
fallen Great applause and cheerlng) No
person can accuse me Of attempting to deny
to the fnanciers or even to the money
changers the right to their opinion, the
! right to their votes, the right to every
legitimate influence. What | deny to them
is this: The rightto think for anybody but
themselves, the right to act for anybody but
themselves, the right to put themselves
above other people and go through the
world crying Il am holier than thou; |
am holier than thou" Cheers and ap-
plause) ! JIG
KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS.
my friends, LET me give you one way
in which you can determine the sincerity
OF men. II is nQt a new rule. 1t is as
old the law of evidence II applies 10
all walks of life and to all conditions and
to all subjects, The ~ an who believes he is
right tells you what he believes and why
he believes it. "A man who does not be-
lleye that he is, right is the man who has
filed the dictionary with ambiguous terms
and fills his speech with words of double
meaning Great applause) The man who
talks about 's6und money and then refuses
to tell you what Sound money means can
only get a certificate of honesty from him
self. Cheers and applausel II the advo-
Gates of sound money believed that their
money was good they would tell you that
by sound money they mean the gold stand
ard.