The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-07
BRYAN,S TOUR.
Continues Els Free Silver Speeches
Through Indiana.


Indianapolis. Ind, oct. THE SPEC
1al train bearing William Jennings
Bryan and party left this city for Chi
cago over the Lake Erie and Western
az s.l3 o'clock this morning. 13 minutes
late About 500 people We're assembled
at the station to give the nominee a
parting cheer Mr.. Bryan rested well
during the night and was much re
freshed this morning
Ilpt0n- lnd- Oct THE first stop
during the day was at NOblesville Ind.
where q stand had been erected in the
center of Main street and about it were
gathered several thousand citizens Of
Inat place and the surrounding country
AIr- Bryan was introduced BY judge
Davis and said.
This campaign is resulting in more
political changes than any recent cam
paign- We are told that the Demo
cratic party IS losing some of its prom
nent men, We are told that the Demo
cratic party must succeed, if it sue
ceeds, without the support of certain
former Democratic leaders, but we re-
joice that if we are to lose Democrats
we are also to gain from those who
have not heretofore acted with the
Democratic party.
@This As the difference between those
who so from us and those who come to
us- Those who go from as advocate
" hat the Democratic party has never
advocated hefore-the gold standard
W nile the Republicans who come TO US
come to us because we advocate the
party has advocated Great APP
plause)
THE Republican party four years
ago declared that the American people
from tradition and interest We're in ia
Vor of bimetallism. if the A uerican
people We're in favor of bimetallism
four years ago, why should they not be
in favor of it today2 Have traditions
changed in four ycars2 Have interests
changed in four years2 Ave. my friends
not only was the platform of the Re
publican party declaring ia favor of
blEaetallsln -FOUR years ago, but the
leaders of the Republican party were
advocating four years ago what they
den0unce now
THE Republican candidate for the
presidency SO late aS 1891, made %
speech alt Toledo Up which he denoun-
eed Mr. Cleveland policy and said
that by contracting the currency he
had made money the master and an
things else the servant. Your distin-
guished citizen. Congressman Evans
has a right to think now what McKin-
ley talked five years ago. even though
Mr. Mckinley does not think now
what he thought then
They tell us that we cannot affect
silver by legislation The Republicans
who act with us can take the report
fled by Secretary Rusk in 1890 and they
can point to pages where Mr.. Rusk
shows the effect of silver legislation on
the prices of products and also adds
that the rise in the price of silver has
rising prices with the farmer We're good
thens thas are good now You did not
hear at that time this talk about rising
prices hurting the Ia aboringmen They
We're bOasting that their legislation
brought rising prices. because when the
farmer was prosperous lit would be
shared by the laboring men and the
merchants and every legitimate bust
ness. lApplause)
you have distinguished citizen
here Ia this state who was president
during the time when Mr.. Rusk sent
in his report and on the 1st of Deem
Der. 1880 President Harrison sent
message to congress in which ne used
these words.
2. The enlargement of our currency
by the silver bill undoubtedly gives an
upward tendency to trade and has
marked effect on prices
MIR. Harrison said that, not in a
campaign speech. but in a deliberate
message to congressional silver legis-
lation had marked effect upon trade
and upon prices. and did not tell the
people that it was disastrous to have
rising prices He also said. But this
natural and desired effect of the silver
legislation was by many erroneously at
tributod to the tariff
There he went SD far as to put aside
those who attempted to credit the Nc
Kinley bill with the effect that had
come and ne attributed that effect TO
silver. and yet when we say that legis-
lation can affect the price of silver they
say we don't understand anything
about the subject