The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-21

the kind reception rendered upon our re-
turn from Washington. Z.
Mr.. Bryan then explained that the au-
dlence was perforce limited to actual mem
bers Of; the Mary Bryan Club because OF
the seating capacity Of the house. He
was personally glad to talk to believers IN
the gold standard, and had frequently had
to disa gree politically with his Oldest and
best friends. He believed now, as always,
that every man, woman and child has the
inherent right of free political belief, and
had no i'll will towards any one who
differed from him.
S&.We3 initiate what we admire" the
speaker said, The child's life tells what
the man will be. / am glad to see the
wives and others at last deeply and fully
interested in the greatest political issues
Of the day. And if there Is one motto
should wish to Impress upon their minds
and. to have them carry away IN their
hearts to their home, that motto is this:
THAT government like ours deriving its
powers through and by the people, should
rights to all and special privileges to
none. a..
1.-THE common peeple-the masses-those
who are sometimes slightingly alluded to
as the riff-raff, .Iaughter), are the very
people who fail to profit by special legis-
lation. We do not mean to say that per-
feet equality can never exist among the
people, for that, my friends, depends
largely upon character, energy, frugality
and those distinguished traits in human
beings which tend by natural agencies to
raise one man above the head Of another,
But what I do mean is that the common
people, every man of them, shall enjoy
| the same legal privileges as those OF
greater financial power. That is why we
enjoy our form of government, because
there is justice tor be had as between man
and man, when the right lawmakers are
81 4kn1f S~%n cke ~f no Ia nx1Y
in this last campaign, / advocated the res
toration Of bimetallism.
l'$"Doubtless I read more works against
free silver than any speaker who opposed
me on the stump. When see the great
money; classes combine together to make
mean to profit by it. and not because they
love the people. And when i find that
these are the ONES who desire to continue
the same system under which we have
fallen upon these hard times, want to
do all in my power to illustrate their de-
sires, 49, =
s. Given my enemies have conceded my
physical endurance, and yet I want to say
that my efforts were meagre compared
with those of the people--the common peo-
sple Of this country. If experience teaches
us. that our opponents are right, we shall
be; able to enjoy and acquiesce in their
victory and its fruits. II, on the contrary,
they fail and we are left to prove them
III the wrong, we shall at last convince
them that.pur principle was the right one
and shall ask them to join us honestly.
In conclusion, allow me to thank you
most heartily for the courtesy extended
to my wife and myself. It will be for
lives, and + would add that earnestly
hope that those ladies who are interested
in questions Of government and worked
so faithfully throughout this campaign
will not drop their studies, but will con-
tinue to gain an insight into practical
politics, which will prove of inestinable
value In the training OF the coming gen
GRAFTON of voters r
The closing sentences Of Mr.. Bryan's
speech were we'll nigh inaudible, his voice
failing him utterly at times In this con-
nectlon, he said, laughingly, that he was
campaign.
" Mr.. Bryan in the evening delivered a
brief address to the Travelling Mems Bry-
an Club, the Veterans and Bryan Home
Guards at. the Funke Opera House, and
later spoke "a few minutes at an overflow
meeting at Bohannan's hall. His voice
had practically failed him at the after-
noon meeting, and he had not sufficiently
regained the use of his vocal chords to
speak long. He was accorded a warm well
come, and spoke very briefly and in gem
seral terms of the necessity of carrying on
maintaining their various organizations
The first demonstration came when Gov.
Holcomb and suite entered the left pros
eeniums box. There were Wild yells for
Holcomb. But when Mr.. Bryan was seen
threading his way through the ranks Of
the Bryan Home Guards, cheers went up
which almost shook the chandeliers, and
disclosed a very lively bimetaltic senti-
ment !. - ~. ..as5-55
Mr.. Bryan said:
s.Now we have passed from the stage
Of argument in the silver battle. When
arguments to the people. They ask you
whyE YOU believe in binetallism or In the
gold standard, You tell them: You
explain to them. You tell them what you
believe each policy will do. They say
that is prophecy They may refuse to
action then the successful party must put
its policy into operation, and WHEN these
policies are in operation then you can
Judge the effect which they. produce. If
the Republican party can make this coun-
try prosperous under the gold standard, It
will'have to reverse the laws Of nature and
give points to all the writer's on polit-
zeal economy. lApplause) II the Re
publican party can bring prosperity to this
country by making money dearer it will
do what has never been done by any other
party in any other country.
....But, my friends, see the arguments
that experience has to disprove. The
Republicans went before this labortng men
and told them, that low prices were great
blessings because the wages would go
farther, and told the farmer that agricult-
ure was depressed, and that simply means
standard and conf ence-especlally conf
and .laughter) would res
store prosperity, and restore prices to the
farmer. NY friends, it will be interesting