The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-08
Bryan Reads His Silver-Lined
Message of 1890.
M'klNLEY'S VIEWS OF 1891
Mr.. Bryan Was Much Refresh
ed After Undisturbed Sleep.
PALMERtTEs AND REPUBLICANS
One Bolts lnconsstentIy; the Other
Consistently Crowds in In
diana--Roses From Mothers
and Wives of Upton.

diana--Roses From Mothers
and Wives of Upton.
Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. THE spe-
cial train bearing VIM. Jennings Bryan
and party left this city for Chicago at
S:13 o'clock this morning. About 500
people were assembled at the station
to give the nominee a parting cheer.
Gov Matthews and Chairman Martin,
OF the State Democratic committee,
and a party of prominent Democrats
accompanied Mr.. Bryan as far as
Noblesville. Mr.. Bryan rested well
during the night and was much re-
freshed this morning.
Upton, Ind, Oct. THE first stop
during the day was at Noblesville,
Ind. A stand had been erected in the
center of Main street, and about il
were gathered several thousand citi-
zens OF that place and the surrounding
country Mr.. Bryan was introduced
by Judge Davis, and the short speech
he made was enthusiastically APP
plauded. Referring to the Democratic
desertions and Republican accessions
to the Democratic ranks, Mr.. Bryan
said:
There is this difference between
those who go from us and those who
come to us Those who go from us
advocate what the Democratic party
has never advocated before, the gold
standard, while the Republicans who
come to us come to us because we ad-
vocate the same bi-metallism that the
Republican party has advocated. Gap
plause) The Republicans are able to
act with us without changing the con-
victions of a life time, while Demo
Gratis desert all that has been Demo
cratic in the past. (Applause.)
The Republican party four years
ago declared that the American people
from tradition and interest were in
favor of bi-metallism. IF the Ameri-
can people were in favor of 'bi-metal-
lsm four years ago why should they
not be in favor of it to-day? Have
traditions changed in four years2
Have interests changed in four years?
All, my friends, not only was the plat
form of the Republican party declar-
ing in favor of bi-metallism four years
ago, but the leaders in the Republican
party were advocating four years ago
what they denounce now. The Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency
so late as 1891, made a speech at
Toledo in which he denounced Mr..
Clevefand's policy and said that by con-
tracing the currency he had made
money the master and all things else
the servant. (Applause.) They tell US
that we cannot effect silver by legisla-
tion. The Republicans who act with
us can take the report filed by Sec
retaFy 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 price of silver has raised the price
of the farmers products.
If rising prices with the farmer were
good then, they are good now. You
did not hear at that time this talk about
rising prices hurting the laboring men.
They were boasting that their legisla
ton brought rising prices because
when the farmer was prosperous it
would be shared by the laboring men
and tie merchants, and every legiti-
mate business. (Applause).
You have a distinguished citizen
In this state who was President during
the time when Mr.. Ruslx sent in his
report, and on the first of December,
1890, President Harrison sent a mes
sage to Congress, in which he used
these words: "The enlargement of our
currency by the silver bill undoubtedly
gave an upward tendency to trade and
had marked effect on prices"
Mr.. Harrison said that, not in a
campaign speech, but in a deliberate
- 3a4uf Gil
iation had a 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 silver leg
islation was by many enormously at
tributed to the tariff act" There he
went 30 far as to put aside those who
attempted to credit the Mckinley
bill with the effect that had come,
and he attributed that effect to silver,
and yet when we say that legislation
can effect the price of silver, they say
we don't understand anything about
the subject. applause and cheering).
If we had not known anything about
the subject we could find out a great
deal about it by reading those speeches
made a few years ago, by Republicans
which they are sorry now they ever
made. Great applause).
A stop of less than a minute was
made at Cicero. Mr. Bryan told the peo-
pie that he was glad to see them. but
that he was not going to make a
speech in a town named Cicero. for il
he should chance to fall below Demos
themes or Cicero in town of that
name he would not be forgiven and
therefore he would save his speeches
for other places.
Upton turned out en- masse to greet
the candidate. A platform had been