Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-10-22
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FLAG.
MIR. Bryan Wants to Bee the Emblem Of
Our Nation Unfurled.

Our Nation Unfuried.
Dayton, o.. Oct. 2O-Candidate Bry-
nm crossed the state Of Ohio from To-
ledo to within few miles of Cincinna-
II Yesterday. then going east to Lanes-
Vile. He spoke to large and enthusi-
astic audiences all along the way.
At Dayton the largest and most en-
thusiastic audience Of the day shouted
and howled and yelled itself hoarse
when. shortly after 5 o'clock. the NOM
inee spoke at the fair grounds. The
crowd was estimated way up In the
thousands at the grounds. and the
streets were crowded by thousands OF
others. and the trip clear out to the
grounds was n continual ovation.
In his peech at Lima Mr.. Bryan quot
cd the letter of Mark Hanna calling on
the people who intended to vote the
Republican ticket to hang the Amer
lean flag from their windows on Octo-
ber 81. In reference to 1t he said:
"Iy friends. 1t is the first time that
know of that l have agreed with the
chairman of the Republican national
committee. but I want to sign my
name to his letter and ask all those
who believe in the ideas set forth
there to display the flag on the 31st of
October. because there Is not living
thing In that letter but what we advo-
Gates of free silver indorse. Now, note
what he says. that he wants the flag
displayed by all those who on the 3rd
of November intend to vote for the
preservation Of our national honor.
We advocates of free silver believe
that by having n financial policy
made by the American people for the
American people we can support the
honor of the United States. He wants
those to display the flag who are for
sound money. We who believe in the
money of the constitution are for
sounder money than those who want
to change our currency into pounds,
shillings and pence. We who believe
in basis for our financial transac-
tions sufficiently broad for those trans
actions to rest upon, believe in
sounder financial system than those
who advocate gold standard and n
financial system based upon gold
alone when you cannot get the gold
to furnish your foundation. We not
only believe in sound money, but we
tell you what we mean by sound
money, and do not play the hypocrite
by talking about sound money and
then refusing to explain what the
terms mean. He wants those who are
going to vote for the advancement of
prosperity to display the American
flag.
.My friends, we believe that free
coinage of silver, the opening of the
mints to the free coinage of silver at
1G to 1, without waiting for the aid
or consent of any nation on earth,
means the advancement of the people,
and general prosperity, and, therefore,
we can join with these men in display
ing the American flag and let 1t be
known to the country that we are
standing by the flag and that we are
not asking foreign nations what that
flag shall mean. 1 join in the request
for three reasons: First, because ev-
erything that he asks in that letter we
believe in. and therefore have as much
right to display the flag on that day as
any Republican has, and we believe
we have a great deal more moral right
to do 1t in this campaign. join in
the letter for another reason. do not
want them to mark the advocates of
free silver for slaughter on that day. I
do not want employers to go about
over every town throughout the coun-
try and find that one who has a flag in
his window and then threaten to dis
charge any man who does not say he
is going to vote the Republican tick
ct"