The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-02
Speech ut Wheeling.

MIR. Bryan address in Wheeling was de-
livered at the fair grounds, where there
was a throng Of people, largely composed
of Republicans drawn there by curiosity.
Several marching clubs with brass bands
escorted the candidate to the grounds. and
en- route the cheers for Mckinley We're as
numerous as the hurrahs for Bryan. The
stand was so erected that Mr.. Bryan could
speak from three sides, which he did.
Among other things he said:
Il have heard since l came into this
State that a prominent member of a cor
poration had boasted that they had $780,
600 to spend in this single State to prevent
the electoral vote being cast for the Chica-
go ticket. (Cries of They won't do itr
and applause.) My friends, in times of
quiet, in times when people feel no deep
Interest, money may possibly be eXpende
in such a way as to effect the result of an
election. but in times like these. when the
the result of an election. (Great applause.)
If they are allowed to intimidate the
voters then the people in this country are
helpless to secure anv remedy through leg
~islation, because every time Intimidation is
successful it encourages them to try in
corruption is successful it encourages them
to try corruption again and when they win
by corrupt means they then enact legisla-
pockets of the people of the country vastly
more than they expended in securing the
delivered his usual utterances on the
money question, repeating these familiar
sentences. l6n / ma a. man VINO
thinks that the money question Is TOO com
plicated for the people generally I find a
man who thinks that It is just about COM
plicated enough for him. When ! find a
man who thinks that the money question
is too deep for the people generally I find
a man VINO thinks it is Just about deep
man who thinks that the masses of the
people are not intelligent enough to act for
who wants to act for them and you may
rest assured that if you let some one act
for all the people on the theory that all
the people have not sense enough to act
for themselves then those few who assume
the right to think and act for others will
be careful not to neglect their own inter-
eSts while they are looking after others.
There are some people who grow rich
as the dollars grow in purchasing power,
and if these people control legislation they
will so control that legislation as to raise
the value Of the money which they own.
make a profit by the. negotiation of bonds,
and those who profit by bond sales are
tain a policy that makes frequent issues
Of bonds necessary. Therefore. my friends.
who shall make the law, who shall deter
mine the quantity of money that shall cir
culate among the people.
When | find a man who wants q thing
because it is good for him / say that is a
natural sort of a mani; that I have seen
man who always wants to do something
for me against my will. somebody who in
sists on looking after my interests when
l don't want him to, a man who tells me
that he always feels for mel am careful
to see that he don't reach me when he
feels for me. My friends, | don't know
what these gold-standard advocates might
nave said in your presence, but ] know
the New York %financiers would make great
profit out of silver coinage, but that they
DO not want to allow themselves to make
that profit. Laughter.) When they tell
me that the financiers would profit by free
coinage. then, my friends. / make UP my
mind that the time has come when the
masses of the people could pay back a debt
OF gratitude which they have been longing
to pay for twenty years. These fnanciers
tell US that for twenty years they have
been legislating for the good of the peo-
pie, even to the neglect of themselves. I
do not think that we ought to permit them
to make this sacrifice for us always. ZAP
plause.) And when they tell US that the
| say. my friends. we have a chance now
to get even, because we will give them
free coinage and let them enjoy it to their
hearts content.
IF. as a matter of fact, they believe
rhae t by 1ree eoin Z they are g3ing to en-
Anarchists. Because we are going to Go
something for them? The free coinage of
farmer Is prosperous there can be no pros
perity in this country. You can imagine
that you can crush out those who are con-
verting the natural resources of this coun-
try into material wealth. but you are mis-
taken my friends. If you are engaged in |
ucts of your factory unless there are peo-
pie in this country who have money TO buy
w nav yod navy IT 5Gils oilAt AliG O1llN WAY Ill |
which the farmer can get money to buy
what you have to sell is to get money for
what they have to sell (great APPLAUSE, |
and II the farmers are not able to sell their
for more than enough to pay their in
money to spend in buying the products CT |
mills and factories. Great applause.1 |
matter what you are producing. you
increase your prosperity until YOU
at the bottom and allow the
producers of wealth to prosper. If. nv
friends. you are engaged in producing glass,
and the farmers have to use old hats in
of buying new window panes. it SIM
ply cuts off your customers. and then
your operators will suspend operations I'M
til consumption catches VI with produc-
ton. Great applause.)
Free coinage is good for the 1aboring
man. Why? Because. my friends, the
welfare of the lahofing nlan depends upon
two things. First, there must be an OPP
to labor before the man becomes
at all interested in the purchasing power
of a dollar. If a man cannot find work in
TO get a dollar 1t does not matter 10
him whether n dollar buys much or little.
Great ~applauSe.) So long as money is be-
coming more and more valuable there will /
be a paralysis of industrv-tnere will be a
stagnation in business. The laboring men
Of this country have Joined in a petition to
Congress asking for the immediate restora-
ton of free coinage at l6 to /. My friends.
do not these iafnoFing men know what is
good for them better than the financiers
know? Ard yet in this campaign you are
told that the fnftncier Is. above ell things,
Interested in doing something fer the la