The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-08-27
WORDS OF WISDOM
FALL FROM THE LIPS OF WILL
LIAM j. BRYAN.
The Democratic Candidate for the
Presidency Speaks TO an Immense
Crowd OF People, aud Evokes
Great Enthusiasm.


New York, August 4.-(Speoisl. MIR.
Bryan has captured the people of this
city, outside Of the great monied inter
ests. He is looked upon as sure winner
and his name Is on every tongue. His
very audacity attracts the gold men,
and his convincing arguments have set
them to thinking. His great speech at
Tivoli-on-the- Hudson, Saturday night,
has helped the silver cause, as does every
speech Mr.. Bryan makes Mr.. Bryan
spoke at Tivoli, as follows;
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentle
mem When our party at Chicago wrote
the platform which It did, we knew that
1t would offend some people. No party
can take strong plain, emphatic position
upon any question without offending
somebody. We declared In that platform
what we believed was right; we described
the policies which we believed were best
for the American people, and we knew
that 1t would ALLEVIATE some. Let me
read one of the planks of that platform :
We are opposed to the issuing Of in
terest-bearing bonds of the United States
In time of peace and condemn the
trafficking with banking syndicates
which, in exchange for bonds and at an
enormous profit to themselves, supply
the federal treasury with gold to main
tain the policy of gold monometallism." /"
s, - ola he m
the crowd, 1t is good oneD that was
not put In there to attract the love Of
those who have grown rich out Of the
governments extremities. applause }
We did not expect those who have pas
sageway from the federal treasury to
their office to join with us in closing up
the passage. We did not expect those
who are making profit out of the gold
standard and out of the embarrassment
It brings to the treasury; we did not ex-
peot them to join with us in putting an
end to the gold standard. Why, If we had
expected it, what would we have expected
in the face of all the history of the pastf
Do you remember the good book states
that some 800 years ago a man named
Demetrius complained of the preaching
Of the gospelY Why, he said, it destroys
the business in which we are engaged.
We are making images for the worship Of
Diana, and these people say that they be
not gods that are made with hands.
NOW, my friends, when you make up
your mind that the gold standard is a
bad thing, then the only question you
have to consider is how you can get rid
of it. They can raise objections to the
plan which we propose, saying that IL
coinage makes silver equal to gold
dollsr, then 1t will be just as hard to get
a silver dollar as it is to get gold dollar.
Do you know what they overlook They
overlook the fact that when we bring
silver into competition with gold we in
crease the supply Of the standard money;
that while the silver dollar will 5e worth
as much as the gold dollar, Ii wiN be
easier to obtain with the products of toll
silver dollar or gold dollar than 1t
is today. (Applause.) II there is any
person who is afraid that under the policy
proposed by the Chicago platform we are
going to have food Of money and that
you will be drowned by 1t, we cannot ap-
peal to you for support, But If there is
anybody here whose experience is such |
that he is willing to risk the disastrous
consequences of that flood upon him, we
ask you to consider whether we are not |
entitled to your vote"
A voice-"Are you Democratic"
81 think that ths principles which ad-
vocate are Democratic. "a voice. Are
you DsmocratgO ain myself, but you
NAV call me any name you please. You
cannot swerye me from what believe to
be good for the people. tremendous ap-
plsuse)
"If bimetallism is to be restored the
United States must take the lead. Gap
plause) assert that the American peo-
pie not only have the right and the
ability to legislate for themselves on
every question, nc matter what other
nations may think about 1t. CLong ap-
plause) The man who says that bimet-
allism is desirable and yet that the United
States is impotent to bring these ad
vantages to our people has made an ad-
mission that shall not make. We ap
peal to you to remember that the United
States is the only nation that stands
ready to protect its own people from
every danger, foreign and domestic
applause Other natl )ns may protect
their people as they should, but our
nation is the only nation that can pro-
tect the American people.
~ want to suggest that you are inter
ested not so much In knowing, the objeo-
tlons to our plan as in knowing what
plans the opposition have to. relieve the
condition. Why don't they propose some
thingS II Is because they do not know
what ought 20 be done. So they are the
people to lead you out of bondage.
daughter Is it because they know and
will not tellp
"It so, they have not tle candor that
ought to be possessed by those who would
redeem the people from their suffering
and distress. (Applause) They say
that our dollar will be a 53-cent dollar.
Well, now, my friends, they refuse to
apply to the silver that is produced In the
world the law OF supply and demand.
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