The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-23
TURNS IT ON THEM
BRYAN WORKS A REPUBLICAN GUN
IN INDIANA.

Tries to Make Much of the Platform of th'
Indiana Republicans in I $50 and Quote
to Suit Himself and, Further, Inter
prets to Suit Himself, as is His Way
Insists Upon the "Long" Rather Thar
the ~Prudent" Step and Thinks Ont
Jump and be Done With 1t Beats steps
OF Any Length.
Rochester. Ind, Oct. 22-The Indiana
committee evidently had no intention o.
allowing William j. Bryan TO keep very
far behind his record as speechmakei
on his trip through Hoosierdom- Nine
teen speeches were made in the twenty
four hours ending at midnight last night
and today seventeen were on the ftin-
erary. But Parks Martin, chairman OF
the state committee, who was in charge
of the train attended TO il that Mr.. Bry-
an should receive more rest, and did ms
best to save the nominee from the too al
fec Tomato crowds of admirers.
The first speech of the morning was
at Decatur shortly after o'clock Sew
eraT thousand people listened to Mr.. Bry-
an for more than quarter of an hour,
and the people who heard him did not
hesitate to give boisterous approval OF
his utterances. The crowd was made up
for the most part Of farmers, and Mr..
Bryan's speech was one for farmers.
. He told them that the farmers OF no
country had ever endorsed the gold
standard and called attention to the
meeting of agriculturists some time ago
in Buda Pest, where bimetallism was
endorsed and greetings were sent to the
bime tallists of America.
TALKS TO REPUBLICANS.
Peru, Ind, Oct. 22-The public square
In front of the court house at Rochester
was filled with crowded huna nifty when
Mr.. Bryan arrived there 1t was a free
silver crowd and the few who wore yeS-
low badges looked lonesome.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech quoted from
the Indiana state Republican platform of
six years ago and referred to the mes
sage of ex-President Harrison of De-
cember 1890. He said in part:
Il want to address my remarks TO the
Republicans who may be present. /
want to show the Republicans who are
here today that the Republican party
mas deserted the position which it has
,
is attempting TO change the convictions
of the Republicans VINO supported it
when 1T was supporting bimetallism. I
want to read you the platform which
the Republican party adopted in state
convention in 1890. Now mark the words
of the Platform, and after l have read
1t 10 you, l viii comment upon it:
1--WE cordially commend the action
or the Republicans an congress on the
subject of free coinage. Every Demo-
cratic congressman Who is recorded as
voting, including the last candidate of
that party for vice president, at the time
of the decentralization of silver, voted in
favor of that measure. President Cieve-
land by message to congress strongly or
posed all legislation favorable to silver
coinage and all currency legislation en-
acted was passed in spite of persistent
Democratic opposition. Under benefi-
bent in fiuences silver has rapidly ap-
preached the gold standard OF value,
Farm products are advancing in price
bnd commerce is feeling the impulse of
Increased prosperity. 1t VIII add more
than S5O,OOO000 annually of sound cur
rency to the amount in circulation
among the people and is long, yet pru-
dent step, toward free coinage
pction of congress on the silver question.
In that platform tlle5- point 10 the ac-
ton of the Democrats who voted for
demonstration and denounced those
Democrats and yet today, when we
stand in the same position that they
stood and we stood after characterization
the Republicans of Indiana are asked to
declare that that Is a good thing which
they denounced years ago. ] want Won
TO remember that in that platform they
declared that legislation had increased
the value Of silver and yet when we ask
70 increase The value of silver they say
you can't increase the value of silver by
law.
HARRISON'S MESSAGE.
president Harrison in message sent
to congress on the first of December.
1890. pointed to the silver legIsla ton of
1890 and gave Vt credit for the advance
IN the value Of silver and said that the
advance in the value made the increas-
ing prosperity among the people and lest
some protection6st should attribute the
prosperity TO the protective tariff. Mr..
Harrison declared that it was not due 10
the tariff cay known as the Mckinley
Dill, but due to the silva, law that add
ed S54Oo0,o00 a year to the currency of
dent Harrison who in his message de-
CARED that increasing prosperity came
because of the increasing volume of the
currency is today defending the Repub-
hcan party in its attempt to decrease the
currency and destroy the prosperity of
the country. You VIII notice that rhe
platform of 1890 praised the addition of
$o0,0o0, 600 of money TO the currency and
yet the statistics of the treasury depart
ment show that we have in actual circ,,-
lation S50, 900 900 less this year than we
had two years ago and in spite of the
decreasing currency the Republican
party propose no plan by which thar
currency may be increased.
ALL THE WAY AT ONCE.
ii want TO ask you Republicans who
reJofced at the addition OF $50. 600 600 a.
year in 1890, why you have Changed
your minds and rejoiced at q decrease of
the currency in 1896 do not believe
that the rank and file of the Reouhls
can party VIII turn as quickly as The
Republican managers turned, / do not
believe that the plain people of the Re-
publican party are going to change their
convictions just because the money
changers got hold OF the Republican con
vention or wg'ote a platform srita5 N
wan street and England instead OF a
Platform in favor Of the American uAo-
PIE. The Republican platform whfch
nave read in Your hearing commended
that silver bill as long yet prudent sten
toward free coinage and yet whsn We
call you that free coinage is a good thing
our opponents tell US we are iunatics ana
franks and idiots. II You would six
years ago brag about a Gong step toward
Tree coinage, why don't you brag when
We go the whole distance all at once?
Great applausel