The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
BILLY THE KID MADE SEVERAL
SPEECHES IN THAT CITY YES
TERDAY.
ISLANDERS THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY
Fraud. But 1t Is Not Big Enough to
Be Called a Stupendous Fraud.
Made Several Speeches.

| indianapolis. Ind, Oct 6.-Ihe recep-
ton accorded William Jennings Bryan
upon his arrival in indianapolis today
was nearly as great as any h. has re-
ceived during his entire trip. He made
five speeches here and at each meeting
addressed an immense audience, one of
which was nearly as large as that adj
dressed by him on the Boston common.
the largest of the campaign.
The Bryan party arrived in Indianap-
oils at 12:4J o'clock and was received
AT the station with great enthusiasm
from many thousands gathered about the
station. He was taken to the Grand
Hotel and the parade from the depot
was in the nature of an ovation. The
Cleveland club, in Prince Albert coats
and silk hats, the indianapolis Republic
can Silver club and the Gray club acted
as escorts and the parade passed through
| streets lined with people, the principal
thOrOughfares being so crowded that the
| sidewalks We're roped off in order to keep
| the crowds from pressing upon the car
riages.
After dinner Mr.. Bryan addressed the
largest crowd of the day at the state
house. Every inch of the available
standing and climbing room was taken.
| The park in front of the state house was
packed with humanity. the streets on
either side were crowded and people
were gathered in the windows of the
buildings across the street in order TO see
the candidate. even if they could not
hear him. Possibly less than one-fourth
of the audience heard his speech. but
those who were able to get within sound
of his voice were enthusiastic to de-
gree. 1t would be an impossibility to
estimate the crowd, so great was it.
Mr.. Bryan began talking at 3:1j o'clock
and spoke half an hour. After the nom
inee had concluded his remarks at the
state house he was taken to Tomlnson
Hall, where he spoke to as many people
as could get into it and i'll front of the
balcony where he stood. This meeting
was also enthusiastic and often during
his speech the candidate was stopped by
the demonstrations of approval.
Tonight he spoke to three audiences,
to the Commercial Travellers association
nj the Grand hotel and in Tomlinson
Hall. The speech inside the hall was to
the laboring men of Indianapolis and his
remarks were applauded to the echo.
In his state hoH"e speech Mr.. Bryan.
after paying beautiful tribute to
Thomas A. Hendricks. said:
This city enjoys the unique distinc-
ton of being the birthplace and the death
bed of so-called party. My friends.
know | am not obeying the Biblical
Injunction, Let the dead bury their
dead when l speak of this so-oalled
party / speak of it as | would not
speak of any bona tide organization of
men. But this party occupies a pecu-
liar place in history. 1t calls itself the
national democratic party, when it does
not expect to carry single county in the
whole nation. 1t calls itself a demo.
cratic party. when it was organized for
the express purpose of electing a repub-
lcan candidate for president. If it was
big enough to justify the name. would
call it a stupendous fraud. but it is too
small TO be called stupendous. | will
call it transparent fraud. 1t was the
first political convention ever held in this
country where the members of the con
vention nominated ticket that they did
not expect to vote for and the first place
where men have received a nomination
they did not want. They oppose free
coinage on the ground that it would in
terfere with international bimetallism
According to the democratic minority
plank, the efforts of the democratic par
ty should he steadily directed TO that end
anu wien llltN ldllt'l W Sttult tNt d'op
ton of this plank they assembled here
and forgot all about international bimet-
alism.
MY friends. | am willing to meet an
open enemy in an open field and concede
to that enemy all the rights and privi-
leges of open warfare but when our op..
ponents call themselves advocates of
sound money and want to fasten on, us
an unsound financial system. when they
call themselves the advocates of honest
money and then deal dishonesty with
the American people. when they say they
are members of a party and yet employ
speakers and openly say they are going
to vote the republican ticket, that party
does not deserve to he treated like an
open enemy. Ny friends. | have no
criticism to make of the man who be-
lieves that the election of the Chicago
ticket would have bad effect and then
votes the republican ticket. but the man
who wants to vote the republican ticket
and has not the courage TO bear. the
odium of adversely makes il an entirely
4 voice-"Give it to Bynum.
Mr.. Bryan-"If you want to know
what that distinguished citizen"
4 oice-"EXtinguished,'
Mr.. Bryan-"The gentleman suggests
cXtinguished citizen. but | will say dis
tinguished. because he has a past whether
he has any future or not. If you want
to know what he said about the gold
standard. let me read from his speech
in favor of silver in 1856. 1t is not an
open enemy. never was and never will
be. Now see how well he understands
them. He said
"'Oh. they say we want silver: we are
bimetallists. hut we want, an honest dol
lar. Suspend coinage and we will drive
England. Germany and other nations to
bimetallism and then the price of silver
bullion will appreciate and our silver dol
lars will be worth 100 cents
THAT is what he said in 1896, my
friends. Instead of saying how he will
adopt bimetallism and drive other nations
to it. he says that we will stand by the
gold standard and allow other nations to
drive us away from it. l might also
quote to you what Mr.. Bynum quoted IN
that speech from Mr. ingalls,. Now note
the language quoted from ex-senator In
gals:
"'No enduring fabric of national pros
perity can be builded on gold. Gold is
the money of monarchs kings covet it;
the exchanges of nations are effected by
it. Its tendency is to accumulate in vast
masses in the commercial centers and to
move from kingdom to kingdom in such
volumes as to unsettle values and stir up
the finances of the world. 1t is the in
strument of gamblers and spectators and