The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-04
Says the Objectionable Features
in the Chicago Platform
Are Popular.
CONTINUES TO DRAW CROWDS
AS Public Curiosity the Daily Per
formanceS of the Nebraskan Are
Well Attended.


cation OF local Democrats, who had called
to take formal leave OF the candidate. At
the station small crowd gathered and
heartily cheered the nominee. The train
left at 7:45 o'clock over the Lake Shore for
Adrian and other Michigan points.
HUDSON, MICH, Sept. 3.-Bryan made
his first bow to Michigan audience at
Blissfield, where 500 enthusiastic people
had gathered. Adrian, with its quota of
1900 and brass band, seconded Bliss
fields welcome in a hearty manner, and
received few remarks from the candidate.
SOUTH BEND, IND, Sept 3.-Mr. Bryan
made few remarks at Hudson and Hills
dale. At Jonesville there was throng of
nearly 1000 people, a large proportion be-
ing women. The usual wild scramble in
an endeavor to shake the candidates
hand was witnessed. The same was re-
peated at Quincy and Coldwater, Mich.
At Sturgis. where Mr.. Bryan was met by
the Elkhart committee with a special
train, he found another great crowd and
made an address which was warmly
cheered. Among other points he repeated
his query:
If the gold standard is good thing why
does the Republican party pledge itself to get
rid OF it as soon as other nations will come to
our help? IApplause.l II the gold standard
is a bad thing then why keep that bad thing
for a single moment? The American people
are entitled to good things They are not de-
serving of being punished with bad things
that other nations may want to impose upon
them. We will not consult the nations OF the
earth when we desire to set up Government
for our ourselves.
want to establish financial policy of our
own. IApplause.l The Republican party has
done what no party heretofore has done. 1t
has declared that we must endure financial
system that is satisfactory to European ma
lions until those European nations come to us
and permit us to have what we ourselves
people are feeling interested in this campaign.
/ am not surprised that there is an earnestness
that has not often been manifested before.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at Elkhart shortly
after noon and was given hearty greeting
at the railway station by 1000 or more peo-
pie. A procession in which appeared
many local Democrats, members of silver
clubs, escorted Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to a
hotel, where dinner was served.
Governor Claude Matthews met Mr.
Bryan here and presided at the ouen-air
meeting held late in the day. The men,
bers of the local reception committee with
a number of ladies deputed to receive Mrs.
Bryan marched in line from the hotel TO
what is known as 1.-The Island" Elkhart's
public park
There fully 5000 people were assembled
around temporary stand profusely decor
ated. Jonas o. Hoover, local attorney,
introduced Governor Matthews, who was
given three ringing cheers, and the Gov
ernor in turn, without wasting words,
presented the Democratic candidate as the
next President. Mr.. Bryan was enthusi-
astically cheered.
Mr.. Bryan spoke of the pleasure it gave
him to enter the great State of Indiana and
be welcomed by its distinguished execu-
tive. He continued:
We are entering upon a campaign which
stirs mems hearts-a campaign which is draw
ing out the interests OF the people. have
not, in my journey from Nebraska. to the sea-
found single lukewarm person. have found
some against us, but everybody was for or
against us-no ldlers anywhere. IApplause1
This shows the American people are realizing
their responsibility and preparing TO exercise
with intelligence and patriotism the right of
suffrage when election day arrives. ! find here
little slip printed upon an appropriate color
yellow. tLaughter.l 1t says: 81, the under
signed, blank in the employ of blank"-that
is a very appropriate blank because the
man who issued this considered the employe
a blank. [Laughter.l al, a blank Democrat
in the employ of the Blank Railroad Com
pany." 1t ought TO be blankety blank blank
blank. tGreat laughter.l Hereby make ap,
plieation for membership in the Railway
Mems Sound-money Club" Why don't they
say gold club? Why do they attempt to con-
ceal the word "gold" under the enphonions
name of sound money? A voice-They are
ashamed of it'll Yes, l believe that is the
reason, "Do hereby pledge myself to use my
vote and influence"
There is one good thing IN this slip. If they
attempt to tell you how to vote, point to this
and tell them it is my vote and not yours:
"And do hereby pledge myself TO use my vote
and influence for the defeat of free coinage at
the forthcoming National election" Paw at
tentlon 10 TINS: believing that such free
coinage OF silver would be injurious to my
personal interests as an Garner OF wages as well
as disastrous to the United States as a Nation
II the wage-earner ought to sign statement
declaring the Tree coinage of silver injurious
to his personal interests l want to ask Won
why the advocates of the gold standard who
are engaged in other kinds OF business do not
make some statement in regard to their bust
ness?
They want 1t understood the laboring man
is influenced by personal interests, but these.
great leaders OF the gold standard are simply
interested in the public veal. There is a great
difference between those who advocate bimet-
allism and those who advocate a gold stan
dard. ASK farmer why he wants bimetalllsm
and he says because IL would be good for him
He is not worrying about somebody else
He has troubles enough of his own. 1t is the
same with a laboring man. or business man.
or professional man. Ask financier why he
favors the gold standard. Will he tell Won be-
cause IT is good for him? You never heard one
of them say it. ILaughter1 They want some
thing that will help somebody else / am
afraid some OF our opponents add the crime OF
hypocrisy TO the sin OF ayarice. There are
pIlntlpACo HUI Tue money question.
principles which you must understand before
you can enter into discussion of the money
question. and the first great principle is that
the value of dollar depends on the number
OF dollars.
You have to learn that scarce money means
dear money and that you can change the MIR
chasing power of dollar whenever you can
change the number OF dollars. Our opponents
dispute this, some OF them, but no writer on
political economy viii tell you that volume is
immaterial.
Now, my friends, 1 assert that when the Gov
eminent prohibits the making of q dollar by
an individual then the Government assumes
the solemn duty of creating enough dollars for
the people to do business with. [AppIause. !
Yet the very people who invoked the law OF
1873 TO strike down a part of the peoples
money now deny the right of the people to in
woke the law 10 replenish the currency of the
Nation. [Cheers.l
know that whenever we express an opipion
on the money question we subject our
selves TO the contempt of the New York fnan-
ciers. There is a conspiracy among the
money-chsngers to enslave the producers of
wealth. II is an international conspiracy en-
teri nj Nv. uho ssa lie nd