The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-02
BRYAN At COLUMBUS.
still r king of The Crime
and Quoting Sherman.
a LARGE CROWD sPPLau7s.
1esd 90 re q Lar-sr Gathering Than
Attended The special ID -paay OF
fireworks Two Years AGO.

--~-.-9-s- ~ re regzsse 20 s~a ard hear me
rga.~ea~rasks cans3a3ate ~ the state CAPS %.
-snsgat waE greater IN proportion % aa7
ga ~ tne eatv enan thai Fl the Northern
rrssfraeoss had b@~n- Zr. Bryan mad TIE
stafe aap8saI groszasfE for bis x9r&sSA- th-
AaosEau&a say that no etlA@S = tfss5taoa -. -
eyer srau va 50 strongly "A Columbus tx
es,t . aExDlar o. fireworks IN connection
vr,1a the ssase fair on tne grounds two
yAsrz ago vshen O. per cent more people
we're gathered.
NJ BRAN sssd. Ladies and GSenti~rneni
Tnis Is ne largest audience % which l
have ever tried % speak ! have &aa
occasion 10 talk where the sudsenoe nlied
ehs house. buE never wheTe the asf1lenes
ailsa al outdoors II you all vote a.
you nov shout. don't see now there can
be any question about The triumph OF tree
silver IL the state OF Ohio
I'VE have entered upon campaign
which means much 10 she American pee-
pie II our opponents speak truly when
they describe What vii IN their judgment
be the effect Of free coinage, th@n the
SUCCESS OF the Chicago ticket would Ger
taGnly be a calamity 10 the country. II
on rha other hand We SPEAK the truth
when We describe 20 you the effects OF
the gold standard. taen the maintenance
o. the gold standard. unta foreign nations
e come to our relief, Is an evil when can
their country We have begun an unceasr
Ing warfare against. the gid standard
The Republican party. without declaring
the gold standard ia a good thing. mas de-
ciared that the gold standard must ne
maintained. I call your attention to the
fact that no party In the history o. TINS
country has ever In a national convention
commended the gold standard. It's
effects are so bad that no party has dared
10 uphold IT.
Il desire 70 impress upon yoar minds
the fact that the enemy Ne are hghtihs
in this campaign Is an enemy which las
never gone into an open battle. The al
vocates OF tho gold standard have never
dared 70 submit the gold standard 10 the
arhltrament Of a ballot. Every step that
has been taken has been taken by stealth
and without the approval OF the Ameri-
can people. When silver was demonetized
In 1878 tie people had not discussed it, and
persons who were members o. congress
and who voted upon the measure have tes-
titled that they did not understand that
The bill demonetized silver. When the
crime was discovered and the American
people attempted 10 restore silver TO lis
ancient place by the side OF god, the OPP
pouents OF free coinage forced the Oil and
act upon congress as a compromise. and
as soon as the Bland act went into force
the enemies Of free silver proceeded TO re-
peal the bill, and left nothing In its place
But the silver sentiment grew untu
lsa0 and that year the opponents OF free
coinage. being afraid OF the passage OF
free coinage bill, secured another com
promise which vas known as the Sher-
man law In The support OF that measure
Senator Sherman made a speech, and IN
the course or that speech he went on 10
say that We required more than $42,eeo,otS
uew money every year 10 keep pace with
the population and industry, and he al
Vocated that measure on the ground that
/ il gave to the people more money, and yet
] In his rccollections. published only Few
months ago you sill find that Senator
Sherman there says that he was in favor
o. the Sherman law simply 20 prevent free
/ coinage, and that he was willing 10 vote
| for It's repeal the day after IL VAS enacted
| II he could prevent the substitution or free
| coinage There you wlll find the chief
| supporter Of The gold standard policy IN
/ tha United States supporting a bill be-
! csnse 10 gave money TO the American peo-
Pile and declaring that he would have
voted for the repeal OF Il the very next
/, DAY Great applause.)
They secured the repeal OF the Sherman
/ law and they pretended that when they
I got that out OF the way they would restore
/ silver 10 rs former place. There were
some who said the trend OF the Sherman
law was 10 that end and that We had 10
clear the rubbish away before We could
| build up a good system. and there were
/ others who said that IL we stood by free
/ silver we would drive Europe 10 bi-met-
! alflsYn But those who made this argu-
t meut have shown that they were not sin
( cere, and that their purpose was 10 de-
ceive the American people. tApplause1
In this campaign every party in its
4 platform SO FAR has declared that the
principle Of bi-metalltsu Is better than a
+ gold standard. and yet IN spite OF these
/ declarations YOU know that there s. a body
+ ~ people IN the United States who under
+ cover ~ frlendiiness ~ bl-metallism ara
/ seeking 20 fasten a gold standard upon
i the people.
''Now We fnd people who are afraid
! OF q food ~ silver. There IS nothing that
exc.tes my sympathy more than 70 nn1
- man who never had enough money 10
+ MS .tse Who has nos enough TO pay his
+ debts. and does not know where TIE
+ money IS 30 cone from 20 buy food fer
+ thc next week afraid cg q 9elUEe % sill
YER. There are some people who have
an idea that tAe free and unllmted coin
age OF S3yer wouI3 in some way, they
. know rot how. bring ruin 70 This country.
psd YOU ever try to figure our iusg now a
3 man was Eolng 20 burt Is By bringing ST.
YER here7 II uot. suppose you examine
T the situation and see whether you can
End any way BY whtch YOU car be ST.
iures.
'T4et "a suppose you ha3 free ans un.lrn-
+ ise1 coinage NJ Fa33 su8 silver as . TIE
present ,esal ratio az IS 10 I. then AIRY
person l1 tEn w9rt3 owning silver bullion
coet bv.aw thc ,u.lteu - aar minis ard
have r. covered j0to feE4s .ea3er SILVER
dollars. just Ike tee Gre tERt yo8 Use
got4y. Now. Bow could yoa hs njure1e
''SE uaese socsH 81. . 51ate az 1ls usH# td
lrtaFa tne AE.FH people uE3er Eree
+ coins ce hae aa4t cf ea tt. Way. lc
wcut7 AXE hts s5.fee ta eHr mint Srnpaae
& 80 Ha g IA tH-gfasae ~ f.