Evening star., 1896-10-21
Mr.. BRYAN'S SPEECHES
The Accuracy Of Quotation Insisted Upon
at Republican Headquarters.
News From Louisiana and Maryland-
Work Ordered Contingent
ON Mckfnley's Election.

The following was given Gut at republi-
can headquarters today:
The democratic congressional committee
on Tuesday issued a bulletin. in which the
attempt is made to draw into question the
accuracy of the quotation from one Of Mr.
Bryan's speeches, in which the popocratlc
candidate explained what caused reduced
prices. This quotation is as follows: But
you must attribute it. rather to the inven-
tive genius which has multiplied thou
sand times, in many instances, the strength
of single arm and enabled us to do today
with one man what fifty men could not do
fifty years ago. That is what has brought
the price down in this country and every
where" Whether Mr.. Bryan was speaking
of steel rails when he used this remarkable
language so openly in conflict with the ar
guments he now makes on the stump, that
it WAS the decentralization of silver which
has caused the .all Of prices, the quotation
here used stands entirely as distinct
proposition in the text of Mr.. Bryan's
speech. The speech was delivered Wednes-
Gay, March IL, 1892, and is headed Duties
on Wool and Woolen Goods" The words
referred to can be found on page %, line 80,
of the speech as printed by the government
printing office and compiled in the little
volume Of collected speeches which Mr..
Bryan had issued in 1894. The republican
congressional committee, which gave out
the above Information in the shape of a
bulletin on Monday. says that inadvertently
a mistake was made in attributing a series
of quotations from Mr.. Bryan's congress
SIGNAL speeches to the speech of April 10,
1884; the quotations were taken from the
speech of Wednesday, August It, 1Ss3, de-
voted to THE Gold and Silver Coins of the
Constitution" Republican campaign ora
tors have found this an invaluable docu-
nent in combating the position of Mr..
Bryan in the present campaign, and in
ha fa1S of nc
annol need from. the stump.
News From LOuisianu.
Mr.. H. P. Veazie, now in Washington
writing to Chairman Babcock recently,
said: Il am from Louisiana and am glad
TO place my name on record as a republi-
can straight out from that state. Tn
fortunately we have no representative
from Louisiana. and perhaps you are aware
that Louisiana would go overwhelmingly
for Mckinley if you determined that it
should do SO and a fair election were
carried on. The whole sugar planting dis
trict of Louisiana is for Maj. Mckinley,
and that is power. Unfortunately there
seems to be a disagreement in the party.
In such crisis this ii behooves every
body to cast aside animosity and bring
back to power the glorious republican
party
Mr.. l.. c. Justice of Laurel. Nd, writes
to republican headquarters: AT Savage.
Nd, there is a cotton mill which gives
employment to several hundred men who
propose to support Mckinley. There. is a
colored settlement back of our place which
has population of 30. / made canvass
the other day and found that every col
ored man except two intend voting for
Mckinley. The two who will vote for
Bryan are employed by Senator German.
Maryland is bound to give Mckinley 1900
majority.
Contingent on Mckinley's Election.
Mr.. Isaac Fine of the Feister Printing
Company is in the city and caller at
republican headquarters. In conversation
he mentioned that last week the proprie-
tor of a large medicine house in Balti-
more gave his house an offer for printing
five million pamphlets. with the distinct
understanding that if Mckinley is elected
on the 3D. of November the order stands
and the work is to be finished as rapidly
as possible. but that if the boy Orator
of the Platte" should succeed in getting
enough votes to make him President the
order is to be Cancelled instanter. This
is one of those many straws which show
the trend of sentiment among those who
conduct large business enterprises.