Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-06

cheering)
ut has been the lot of those who have
espoused our cause to be denounced and
abused by those who favor the gold
standard. 1t has been the lot of those
who have defended the cause of the COM
mon people to be assailed by those who
doubt the capacity of the people for self,
government, and would deny to them
the right OF eating the bread which they
earn. (Cheers)
I'm declaring in favor of bimetallism
we are standing upon ancient ground.
The free coinage of silver is no expert
ment 1t is indorsed by the history of the
human race. 1t has the
Sanction of All the Great Statesmen
of this nation from the beginning of our
constitutional history down to 1873 No
person Will assert that the American peo-
pie abandoned bimetallism after a full
and complete discussion. If you read the
records OF the time you will find that ths
newspapers, which are so quick to grasp
upon any item of news and so ready to
spread 1T before the public, did not un-
derstand and explain that the law of 1873
demonetized silver. closed the mints to
the coinage of the white metal and left
us with gold only as our standard mon
ey. Ever since that day we have been
seeking to undo what was done in the
dark. (Cheers.)
My friends, that man who talks about
our not needing any more money in this
country is a curiosity. 1 have always no
ticed that the man who thinks we do not
need any more money happens to be the
man who has the money. (Cheers) Let
me show you that our financiers them
selves acknowledge the need of more
money. Our hnancierS rejoice at the
thought of money coming here from
abroad. If we have enough money in this
country now, why should we want sin
gle dollar to come from any other coun-
try? Do we want too much money in
this country? Nobody wants too much;
we all want just enough My friends,
whenever we admit that we ought to
nave any money come from abroad we
ADMIT that there is not enough here. Now,
then, assert that it is better to let this
country get out of our own mountains
the money than to go abroad and borrow
money to be paid afterwards with inter-
est Cheers) But they ask us how we
are going to get hold of this money even
II there is more. 1t is a very easy ques-
ton to answer. 1t is true that you cannot
get money unless you have something to
SELL but it is just as true that every pro-
Queer of wealth has something to SELL
and the'priee that he gets for what he
has to sell depends upon how much mon
ey there is to buy what he has to sell.
(Cheers)
when a man asks you how you are
going ito get any of this money unless you
have something to sell let me give you
L
something to sell, how am l going to get
anything for it until find somebody with
money to buy what l have to sell? (Great
applause)
my friends. we have lost some demo-
Gratis in this fight, but am mighty glad
that most of those whom we lost were
generals. We have not slost many pri-
Yates in the army. Applause) We
might have kept all the democrats who
are gone If we had been willing to pay
the price they asked. If we had been
willing to make the democratic party the
agent to fasten plutocracy upon the
American people we could have kept
every man who has left us. But we have
to choose between throwing overheard
thosf who have been
and throwing over democracy ITSELF and
we prefer to save democracy and let the
aristocrats go. Great cheering) My
friends, we have not lost by it, 1t has
been our gain 1t is always true that
those who dare to do right are rewarded
in the long run, and the democratic party
is receiving its reward-not even waiting
for the long run-it is receiving it's re-
ward right now for daring to do right
at Chicago. (Cheers)
I'VE are drawing to our ranks those
who are in the republican party for BIZ
metallism. They have come to us because
they see now that the hope of interna-
tional bimetallism Is delusion and that
1t is used only as cover while the lead
ing republicans are attempting to fasten
the gold standard permanently upon the
American people. And not only are we
gathering from the ranks of the republi-
cans, but the populsts, in their national
convention, were willing to go outside of
their own party lines to nominate as their
candidate for the presidency the man al
ready nominated by the democrats and
free silver republicans.
Here, where you still cherish the
memory of New Orleans; here, where you
still believe in the right of the people to
govern themselves; here. where you are
true to the traditions of the democratic
party, / have no fear that you will fall
ter now in this supreme conflict between
democracy in its broadcast sense ON the
one side and on the other every enemy of
this country and every man who would
use government for the purposes of pri-
vate gain" (Cheers.)
Mr.. Bryan talked for an hour and was
then taken to Athletic park. Here he
found an immense throng, almost as
large as that at the Haymarket His
speech at Athletic park was very brief
Talks to the Populists.
The third address was populist meet
ing at the public square. The populist
state organization had sent a delegation
to Memphis to see Mr.. Bryan and 1t OBJ
tanned from him promise to appear at
their demonstration. Mr.. Bryan said a
few words only. He expressed his appre-
citation of the honor done him by the pop
uist party, and also his qualification that
the democrats and popuiists had been
able to unite upon an electoral ticket in
SO many of the states. He said that while
he would take no part in local affairs he
did feel justified In urging those who be-
lieve N free coinage to concentrate their
votes in such way as to defeat the COM
mon enemy Where fusion is accomplish
ed the fusion ticket deserves the support
of all the friends of silver. He said that
IL fusion was not arranged in Tennessee
he hoped the populists would cast their
votes for the democratic electors. and
thus make their election certain, as to
vote for the populist electors, who had no
hope of election, would be an aid to the
republicans.
At midnight Mr. Bryan left for India
napolis over the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. He will breakfast at Louisville
at o'clock in the morning, and make his
first speech at Jeffersonvllle, Ind.
Danforth Vouches for Hill.
Utica, N. Y, Oct. 5.-Hon. Elliott Dan
forth, chairman of the democratic state
committee, was here today. A reporter
asked him concerning his visit to Senator
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