The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-10
Mr.. BRYAN ON BYNUM
SILVER NOMINEE PAYS HIS RE
sPECTs TO THE GOLD MAN.
indianapolis Citizens Go wild with
Enthusiasm over the Nebra-ka's
BOY Orator.

Indianapolis today was nearly as great
as any he has ever received during the
entire trip. He made five speeches here
two in the afternoon and three tonight
the audience at one OF which was nearly
as large as that addressed by him on
Boston common, the largest of the cam
paign
The Cleveland Club. in Prince Albert
coats and silk hats, the indianapolis Re-
publican Silver Club and the Gray Club
acted as escorts, and the parade passed
through the streets lined with people.
the principal thoroughfares being
crowded that the sidewalks were roped
of in order to keep the crowds from
pressing upon the carriages
After dinner Mr. Bryan addressed the
largest crowd of the day at the state
house. Every inch of 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 tn windows of the buildings across the
street, in order to see the candidate. even
If they could not hear him. Probably less
than one-fourth OF the audience heard his
speech, but those who were able to get
within the sound of his voice were enthu-
slastie to 81 high degree.
After the nominee had concluded his
remarks at the state house, he was taken
to Tomllnson hall. where he spoke to as
many people as could be gotten into the
street ia front of the balcony where he
stood
Tonight he spoke to three more audi
ences-one to the Commercial Travellers
Association in the Grand hotel, one from
a platform at the side of the court house
and one In Tomlnson hall The speech
inside the hail was to the laboringmen of
indianapolis, and his remarks were APP
plauded to the echo.
Mr.. Bryan opened his state house
speech with an eloquent tribute to the
memory of the late Thomas Hendricks,
whom he spoke Of as a citizen of In
dianapolis and ono Of the great de-
tenders of simon pure democracy. The
nominee then said:
This city enjoys the unique distinction
of being the birthplace and death bed
of q so-called party. My friends. I know
that 1 am not obeying the Bible in
junction, Let the dead bury their dead
when / speak of this so-called democrat
ic party. 1 speak of it as 1 would not
speak of any bona fide organization OF
men, But this party occupies a peculiar
place in history. 1t calls itself the ma
tional democratic party, when 1t does not
expect to carry a single county in the
whole nation. 1t called Itself demo-
cratic party when it was organized for
the express purpose of electing a repub-
llcan candidate for president. If it was
big enough to Justify the name, / would
! call it a stupendous fraud. but 1t is too
small to be called stupendous. l Will
| call it a transparent fraud.
1T was the first political convention
over held in this country where the mem
| bers of the convention nominated a tick
ct that they did not expect to vote for.
and the first place where men have re-
ceived a nomination and don't want to be
voted for The minority plank in the Chi
cGgo platform opposed free coinage ON
I the ground that it would interfere with
International bimetallism, toward which,
according to that minority plank. the
! efforts of this government should be
steadily directed, and then, when they
! failed to secure the adoption of that
plank, they assembled in convention here
and forgot all about international BIZ
metallism. There could be no clearer evil
dence of intended deception than is
! found in the fact that the minority at
| Chicago, when they had things all their
own way, repudlated the planlSs they
stood on there and came out in favor of
a gold standard, instead of international
bimetallism."
Mr. Bryan continued his denunciation
of the Indianapolis convention until he
was Interrupted by voice shouting:
peated, and Mr.. Bryan said:
Quotes MIR. Bynum.
III you want to know what he said
about the gold standard, let me read
from his speech in favor OF silver In 1886
| Again the advocates of gold approach
ass with open hands and smiling counte-
nances. but I fear, with a dagger con-
| cealed beneath their coats.
"Ah, my friends. he understood the ma
ture of the animal before he began to
operate with it. He is right in his de-
scription The gold standard never
fought an open fight. 1T carries the knife
of an assassin, and does its work be-
hind the mask of q burglar. 1t is not
am open enemy never was and never
Will be. Now. see, see how well he I'M
derstood then. He said, oh, they say
we want silver; we are bimetallists; but
we want an honest dollar. Suspend coin
age and we will drive England, Ger
many and other nations to blnetallism
and then the price of silver bullion viii
appreciate and our dollars will be worth
100 cents
THAT is what he said IN 1856. Instead
OF saying now that he viii adopt bimetal-
lism and drive other nations TO 1t, he
says that he will stand by the gold
standard and not allow other nations tC
drive us away from it,"
Referring to the argument that the
free coinage OF silver would reduce this
country to the level of Mexico Mr.. Bry-
an said: why don't they tell us that Il
we maintain the gold standard viii
approach the standard of Turkey, which
also has a gold Standard"
He added that he noted in the news
papers that Armenians have been called
anarchists by those in authority in Tur
key, and said he supposed that meant
that the Armenians were In favor 81
himetallism and had raised their voice:
against the gold standard in Turkey.
The nominee then concluded his speech
/ with a review of the republican and dem
ocratic platforms of this and of pas
campaigns. AS he finished his speech h
was greeted with tremendous applaus,