The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-16
MR. BRYAN A SPEAK M RAEGH THURSDAY, SEPT 17TH AIT r. @

lism, have by stealth sought to fasten
the gold standard upon the American
people. (Great applause).
ssfThey went to st. Louis and wrote
the platform of the Republican par
tv. Did they say in that platform that
the gold standard was good thing?
oh. no nv friendsi To have made an
omen declaration of what they wanted
would have been contrary to all their
history, and they were not willing to
change their plans. (Applause).
what did they do? Why they
adopted a platform which pledged the
Republican party to get rid of the gold
standard: to substitute bi-metallisn.
When? When the leading nations
helped us to do it. (Applause) Hav-
ing done that, the same influences that
have dominated the st. Louis conven-
tion went 10 Chicago and attempted
the old game. They attempted to write
a money plank of the Democratic plat
form that could not have been dstin-
guished from the Republican plank,
even with the aid of a microscope"
daughter and applause).
A HORSEBACK PARADE.
He was stopped by the rain which
again commenced to fall in torrents.
When he could make himself heard
again, he began as follows:
II don't know that / ought to keep
YOU here in the rain, eyes, go on don't
stop.') Well, my friends, let me con-
clude the descriptive part by saying
that the majority did rule at Chicago,
and wrote a platform that was Demo-
cratic. (Applause.)
For once, the convention took
strong, open, unequivocal grounds in
favor of the immediate restoration of
free silver at the present ratio OF 10
to l." (Applause.)
Here the procession began to pass by
| the stand, and Mr.. Bryan was inter
rupted for 25 minutes. When it had
| passed he continued.
| "Fellow Citizens: / have been inter-
| rupted in the midst of my speech, but
| can say to YOU that of all, this is the
most pleasant interruption of which
| / have recollection. (Applause.) | shall
| remember this speech which was cut
in two by the most remarkable parade
| which it has ever been my good for
tune to witness. (Applause.) They
bore banners which present notices
which make any further speaking IN
necessary. If | were to talk TO you
all night / could not more than empha-
size the notices which they have pass
ed in procession by you.
'.It seemed that these things which
| are hidden from those who were all
| themselves wise are revealed to those
| who in the estimation of the financiers
| are but babes and suclxlings. saw a
| motto, Our barns are full, but our
| pockets are empty (Applause.) and
in that sentence is epitomized twenty
years of farming history
| WHO ARE THE ANARCHISTS?
Mature smiles upon your husbandry,
| your soil gives forth in rich produc-
tions, but according to the experience
of the farmer with all that he can do
| with his industry, with his economy,
with all his patient toll, he finds that
the load of the American farmer grows
harder every year. (Applause.) In old
who ruled the people, as they
answered with the lash, but now
the just complaint of the toiliDg mill
lions of the United States is answer
and socialists. Great applause.) My
friends there is one unfortunate thing
| in connection with the use of the word
anarchist as applied to those who are
| banded together to restore the money
of the Constitution, there is one eun-
fortunate thing and that is that the
name anarchist is applied to the bone
J and muscle of this country by men
l h
| government than any anarchist who
ever carried a red flag. / say that
when this word anarchist is applied
to the toiling millions by men who
seek, without toll, to usurp the fruits
and reap the rewards of those who
toll, the danger is that it will make
the name respectable because of its as
| sociation. (Uproarious applause and
loud cheering.)
Il protest against the use of that
| name for the purpose which deprives
| it of all it's terrors. NY friends, those
| who are opposed to us cannot afford
| TO place the farmers Of this country
| and the laborers of this country in
the position of enemies of the govern
ment because they are the only friends
that any government ever had. (Ap-
plause.) Ny friends, these are the
| very men who are abused and despised
by those who doubt the capacity of the
masses for self-government. These
are the very people who, in time of
emergency, must protect their calum-
niators from themselves and their as
! sociates.
MY friends, there is not syndicate
that has preyed upon the public which
would not rather try case against
another syndicate before the common
| people of this country than before a
jury made up of a syndicate. (Ap-
plause.)
1--WE MEAN BUSINESS
| "Now just one word more. (Cries
of go ahead, don't stop.'O There was
one motto that impressed me more
deeply than any other motto and
want you to carry that motto home
with you when you leave this place
and bear it upon yoar memories every
day so that you can read it when you
rise up and again when you go to