The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-24
Mr.. Bryan Discussed 1t at Til
wolf, n. T., Saturday.
Not Surprising That Bond Buy
ers Don't Like 1t.
1T WASN'T EXPECTED.
The People, However, Do Not
Favor a Government
OF a Syndicate, By a Syndicate
and For a Syndicate.

Barrytown, n. z, Aug. 24-NIr. Bry-
ans speech at 1Iadalin. near Tivoh'
Saturday afternoon, was really the
opening Of his campaign in the east. 1t
was delivered in the open air to an
audience of about 1900 people. 1t had
been widely advertised and the prepar-
atoms were somewhat elaborate. Mad
ain is a place of 500 people and nearly
all of these were present with hundreds
from the surrounding country
Farmers along the route from Red
Hook, dressed in holiday attire, gsth-
cred IN groups to greet Mr.. Bryan, VINO
rode to the meeting place in an open
carriage with Mrs. Bryan and Mr. and
Mrs. Perrine.
Mrs. Bryan, her face agloW with en-
thusiasm, was dressed in q blue serge
with a taffeta silk front and light
blue hat trimmed in velvet. Mr.. Bryan
wore his alpaca coat and a wide open
waistcoat A mile from the village they
were received by a committee of citi-
zens and a brass band. Cheers follow
ed them to the open field Of the local
baseball club, where the meeting was
held
Mr. Bryan was in fine oratorical form
his ten days rest having brought new
vigor. His voice was strong and vi
brant and the conditions were to his
liking. After a warm greeting from
the audience and an Introduction by
Chairman NJ. A Ross he said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men;-The presence Of a large number
OF persons who are prepared to listen
at length to the Issue Of this campaign,
together with the fact that have con-
siderable work ahead, makes 1t unnec-
essary for me TO occupy a great amount
of your time. but I appreciate this op-
portuuity of presenting to you, even
briefly, some Of the points which deem
worthy OF your consideration.
We are entering upon a campaign
which is g, remarkable one in many re-
spects- Heretofore, at least in the last
25 or 90 years, each party has gone into
the campaign practically solid, present
ing a united front against the opposing
party, but in this campaign there has
practically been a bolt from every con-
vention which has been held. What
does It mean2 It means that conditions
are deeper this year than they have
been heretofore; it means that people
are not so willing now as they have
been to allow the platform Of a party
to control their actions.
Men are thinking this year with
more earnestness and intensity than
they have ever been thinking in recent
years, and the results Of this thinking
viii be manifested when it comes to
registering the will Of this great nation
we expect those who must act upon
the questions to study the Issues Of this
campaign.
when our party at Chicago wrote
the platform which it did we knew that
It would offend some people. No party
can take q plain, strong, emphatic Pc
sitsOn upon any question without Of
Tending somebody. We declared in that
platform what we believed was right.
We describe there the policies which
We believed were best for the American
people. and when We did it We knew
that it would ALLEVIATE some. Let me
read some of the planks Of that plat
form:
I'VE are opposed to the Issuing Of in
terest bearing bonds Of the United
States in time of peace, and condemn
the trafhcking with banking syndicatess
which in exchange for bonds and at an
enormous profit to themselves supply
the federal treasury with gold to main
tain the policy of gold InOnOmetallism
This is one of the planlzs. 1t was not
put in there to attract the love of those
who have gotten rich from the govern
ment's eXtremities. We did not expect
that those who have q passage way
from the federal treasury to their Of
zee to join with US in closing up the
passage. We did not expect those who
are making a profit out of the gold
standard and what 1t brings to the
treasury. We did not expect them to
join with US IN putting an end to the
gold standard If we had expected that
we would have expected it in the face
of ali history of the past
DO you remember the Good Book
states that some /, 800 years ago a man
named Demetrius complained Of the
preaching of the gospel Why. he said
it destroys the business in which we
are engeged- we are making images
for the worship of Diana, and these
people say that they be not gods, that
are made with hands But Demetrius
was much like other men who have
lived since his day When he made up
his mind that the preaching of the gos-
pei interfered with his business he did
not go out and say to the world: Our
business is being injured and we are
mad What did he say? He said:
Great is Diana of the Ephesis0s.' We
have some today who are very much
like Denetrius. They kLoW the r0SLJr-
alton of bimetallism destroys the bust
ness in which they are engaged. But
when they make public speeches they
don't say that the Democratic party Is
wrong because 1t 1nterteTes with their
business What do they say2 They
say: Great is sound money, great is
an honest dollar I say this platform
was not written to attract their vote
1t was written because we want to de-
stroy the business in which they are
engaged But, my friends, If those who
have made profit out OF the govern
ment's financial policy array them
selves against the Democratic party,
may we not expect those who believe
that we are right to come to our rescue
and i'll up the ranks that are being de-
serted by them? If we must part COM
pany with those who believe in 6 gov
eminent CT syndicates, by syndicates
and for syudicates, may we not appeal
with confidence to those who believe
that q. government of the people, by the
people and for the people should not
perish from the earth2
II these men, who pride themselves
upon their prominence in the business
weird and who glory in the title Of
these men, are going to make e bust
ness OF politics are going to use their
ballots to increase their income, / beg
you to consider whether the great toll
Ing masses Of this nation have not a