The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22

not since the nominee left the enthusi-
astlc south has so much noise been made
by crowd of similar proportions. Ap-
parently they. were all of one mind Off
not II dissenting voice was raised to his
propositions, and when. at the beginning
| of his remarks, he said that in a five
minute stop he did not know what he
could say that would change their minds
on the money question, they assured him
| that they did not want their minds
| changed. as they were on the right side,
| and on election day would be supporting
him.
SPOKE AT BENTON HARBOR.
Benton HarbOr, Mich, Oct 16.-
In the crowds at Bangor some yellow
flags tluttered in the brisk wind, but
their wearers were not disincined to
listen to the silver champion. The white
| metallists were in the ma jority, how
| ever, and applaudcd Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
with energy.
Hartford's listeners seemed to be all
| silver people, and their enthusiasm was
unStinted Banners were conspicuous
whose legends drew parallels between the
conflict of 1776 and that of this cam
| paign, and prophesed victory now as
then, and the nominee said he was glad
to see them. There were Il good many
| women in the crowd, and they gave Mrs
Bryan rousing welcome.
Waverly produced a banner bearing the
counterfeit prescntment of the republic
| can candidate, with the motto, "McKin-
| ley, the advance agent of prosperity"
Mr. Bryan took this as his theme. He
| declared that the opposition was trying
to force the fight on the tariff question:
without recognizing the money issue as
paramount. Then he quoted from the
words of Mckinley in 1890, saying that
| agriculture was depressed, and without
prosperity for the farmer there could
be no prosperity anywhere. Mr.. Bryan
said this was after thirty years of a
protective tariff, which effectually dis
proved the claim that tariff was the issue
of the hour. He declared that the gold
standard was responsible for hard times,
and if the people wanted hard times to
continue they should vote the republican
| ticket.
At Benton Harbor he left the train and
was driven to the Hotel Benton, where
he spoke from the balcony. Mr.. Bryan
said, in part:
in the Bangor Register, published in
this city, find the following: Yes,
times are hard, but we are not in the
deepest water yet. If silver wins this
fall it will be one of the greatest disas-
ters that ever befell the farmers. |
have had for ever ten years nearly $40
600 loaned i'll this country to farmers. In
many instances payments have been met,
but for Il few years | have been COM
PEELED to extend the time, and | am will
ing to do so under our present financial
basis, but if silver wins this fall | will
do what every other man will do who
has money out, demand immediate pay
I e tI,,a
interest but | have at least thee years
to save myself and during that time l
will close in OH every mortgage | have.
MY friends. | want to denounce
the money lender who attempts to
use his mortgages to intimidate Amer-
can voters and say that man does not
deserve to live in land where men are
free and have right to liberty. When
you admit that it is necessary to go to
the money lender and obtain his consent
before you can pass law, then you nave
passed from democracy to plutocracy.
and liberty, as we understand it, has fled
from this nation.
II want you to understand that these
men, knowing they can not appeal to
reason, attempt to appeal to force; these
men, knowing that their arguments do
not appeal to Judgment attempt to APP
peal to the fears of men. In this cam
paign, my friends, we have arrayed
against us every enemy of society and
every man who seeks to make, slaves OF
those with whom he deals. | am glad
that they are not on our side. / am
glad that l have not the support of any
one who intends to forecose his mort
cages if men don't vote as he wants
them to. l would rather remain an
humble private citizen than to hold the
most exalted Office in the land if L had
to receive my commission from men VINO
know as little about the genius of our
institutions as the money lender whose
language l have quoted. This clipping
was sent to me by man who had al
ways been n republican, who owed
mortgage on a farm which used to be
worth $4,000. and who stated in his let
ter that under the gold standard he eX-
pected to give up his farm because under
a gold standard farmers can not pay up
their mortgages and simply have to lose
what they have invested and turn their |
money and uses his mortgage to intimi- |
date citizens"
There were no features in the ad- |
dress at Niles, which city was reached |
at II 80, and the nominee was driven to |
the high school grounds behind the in |
evitable white horses. There was a
crowd of several thousand present. In |
his speech he assured ms audience thaI |
the free silver sentiment was growing, |
even in the eastern states.
At Dowagic Mr.. Bryan found that
William D. Bynum was
to speak from the same platform he
occupied few hours after the nominees
and in order to properly pre-
pare the silverites of that city for Mr..
Bynum's speech, he quoted what Mr.:
Bynum had said on the subject OF
finance in 1856. After saying that ne
could prove the case of the slverltes by
republican authority and quoting D.. q;
Carlisle and James G. Blaine, he cited
the speech of Mr. Bynum, which he made
in congress in 1886. The quotation was
as follows:
SIT is because of the shrinkage of
values as well as to the detriment OF
labor that | raise my voice and utter a
protest against a crusade that has been
so successfully waged in behalf of the
interests to the utter and most
destruction of the welfare of
the people. The people of the west are