The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-26
Mr., BRYAN IN ALBANY
The Nominee and Party Are Guests
Of Senator David B. Hill.
SPEECHES ALONG THE ROAD
He ls Glad to Know That the Peo-
Pile of New York Are studying
the Money Question-Sur-
rounded BY Crowds.

aims. Aug. 25.-Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
arrived here al l0:30 o'clock. Along
the way people from boarding and
farm houses presented Mrs. Bryan
with flowers. One of the most inter-
esting episodes of the New York tour
was crowded into a brief half hour
at Kingston. From the special train
the Bryan party was hurried into
carriages awaiting them at the de-
pot. and with accessories of cannon
and a brass band clamoring a well
coming salute. were escorted through
the streets, past factories whose win
dows framed the faces of working
men and working girls to the city hall
Not less than 5000 people were pack
ed upon the green, many OF them
workingmen. Mr.. Bryan spoke to
them from the steps of the hall. where
he stood under festooned flags. He
was introduced by Hon. John ID.
Cummings and the speech which he
delivered inspired a cheer after every
striking point.
Mr.. Bryan said: Ladies' and Cen
tlemen: / regret very much that the
time Is so limited that can speak but
a moment. 1t Is not necessary, how
ever. to occupy much Of your time. be-
CSluSC yOQ Will nave du oPpttiuhhy
between now and election day to in
form yourselves on the issues OF the
| campaign. ! cannot do much more
than TO greet you to-day and ask you
to make yourselves familiar with the
Issues OF the campaign. You have
been Kind enough to present us with
| a bouquet and on the card II Is stated
| that the flowers are from working
men. I am glad to see this recogni-
| tion from the workingmen. Great
| applause.) When I want to speak to
worklngmen i do not go to their EN-
| ployers and ask them to deliver the
votes CT those who work for them. l
have known employers In the West
who have tried to force object lessons
| on their employees and have used
| the Mexican dollar as an argument.
Whenever an employer tries to tell
| you how to vote tell him the Declara-
ton Of Independence says that all men
are created equal before law and that
| you are his equal before the law and
you cannot be bartered away. Great
| applause and cries Of Hanna, Han
nay All are business men who by
labor OF hand or mind contribute to
the wealth and greatness of this ma
tion, and the ballot is given to all
that each may use the ballot to ex-
press not what someone else wants
but what he wants himself. We have
| had object lessons. We have had
those who insisted that a financial
| policy could be adopted and carried
out in this country without the help
| Of foreign nations
| MY friends, have this proposition
to make: More than 10000, 900 of peo-
pie are able to have financial policy
OF their own and do not have to hire
foreign or domestic syndicates to run
our government. They tell us when
we speak Of the silver question that
the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
yer is a dangerous thing. We tell them
that We have suffered now 20 years
from their policy and II does not take
a very good policy to be better than
theirs. Great applause.) More than
that, We give them this evidence of
sincerity. We tell them what we want
| and how we are going to get II, but
they dare not tell the American people
what they expect to do II they are en-
trusted with power. Do they tell you
that gold standard is a good thing
No; because seventy millions here and
the struggling masses throughout the
world would rise and denounce the
statement that the gold standard ever
helped anybody except the money
owners and money changers. They
say that bimetallism is a good thing
IL we could only get 1t. More than 10C
years ago there were a few people who
said that independence was a good
thing II we could only have 1t, but
there were enough who not only said
it was a good thing, but they could
have 1t and they gave to this people
an independent form of government
(Great applause.) And there are to-
day, IL / mistake not, a vast majority
of the American people who are ready
to say not only that bimetallism is q
good thing but that no good thing Il
too good for the American people. The
American people are able to have wha
they think is best for the people Of
this country without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation or
earth. tremendous applause.)
II have not time to talk to you now
but / have time to give two questions
which I would ask you to ask YOU
opponents. / have given them before
and l shall give them again. They are
questions which you can put to YOU
opponents and drive them from ths
field. The first is: II the gold stand
ard is a good thing why does the re
publican party pledge itself to get ri'
of the gold standard? (Great ap
plause.) II bimetallism Is a thing t
be desired, who shall say that tn
American people shall be denied IL
benefits until foreign nations confe
those benefits on the American people
These are the two questions-if tn
gold standard Is a good thing VIII.
should we try to get rid of II? II II l
a bad thing why should the American
people be compelled to keep II?
thank you for your kind attention.
(Great applause and long cheering)
After the speech the party made
dash ito catch the Albany train and
were ferried across the Hudson on a
tugboat TO Rlhinecliff station, landing
just as the train pulled in. The Hud-
son depot was surrounded by 500 OF
1000 people, who came about the car
with the familiar yells. To them
Bryan said: Il am going west. my
friends, and I am glad to be able tc
take back to my Nebraska home fhs
news that the people Of New Yorl
are getting Interested in the money
question. as well as the people Of tbs
South and West. tGreat applause.)
have 80 much confidence In the right
eousness OF our cause that / believe
that the more you study the none,
question the more people there will b,