The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-10-22

candidate an irkstand sixteen parts
silver and ono gold on behalf OF the
laboring men of Minneapolis. Whef
Mr.. Bryan rose to reply agrcat demon
stratiOn occurred and throughout his
speech there were frequent outonrstS
Of applause. Mr.. Began said
Before entering upon u discussion
Of any question, desire to express my
appreciation OF the kindly feeling
which has prompted the gift which has
been presented in your presence, and
my friends, | apprc ciute it all the more
because Of the source from which il
comes. (Appluusc.) Whom WAS dowr
in ST. Louis, the horsc-shocrs present
ed me with u silver horse shoe, which
| promised to hang above one OF tho
White House doors IL | am elected
Great applause and cries Of You will
hang it there, all rightly Over at st.
Paul, tho labOring men presented me
with Il gold pen in Il silver holder, with
the instruction that WAS to use it in
signing the Free Coinage bill which
will come to me If | am elected. (Grcat
applauseD ,
| " And pow, tonight, tho laboring
men OF this city have been thoughtful
enough to provide me with beautiful
inkstand. which is also part of the
necessary outfit. (ApplauSc.) Now
that have recently received pen
holder and an inkstunG, and now that
| have had for many years Il willing
ness to use them for the purpose dcSig-
mated, all need is the ink to do tho
| work. Great applause and cries OF
You'll get that all right.") My
friends, as | remarked in ST. Paul, |
| would net favor tho free coinage of
silver did | not bclic> that it would
bo for the best interests Of those who
toll in this country" tApplausc.)
81 have not belonged t. that class
known distinctivcly AS wnr,lingmcn be-
cause my profession has been that Of
q lawyer, but have h"rn taught to
believe that tho legal profession must
have something to rest upon rs founda-
tion. Lawyers do not produce wealth
and unless there is wealth produced q
lawyer will suffer and | have been
brought up to believe thatall the class.
cs which rest upon tie producers OF
wealth only prosper when the proHuc-
crs Of wealth prosper. lApplausc.)
"Anu therefore ;!u not entirely
unscitish when desire such legislation
as will enable them to have more than
enough to eat and drink. want them
cause until they produce there is moth
ing to distributes and Il they simply
produce without rnjoyi ing, you discour-
age the production OF wealth. so they
will cease to produce. Great applausc.)
" desire to thank the labOring men
Tor tins token OF their support and con-
hucncc, and | want to say also before
proceeding further, | appreciate the
honor that has been paid me tonight
by these Veterans OF the war. who have
marched as u b0dy-guard. Great ap.
plause.) | would not receive the sup.
port OF these soldiers if thought that
their Interests cuuid not be trusted in
those who believe in an American
financial policy. | believe that the
interests Of those who fought thirty
years ago that this nation might be
enc vii! be safe in The hands Of those
who are lighting today that great
battle to determine whether this ma.
tion being one, Is big enough to attend
to IT'S own business. Great applause.
Il an informed that the Rcpubli
cans have circulated in this city ar
editorial which was once published il
the Omaha Wor'I-Herald. Cries o
They have "a was cGitor of tn,
Omaha Worid-Licrald for two years
but my editorial work began about tw,
years after the publication Of that cdi
tOria!, which has been circulated. Ar
plauac, and cries Of "Another on,
nailcd.
Ard those who are circulating tina
q lit0riat knew That ! am not rcspOns
bic for il. that it was published bcfor
va, q, ali connected with the paper
and those Who havc circulated ha,
reason 20 know that they arc chargin
me wltnltnut for which was not espOr
>ib.c. lApp!al~c.} And il they hav
not known il heretofore, they shal
kcow IL in this city now, and they can
nOC be free rom criticism If they eve
IL" II here. Great applause.)
" The fact thai the attempt to Us,
an editorial which did not write i
Sufficient proo' that they have ncvc
been able TO find anything in the foul
years OF my Congressional life which
they can Use.
In going ovcr the country often re
ccivc letters asking me to answer Qucs
tions. do 70. always pay attention
TO them bccauS" | desire to make m,
own speech instead OF having it out
lined FOR me Dy some one who NAV moi
have rs much interest in the cause a.
! have \,aughtcr): but received Il let
ter today from SO distinguished a citi
zen that think am justified in max.
ing some reference to it; | have re.
ceircd IL letter dated October 18th and
signed by w. ID. Washburn, who il,
| understand. an ex-senator from this
state (iilsscs anG grOans.) Now, nv
friends, please refrain from any mani
irsta,ions Of Ill will. This is an cduca-
,!onAI campaign and those who advo.
cate 1ree silver are prepared to meet
any arguments presented by their ad
vcrsarica. (Applausc.) In the letter
nc asks me certain questions about nv
vote and action in the House OF Repre-
scntatlvcs en- the tariff bill, for which
| refer him to the Congressional
Record. Bat when he asks me to enter
into 4 discus sion OF the tariff question
| tell him there is aqucstion before
the American people which is far more
Important to the people. (Applausc J
There Is Il question which can bo set
ticd no"; the tariE can be settled anv
tune. (Applausc.) If he wants me to
discuss tariff, ! tell him to Join with
me in q prohibltory duty on foreign
financial policies and then will dis.
cuSs the rest OF the schedule. Great
cbtering.l o. If he is not willing To
discriminate against that foreign pro.
duct by prohi@itory duty, viii ask
him to wait until he has settled thn
money question by international agree.