The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-10-09
IN MARYLAND.
slE. Bryan Speaks At the Home Of John
EraWn.

| uauC 4d1lOua Ef uN4LI oEOsfu was gduQ-
| lly decorated with flags and bunting.
| A great banner bearing the picture OF
the nominees was suspended over q
platform built from the side of a hill,
and from this Mr.. Bryan spoke to the
people gathered in the natural am
phitheater below. He said:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: I
have but a minute in which to talk am
glad to talk in a county which bears the
name Of the first great teacher of demo-
cratic principles in the United States. ZAP
plause.l The democratic party, this year,
in its platform has declared anew for those
principles which have been democratic
from the beginning. and which must be
democratic to the end, and so long as dem
ocrscy means the rule Of the people. Jap
plause.l The Chicago platform applies to
present conditions the principles taught by
Jefferson in the beginning, and defended
so courageously by Andrew Jackson, and
when you find democrat who is not will
Ing to stand by the Chicago platform, you
will find a democrat in name, but not a
democrat at heart. LApplause.l
my friends, democracy has a meaning,
and that meaning is well understood by
those who love democratic principles, and,
In this campaign, we find men who claim
to be democrats trying to fasten upon this
country q system by which the banks shall
issue money, when Thomas Jefferson de-
ciared that banks of issue were more dam
geTous than any standing army. lap
pIause.1 One reason why we know that
we are standing in the position that JeffeT-
son occupied is that when he said that,
men who wanted to turn over the business
Of issuing paper money to the banks called
him g maniac because he opposed it; and
j the very men who called him a maniac
call US, who advocate what he advocated
then, Iunatics. [Applause.l.
My friends, Jefferson had confidence in
the capacity Of the people for self-goveTn-
ment. Why, a hundred years ago, when
government by the people was an expert
ment, he had faith enough to trust them,
ana a hundred years of experience has
justified his confidence; and yet to-day we
have TO meet enemies who are not willing
that the people themselves shall run This
government, but think it is necessary to
turn its affairs over to a syndicate to man
age for the benefit of the syndicate without
the consent Of the American people. Zap
plause.l
my friends, we are advocating the
restoration Of that financial policy which
was good enough for this country during
ali the early days Of the Tepublic-s fnan-
cial policy which had the support Of al
the leading democrats who lived before
) 1879, q financial policy which was never
abandoned by the American people, g
financial policy which was changed by the
representatives of the people in darkness
and without discussion, and, as many be-
lieve, by a fraud actually pFacticed upoE
the people. [Applause.l And for 20 years
after that act of decentralization was Sc
cretly passed it was denounced by the dem
ocratie party and even the republicans
never openly defended it.
yet in this campaign for the first time
r we have party which openly seeks t
lpeTpetuate that system which was
fastened upon this country without the
consent of the people. lApplause.l More
J than that, not only do these opponents de-
= sire to fasteR upon the people perpetuallJ
E = system which they adopted against theil
will, but they propose to submit the des'
! TIMES Of the American people to the de-
cisiOn of foreign legislative bodies, WheI
: they say that we must endure it until re
lief comes from abroad. [ApplauseI
: my friends. some Of the fnanciers dowI
. east doubt the ability Of these people t;
/ attend to their own business; but when
z find a financier who distrusts the Amer
lean people 1 generally find a flnancie
Z who visits Europe ofteneT than he visit
the country that lies west of New York
l[Applause.l We have many of these ad
vocates of the gold standard who are faI
better acquainted with foreigners thai
: | they are with their own people, and if the!
2 insist on putting their trust in those Wht
- live abroad I console myself with The
thought that a great many people-yes,
vast majoTity-are better acquainted witt
2 the resources of this country than thes
Northumberland this great major
ity instead of toadying to anything that i
foreign are willing to trust their all on thi
republic and rise or fail with 1t. Zap
I plause.l
MY friends, want you to remembe
) that in this campaign those who advocatt
. the free coinage OF silver are the only one
| who have system of finance that the!
D are willing to lay before the American PEG
2 pIe. We are demanding free coinage of sill
e yer, as we have free coinage Of gold; "
q are demanding unlimited coinage Of silver
: as we have unlimited coinage of gold; "
= are demanding coinage at sixteen 10 one
= the very ratio that we have to-day. w
? are not asking that the silver dollar b.
changed, nor that the gold dollar b
! changed, but that the American peOpl
I shall have an opportunity to have boil
3 gold dollars and silver dollars to do thei
+ business with" [Applause.1
A voice How about the Scent dol
1 lars?"
p Some one asks: How about the 53-cen
10 dollars? Well, now, my friends. l hav
known people who have been without dol
D lars so long that a 5S-cent dollar would b
Z a godsend to them. Laughter and ap
. plause.l
. but, my friends, they did not call tn
: | silver dollar a 53-ceut dollar when silVe
was treated like gold. Prior to 1873 tn
5 silver dollar was a l08-cent dollar meas
ured by gold.
"They told US that they wanted to ge
rid of the silver dollar because it was to
| good. and now they do not want to bTin
q It back because t is not good enough
TADplause.l They told us that they want
/. ed 10 demOnetize il because it went abroad
3 | and now they are afraid TO remOnetize
for fear il viii come back. Applause
Z | When our minis were open to the FIRE
s | coinage of gold and silver on equal term
n we did not nave any trouble about silYs
n being a cheap dollar and when re Ope
our minis again 10 silver On an equal foot
Z ing with gOiG there viii be nobody TO CON
o Dlain OF 5S-cent dollars. because silve
a / dollar viii be worth as much as q gold col
lar here and anywhere in the world. IAI
i Now, my friends. money is a matter c
z ! Law. You can make your money scare
il YOU want 10 make u dear. II you Al
g tired Of seeing too much money all 20
/ have to do is to lessen the Voiume an
then the quantity viii not trouble you s
much. If money is so plentiful that 30
: 90 not ike to see II as often as you 4
nov. I will promise that if you VIII vol
s for the republican ticket you viii not {
( / troubled by seeing too much money for Il
+, next four years. Applause.
= I'VE have ,099 Of dollars less IN eli
. eulation to-day, according to the treasu
: er's report, than We had two years az
. and We have not got the volume down IO
= enough; yCa can get3t down lover stu
continuing the financial policy and aft0F
ing syndieates 20 run this government an
s. substituting bonds upon the people instss
q Of money in the DGcksts Of the people
LAEPiause.l
CLEANED FROM HISTORY.
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