The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-13
MR. BRYAN WILL SPEAK I RAJ EGH Thursday SEPT 17H AIT 7PM
THREE SPEECHES IN ST. LOUIS.
And Yet Hundreds Were Turned Away
Without Hearing Him.

| addressed between 10000 and $4,000
| people. AT each of the meetings he
| was greeted with prolonged cheers
and at frequent intervals during each
of his speeches the enthusiastic popu-
lace gave vent to uproarious applause.
The nominee was met at the train
| by an immense crowd. He was escort
| ed to the Planters Hotel where he ate
| dinner and then went to Concordia
Park The Auditorium and Sports
man Park were in turn visited and he
made a speech at each place. So great
was the crowd that hundreds were
turned away at each place.
When Mr.. Bryan and his escort
stepped upon the platform at Con-
cordia Park, the great throng arose
| and for several minutes shouted and
cheered. Upon being introduced, he
said:
ladies and Gentlemen: We are en-
tering upon a campaign which means
a great deal of good or i'll to the peo-
pie of this country and in this cam
paign there is one great overshadow-
ing issue, and upon that issue people
are divided. There are some who be-
ieve that the maintenance of a gold
standard until foreign nations come
to our relief is an absolute necessity
for the welfare of this country. There
are those, on the other hand who be-
lieve with us that the immediate res
toration of free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation, is
absolutely essential to national pros
perity. (Applause.) This is a great
s.,l- L \
the arbitrament of the ballot, and in
order that you may not misunderstood
this question desire to submit few
arguments tonight in behalf of the
restoration of free coinage. assume
in the first place that every American
is competent to form am opinion upon
this issue. Our opponents tell us that
the money question is complicated
question and that only few are able
to master it. There is no question
which can come before the American
people which is too deep for the Amer
lean people themselves. (Applause.)
There is no question which must be
submitted to a particular class of peo-
pie. (Applause.)
THE Creator did not make any class
of people to think for the rest of the
people. (Applause.) If He had He
would have given extra brains to those
who were to do the thinking and SIM
ply have given backs to all the rest
that they might carry the burdens
of life. (Applause.)
'"The Constitution did not suggest
that any class of people was to act for
any other class. JIG the founders of
the Constitution had ever supposed
that a question would arise like the
money question and had thought that
it could be only settled by fnanciers,
then our forefathers would have writ
ten in the Constitution that while on
most subjects all the people might
vote, on the money question only the
financiers could vote. (Applause and
laughter.)
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
"When the ballot was given to you
it was given upon the assumption that
yon had the Intelligence and patriot
ism necessary to use it right and /
believe, my friends, that you have. Gap
plause and voice: "Good, boy Willie,
hit 'em again" J Now / want to sub
NIT for your consideration two or
three propositions and I believe that
they are so clear and so plain that
every one of you can recognize the
lOICE -Ol LllCln- III bllG IIEsG place. J.
call your attention to the fact that
the Republican party in its platform
and through its public men is MAX
ing no effort to supply the people of
the United States with a sufficient
amount of money to do business with.
If | were to tell you that grown
person could wear the clothes Of
| child, you would think me foolish, and
| if | were to tell you that a grown per-
son could live ON the food necessary
to sustain life in a child you would
call me foolish, and yet they call these
men financiers who assume that the
people, growing in population, can
survive on money decreasing in its
amount. (Applause and cheers.) I want
you to remember now the figures which
! am going to read to you These
figures are taken from a government
publication, issued on the first day
of July, 1896"
At this point a disturbance was
raised in the audience by some one
cheering for Mckinley. There were
cries of Put him OUT and "Malle him
shut up"
Mr.. Bryan continued: 'Do not be
worried my friends. We are glad to
have our opponents here. We need
them here because they need speaking
to more than our own people do. Cap
plause and cheering)
''Now give me your attention my
friends. In this government publica-
tion issued by the Treasury Depart
ment on the first of July, 1896, I find a
statement of the amount of money Of
all kinds in circulation among the peo-
pie. Let me call your attention to the
amount given here for the years 1894,
'95 and '96. In 1894 the amount of
money in circulation, according to this
report, was 81 900, 100000 In 1895 that
amount of money had fallen to S1,601,-
100000 decrease in one year Of $50
100000 On the 30th day OF June, 1896,
the amount in circulation had fallen to
$780, 100000. What does it mean? Tt