Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-20

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/ tbs administration on the money ques-
ton. Apulause)
when this administration advised tho
/ repeal OF the Sherman law. you were told
I that repeal OF tho sherman law would
remove the difficulty. and yet. as soon es
/ tho Sherman law was repealed. the same
authority which promised relief as soon
( as that law was repealed came 10 CON
/ gross with the demand that the greene
/ backs and Treasury notes must be re-
I tired by an issue Of gold bonds, in order
( 70 stop the drain on tho Treasury gold
STORM INTERRUPTION.
Proceeding with his speech, after brief
/ intcrmission caused b. a violent gust OF
wind, Mr.. Bryan said
THE Secretary Of the Treasury Informs
you that ~ the crecnbacks and Treasury
notes were all retired. so that there would
4 not be a dollar Of paper money 10 be pre-
q scented FOR gold. yet 10 would bc his duty
/ 10 commence TO redeem the silver dol
d lars in gold. and 10 start another endless
/ chain that would drain the Treasury. Ac-
. cordlng TO the doctrine laid down by Mr.
/ Carlisle, you cannot stop the drain upon
/ the Treasury until you retire all the sill
/ Yer dollars. and leave nothing but sold
. en- the Treasury vaults. I am glad that
our opponents are thus compelled 20 ex-
/ mercilcss. and criminal policy. I am glad
+ that they have told the public We must
have gold alone and thus have confessed
that We are iu the hands Of two banking
synilcatcs, and must pay them what they
want.
Talk about monopolies and trustsl
Here they propose 90 establish the most
gigantic trust-a money trUst-and 10 let
tns me" who own gold dole 1t out to the
/ other 100000 Of American citizens
81 dcnounce that policy as more cruel
and hoartless than would be the DONNA
ton OF any foreign power. / would
rather as has been said. put our army
in The hands OF a foreign general or our
navy in command OF a foreign admiral,
IMAM 10 put the Treasury Department I'm
the hands Of a secretary who would. bar
ter 10 away 10 a. syndicate. (CheersJ /
would resist such a financial policy with
as much carnestness as ! would an in
vading army. Cheers
PROVIDENCE on OUR SIDE.
"Once when Mr.. Lincoln was al candl-
date for office. some one said 20 him.
4 nope the Lord is on your SIDE ana
De replied that he was more anxious to
De on the Lords side daughter and
appiause) l am glad that in this cam
paign We have so many evidences that an
oFerruling Providence is on our side, ana
iu no one instance that ! know of is that
ovsruliug Providence 50 distinctly ana
b clearly manifested ~ in the recent letter
OF the Secretary Of the Treasury. Let me
ask you question. Did the administra-
ton, when II recommended the repeal
of the Sherman law. believe IL would cure
our troubles2 Cries Of No and chcersD
"If il did. then the administr zion was
so absolutely mistaken that you have
the right 10 disregard ana distrust the
! knowledge Of the admins trati0n cu this
question. II the administration knew that
the repeal OF the sherman law would not
bring relief. then you have the right 10
distrust the honesty Of the adminlstra-
tion, which would thus recommend one
policy and pursue another (App'ause)
THE RAIN COMES DOWN.
Here the threatening clouds began 10
discharge their contents upon the au-
dierce and the bunting shed its colors
upon the honorcd spectators on the plat
form. dyeing them red and blue indis-
criminately. forest Of umbrellas arose
/ in the audience, and one chivalric specta-
tor, emulatng Sir Walter Raleigh, took
OFF his coat and threw IL about MI.
/ Bryaus shoulders standing himself IN
bare sleeves I'm the pelting rain. THIS
elected cheers from the crowd but, never
theless the grounds began rapidly 10 be
Invested of spectators
Shouts Were raised for Mr. Bryan TO
20 on. however. and. disregarding all
tie Inconvenience. he continued;
"If the administration knew when IL
recommended The retirement Of the green
backs and Treasury notes, as means
of stopping the drain of gold from the
Treasury. that after they were retired
uolicv would be proposed such as the
Secretary now recommends, it was dis
honest IN not taking the people into us
confidence az the time. (CheeIs) II II did
not know that. then let IL confess IT'S ls-
uorance Of finance and Of the laws OF the
country. (Appl1use) Does the admins
tration not know that when it starts 10
redeem the silver dollars I'm gold il VIII
start another endless chain, which VIII
drain the Trcosury-au endless chaln
which will continue until they retire an
the silver dollars and substitute bonds IN
their place? Applause)
Now. don't think my language IS
harsh" QIcrc a voice IN the cio"u
shouted out TT IS not half harsh enough
and this was greeted with applause)
Mr. BRYAN continued: "Thcse men are
tho public servants Of the American peo-
nile. and they have no more right TO lie
tr9v the people into the hands OF Tue
ehvlocks of London than Benedict AT
mold had to attempt 10 betray the Amen-
can army" Great applause)
THE RAIN HEAVY.
r{ore the rain became still more intense,
and amid cries from the crowd OF iii
'eu again" general run for shelter was
started. Mr.. Brvan continued:
"Tn4ts AID j have to say about the
S.cf.tary's letter at this time dieie me
same coadjutor in the crowd shouted out
and that settles it, whereupon there
WAS an outburst OF laughter and cheets)
WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL.
..coo. " cottnusd Mr.. Bryan, "in the Few
moments LEFT me let me call your aueh-
lion TO the language used by the Father
of his Country I'm the message gwen 10
tho world lOJ years ago To-Day
"Washincton said I'm MS message
There can be no greater error tAdH =
cvr.ct or calculate upon real laVors
,,,,o nation 10 nation. 1t is an Illusion
which experience must cure whlch JUST
pride ought 10 discard
..Those who are expecting foreign IA
lions. dominated by the creditor classes
who profit by a rising collar, TO Jo'h
with us i'm stopping the rise OF the dOiiai
are doomed 10 disappointment; and 1t Is
difficult TO see how any person can eN-
meet silver TO be restored 10 its riEnttul
place by foreign aid. when we nave
waited for twenty years only 10 ma our
opponents more hostile than ever. Aye
they covertly threaten that they VIII use
the notes which they hold TO control our
financial policy. II relief is 10 come TO
the American people it must come from
the American people themselves. and on
this day. when We celebrate the lcJth an
niversary OF Washington's farewell adj
dress. we may resolyeto achieve our imam
cill independence without the aid of any
other nation" Great applause)
Al this point tho storm took posses
sion of the meeting. and an indiscrimi-
nate and indccorous exit was begun by
everybody Notwithstanding cries from