Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-26
BRYAN ON THE STUMP.
He Speaks to Great Gathering at Bari
town, Now York.

BRYAN ON THE STUMP.
He Speaks to Great Gathering at Barry
town, Now York.
Mr.. William J. Bryan made regu-
lar stump speech at Barrytown, New
York, last Saturday. 1t was the first
stump speech that he has made during
the campaign, and he was listened to
by about 1000 people, most of them
farmers, and some Of whom travelled a
distance of rs or 80 miles to'hear what
he might have to say. The speech is
rather too long for publication in full.
The newspaper man who can condense
one of Mr.. Bryan's speeches has not
yet been born, 80 our readers will
have to be content with a few ex-
tracts. Among other things, the
speaker said:
"Do you remember the Good Book
tells up that some 1900 years ago a
man named Demetrius complained of
the preaching of the gospel. Why ?
Why he said, lit destroys the busi-
ness in which we are engaged. We
are making images for the worship of
Diana, and these people say that they
be not gods that one made with
hands,
"But Demetrius was much like men
who have lived since his day. When
he had made up his mind that the
preaching of the Gospel interfered
with his business he didn't 60 out and
say to the world, 'Our business is be-
ing injured and we are mad What
did he say? He said, Great is Diana
of the Ephesians.'
ave have some today who are very
much like Demetrius. They know
that the restoration of bimetallism
destroys the business in which they
have been engaged.
"But when they make public
speeches they don't say that the Dem
ocratic party is wrong because it inter-
feres with our business. What do they
say? They say Great is sound mon-
ey; great is an honest dollar Ap-
plause and laughter
Then again:
off we must part company with those
who believe in government of syndi-
Gates, by syndicates and for syndicates,
may we not appeal with confidence to
those who believe that a government
of the people, by the people and for the
people should not perish from the
earth?' [Applause.]
eff these men who pride themselves
upon their prominence in the business
world and who glory in the title of
business men are going to make bus
mess out of politics, are going to use
their ballots to increase their incomes,
beg you to consider whether the
great toiling masses of this nation have
not right to make business out of
politics once and protect their homes
and their families? Applause.
~ have not been in the state of New
York long. 1 have not met many of
your people. And yet in the short
time that I have been here I met
enough Republicans who have told me
that they were going to vote our tick
ct to make up for every prominent
Democrat that has deserted us. Ap-
plause.1 And we welcome the coming
guests as we speed those who are part
ing. [Applause.1
"Now, my friends, this is practical
question. It is a question which you
must consider for yourselves.
"The gentleman who has preceded
me has very properly told you that
you are competent to settle this ques-
ton for yourselves. The founders OF
our government never conceived that
a time would come when there would
be only few people in this country
who would be competent to settle
great public question. Ifthey had they
would have written in the constitu-
ton that on most questions everybody
could vote, but on the money question
only the fnanciers could vote. APP
plause and laughter. 1t is hollow
mockery to grant to the people right
in your constitution and deny them
the privilege of exercising the right.
~ assert that the people of the
United States, those who produce
wealth as we'll as those who exchange
it, have sufficient patriotism and suffi-
cient intelligence to sit judgment up
on every question which has arisen or
which will arise, no matter how long our
may endure. Applause
The great political questions are econ
omic questions, and great economic
questions are in their final analysis
great moral questions, and it requires
no extended experience in the hand
ling of money to enable man to tell
right from wrong.
"And, more than this, this money
question will not be settled until the
great common people act upon it. No
question is settled until the masses
settle it. Abraham Lincoln said that
the Lord must have loved the common
people, because he made so many of
them. [Applause.] He was right
about it.
"There is another evidence that the
Lord made the common people and
made o great many of them. 1t is
hacauca the common neonle are the