Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-18
Speech at Concord.


Greensboro, ~ c., Sept. 1.-THE Bryan
special reached Concord at 1926 a. M,
and Mr.. Bryan delivered short speech
from the covered stand to about 1000
people, VINO were very hearty in their
applause. This is what Mr. Bryan said:
Il met some of the Concord people this
morning in Charlotte. l am glad to see
the rest of you now. In my short time
cannot do better than call the attention
TO few questions and give you an an
sWer so you can use them in the hand
to-hand discussion. Conversions are not
made by public speaking SO much as by
one neighbor talking to another. People
say they do not want 50-cent dollars, and
appeal to the inherent sense of Justice
trying to show silver dollar is a 5O-cent
dollar; they value silver by the bullion
which cannot get to the mint and as
sumo 1T will be only worth so cents
under free coinage.
Under free coinage a new demand Is
created. 1 cannot illustrate 1t better
than this way: AT home we get butter
Tor 70 cents pound the year round. The
| FARMER goes to town in the fall and con-
| tracts for all the butter he thinks he will
| produce. In the spring he finds he has
| to sell 1t for 15 cents per pound because
| nobody stands ready to take his surplus
at 20 cents. So with silver. If the mints
| are opened so every man with an ounce
| or silver can convert 1t into money there
would be no surplus to drag down the
| price. Can the United States take all
the silver offered? If so we can maintain
| the parity. The only way to know abso-
lutely is to try, but we are encouraged
| to try.
Remember the silver of France, Eng
| land and Germany-nearly all coined
| and used in the worlds worth more
now, as compared with god than it
would be here. France has more silver
in circula tion per capita than we have
and 1t circulates at 15R to /. Not an
ounce has come here without rising 8
cents. The silver of England is worth
more at home and 1t would hurt Eng
land more than u.s. because there are
more people there that use silver than
ever see a piece of gold. China, Japan
and India must have their supply, and we
would take only what is left. If we can
take it all we will fix the price at $1.29
and we would raise the price of those
things which come in competition with
the products of other countries, thereby
restoring prosperity to the farmers who
could then purchase at the stores and
make a demand for the product of facto-
res. If you destroy the ability of the
producers to sell the products OF the fac
tories you destroy the factories, no mat
| ter what they talk about opening the
| mills" (Cheers)
At Salisbury, reached at II 15 a. M, Mr..
| Bryan was introduced to 1000 people by
| Theodore f. Kluttz, chairman of the
| North Carolina delegation at Chicago,
| who seconded Mr. Bryan'S nomination.
| enthusiasm T1dThtu iut
| candidates speech, and the cheers grew
| into intensity as he proceeded. just as
Mr.. Bryan was boarding his train he was
| presented with the foot Of rabbit killed
| at midnight in church yard during the
| dark of the moon. Those who saw the
presentation manifested their apprecia-
| ton by exercising their lungs, and just as
| the train moved off the candidate called
out: IF all the people who. have given
me rabbits feet in this. campaign will
vote for me there Is no possible doubt
| of my election"
Salisbury Speech.
| This Is Mr.. Bryan's Salisbury speech:
II am informed that Andrew Jackson
was a law student in this city, and am
| glad to tread the soil made sacred by the
| hero of New Orleans. (Applause) The
| principles for which / stand before the
people are the principles taught by jack
| son when he was The idol not of democ-
| racy alone, but of the great common peo-
pie whom he at all times defended (Ap-
plause) When Jackson was president
his greatest fight was against the United
| States national banks. Those connected
with that great banking influence de-
| nounced him and applied to him just as
| abusive epithets as the money owning
| and changing class applied to Thomas
| Jefferson before him, and have applied to
| every one since who did not bow the knee
| to the Baal and worship the golden calf
"At that time all the moneyed infiu-
| ences of this country were combined for
| his overthrow, just as they have combined
| to perpetuate a. government OF syndi-
| Gates, by syndicates and for syndicates.
| (Applause.)
| "The masses are Interested in govern
| money which guarantees equal rights to
| all and confers special privileges upon
| none. 1t is the classes who want to use
| the instrumentalities of government for
| private gain. The masses are too busy
| trying to make living and bearing the
| burdens imposed on them to crowd
around Legislative halls and spend a largo
amount to secure legislation which will
| enable them to get larger amount out
| of the people. II the government will
| protect each citizen in the enjoyment of
| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
| ii Is all that should be asked. We are
now engaged in an effort to make the
| pursuit of happiness more to the masses
| than a mere idle pursuit with no prospect
| of overtaking that happiness. Our OPP
| ponents seek to monopolize the oppor-
| tunities of this country and let the trusts
| and combina tions of wealth shut the
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