The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-27
At ROCHESTER,.
Twenty Thousand People Attempt tn
See md Hear Bryan.

Twenty Thousand People Attempt to
See and Hear Bryan.
ROCHESTER. n. Y, Aug. 26.-The Bryan
party left Syracuse at 1890 and reached
Rochester at 2:15. The only stop was at
Lyons. where a crowd of $50. reinforced by
a band. demanded a speech. and Mr.. Bryan
responded. The greatest crowd of the trip
in New York surrounded the Rochester de-
pot and followed the party to Brown
Square. There a platform. flag draped.
stood in a picturesque spot under the trees.
Several thousand people were gathered in
the grove. the large sprinkling of ladies
with bright-colored dresses and parasols
giving color to the scene. In the streets
and on four sides of the square were solid
lines Of carts and carriages crowded with
people. The area of humanity stretched
back of the platform SO far that more than
half of the would-be listeners secured only
d view of a speech in pantomime. and on
the outskirts hundreds were coming and
going. so that probably 10000 people had
a sight of the man of the day. though not
more than a fourth of them could hear him.
Some of the prominent Democrats who well
coined Mr.. Bryan to the platform were:
Mayor George T.. Warner. James b. Howe
editor of the Rochester Herald; James l..
Whalen, president Of the Flower City
Democratic Club: Revenue Collector
Fleckenstein. Postmaster Perkins and Col
lector OF Customs Decker.
SECOND SET SPEECH OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Bryan was presented by ex-Secretary
of State Frederick Cook. The nominee
spoke as follows:
1T will not be possible for me to occupy
any great portion Of your time. The train
which carries me from you will be due in
I abnt thnga- aah A.a 80 49, I4H. p., - /.
not necessary that z candidate should do
AL the taxing. When 4 am through Mr..
carmody will address you. and l bespeak
Tor him your close attention.
Il am a candidate for the highest office
In the gift Of the people of the greatest
nation of the earth to-day (cheers). and as
a candidate for that position | appear be-
fore you. not. however. to solicit your SUI
frages. because they are yours. and no one
them or TO beg you to present them to him
as a gift. You are free men. The ballot is
yours 10 use for the defense OF your rights.
for the protection of your interests and for
the welfare OF society. How each of you
shall use his ballot is for you to deter
mine, and no one has the right to COM
plain. provided those who vote shall first
endeavor to decide intelligently how their
vote should be cast. Our government rests
on the intelligence and the patriotism of the
American people. We believe that they are
capable of self-government. We believe
that no question ever has arisen. that no
question is before them now. and that no
| question ever will arise which is too great
to be submitted to the common people of
America. Great applauSe)
Whenever | find a man who says that
the money question is a complicated CUES
ton 1 generally md a man who thinks that
he has made a speciality of complicated
questions. Uaughter.) Whenever / find a
man who thinks that the money question is
too deep Tor him | generally find n man who
thinks that IL is just about deep enough
for him. Continued laughter.) Whenever
I find q man who tells you not TO bother
about financial legislation / find q man
u-hn wants IN take unOn himself all tha
suffering and to do your thinking and your
acting for you. But when / find such a
man / am afraid that l find a man who.
when he acts fer you. will be sure that he
does not neglect himself. Great laughter.)
There is one thing that ike about the
find a man who believes in the immediate
restoration of the free and Unlimited coin
age of gold and silver at the present legal
| ratio of 16 to l without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation on earth
you find a man who tells you that he be-
lieves that that policy will be good for him.
self and also believes that IT Will be good
for others also. l ike that sort of candor.
Ask a farme why he wants bimetallism
Ask a laboring man why he wants BIZ
metallism and he says that he thinks it
will be good for him. Ask a business man
why he likes bimetallism and he says: L
make my living out of those to whom I
sell. not out of those from whom l bor-
row. Therefore bimetallism is good for me
because 1t enables people to buy what l
have to SELL You ask a professional man
why ne IdNprS DlmetalnSm ana he tells YOU
it is because his business rests on the pro-
ducers of wealth. and that he cannot pros
| per unless the producers prosper.
II FINANCIER.
But you ask a financier why he is in
favor of the gold standard and what will
he tell you? Does he say because il is good
for him? You never hear one of them say
that. Uaughter) If you ask these fnan-
ciers why they want a gold standard some
80 -, w-;lI ell -, 49, H. e.~
of silver would be good for them. but that
they do not want anything which would be
good for them. They say they want a gold
standard because it is good for somebody
else; that they want it because it is good
for the farmer. because it is good for the
laboring mar and good for the business
man You tell them that these people are
willing TO risk bimetal:iSm. and then these
financ:ers rise 10 the full height of their
moral stature and say that the people must
have the gold standard. and that they will
ram the gold standard down the throats of
the people whether they want il or not be-
cause they love the people. daughter and
cheerS.) Now, my friends. do you believe
that this is their reason. ,Shouts of Mo-
i am afraid IL is not. When l lind a man
who says that he wants a thing because IL
is good for him | think that he is a pretty
natural sort OF a fellow. But when l see
n man who wants TO do something for me
against my will and tells me he is ONLY
feeling for me | am careful to see that he
does not reach me- daughter and cries of
Hit 'em again!)
Now. my friends. why is it that these
fnanciers. so many of them. insist that the
free coinage of silver would help them. bur
that they do not wish IL. because the gold
standard is better for other people. WHY is
it? / am afraid that IL is because they are
not willing to give the real reasons thai
they are behind the gold standard. and to
submit those reasons TO a candid people.
When they tell me the free coinage OF sill
yer Will be good for them. | say: Now.
your chance has come For twenty years.
according TO their story. they have been
lcg.slating for us at their own expense. and
/ feel that now the time has come to give
them something good In return for all that
we have received from them. Cheers and
laughter.) l say our time has come. They
tell us that the free coinage of silver would
be good for them. Well. tell them now
that they have got TO accept that blessing.