The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-26
THE SILVER PROPOSITION

what he wants himself.
THE SILVER PROPOSITION.
1--WE have had object lessons. We have
had those who insisted that a financial pol
icy could not be adopted and carried out In
this country without the help or foreign
nations. My friends. have this PROPOSE
tion TO make: over seventy millions OF peo-
pie are able to have a financial policy OF
their own. and do not have TO hire syn
dicate of foreign or domestic capitalists TO
run our government. Great applause
They tell us when we speak Of the silver
question that the free and unlimited coin
age of silver is a dangerous thing. We tell
them that we have suffered for twenty
years from their policy. and IL does not
take very good policy to be better than
theirs. Great applause) More than that.
we give them this evidence or sincerity.
We tell them what We want and now We
are going to get II, but they dare NOT 'el
the American people what they expect 10
do IL they are intrusted with power. DO
they tell you that gold standard is good
thing? No. Because seventy millions here.
and the struggling masses throughout the
world, would rise and denounce the state
ment that the gold standard ever helped
anybody except the money owners anu
money changers. (Applause) They say
that bimetaiiism is good thing III We
could only get it, More than one hundred
years ago there were a few people who
we could only have il. but there were
enough who not only said II was good
thing, but that they could have IL. and they
gave TO this people an independent form OF
government. (Great applause and Cheers }
And there are to-day, IL i mistake not, a
vast majority OF the American people who
are ready 10 say not only that bimetallism
Is a good thing, but that no good thing Is
too good for the American people (great
able to have what they think is best for
the people Of this country without waiting
for the aid or consent of any other nation
on earth. Great applause)
Il have not time to talk 10 you now, but
/ have time to give two questions which
would ask you TO ask your opponents.
have given them before. and L shall give
them again. They are questions which you
can put to your opponents and give them
from the field. The first Is: If the gold
standard is good thing. why does the Re
the gold standard? Great applause) III
bimetallism is a thing TO be desired. who
snail say that the American people shall
be denied its benefits until foreign nations
shall confer those benefits on the American
people? (Applause) These are the two
questions If the gold standard is a good
If 1t is bad thing why should the Amer
iean M people be compelled to Keep 1t? i
rnat Gank yon for oPr Eed
After the Kingston speech the party
made dash to catch the Albany train, and
were ferried across the Hudson on a tug
the train pulled in. The Hudson depot was
surrounded by 500 or 1.0OO people. who came
about the with the familiar yells. To
them Mr.. Bryan said:
Il am just going West. my friends. and
am glad TO be able to take back TO my Ne
braska home the news that the people OF
New York are getting interested I'm the
money question. as well as the people OF
the South and West. (Great appause)
have SO much confidence in the righteous
ness of our cause that j believe that the
more you study the money question the
more people there will be in New York who
Will be in favor of the immediate restora-
ton of the free and unlimited coinage OF
gold and silver at the present ratio of is &c
/, without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation on earth. Great ap-
plause and cheering) l want you not only
TO study the money question so that you
understand ii yourselves, but ] want you
to go out as missionaries and tell what you
know and what you believe TO others. be-
cause this is a campaign in which every.
one is an orator" Great and long cheer
ing.)
group of farmers stood at the Cox.
sackie station with a flag waving over
them and cheered while Mr.. Bryan bowed
to them and begged to be excused from
| speech on account of the short stop.