Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
At cHAurAuouA. N. Y.


Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan ON tho Famous AZ.
sembly Ground-The Former Delivers
nm Address In which He Draws Com
parisons Between tho Two Great Pare
tias and Discussos BisnetaIifsnl--.ssThro
Cheers for Mckinley"
RIPLEY, N. Y, Sept. l.-Mr and Mrs.
Bryan left Lakewood at 7:s0 o'clock
yesterday morning on the Chautauqua
lake steamer Celeron, accompanied by
quite number Of people from James
4 town.
/ At Remus Point the boat made a
landing long enough to permit the
candidate to shake hands with about
a hundred people. A crowd Of about
the same number greeted him at the
Chautauqua landing, whore the Cele-
| ron arrivedat 9:15 a. m. There were
cheers for Bryan and counter chee RS
| for Mckinley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were taken in
charge byGuy II. Fuller. the,postmas-
ter, and driven around the famous as
scmb1y grounds At ten O'clock the
board, left for Mayyille Before leav-
ing Chautauqua Mr.. Bryan made =
brief speech.
Mayville, which is the home of Judge
Albion w. Tourgee, who is at present
stumping for Maj. Mckinley. was
reached at 1890 a. m. Mr.. Bryan
spoke here from the balcony of the ho-
tel to an audience of about 400 people,
and his reference to Judge Tourgee's
books caused laughter from the crowd
that heard him.
He said that Mr.. Jefferson had the
correct idea when he said that govern
ments were founded in jealousy, not
In confidence; that confidence was
everywhere the parent of despotism.
"Show me people" said Mr.. Bryan,
'.who are so confident in their lead
ers that they take no part in the de-
tails of government, and | will show
you people whoselcaders look out for
themselves and not the interests of
all the people.
of having too much confidence, are
jealous of their liberties, are watch
full of their servants and careful as to
the policies proposed by the different
parties, and will show you people
that have good governm ent.
[Cheers.]
"In this campaign parties come to
you with their platforms and one great
question which overshadows all othefA
the money question. On this quee.
tion the two leading parties take posir
tions entirely antagonistic to each
ot!ser. The republican party declares
in its platform that the gold standard
must be maintained until the leading
commercial nations join with us In
substituting bimetallism for the gold
standard. They do not say that
gold standard is good, but simply that
we must continue it until other ma
tions help us secure something which
the republican platform admits to be
better-namely bimetallism.
Now, the democratic party takes an
entirely different position. Hereto
fore 1t has been too much the custom
for both parties to take ambiguous
positions and to straddle the question.
This year they did not do that. The
republican party has declared for the
maintenance of the gold standard un-
til other nations come to our relief.
The democratic party declares for the
immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at the present legal ratio of 10 to !,
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any foreign nation ON earth. That
makes the issue. The democratic
party says that bimetallism is desira-
BILE, and that it is desirable right now,
and that it is not only good thing,
but that it is good thing which eau
not come too high for the Americans.
[Cheers.]
1T not only says that bimetallism Is
a good thing, but that we ought to |
have it right now. What else does it
do? In order that nobody may misun-
derstand, it declares that the people |
who are to secure bimetallism are the |
American people themselves and that |
we are not justified in waiting one
single day for foreign nation to come
to our help. The democratic platform
declares that the American people
should restore bimetallism for them
selves, whether other nations aid us
and consent to it or not. [Cheers.
/ want you to think over this
money question and find out how 1t
affects you. Yon have just as much
right to find out how 1t affects you as
any other class Of people-as those
who are engaged in negotiating with
tha frovarp,uanf 10, tho aa Ia - bond.
on which the people have to pay inter
est You are familiar with the old
Of making bricks without
/ want to say to you,
my friends, that no system, no
policy, has been contrived by the mind
Of man SO calculated to make the toll
ing masses make bricks without straw
as the gold standard. Cheers.] And
want to suggest to you that the man
who goes to the financiers and syndi-
Gates TO secure their aid in restoring
policy that is good for the American
people goes on a fools errand. THANK
you.p
Mr.. Bryan bowed his thanks. Some
one in the crowd called for "Three
cheers for William Mckinley, and the
cheers were given with apparent good
will.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at Ripley at l:i0
p. M, after a rather uninteresting
drive across country from Mayyille.
Mr.. Bryan made speech here to
large crowd and left for Cleveland
over the Lake Shore at a;o5 eastern
time.