The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
HE'LL KEEP IT GOING
BRYAN UNDERTAKES TO GEORGE
TIE WHOLE NATION.

tn Adopt Free silver. Thus ignoring the
Utter Inability OF the Pop Mouth to
Keep Itself Shaped to the Ctsersnce OF
the Same Howl for Four Years Together
Chasing tho Fleeting Vote In the
Northern Illinois Counties.
Chicago, Oct. 2s.-After hard days
campaigning, William J. Bryan returned
to Chicago tonight, arriving at the Norm
western railroad station at 7:15 O'Clock
A crowd of several hundred people met
him at the depot and cheered Justify as
he left his car. Mr.. Bryan had dined
before reaching Chicago and was met at
the train by the reception committee
which was TO guide him about the city to-
night. He entered carriage at the sta,
tion and was driven directly to the hall
at which he made his first address. the
nominee made nine speeches on the north
and northwest sides tonight. At each
meeting he was enthusiastically greeted
bay large crowds.
Elgin, H., Oct. cit was almost $3.50
today when Mr.. Bryan reached the North
western depot. in Chicago. for his day 8
tour in the belt of towns in northern Hi
nois A large crowd of people had as
sembled and cheered him loudly and de-
manded a speech, but Mr.. Bryan smil-
ingly declined and disappeared in his car.
The train reached Elgin at 1925. He
was taken to a platform which had been
erected about 200 feet from the depot, and
there addressed a large and enthusiastic
audience. Mr.. Bryan was introduced
by I. n. Adrian, president Of the Bimetal
lie club of Elgin. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We are ap-
preaching the end of a campaign which
will be memorable in the history of this
country; because, whether you believe
with US or not as to the necessity for the
restoration of bimetallism. you must
agree that no question can be settled in
this country until the American people
have finally expressed themselves on the
financial policy, and more than that, no
settlement of the financial policy can be
permanent until that question is settled
right.
MEANS TO KEEP IT UP.
1.-THE politicians have been lodging the
| money question for twenty years and the
fjnanciers have been settling it in their
own way for twenty years, and yet it is
more unsettled today than it has been in
all that time, and if this election fails TO
restore bimetallism, it simply means four
years more of agitation until the people
again nave chance to express them
selves. Great applause) You hear our
opponents talk about restoring confidence
that all that is necessary is to just stop
agitation. My friends, they ought to
know that agitation is the result of a
condition and that agitation must con-
tinue while that condition remains. 1.
the silver question could have been put
down merely by saying, BE STILL ii
would have been put down long ago. II
it could have been put down by demands
or threats or by intimidation, it would
have been put doWn long ago.
But I want you to remember that in
spite of all that the financiers have done
for twenty years to keep the silver ques-
ton down, it is still before the American
people, and will stay before the American
people. (Applause) We are accused OF
stirring up discomfort. Ny friends, be-
| cause physician points to a disease, II
does not argue that he created the dis
| ease. The disease is here and we simp.
ay point it out, you can shut your eyes
to it if you will, but you cannot cure the
IT,
OFFERS HISTORY.
FOR years, yea for centuries, bimetal.
lism was the financial policy of the ma
tions Of the world until they commenced
the crusade against silver England star!
ed il back in 1916. but for years she stood
alone as gold standard country. After
the discovery Of gold in this country and
in Australia, after the production of gold
began to increase, there were three ma.
| tons of Europe which demonetized gold
for fear money would be too cheap, and
the very arguments which they used II.
day against silver were used then against
gold, and We were told that to pay In
gold was to cheat the widow and the or
phan and the depositors in savings banks
| Applause.)
"If you will read a book written by a
| French writer, Chevalier, along in the
| fifties, you will find that the identical ar
guments used against silver now we-s
used against gold then. You can take
his book and put the word silver where
| he uses the WORD gold and you will have
| the ordinary gold standard argument OF
| today. After they found that gold had
| ceased to increase and that silver was in.
creasing. then they began the same kind
| Of warfare against silver that they had
started against gold
OF COURSE HE KNOWS.
Belvidere, Ill, Oct 29-The train
| reached Belvidere at 11.25 and was me
| by large crowd Of people. most of whor
| were wearing yellow ribbons bearing tbs
| word, Mckinley"
Mr.. Bryan was escorted to a platform
a short distance from the train, and de-
! livered one of his characteristic sflor
| speeches.
| Mr.. Bryan said: when we declare fol
| the restoration of bimetallism, we are moi
asking anything new. When we ask FOL
the free coinage of silver, remember thai
ee have the free coinage of gold now, and
have had the free coinage Of silver.
II have had people ask me why 1t i:
| that they demonetized silver when silver
was was worth more than gold al tn.
time. The explanation is simple. my
| friends. At that time silver was increas
| ing and gold was decreasing, and they
| wanted to demonetiZe the metal that wa.
| increasing so they would have the meta
| that was decreasing, because decreasing
money means dear money, and that i:
what the money changers always want
| (Appiauss)
ANOTHER REASON.
| There is another reason why they
demontized silver instead Of gold. A larg-
portion Of the annual product OF gold j:
used in the arts, while only small por
/ ton OF silver is used in the arts, there
! fore there was larger amount OF silvei
| available for coinage than there was O
| gold. and they turned their energie.
against silver and tried 10 demonetiz'
| IL in order 10 have the lesser quantity a.
| money metal
MY friends, as this crusade has gon.