The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-18

sue presented now is a clean-cut issue
No man who believes in any American
system of finance for an American peo-
pie can by his vote assist in sending
"a man to congress who goes there to
support the Republican policy on the
money question (Cheers.)
Greensboro Reached.
GREENSBORO, N c., Sept. lin
company with Governor Carr, ex-Sen-
ator Jarvis. Colonel Julian Carr, of
Durham; Major Hale of Fayetteville,
and other prominent North Caro-
linans, William j. Bryan reached
Greensboro ON his special train via the
Southern railway at 12:45 o'clock this
afternoon. A great crowd at the
station, including hundreds of excur-
s.onlsts from nearby points, shouted
vigorously as Mr.. Bryan stepped to the
station platform. and as he was driven
through the dusty main thoroughfare
of the quaint Did town, several thou-
sand people, yelling loudly, followed his
carriage, conspicuous by its red, white
and blue decorations and four horses
that drew it to the Benbow house,
where the candidate and his party had
dinner
After dinner, Mr. Bryan was taken
to Blandwood, on the outskirts of the
after being introduced by Clement
Manley, chairman of the state Demo-
cratic committee. His audience
NUMBERED FIFTEEN THOUSAND,
and was one of the most enthusiastic
gatherings Mr.. Bryan has addressed
in the campaign. Mr.. Bryan said:
Il have talked until my throat is
sore, and shaken hands until my hands
q ra1I
are sore Qaughter), and the cam
paign, instead Of being ended, is only
fairly commenced (Cheers.) Some
times the opposition papers say people
gather together from idle curiosity A
man has to have more than idle Curl
osity to stand out in the sun in such
road as this to listen to a speech.
l was here two years ago, and had d
chance to see great many Of you, so
1t was not necessary for you to come
for the purpose of seeing me. l am
glad to speak TO you about the para
mount issues of this campaign. The
Democratic party has taken a. position,
which is also the position of the Popul-
lists and the free silver Republicans,
against the issue of bonds in time of
peace, and against the trafficking with
syndicates which save the nation, at
so much per save, from the extremi-
ties in which they themselves have
placed the government for the purpose
Of
SAVING IT AGAIN
at a high price. Gaughter.) Our op-
ponents go upon the theory that these
syndtcates are able to bleed the peo-
pie without the people knowing it,"
Mr.. Bryan then repeated what he had
said heretofore in denunciation of the
bond syndicate contract, and added:
They tell us 1t is necessary to make
these contracts. 1 deny it.
IF our treasury department was run
in the interest of all the people, in
stead of being managed by Wall street
financiers in their interests it would
initiating contracts" (Cheers9
Continuing he said: "Our opponents
are afraid if the Chicago ticket sue
ceeds law will not be enforced, and
order will not be preserved. That is
what they say; but that is not what
they fear. They know if the Chicago
ticket is elected. that the laws viii not
only be enforced against the little peo-
pie who transgressed but
AGAINST THE BIG ONES
who conspired against the nation.
(Cheers.) They say they are afraid
property will not be secure. Your prop
erty will be more secure under our
system of finance than it has been
when men have been licensed to prey
upon your property and eat the bread
you have earned by the sweat of your
brows. (Cheers.) We not only desire
to use the silver dollar we now have,
but We want more dollars 70 use
among the people. If all those who
have so much money they are afraid to
have any more, will vote for my oppo-
nents, L want the votes of all who are
not afraid of being overwhelmed in d
flood of money. (Applause.) L under /
stand some of your merchants have
brought Mexican dollars into your
community TO teach the evil of free
silver. "a voice That's righf.'D No, (
it's wrong. Gaughter.) 1t is a pecu-
liar campaign upon which we are en-
tering. Heretofore, the merchant has
been satisfied to act as the merchant
and sell his wares to anybody who
would buy, but in this campaign the !
merchant. has turned school teacher (
and is attempting to use his business /
to teach
OBJECT LESSONS IN FINANCE
and insult the intelligence and patriot !
ism Of those who pay for his goods. 4
(Cheers.) They tell you if we have free (
ard, and our dollar will be worth not
more than the Mexican dollar When
a man tells you that, ask him Whe-
Their the Mexican dollar is good to
pay taxes. He will tell you no. You
tell him our silver dollar is good enough
to pay taxes now, and will be good
enough TO pay taxes under the free
coinage of silver. (Cheers.) Ask him
whether the Mexican dollar is good
enough to pay debts with. and he will /
say no You then tell him our silver .
dollar is now good enough to pay debts |
with in the United States unless it is 1
contracted against and under free
of silver it will be as good as /
it is now. And better, because we ex-
pect to prevent the making of contracts /
hereafter that will demcnetize by con-
tract what the government does not
demonetize by law (cheers) and Lee
me pause to say that while it seems
that a great many bankers deem it +
their duty to support the gold standard,
there is no reason why the western and .
southern bankers should be in favor
of it. If our bankers in the west and
south would think for themselves in
stead of
TAKING THEIR OPINIONS READY
MADE
from bankers in New York, who i'm
port them from London, we would have
more free silver bankers CCheers.) If
the bankers would stop to think for a
they would know if the farm
ers could get better prices for their pro-
duce they would have more money
to deposit in their banks and the money
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