The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
BRYAN IN NORTHWEST
YESTERDAY WASTED IN NORTH DA-
koTA AND MINNESOTA.
Weather Too Raw and Chilly for En-
thusimsm-Speechesa at ST. Paul
Last Night.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct. 10.-Candidate
Bryan spent the day in North Dakota and
then invaded Minnesota. He spoke here to-
night to good-sized crowd. His reception
in North Dakota, however. was some
what frosty" The weather was SO
raw and chilly that it was diff
cult for even the most blatant Popocrat
to work UP enthusiasm enough to cheer
His train arrived here from Aberdeen. S.
D., at o'clock this morning. He was
aroused at o'clock to make a speech TO a
small body of shivering people. and after
saying a few words he resumed his sleep
and declined to be aroused again until this
city was reached. After breakfast the Pop
ocratic nominee was led to the baseball
park, where he made speech that was
mostly a repetition OF previous speeches.
In the course of his remarks he said:
II want you to remember that we who
advocate free coinage at TO to ! are the
only people who have a financial system
that they are willing to present before the
American people. Our opponents propose
nothing, they oppose everything. We want
free coinage of silver as we have of gold
unlimited coinage of silver as we have of
gold coinage at the ratio which now exists
between, our gold and silver coin, and that
independent of the action of any other for
elgn nation. What do your opponents say?
Do they elaborate a system? Not at ALL
They are simply opposed to our plans. Do
they know what is good for the American
people2 If so, why don't they tell? VIII
you say that their refusal to speak and
elaborate plan is due to ignorance? If you
do, will you say that men who do not know
what ought to be done ought to lead in
the doing of that which they do not know
anything about? Applause) If, the
other hand, you say that they know but
won't tell, tell you, my friends. that you
ought to have no confidence in those who
have no confidence in you.
I'VE not only know what we want, but
we know why we want it, and we know
we are going to get it. We want bImetal-
lism. and when we say bimetallism we tell
you what we mean by bimetallism: We do
not mean that the government will buy
whatever metal it wishes; that is not what
we mean by bimetallism. When talk
of bmetallism we mean two metals We
mean the of not metal only, but
of two metals equal standard money
metals, entering the mints on equal terms
gal-tender qualities-two metals linked to-
gether at a fixed ratio and given equal
rights; That is bimetallism; Why do we we
enough gold to furnish the standard money
upon which other money is TO oe based.
Our opponents say they have sound finan-
cial policy. L deny that you can build a
sound financial policy upon gold basis:
Ask them where the gold is They tell
you how much there is in the federal
treasury, how much in the national-bank
vaults. Then they, guess at the amount in
other banks and they leave about half of
it unaccounted for Ask them how much
gold there is in the country, and they say
and they may be ablt to point out $780,
600, 900. Ask them where the rest is, and
they tell you that d is what m is is called the IN IN
you believe you can get substantial struc-
ture on an invisible base? You cannot do
it, my friends.
They say we cannot maintain the parity
because Mexico has failed to do SO; is
there ANYBODY mere VINO thinRs TN tl1a1 raitad mea
States? If there is he ought to vote the
Republican ticket. He cannot find con-
yf1aPo oil
the gold bugs. Why, my friends this Ma
ton has ten times the population of Mex
ence is far greater. Even If you insist that
this Nation is no greater than Mexico
might it not be possible that the United
States and Mexico together can do what
Mexico could not do alone? You tell US
that we will approach the standard of Mex
leo if we have free coinage. There are other
nations which have not free coinage. Take
Turkey for instance. VIII we approach the
standard of Turkey if we maintain the
ard has done for Turkey. If had to
choose between Mexico and Turkey as a
future home / would far rather go to Mex
leo and use silver than go to Turkey and
enjoy gold"
the rear platform of his car to II good
sized crowd. He was introduced by F. c.
Gibbs as the next President Of the United
States, and said:
Whether my friend here will prove his
right to be prophet will derend some
introduced the next President of the |
United States, but my friends, that can
only be hs Thsn ,6h the Ps0R F Is haye 80
suit may be determined by the vote of
one State, and it is possible that that may |
be this State, and that the result in this |
State will be determined by the vote of
one citizen, these are not probabilities, but |
such times when such great interests are
at stake and when the result may turn
upon Cleveland, it is important that every
before casting his vote.
about the plank in your platform that |
condemns the President%for enforcing the
Mr.. Bryan: 'Our platform does not com
no man is afraid of my election because |
he is afraid | will not enforce the, law. |
force law against the big violators of the |
law"
speeches at Morris, Binson. Wilmar, Litch-
field, Waverly and Delano
st. Paul was reached at p. m, and aft |
er dinner Mr.. Bryan spoke at length in
the Auditorium and briefly at two other /
places. AT the AUDITORIUM he was present
Mr.. Bryan said
I desire to express to. the organized Ia.
he gift 1y WhcS they have pr ented Il IS
L gold pen with a silver hoder. and If l |
shall be elected by my countrymen to be
and that holder shall be used to sign a
bill. And l am glad that the
pen with which my signature shall be al
sause, my friends, 1 believe that the Ia
boring men of this country-aye, more than
hat. the laboring men of all this world
are interested in the restorage of silver to
is ancient place by the side of gold
Mr.. Bryan made his usual speech, and
concluded as follows:
.Open the mints; create a demand for
silver, and that new demand, acting with
he demand existing, will raise the
price of silver; and if that demand is great
enough as we believe il will be. to alb
;orb every ounce of silver presented at our
nints then. my friends, the opening of the
nints of this Nation alone will restore the
parity of gold and silver at 16 to l and |
make a silver dollar equal TO gold dollar,
melted or coined, everywhere in the world"
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