Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16

| business men or Portland and the ma
ton, who at the last Presidential cleo
ton threw the business prosperity of
the whole country and the livelihood
of millions Of workingmcn before the
wheels OF the Juggernaut Of the single
gold standard Never, never, in the
history of all the ages, has there ever
been such stupendous hunco game
practiced on Il credulous public as the
Republican party played on the
American people last November.
William Mckinley instead of being
the advance agent of prosperity, was
nothing i'll the world but the sorry
substitute Of Grover Cleveland, who
was the advance agent of national
adversely. Mckinley is following in
the footsteps of his notorious predeces.
sor, leading the pee pie down the steep
grade of British monomctalism to in
dlvidual bankruptcy and national
disaster
g. now have the very great pleasure
of introducing to you the man who
last November was the real advance
agent OF prosperity; the man who
favors the restoration of silver as
standard money, whereby alone there
can he n restoration of national pros
pcrity; the man who polled over six
million and half of votes, and who il
the election were to be held tomorrow,
would poll more than ten million of
votes - the Hon. w. J. Bryan, of
Nebraska"
Long before the Mayor had conclud-
ed his remarks, the people had begun
to clamor for Mr.. Bryan. This was
owing probably as much to the fact
that the Mayors voice could not be
heard fifty feet from the stand, as that
the spirit of dissention manifested in
SO many other ways, was rife, even in
the presence of the city's distinguished
guest and visitors from all parts of Or
egon and Washington.
In marked contrast with the voice of
the Mayor was that of Mr.. Bryan. His
distinct enunciation was sustained by
timbre and pitch that carried it to the
remotest parts of the grounds, without
apparent effort. There was, at times,
slight trace of huskincss from con-
tinued and prolonged effort to which
has been daily subjected.
The Oregonian's report of the speech
is in the main correct, but no printed
works carry with them the force of
spoken sentences of the great orator.
Eloquence is found as much in gesture
and manner, as the utterance of eleva-
ted thought in well-chosen language.
Some of the keen edge of the rapier
is abraded by the ordeal; some of the
best epigramatic entences lose in de-
gree their force, when expressed in
cold type" Much of the force of the
exquisite satire was caught by the ear
that is lost to the eye. Suffice it to
say that the first words of William J.
Bryan, Monday night, indicated the
master-mind that formulated them
that from the very beginning the hear.
err was under spell which made him
forget bodily discomfort while his mind
wandered through the elysian fields of
thought, led by masters hand.
After the Mayor had subsidized, in re-
spouse to an intimation of the multi
tude that time was flying with rapid
wing, Mr.. Bryan arose, and for mo-
ment silently surveyed the sea OF faces
that confronted him on every side. He
spoke for about forty minutes, and
every word he uttered was attentively
listened to. He said:
| al have but few moments to talk
to you. / have been talking all day,
and when not so engaged have been
occupied in shaking hands. l have
not been given much time to think
about any subject for new speech.
When l remember how partial the
Republicans of Oregon are to repeat
ing, know they will not criticise me
should I happen to repeat something
l have said before.
at has been nearly two years since
| had the pleasure of meeting some of
the people here-not SO many as now,
as the silver cause was not quite dead
then. You know it is dead now. On
reaching Portland, was prepared to
find great busy city, and l wondered,
with the mills all running and the
shops all so busy, if the people would
find time, even after dark, to be here.
Instead of this, find the significant
sign of TO Rent all over your city.
l wondered at this, as you know this
is July, and the increase of population
i'll Oregon always takes place between
June and November.
ave had a great fight last fall. 1t
was a contest that stirred mems souls.
| had letter from man only the
other day who had just found out that
l had actually been elected. l don't
expect to draw the salary, but it is
some consolation for me to know that
| was elected. The man went on in
his letter to explain how it happened,
and | must confess that l cannot
answer his logic. He wrote: Didn't
the Republicans say that if you were
elected the banks would fail, business
houses would go into bankruptcy, and
haven't theyT If had been elected,
every failure would have been charged
to me; but, as it is, | am not the adj
vance agent of prosperity. Has the
Oregonian pointed out to you the num-
Der of failures since the election of
Mr.. Mckinley"
Cries of "No! MOI"
"For years we have been trying to
show you what the trouble was. The
Republicans at first denied, and later
were compelled to admit there was
something wrong. You cannot make
people take medicine until they realize
that they are sick, and then many of
them take the wrong medicine. The
people during the last campaign were
convinced that they were sick. Some
said that, just as soon as the country