The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-02

mayor" he cried. advancing from his seat
kdience was not ready to ratify the nomi-
nations. Instead there was q general muir
muir of dissent. and it was not delicately
.Where's the police?" called one.
Put that man out" cried another
We didn't come here to hear you, ex-
! claimed Franklin Landers from the stage
| The enthusiastic Taggart man subsidized Tor
| a time at these unkind comments, but it
| few minutes. The argument of the lecturer
met his hearty approval, and his comments
were ! frequent. Such en-, explanations as Is
! Hit EN- again and Good boy punctu-
| ated many of the orators telling sentences
| Mr.. Bryan was in a satirical mood last
| evening and INDUCED in many harsh little
! criticisms at the expense OF MS enemies
the gold Democrats He began by an
ence since confidence had been SO ,; I9liy
| restored" This bit of humor was reishsd
by the man in the front row, ana ne
| smaclIed his lips as If he had Just partatken
| of a succulent dainty. Mr.. Bryan Ihen
said he was pleased to come here ana snow
why the silver cause could not ale. 1h Ha
| clared he had no word OF CRITICISM LOT me n
| gold Democrat He forgaVe tnen an.
! Only" he added Il feel as II the man
who loves Republicanism better than ne
! does Democracy should not try 10 sneak
! into the Democratic camp untu ne mas IT,
pented of his sins" Right here MT. bryan
| won the gallery over to his side, and the
| man in the front row looked as ii he would
| go on the stage and embrace Ihe oIa l..
| had failed to satisfy the people because II
! had not discovered where the trouble was.
People who look about and see now
their promises have been fulfilled can see
the reason for bimetallism, was MI Bry,
ans next argument. Ihat Iosic;
| That's the stuff came from the man IN
| the front row.
Mr. Bryan explained what bimetallism is
| and said he had met lot of people who
| did NOT know the meaning of the term. lie
| told some right good jokes on this ignorant
| class. He spoke of the gold bug, assert
! feeling for him. Il speak of him, he con-
! tinued, Just like he does when he refers
| to the lunatic and speaks of me-. Wllilam
Jennings Bryan said he had actually seen
! people who believed they could buy silver
| for so cents and sell it for 100 cents, could
| they but reconcile their conscienceS to Such
| a transaction.
Just at this point Mayor Taggart stified
mighty yaWn, but 1t vas not detected , ny
| about 16 to l and told some more jokes at
the expense of people who do not under
| stand the term and annoy their friends by
seeking explanations. The lecturer said he
had found but man who was sorry he
! voted for the free-siver candidate. This
was man out in Lincoln who not long
ago called up Mr. Bryan by telephone and
! made a confession. He declared he had been
| under the impression that 16 to l meant
! that the government every time it coined
one gold dollar coined sixteen silver dol
lars. Mr.. Bryan told this ignorant fellow
Toward the close of his address the lee
| turer said: Hostile legislation has driven
| the metals apart. This can't be remedied
! by us sitting still. We are down. People
| want to know why we can't bring both
! branches of the Democratic party together
| by a compromise platform. We cart get
relief this way. We can't get 1t until we
| get those in office to believe as we do
| This seemed to catch the audience about
| right.
William Jennings Bryan is not looking
! for peace. He don't want peace and won't
and financial slavery. AS long as peace ex-
! i.tS there will be nothing done and the
| longer we have peace the longer our suffer-
! ings will be prolonged. The Republican and
! Democratic parties have entered on a con-
! test where there will be truce until BIZ
metallism has been established"
1t was evident here that many of Mr..
! Bryan'S hearers were of his way of think
| ing. They didn't want peace either A
! truce would be positively odious. Then
| the flag trembled and fiuttered. Again Mr..
! Bryan spoke: I'VE say that what God
| has joined together-what he joined togeth-
er in the mountains, let no man put asun-
der. We insist that we love the government
and so well that we want it to rest Sc
cure on a just foundation and not on the
sands of partiality."
The band struck up a lively air as Mr..
| Bryan closed and backed away from the
| crowd that rushed for him. Mayor Taggart
and Ex-Governor Matthews placed their
| protecting arms about the orator and
braced themselves for the rush that came
| like a football leven. Men and women
scrambled over the stage and fairly fell
! upon the lecturer. 1t seemed that half the
audience in the house found exit over
for escape, and Mr. Bryan was hurried
| down to his carriage.