The Irish standard., 1898-01-15

quence and logic to do. When he would
rise to his full height with hand out
stretched high above his head raising his
voice until it echoed and rc-echoed be-
tween the pillars of the great hall, the au-
di"ncc would give way to cheers and APP
plause which shook the foundations Of
the building. He appealed to the Judgment
| of his hearers by illustrating his points
with amusing stories, and played upon
| their emotions with pathos and sympathy,
He endeavored in every way to convince
! mis- hearers of the arguments which he
| presented, and the enthusiasts who oc-
cup!eu the front rows of seats on the
ground floor would start the applause at
forcible climax, and that into which he
| threw all possible efforts '"rherc are no
names so harsh that l can be called by
i that can change my effort to prevent
handful of English capitalists from meet
ing behind closed doors to determine the
future of this, the greatest nation on Gods
green earth"
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
THE ADDESS,
MI. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen.
inc presence OF this magnificent audience
ana the interest which you have mani
rested IN the subject to which you have
come 10 listen. encouraging to one after
reading i'll the daily papers how dead tho
cause Oh bi-metaIism is Applausel
lhtre is no campaign on hand and vet
this audience numbers about as MANY as
the audience which assembled here in the
very midst Of that memorable campaign
| (Cries of "More'p And we found Il great
many on the outside who had come a
| little to late to get into the house.
| ~as sorry that anyone should have been
| turned away; but my friends, the trouble
! Is that the subject about which people
are thinking, the subject in which they
feel so deep an interest has awakened so
much OF enthusiasm that it Is difficult to
n FL,
ably all those who have not yet seen the
advance agent Of prosperity. (Appauso
and laushtcr) Cries of Pretty good)
l want to talk to you II little while upon
the subject of bi-metalism l want to
assure you that we are not making any
apologies for the fight which we made
last year. We are not taking back any
thing that was said in support of Iii
metaism last year. We are not on the de-
fenSive; we are on the aggressive. We are
charging the enemy, and we expect to con-
tinue this warfare just as long as there
Is party or n man who desires to look
across three thousand miles of water for
inspiration and instruction in regard to
American politics. (Appause)
The object of this meeting tonight, at
least the object of my speaking, is not to
convince you. You are already convinced;
! simply desire to put in concrete ana con-
else form certain arguments which / be-
licve you can use with effect as you talk
IL
| as IL rule. made at public meeting They
are made in the hand to hand conflicts
winch take place upon the streets and in
places of business, and would suggest to
you certain propositions which desire you
to put to your opponents; propositions
which cannot be denied; propositions:
which our opponents are not always will
ing to discuss. and yet propositions which
30 to the very root of the question under
discussion.
S{r.t
nntried thing. We are not the ones who
desire to experiment. We arc building our
faith upon foundations laid hundreds Of
years ago. and IRE simply asking for the
restoration of {. financial policy which this
nation once had. and which 1t enjoyed
whlct had it. Rimetallism is not new
bmctallsm is old. We had the double
standard in the United States for 81 years.
beginning with 1902 and ending with lS73-sl
years of experience under bimetullism
| and yet the advantages of blmetnllism were
50 apparent, ana its blessings so easily dis
ccrncd. that in all that 81 years no polti-
cal party OF amy name ever dared to con-
denim himetalsm In Il national convention
(Applnllsc.)
My friends that Is II record OF which
any policy might be proud. Can you name
any other policy which has existed so long
without an opponent. Some of you pco-
pie believe In high tariff. hut don't you
know that whenever we have had Il high
y
ueiouncins 1t. Some of you believe in u
low tariff, and yet you must admit that
whenever NO have had n low tariff we
have generally hud some party denouncfng
1t, but we had blmctallism for 81 years.
| and no party ever denounced 1t while We
had it. LAppausel but this Is not the
most astonishing thing. We adopted q
gold standard In 1873 without any party
ever asking to have 1t done. Naughter)
Isn't 1t strange? Isn't it strange? That
change
without any mrty of any name requesting
that 1t be made. My friends. want you,
II you ARE opponents Of bimctnllism. to ask
yourselves.2when you go home. how 1t hnp-
pened that 80 great II change wns made
in the policy of the nations without the
subject having been presented to the peo-
pie by any party In existence ut that time
TOUCHED ON SECTION 10
More than that. no. only WAS the change
made without any party asking for 1t. the
change was made without the American
people knowing 1t was made ut the timo
that 1t was made. More than that, as
sert that tho change was made without
congress knowing that the change was be-
Ing made. loud appluuse) don't
speak OF 1t merely to revive ancient history
but l speak OF 1t because recent events
have corroborated us In this matter. I
have heard men say that 1t was impos-
sibie to mako such n change in our laws
without tho members of congress knowing
that 1t was being done Well, Mr.. Blaine
was speaker of the house at the time, and
he said he didn't know. Senators and
members are ON record as declaring that
they didn't know: but there are some pco-
pie who still deny that 1t was impossible
TO have made the change without It's be-
ing known. Well. now. my friends, a
providence has come to our relief Events
nave robbed our opponents OF this arru-
ment that 1t Is impossible to pass II bill
through congress without its contents he
ing Known If anybody ever tells you
mat II law cannot pass through congress-
without Its contents being known, Won ask
MN TO put section % into the Dinglcy bin.
tAppause) Thcro was Il bill which was
discussed IN both tho House and Senate
ana scrntinEod. The Republicans were
trying TO lind something In II to condemn
ana the opponents had easier time 10 lind
Whnt they were looking for than tho nd
vocates OF the bill did, (npplu,lse) but II
went through tho house and IL wont
through the senate ana 1t was signed Inv
me president. and then when It was done
theH looked at 1t and said "Who nut scc-
,lon ~ III the Dingley bile" Qoud applause>
ana IN" question WHO put section % into
me Linsley bill will 10 down to history
ny the side OF that other famous intcrror
n'ofy Who struck Billie Rattcrsonn
Cloud applause and laughter),
Now, there was change made and
some. hihg inserted IN tho law that was
hot known that congress didn't untlcr
s .,; put, my fricnds you might saw
.h'.t suppose the change was made, With
Out tho people knowing 1t, or asking for
II, suppose 1t was made without the Nom