The Monte Vista journal., 1899-01-21

present on the latter occasion. MT.
Bryan was Introduced by Governor
Thomas and took for his subject. Ma
both's Vineyard" He spoke in part
rs follows:
Before addressing myself 10 the
subject which l have chosen for this
evening, l want TO bring you some
words of encouragement. Sometimes
1t was thought that 1t was necessary
for the people in the mountains to
bring down encouragement to those who
lived upon the plains. and | want to
bring YOU n word of encouragement
and tell you that the discussion OF i'm
pcrialism as n present, immediate ques-
tion, does not mean that the people
have lost interest In other questions.
Il am one OF those who believe that
1t takes the AmericaS people TO settle
thing that neither President nor. n
Congress can settle lApplausc.J And
when people say that the last election
settled the money question, l point to
the fact that in the last election the
Democratic party. the Popullst party
and the Free Silver Republican party
all three of these parties-declarcd that
the gold standard was wrong. and that
me Republican party, instead Of de
clarlng the gold standard TO be right,
pi'sleed itself to get rid OF the gold
standard by constituting International
blintlallisin. so that when the vote
was counted 13,5DO,OOO people voted
Tor the double standard as against the
gold standard; and deny the right of
any man 10 say that the people of this
country are In favor of II gold stand
ard until there Is an election when the
people themselves declare In favor OF
the gold standard as against the double
standard. IApplauscJ
Not only Is free silver right-binc,nl-
lism good. but III to remains the only
issue at which blmctallism Is possIblc
But- my friends, tina, is only one part
OF our platform. We pointed out that
conspiracy was on foot 10 retire tn,
rrecnbncks, the Republicans said.
mat Is impossible: they pointed TO the
PRESIDENTS letter Of acceptance, in
which he declared that the Republican
parry would Keep In circulation. as
good as gold. all the silver and paper
money then In the circulation OF the
country. and they said there was no in.
'ehtion ON the part OF the Republican
parry to retire the rrecnbarks. But
Just as soon ns the election was over,
they went TO work to try to retire the
Ireenhacks, and the only reason they
didn't go further Is. that they only
iad narrow margin In Congress and
not enough of n margin 10 insure them
success. Give them n majority suf-
iicient and then they will turn over the
Issue OF paper money 10 the national
banks.
! tax" for my subject tonight: Ma.
boths Vineyard" l have often thought,
| nf NJ \ 4,
not be out of place to call your aticn-
| tion to IL.
My friends. wars Of conquest ar.
conceived IN covciousncss. and the his
tory OF the world has been written in
characters of blood b-cansc rulers have
looked with longing eyes upon the
lands OF others. Since the time history
began. people have been made To bleed
and die because king wanted Ia lcav.
Ia his children more land that he go,
from his fathers. and cuyctousncss has
always rc,oricd to falschOod, To false
| Witness, and what coyriousncss wn.
not able TO secure 10y persuasion Il has
taken by the sword
senator Tcll.r's am.ndm.n, ,o IN.
Intervention resolution /. III. only
thing that prevents the cov.tousn.ss nf
,hnA, who want the island OF Cuba
from dragging this nation down 10 dis.
honor. 'Applans'J That IL all that
prevents II today. ,Applnnscb When
'hht resolution was adopted thcr. was
no objection. And what did thn.. in.
/ tcfNch'lon resolutions d.clnr.f That
the people OF Cula were aud OF right
ouHht 10 u" Tree. And what els. did
Those resolutions dcclar.i That mn.
was NOT u war Of conquest: thar This
nation had no desire To incrans, N. ,,n..
sessions In that way. II wps n MOTTO,
To the people of cuba and 10 the ,..,,,i,.
"f all the world that rhl. nation Nh,
not going 10 enter upon n career OF con,
quest. And yet, my friends. van Wi,
near men today telling you th,, M,
'ubhhs ar" not capable Of s.lf.rny,rn.
m"hl ana THAI W. ought To 90 down ana
lnh" possession ana govern them nni
,hat amendment proposed by your JI,
uhsuish.d senator. ';od blcS, him dan.
piaus"'' is ih" only thing TINT pr,.y.ni. T.
Now. my friends. I wan, To bring va,
ihcr 10 fnc" with this Idea OF couu,,,.,
S''nhI" tiini any one In this
,"un',y ~h"nih hnN" I" plead with ,h..
Nm'I"nn br"l'" against n policy Of
'"n'l"'s.' '-hi u STRANGE Why, IN N
'n"n IN" "'ih" u speech n year ago and
-P'n' any Inn" ar n. that a war of
CONQUEST was not right. tn. audience.
would not have stayed In IN, hail. b.,
might ns well have talked niout u.,r,n.
'my 4" nm audience. b.cpu., ,h.,
would feel as indifferent Ia mi. ,n.s
Iilon as They would To n au..iIon ar
I ih-'fnct astronomy. WHY j,.cnu,,.
1 nobody thought of such n thing
1 might i"ll you that Jefferson, way Incl
~ III" carly days. said that no PRINCIPAL,
was morr deeply fixed In the human
mind. or In I'll" American mind than
that We should hav. nothing Ia Jn viii,
,"hlncs'' bnt. som" of you would say.
Jefferson lived long time ago: let us
hnr" so'ncihin. later tbnn that.
!. FOR one. do not believe that good
things grow old. I do not think IN,
ten commandment. ought To lc nbun.
l lon"d because they wrr" written N
long time ngo. I do not th.licyc "a,
have ouigrown the constitution or the
Declaration ~ Independence. I tell
4 you III" people who made the constI.
tuition and have the right to amend IL
Arr ~" ones who must any II, and no,
fh~ man who II sworn to supt,ort the
very constitution he says W" hnv, out.
grown. ,ApplsuscJ
t<rt US come down n little. In isn
Mr.. Blaine proposed some resolutions
to the pnn.An,rrican conxrrsu. and
thcy werr unanimously accepted. Tn.
hrut two of ih" resolutions was that
the prtnriplc ~ conquest shalt i,nyc uo
part In American public tuW, In itfAl