The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-29
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN MADE
DOZEN SPEECHES
YESTERDAY
GOLD Money AID The BANKS
THEMES TREATED IN HIS PRIN-
CPAL ADDRESS DURING
THE DAY
AS TO OUR CONSTITUTION
We Have Not Now and Will Not
outgrOw That Instrument
of Fundamental
Law.

ABERDEEN, S. D., Sept. 2S-Col
William j. Bryan completed his tour of
South Dakota at this place tonight. He
arrived here at $50 O'Clock, and immedi-
ately repaired to the speaking place, near
the Corn palace, where he was met by
one of the largest crowds that have
greeted him during the campaign The
day had been a very busy one, but the
Democratic candidate has seldom ap-
peared to better advantage. He was in
excellent voice, and spoke with distinct
ness and grace. During the day Mr.
Bryan travelled 260 miles and made almost
dozen speeches. He began the day with
three-minute speech at Elk Point, and
his first speech of length was made at
Yankton. After this speech he made long
addresses in the towns of Scotland,
Mitchell, Woonsocket, Huron, Redfield
and Aberdeen. The crowds were good
at all the places at which the party
stopped, and especially SO at this point
and at Mitchell.3 At Yankton the audi
ence was not so large as it would have
been but for a misunderstanding as to
the time the place was to be reached.
/ AAIO1C anu dlSO IuOSI OlHSC places IN
the state the meetings were held in open
| squares. This arrangement, while serving
the convenience Of the townspeople,
proved quite a tax upon Mr.. Bryan's
strength, as well as a loss of time. The
day was ideal for outdoor speaking, in
respect to weather, being a very marked
contrast to yesterday. There were a few
clouds In the sky early in the morning,
and there was a sharp and nipping air,
but the sun soon broke through, and with
1T came warmth as well as brightness.
A feature noticeable at all the meetings
of the day was the number of flags dis
played. They were small in size, but
they were carried by almost every one
at each stopping place in the states.
AT MITCHELL Mr.. Bryan made the longest
speech of the day, speaking for more
than an hour. The audience here num-
bered many thousand people The meet
ing was held in vacant ground near the
Corn Palace, an immense structure of
indian corn, in which the corn belt ex-
position is being held
Mr.. Bryan mounted a table, and al
though he spoke in, the loudest and clear
est tone Of which he is capable, he found
1T difficult to be heard by all the peo-
pie present. The crowd completely sur
rounded the stand from which he spoke.
and he adressed himself first to the peo-
pie on one side and then to those on the
other, going around the circle with i'm
partfalfty Mr.. Bryan began his speech
by saying that he had not supposed that
there were so many people in the country
as were there present. The first part of
the address at Mitchell was devoted to
the presentation of Mr. Bryans views
upon the attitude. of the Republican party
| toward the gold standard and the ma
tiona1 bank. On this question he said:
THE GOLD STANDARD.
you would expect to hear some Re-
| pulican speaker say that the Republican,
party was willing to defend the gold STAN
| dard. But / want to remind you that
the same Republican party that today
| advocates the gold standard got in four
| years ago by promising people to secure
| the double standard by interna tional
agreement. That same party that now
with profound zeal, worships at the
| shrine of gold, is responsible for the
! election Of president who sent a com
| mission of distinguished men all the Way
| to Europe to ask the European nations
! TO help us out of the hole which the gold
| standard had put US in. This same Re
| publican party which today parades its
belief in the gold standard is responsible
| appropriated 100000 of the peoples money
to pay the expenses Of the commission
while 1t was in Europe, trying to get rid
| or the gold standard They tell me that
the gold standard is good Why, my
Irlends, L know how careful Republicans
| are with public money, and I cannot be-
| neVe that Republican congress would
expend 100000 trying to get rid of a good
| th1ng. They tell me the gold standard
| is good. Why, the financial. bill passed
| by the Republicans within year con-
tains section, No IA. which provided
1 that that bill is not intended to stand in
the way of the restoration of the double
standard. Why should they put it there
If the gold standard is good? But let me
get down nearer. The platform written nv
cabinet officer, sent to Phfladefnhia
with the approval of the president sill
/ held out the hope of international hi
metaEism. Why did it do it if the gold
standard is good thing?
NATIONAL EANK. CURRENCY,
But, my friends, the Republican
scheme on the money question means
more than gold standard 1t means a
national bank currency no Renuhlica N
speaker will stand before an audience
! and explain why bank note issued nv
bank is better than a greenbaek issued
! by the government. The Republican partv
/ is tOOdy advocating the doctrine that a
national bank note, upon which the bank
| draws interest is better than a national
government note, which draws no interest.
| The Republicans today are responsible
for the fact, that while they. have piled
the taxes higher upon the masses of the
| people theN have reduced one-half the
taxes that We're on national banks, prior
! to the war with Spain. For TWENTY-FIVE
years the Republicans have contended
that they were paying off the national
| debt, and yet today they stand for a
| national bank currency based on bonds.
Notwithstanding you can only have a
| bank currency based on bonds on the
condition that you have the bonds, and if
! you are going to have permanent ma
tional bank currency based on bonds, you
have got to have a permanent national
| debt for Your bonds TO rest upon; as the
Republican party today. is in favor of a
perpetual and increasing debt Upon which
| the people pay interest, in order that
| the banks may have peFpetual bank notes
| upon which they draw INTEREST,"
Mr.. Bryan at this point also dis
eussed the Philippine questions at some
length, but for the most part along old
lines.
Il once heard man talking about a