Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-08-23
BRYAN AF F~zAssx i
TOPEKA KAs
tTeag
The PopuIlsts aid BImstaliist
LEAGUE Notify Him at
That Place.
MOB RIOTS IN AKRON, : OHIO
Ruins the City Hall and Court
House-commlts Murder
-A-RaresVlars~sssa'-'- "A
NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 23-TOpeka Ii
putting forth her best efforts today to
welcome William J. Bryan; who at
o'clock this afternoon, win be officially
otified by the national populist party
and the national monetary league OF
his nomination. for president of the
United States. The streets are profuse.
ly decorated and the town is well filled
with visitors. The morning opened
hot; at 10 O'Clock drizzling rain COM
menced falling.
Topeka, Kans., Aug. 23-Bryan arri-
we'd in Topeka at IL a. m. The party
was met at the.depot by carriages, and
escorted to the National Hotel. The
official reception.to Bryan occurred at
the hotel. The march from tfe.depot
was an ovation; The crowds shouted
themselves hoarse. !.
The notification exercises werE held
at the capitol grounds. Hon. JamesA.
Troutman, sof this city, welcomed the
guestson behalf of the aEor. gFrank
Doster, chief justice Of the state, deli
vered thaaddTess Of welcome onhabalf
of the state. Thomas M. Patterson, of
Colorado, as permanent chairman. of
the national pppulist convention, was
called upon to make the notification
speech. Patterson was received with
hearty applause. His telling points
were warmly cheered.
A. w. Rucker, alsopf Colorado, was
then introduced, to give the dificiaI
notice to Bryan of bis endorsement by
tifeU. S. .Mdnetdfy Isaagues ! RsIclSef
also FassWeil received.s tWhen he com.
cluded Bry94 began the delivery of his
speech of acceptance. The vast audi
ence received him with tumultuous
annlas1se.s a. lvese.e ~ ssAasts s'5A
Bryan, in replying to the notifica-
tion by the populist notification COM
mittee, said: M
I'm accepting the presidential NOM
nation which syqpas tendery ip behalf
of the populist party, desire to give
emphatic recognition to the edpca-
tional work done by your party"
Bryan then reviewed briefly the ori-
gin and actions Of the peoples spaFty,
saying:
IT the. p9pulistsa felt, justified, tin
opposing the. republican party when
it sought to concealits gold. STANDARD
tendencies under the, mask OF. inter
natfoaaI bi,.netaIism, the. Opposition
should be more, pronounced IN proper
tfon as the republican party more
openly espouses gold monbmetallisn.
1t is true that the popdlists believe in
an iffedeemable greenback, while the
democrats believe in greenback re-
deemable in coin, but the vital ques-
tion at this. time, 50 far as paper
money is. concerned is whether the
government or the banks shallsissue
it, : =sSi =. :. i's.'' .aA:slss--a''
Bryan thenenumerated the various
principles on which the ppp9 liBks and
democrats agree =
eTfe fact that the trusts support
the republican, part llis ST
to Be anflcieRA fSel 61la Bdg enect
protection ffofa it 4buhil ban
party cannot be relied 0loil t0 extin-
guisfs the tFusts as long as .tt<dTaws
its:eampalgn eanaliI ss9lops g0In their
overfowing vault. our opponents
.triedst6 make ifaanpaaR That ne are
inconsistent When we desirea general
rise inspricsS and get oppose the arbis
trary rise of protected manufactures
or trust made goods, There is no con-
fIict whatever between these two
propositions. If general rise Of
prices occurs because Of the perma-
nent increase in the v0inme ofAIlonev,
all things will adjust themselves to
the new level, and If the volume of
money then increases in proportion tD
the demand for money, the price level
remains the same and business can be
done with fairness to ALL If, how
ever, the rise is arbitrary and only
affects part of the products OF. labor,
those whose products do not particle
pate in the rise suffer because the
purchasing power of their income is
decreased IEa had .mons starx aystew
arags down the price of the farmers
product while monopolies fkfse the
price of what he buys. he burns the
candle at both ends and mua6 ezpebi
to suffer in comparison with those
who belong ID .lhestlssses sasfss fas.
ored by legislation.
"The faiiufe of the fgrHDiicaaf party
to secure international bimettalism,'
and its open eespodskl' OF snen gold
standard. still kept the. money ques'
ton in politics, but no economic Ques'
tioa can compare N importance with
the yanestion which concerns the prin
sciple and structure of the government:
Systems Of taxation can be changed
viii less dificuEy than HilandIal sys-
tens, and financial systems can De al
tered with less danger apd less dis
turbance to the country tllsh fA6 3ital
doctrines upon which free government
rests. It is not strange that populists
should oppose mllIsarlsm AM anper-
lallsm for both are antagonislie 70 the
principles which populists .saaIy &c
other questions Looking ques.
sIonz froms The zEzndpoint of tHe pc
.ducer Of wealth. rather than 3Eoal TIC
standpoint Of the SPECTATOR lonQ
LIE reconl7ss e mIlltsrIzm s e6nz