Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-06

son we have not 10 because our antag-
ouists even are ashaIned to longer dee
fend them. nor have they the manlinesg
to abandon them. (Applause.l Now,
take the question OF free silver. What
lis the use OF giving our reasons for the
faith that istn not in you-if your oppon-
ents are sedulously avoiding them. Die
cussing free silver, let US find how our
opponents still stand on II. Let us get
from Mr.. Bryan. IL we can, q statement
whether or not he will pay the obliga-
lions Of the nation. and pay the debts OF
itscreditors in gold or silver. You know
where we stand on every question. We
do not have to ask you to take our
word.
We ask YOU only to look for your
selves that our words and our deeds
square. We stand for the gold standard
and we are for 1t on the Atlantic coast
and We are for 1t here, and we stand for
it 1.-THE Rocky mountains. Now we hear
again from men some excuse to justify
themselves and their own conscience for
supporting MIR. Bryan. We hear from
them that Mr.. Bryan could not do much
damage if elected, because the republi-
can senate would not let him. Think of
the man Who makes that argument! To
elect the man whom he's supporting,
because the people whom he is opposing
will retain enough power to hinder him
from doing any serious damage to the
country! That argument reflects badly
enough on the man he is supporting, but
lit reflects worse on the man who makes
lit.
L do not have to appeal to our ma
telial prosperity. Iwish no better cam
paign argument than that of our ops
ponents four Years ago, Bryan told YOU
that unless you had free silver you
would have four years more of harder
Times. The circulation per capita would
decrease, but in every case, instead of
going down. the thing mentioned has
gone up. There was only one instance
where heSsaid anything would go up. He
said the amount of mortgages would in
crease, and they are the only things
where there has been falling off. They
have decreased about 80 per cent.
And now you are asked to abandon
your material prosperity and TO dishon-
or the flag and US because YOU are in
Ivited to be afraid of militarsn. There
are $4,000 regular soldiers in this coun-
try, as, 900, 900 of people, or $4,000 Of u
regular soldier for every 1000 men,
women and children in the United
States. Now l don't know what the
amount of people here in town are. Sup
posing there are 10000, You are then en-
titled, collectively, all of YOU. to the
amount of tyranny that can be obtained
out of tyenty-siS soldiers and fraction
of another soldier. lApplauss.) And if
lin this sc. 600 people here there are any
who feel nervous on account of these
soldiers, l want to relieve their minds.
Therepublicans Will protect them. Now,
my fellow citizens. a nation, like an in
dividual, must do its duty and honesty,
and #common sense Will enable
lii TO do its duty. Honesty-one branch
LOT that is paying8its debts in a full
Weight dollar and another is making
every promise made on the stump good
off the stump. Common sense can not
be frightened by phantoms fit only to
scare political children. courage-tfle
courage to do its duty now When its
duty has taken us#to the Philippines, i
ASK you to stand With us for the sake
of liberty, to stand with us for the sake
LOT that policy which we have always
pursued, that no man. where the Aneri-
lean flag haaSonce been hoisted in honor,
haul it down in dishonor."