The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-03
Mr.. BRYANS MAIN
SPEECH DELIVERED IN
THE AFTERNOON AT
7. N. {. A. PARK

'fMr Chairman. LADIES' and Gentler1en:
/ am glad 70 be here; | only wish that |,
were possible for me to make this speech
the first speech Of the day, but III order to
reach the northern portion OF the state Il
1 has been necessary for me to speak al
ready more than three hours and your
programme calls for two more speeches
after this before go 10 bed. U4aughter)
IL would please me better II l could get YOU
al together In one crowd and make one
speech covering those questions which are
now before the country; but we are largely
creatures of circumstance and am trying
to do the best | can to reach as many
people as possible in the time at my dis
posal In order to advance, If | can. those
principles which | believe TO be important.
in these trying. critical times: and | come
to Seattle and the Pacific coast with es-
pecial pleasure
"Whenever hear from Republican
speakers or see I'm Republican papers that
there is any wavering anywhere among
our people | feel It my duty to go there
and present the issues now before the
country. When / go East l try 10 con-
vince them that the gold standard Is as
bad for the East for the West, II YOU
will but consider the masses Of the people
rather than the interest OF the money
changers only, and when ! came to the
Pacific coast 7 came for the purpose Of
convincing you that the Declaration ~ In
dependence ~ as important to you rs At Is
TO US in the Mississippi valley or to those
on the Atlantic seacoast. Appause)
IF | were to believe what Republican
papers say / would spend all my time in
the West I'm the discussion of imperialism.
hut II I were 70 make a speech without re-
ferring TO the questions which divided the
people In 1895 the Republicans would say
that / was ignoring them and seeking TO
make political capital out Of the new Is
sue, and, therefore, I'm every speech that I
make. deal with the old questions. well
as the new, and try TO show to those who
listen that there Is one principle running
through them all.
ut fs no. strange that the men who ia
vored the gold standard. also protected the
on r., Is not strange ,t that those who
tion also took the peoples side Of the
trust question. IL is not strange that the
men who wanted the money changers to
have rising dollar should also want the
national banks to control the paper money.
1t Is not strange that those who insisted
upon he restorstio,n Of the double stand-
now insist upon the government issuing
whatever paper money there is and oppos-
ing the delegation of this sovereign power
or government to any private corporation
or individual whatever.
II say II is not strange that the people
who acted together on one OF those aues-
tons should act together on orNer ques-
tons. neither Is Il strange that those who
took the peoples side Of the money ques-
ton and those who took the peoples side
of the trust question should also oppose the
establishment Of large army in the Unit
ed States II IS not strange that those who
insisted that the dollar should not be in.
creased I'm value for the benefit OF the
money changer should also insist that the
constitution shah not be trampled upon IN
the interest OF syndlcates that want 10 ex-
ploit the Philippine islands. (Appiause1
II want. " I can. and believe I can,
to show you that there is a consistent prin-
ciple running through all those questions
l want to show you that the Republican
party has been departing, step by step,
from the position taken by y In its early
days and that man. in order TO remain
Republican today. must he prepared to turn
a somcrsault on the slightest notice ana to
10 II gracefully. dAughterl
s'I.et me give you some illustrations Of
the agility which some Republicans
have shown i'm changing their opinions
WHY II used to he that every Repuhr-
can hoasted that he was man Of con-
victon. and the Republican party was
formed bv men whose convictions were
stronger than party ties because they left
other parties and organized the Rcpuhli-
can party: but now the definition OF the
Republican party Il that II Is an assocla-
ton of athlotes. trainei 70 turn a somer.