Smyrna times., 1900-01-31

iarlty OF the silver champion with the
audience. When quiet was obtained
governor Tunnell was presented he
sald: I'VE have with us a puest who
ooes not need formal introduction
nave the honor to present to you the
non. William Jennings Bryan" These
words were the signal for another ont
break. Mr.. Bryan said:
Bryan Talks to Farmers.
L am always glad to talk to farmers.
Ihey are as close students as anv per-
sons engaged in business"
HIS text was that 'No farmer can af-
lord to be Republican, ard no per-
son kvlng in town, who lives off the
FARMER, can afford to be Republican.
The farmer takes more chances than
any other man. When he plants his
crop in the spring he don't know
whether the winds and storms will de-
str0y them. He doesn't know whether
the chinch bug or the army worm
Will come in and get it before he
does.
After going through all this, he has
to go to market through line of bulls
and bears, and the bears bite him and
the bulls horn him until he's glad to
get home with what he can.
The farmer is the most helpless man
against the chances. Until, the man
who labors produces wealth, than no.
body can trade in it.
Is the farmer a business man? Well
the Republicans say no, because he
just works. He begins in the spring
and works all summer and when the
end comes, takes out his annual inter
est, his rents and has nothing. Busi-
ness man! The fellow who goes on
the board at 10 A. NJ, and bets until
noon on what the farmer makes, or
sits down in banking house and cor
ners the money of the world without
adding to it. The Republican party is
run in the interest of the trader, not
the producer.
Dwelling on the income tax law and
the decision as to its unconstitution-
ality Colonel Bryan said the decision
rose up during the time of the Spanish
war and now to paralize the arm of the
Government. In the hour of peril the
Government can draft citizen but it
can't draft on the pocketbook. The
Government can't tax wealth because
the Republican party is in power.
The Money Question Discussed.
"The gold standard never won a vic
tory at the polls. Six and one-half
millions of people voted for indepen-
dent bimetallism and even millions
pledged to international bimetallism.
The gold Democrats were the only
party that run a ticket on the single
gold standard platform. They carried
one precinct in this wide country.
That precinct had six votes in it and
the gold Democrats got three of these
votes.
Referring to the recent passage of
the financial bill, Colonel Bryan spoke
of Secretary of the Treasury Cages
fact in coming to the rescue of the
money market
"We will continue to fight on BIZ
metallism. 1 have been asked why
didn't drop it. l believe to-day as in
1896, that the gold standard is con-
spiracy among the gold exchanges to
enslave the rest of the world. | in
tend to continue the fight until sew
enty millions of people are enabled to
control their own affairs. They prom
lse us an elastic system. Yes, they
will give it to us, and the bankers will
hold both ends of the elastic
'In asking Congress to pass financial
legislation President Mckinley didn't
know what would be the right thing
but he hoped some member who
knew more than he, would suggest
something.
Blow at the Trusts.
''More trusts have been organized
under this administration than ever be-