October 22

Rochester, IN (Excerpt)

"The republican platform which I have read in your hearing commended that silver bill as a long yet prudent step toward free coinage and yet when we tell you that free coinage is a good thing our opponents tell us we are lunatic cranks and idiots. (Laughter.)

[illegible]ou would six years ago brag about a long step toward free coinage why don't you brag when we want to go the whole distance all at once?" (Great cheering.)