Show I nUST BE KEPT UPI UP-I Silver Fight Has Only Just Begun Our Forces Are Being Added to Every Day Says Bryan New York Feb 2iA complimentary luncheon was given at the hotel Bar tholdi today to William J Bryan Elliot El-liot Danforth the chairman of the Democratic state committee presided and in responding to the address of I welcome of Mr Danforth Mr Bryan made a speech encouraging the bimetallists bi-metallists and declaring that the free I silver fight must go on He said in part 1 partI have never lost an opportunity I since the election to assure those who I labored for free coinage here that we who ir i the west and south have more of local victory to rejoice over recognize recog-nize the valor with which you made the fight I do not know of any Democrat Demo-crat or e3e silver I Republican I or Pop I g b ulist who deserves more consideration I than those who made the fight in New York City which is the center of the gold Influence in the United States I appreciate the work you have done and the moral courage which it has required and when the history of those I years is written the text man will have I to say that there were heroes in those days and New York New England and the eastern states furnished their share of those heroes I want to say to those who have fought that the fight is not done I I have found a great many who had not been with us before election day or on I election day who have come to us since the election I your experience has been the same as mine you will find that there has been a profound disappointment among many who were led to believe that the maintenance of the gold standard or et positive declaration I de-claration that It would be maintained I I would restore confidence revive business busi-ness and bring back prosperity This I has not been the result The gold standard is doing now just I what it ha always done I is helping j those who own money and hurting I i those who are producing wealth I I want to say that the agitation will i i go on until every American citizen I understands the money question and I I then we want them to vote on it and settle i But I dont believe any question ques-tion can be settled through lon setted money I lenders and employers Men must be free They must have the right heart and I believe the question cannot be settled until the verdict is that of the right heart and not of the body bent down under the lash I appreciate the opDortunlti to be with the bimetallists bimetal-lists of New York and I shall be glad to bring back the news that the bi metalllsts of New Yorit1 are not ashamed of the fight they made A rather small audience gathered in Carnegie hal tonight and listened to William J Bryans lecture on Free Coinage The several climaxes in Mr TJryans speech were vociferously applauded ap-plauded Mr Bryan was introduced by Mr Henry F McDonald president of the Bimetallic league who presided i |