New-York tribune., 1896-10-01
BRYAN IN WEST VIRGINIA.
SPEECHES AT HARPERs FERRY. MAR
TINsBURG AND OTHER PLACES.
THE ROY ORATOR AND BoURKE COCHRAN MEET
on THE RoAD-MoUNTAINEERs HEAR
THE OLD REFRAIN.

THE OLD REFRAIN.
Washington Sept. so.-willam J. Bryan arrived
at the Baltimore and Ohio station here at $50 o'clock
this morning. He made the journey from New-York
in a special Pullman sleeper. secured for the accom-
moda ton OF himself and these accompanying MN.
An interesting incident occurred on the train just
before Il reached Elizabeth at an early ho"r 'n'S
morning Bourke Cochran. who made reply 10 'he
Democratic candidates Madison Square speech Al
tho saue n,ace week later was In the sleeper In me
rear Of that occupied by Mr.. Bryan When ne heard
that Mr.. Bryan on board he went FORWARD ~ see
him, and entered the stateroom occupied ny t'e
Nebraska man just az the latter was retr'hs' ine
greeting between the two was extreme'y oorua''
They had known each other we'll while both were IN
Congress and sat for a while chatting over oId times
There were about lJO persons at the washington
station when Mr.. Bryan's train arrived OUT 'he'e
was no enthusiasm. Mr. Bryan's car was attacneu
to the Cumberland train, which left the Baltimore
and Ohio Station at $50 a. m
Harper's Ferry. W. Va. Sept %-inis h'S'o'''
old town had William Jennings Bryan for twenty
minutes this morning. lie arrived on the spec'a'
train furnished by the West Virginia Centrai ON.
pany at 1910 o'clock. The train had been deiaye"
one hour by the effects of the terrihc hurricane
which swept over this section last night. MI
Bryan addressed about 1000 people here from a
stand erected cn an embankment near the station,
and at IL o'clock boarded his train and starteh
for Martinsburg. The special is In charge OF D. H.
McGraw National Committeeman OF west VI"
gina A party from Washington. consisting Oh
Senator Marion Butler. Of North Carolina chaH-
man of the Populist National Committee; ex-Con-
gresham Turner OF New-York. II. G. Bell Dep
uty Commissioner Of Pensions. &. T. Bride. John
T. Norris formerly National Committeeman from
the District of Columbia. and George Killeen. ac-
companied Mr.. Bryan to Martinsburg. In his speech
here Mr.. Bryan said among other things
My friends: We are advocating the resignation OF
that financial policy which was good enough for this
country during all the cary aays Oh 'ne II,
ing Democrats who lived before is,a nanc:i DOLL @
which was changed by the representatives OF tne pro
pie In darkness and without discussion and as may
believe by fraud actually pracused upon '"' p'oP'
My friends some OF the hnanciers down East doubt
the ability Of these people 10 attend To- 10 'nTir H,,
,ha ame-ican neople I generally find a financer who
visits Europe ofener than ne visits the country that
lies west or New-fork tlty. urea. MI ~ vi
mho .ra f,r hotter ACQUAINTED with foreigners than
,hev are v'Ith ther own peop aand II they insist on
putting their in those VINO live abroad console
myself Win tht lnousn. 'a, , scn,',inted Win the
yes,irces Of his country thar these few fnancers
and that this great majority instead OF toanyihg 10
anything nat IS iorciEn AZ. =. "n III n,,,b !,
oil o" - ''ep"'"'' "'' s,., ,,,o.-oor,
Some one asks: How ABOUT 'he MY
dollar Inc orator repheu'
Well now my friends nave N KNOWN eSt pe1ftye sfitv
three-cent dollar would be "odsen9 I 70 ',b'n bn,
Gaughte I'D appladse, But my rIemaS dear wheS
silver wa eated like gold Prior 10 S tde he,Ia s,
dollar was a doar,ahu- -tnIee-cssn. III ,nji
measured by gold. They tod us that InsE wa wa",o w.,
to get rid Of the silver doar az bring Ta r. hack
good, and now they DO not want 10 or''s " '"'"
because II Is not good enough - , - /,
Martinsburg w Va, Sept. 30-Martlnsburg IS
Senator Faulkners home, and the Senator was al
the Baltimore and Ohio station to greet Mr.. Bryan.
who was roundly cheered as he descended from
the train MIR Bryan was taken in carriage
across town to the Cumberland Valley freight
station where I'm a big open space. where the
fr,,ces rsther 70 unload their goods he delivered
81 1ech which he obliged to cut short on ac-
conn Of the Iateness of the train. Fully 500 peo
ple heard him Mr.. Bryan concluding his ad,
dress returned Immediately to the Baltimore and
Ohio ion accompanied by a cavalcsde, and at
,9.iS etar,ed for Cumberland
i-..o ~ c % u,,i,.r, prvan..
Grafton w. va. sept CIV" "iiah" o. ~ '
specia train arrived here at Il p. m three hours