Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-03
No TIME FOR TIE TOILET MT. Bryan Began Speech Mak-
 ing at Daylight. HE TALKED TO A THOUSAND The Capital of West Virginia Gave Him
 Housing Reception. MOUNTAINEERs FLOCK TO HUNTINGTON They Came on Horseback and Afoot and Cheered the Points of His Speech.
 General News of Po-
 litical Nature.
HE TALKED TO A THOUSAND
MOUNTAlNEERs FLOCK TO HUNTINGTON

Charleston, w. Va, Oct. 2.--W J. Bry- an began another days campaigning at Point Pleasant this morning. He left Wheeling shortly after midnight on a special train, accompanied by Governor McCorkle, Congressman McMllin of Ten nessee, National Committeeman McGrew of West Virginia, and a party of state politicians, and reached Point Pleasant at 6 o'clock Hastily slipping on his trousers and buttoning his overcoat about his throat Mr. Bryan went out on the platform and made short speech to about thousand people present.
 A reception committee of thirty-five from Charleston, headed by ex-Governor Wilson, boarded the train at Redhouse. There was a big crowd there, but it's cheers were not sufficient to awaken MT. Bryan, who had gone to his berth after leaving Point Pleasant
 Charleston gave the candidate a ring ing reception. His train arrived at 9:20 a. m. and was greeted by an assemblage al the railroad station. long process sion escorted the candidate about the streets and then to the city park, where he made a speech.
 Ten thousand people composed the au- dence that heard the candidate. His re- ception was of the heartieSt sort MT. Bryan said in part
 Ills Speech atsCharleston.
 Ladies and Gentlemen: In this capital of West Virginia 1 desire to express my thanks for the very cordial welcome which has been extended to me by the members of the triple alliance. l find here upon the platform democrats, repub- lcans, populsts, members of all parties, who, while differing among themselves on minor questions are united in their determine tion to restore to the people of this country the gold and silver coinage of the constitution. (Cheers.) l believe that in this campaign we are entitled to the support of all political parties who believe still in a government of the peo- ple by the people and for the people. (Cheers) We may differ upon the appH- cation of fundamental principles to the various questions which arise We may differ in opinion upon policies suggested by various parties, but, my friends, when ever any party in this nation denies the ability of the nation to have such finan- cial policy as the American people want to have, the three other questions disap pear and we stand united to vindicate the right of elf-government. Those who have been republicans in thought, those who have voted the republican ticket from the time the party was organizd, find ample excuse for departing from that party this year. Go back to 1888 and you will find that the republican par ty declared for gold and silver as stand ara money, ana even went so lar dS lO denounee the democratic party for trying to demonetize silver. .Gpplause)
 Read the platform adopted by the re- publican national convention of 1888 and see how 1t tried to turn the indignation of the people against the democratic ad- ministratio because that administration had been hostile to silver, and on that platform the republican party won the election. In 1892 the national convention of the republican party declared that the f1t0 I avtd terest were in favor of blmeta1lism."
 MT Bryan maintained that one of the best evidences that the silver idea was the correct one was found in the fact that all the great trusts and combines are against the democratic ticket. He fol- lowed up his old line of argument on the basis of the sta tements that the republi- cans were not fighting an open battle. They were more opposed, he said, to the income tax the ant-injunction and the arbitration blanks of the Chicago plat form than they were to free silver. He maintained as he heretofore has, that the money question was the main issue, and that it should be settled through the operation of legislation He spoke of dear dollar and cheap dollar, in langu- age substantially the same as used here tofore, and discussed the law of supply and demand as applied to silver.
 Another special train was provided by the West Virginia state committee for MT. Bryan's journey to Huntington. It ran over the Chesap peake and Ohio tracks and was in charge of Thomas A. Carra- gan, southeastern passenger agent of the road. Governor McCorke accompanied Mr Bryan. The train left at Il 45 o'clock eastern time.
 At Huntir gton.
 Huntington w. Va, Oct 2--Ohiu, Ken lucky and West Virginia contributed to the fhrong that heard William J. Bryan sneak here this afternoon. Excursion trains were run from a number of places and the crowds of the streets of the town before the democratic nominee and his party arrived had assumed formidable proportions Mountaineers came in on horseback and afoot; people were landed from the river steamers and altogether