Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-01
HIS WORDS ARE SOLEMN.
They Were Spoken to Wildly Demontsratye
 Audience at Martinsburg, W, Va
AFTERWARD HE CROSSED INTO MARYLAND
Senator Marion Butler, Chairman of the Popuist Committee, Was With Him Yesterday-One Day Nearer
 the White House.

Martinsburg, W. Va, Sept. 30.-The Bryan special train was little behind <, time in reaching Martinsburg from Washington, caused by several washouts along the route. MT. Bryan was accom- panied by Senator Butler, chairman of the populist national committee, and a large delegation of state politicians. Few audiences of the same size addressed by MT. Bryan in this campaign have been so wildly demonstrative as that at Mar tinsburg. The candidate arrived just as Jeff Chandler of California was conclud- ing a free coinage speech. He was intro duced by Senator Faulkner and in the course of his remarks said:
 'In platform questions are covered, but the election always turns upon some paramount issue and in this campaign we have declared that the money ques- tion is the paramount issue. If there are other things in which you believe, the settlement of those things can be post poned until after we have met and passed the crisis presented by the advocates or the gold standard Our opponents not we are responsible for the fact that In this campaign we are engaged in battle royal between the money power and the common people. These contests are al- ways brought about by the aggression of those who seek to use them as means of private gain.
 All the great questions which have from time to time been forced upon the public have been forced not by the many but by the few, and the great struggles which have occupied the thought and the effort of the people of the world have been the struggles made by the masses in self-defense. And so in this campaign the hosts are ping marshaled to resist the aggressions of the gold standard.
 If | were to tell you that foreign army was going to attack us or that @ foreign navy was anchofed al our gates, | could expect every one of you to join in an effort to protect your country from invasion. I announce to you that for eign financial policy has not only invaded our country, but it has gained fast hold here, and great national party, the re- publican party, has declared that the foreign policy shall remain here until foreigners themselves shall consent to its retirement !. (Applause) The gold standard idea is an imported idea, (ap- plause) and, my friends, I care not whether you attempt to restrain it by a high tariff or low tariff, shall not be content until it shall be driven back and find no more a home in our midst. (Ap- plause)
 "This contest upon which we have en- tered is not temporary fight. some of our democratic friends who have worked with us in the past tell us in this campaign that hey will either work with the republicans or stop half way between our ranks and the republican ranks until they summon enough courage to go the other half and declare themselves fepub- licans. (Applause) l want them to go understanding that they go never to re- turn until they come back in sack cloth and ashes (Great applause)
 If these men who have gained proml- nence through the honors given them by the democratic party have an idea that thev can withdraw in the face of the en- emy and then be invited back to take command hereafter, they are making mistake the greatness of which will in- crease as the time goes on. This Is no temporary disagreement Those who leave the democratic party today leave uemocracy and can never excuse them selves hereafter" Great applause).
 The rest of MT. Bryans speech was de- voted to a discussion of the money ques- tion on lines followed by him in previous addresses. He contended that it was simple question, that money was the creature of law, that debts and interest had not lessened under the gold standard, and. in fact, made points familiar to the readers of his speeches in practically the same language.
 At Hancock, Md.
 On the run of the Bryan special up the beautiful Potomac valley, from Martins burg to Cumberland MT Bryan made few remarks to a small crowd at Han- cock. Md concluding as follows:
 Tn going about over the country I have presented from time to time our cause as I understand it. Whether it results in my election or defeat is mat ter of very little consequence to me, but I do believe that the people ought to be concerned as to the policies of this gov ernment and that they ought to make that interest manifest at the ballot box" Cheers and applause), MT Bryan's train reached Cumberland at p. m.