The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
Tragic Events of the Past Con.
nected With Vital Issues
of To-Day.
PATHos AND HUMoR BLENDED.
Story of the Father of His Country
and Silver Dollar That
EvokeS Applause.

Up at dawn and off for Washington az Z
O'Clock was the way Bryan began his pro-
gramme for to-day. He arrived here at 8
O'Clock, delivered a speech at IL O'Clock
and left for Washington al :49 P. NJ. Ash
land, the seat of the Randolph-Macon
College, had Bryan for two minutes, and
most OF those who heard him there were
students. To them he said:
believe this county claims the honor of
being the birthplace of two of Americas great
est men. Henry Clay was born in this county,
as was also Patrick Henry. believe the pol
| icy Tor which l stand in this campaign in
some respects revives the memory of both
| men. Henry Clay III 1845 described the effects
OF contracting the currency, and Patrick
Henry was in favor OF an American policy.
At IL o'clock Bryan was taken to the
monument erected to the memory OF Mary
Washington, mother of George Washing
ton, who lived here with her distinguished
son for many years. Here a stand had
been erected and the candidate addressed
large gathering of Virginians. Con-
gresham Jones introduced Mr.. Bryan,
| who said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: am grateful to the
| Mayor of your city for his eloquent words OF
| welcome. l am glad to renew my acquaint-
ance with my colleague in Congress who has
so kindly presented me, and 1 am pleased to
greet the people who have assembled in such
large numbers upon this occasion.
Fredericks burg is not large city, and yet II
is rich in incidents of great historic value.
| Here the women of America have reared
monument to Mary, the mother of George
| Washington. [Great applause.l am glad TO
stand on this spot and am glad to feel the in
| fiuences which surround her grave In q
| pSneClallV n a
| there is bitterness and some times abuse lev
| eled against the candidates for pubic office.
! but my friends, there is one Characteristic
| mother, the candidate for the affections of all
| msnkind-against whom no true man ever
| uttered word of abuse. lGreat applause
| And there is one name-"mother''-which is
! never found upon the tongue of the sanderer
In her presence all criticism is silent. The
painter has with his brush transferred the
| landscape TO the canvas, so that you can al
most believe that the trees and grasses are real
rather than limitations.
The painter has even transferred to the
| canvas The face of the maiden until its beauty
| and purity almost speak forth, but there is
| one picture which no painter has ever been
able to faithfully portray, end that is
| babe. [Great applausel Within the shadow
| of this monument, reared to her who in her
| love and loyalty was the mother of each one of
! u.s. bow in humble reverence to motherhood.
| [Great applause.1
| am told that in this county were fought
| more battles than in any county of like size in
the world, and that upon the earth within the
limits OF this county there fell more dead and
| wounded than ever fell on a similar space in
| the history of the world. Here opposing lines
| were drawn up face to face; here opposing
armies met and stared at each other and then
| sought to take each others lives.
But all those scenes have passed away, and
those who met in deadly array now meet and
commingle here friends. Here the plow-
share has been made out of the sword, and the
spears have been converted into pruning
hooks, and people learn war no more. Here
the bands on either side stir up the tagging
zeal with notes that thrill the hearts OF men.
These two bands are tomorrow component
parts OF one great band, and as that band
marches on in the lead, playing yankee
Doodle" and Dixie" too lGreat applausel,
| behind the band follow the war-scarred veter-
ans who wore the blue and the war-scarred
veterans who wore the gray, each vying with
each other in the effort to make this the great
est and grandest Nation on Gods footstool.
/ [Great cheering
| am glad to visit this historic place. They
| say that here George Washington once came
and threw silver dollar across the river; but
| remember, my friends, that when he threw
that silver dollar across the river it lit-it fell
| and remained on American soil. TGreat cheer
! ingl They thought that it was a great feat
| then, but we have developed so rapidly in the
last hundred years that we have fnanciers
now who can leave George Washington's
achievement far behind. We have fnanciers
who have been able to throw gold dollars all
| the way across the Atlantic and then bring
them back Dy an issue of bonds. fGreat cheer
ing.l
Doy you believe, my friends, that silver dol
| lar which was good enough to be handled by
| the Father OF his Country, is now so mean q
| thing as to excite thecontempt of many OF our
| so-called fnanciers mo, mol Well, it is; it
is so mean that they don't like it. Why, our
| opponents tell US that they want dollar that
| viii go all over the world. We have had dol
| lars which have gone over the world so rapidly
that we want dollar that viii stay at home
without a curfew law. [Cheersl Our oppo-
| nents tells us that they want dollar which
| they can see anywhere in the world if they
| travel abroad. want dollar that won't be
! a farmer n fep
| applause.l
People can have just as good dollar as they
| want, because dollars are creatures of law
and you can determine the purchasing power
| of dollar when you determine the number of
| dollars If you want dollars dear, make them
scarce ana they will be dear. If our dollars
| are good enough now, when dollar will buy
| ten bushels OF oats, you can make it good
enough so that 1t will buy 100 bushels of oats.
lar."] If anybody here has been raising farm
products and complaining because they are
not cheap enough, you can make them
| cheaper if you vote the Republican ticket this
| fail.
| WASHINGTON, n. c., Sept. 19.-In
company with Mayor White and the mem
bers of the Fredericksburg reception COM
mittee and the delegation from the Dis
trIct OF Columbia Democracy that met
him at Mayor White house. Mr.. BRYAN
was driven TO the railway station of the
old town. Several hundred people who
had gathered there cheered him as he
stepped aboard the local train, which left
Fredericksburg for Washington at lac
p NJ.
The journey of the Democratic candi-
date from fredericksburg was without
notable incident, except at Alexandra.
seven miles from Washington. at Guam.
tico couple of hundred people cheered
Mr.. Bryan heartily. The crowd at AIex-
andria numbered fully 5000 persons and
expressed enthusiasm without stint. Dur
ing the ten minutes the train remained
there Mr.. Bryan made a speech punctu-
ated by cheers and the reports OF can
non.
Arriving at Washington at 4:o5, the
train being twenty-five minutes late. Mr..
Bryan alighted amid the cheers of his
fellow-passengers at the far end of the
trainshed of the Baltimore and Potion &C
station. The 1900 people who were wedged
In behind the bars of the tralnshed took
up the cheers, and their echoes were heard
from the Threats of fully 5000 people con-
only with the utmost difficulty the police