Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-17

peoples spoilers. leave the name. and not
Attempt to take that name with them into
disgrace. cloud cheers and cries OF
Right.) They call themselves true Dem
mated one ticket for the purpose OF voting
for another. Great cheering) We have
this contest 10 meet. and we are prepared
to meet II. We have @ cause that appeals
10 the intellect OF those who think. and
10 the hearts OF those VINO feel. and we
are willing to place that cause In opposi-
tion to the cause which merely appeals
TO the pocket-book." (Cheers)
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Mr.. Bryan then went over some OF the
arguments on the money question used by
him before. and continued as follows:
VOLUME OF CURRENCY.
II denounce the idea some seem to have
that the government mas a right 10 lessen
the volume OF money. but no right to
increase II. / denouncc as false and infa-
nous the doctrine that the government
has the right TO starve the people by
taking their money from them, but has
no power to feed them by increasing their
supply. When they tell you you ought
not 10 invoke legislation for the purpose
Of increasing the volume or the currency.
tell them you are following the example
set In 1913. when the money y-owning classes
invoked the power of legislation 20 strike
down portion Of the nations money IN
order 20 raise the value OF the other por-
tion. Great cheering) II they can sp-
peal to the law TO take away some OF the
money you had. why can you not appeal
to the law to place you back where you
We're? Applause)
coinage law there will be such an enor-
nous increase in the volume of our cur
rency that We won't know what TO DO
with IT. You can't read a speech made
by our opponents. but YOU will find con-
tradictions In IT. and one proposition will
answer another. For instance, man
viii say II we had free silver, II would
give the mine-owner profit OF 100 per
cent. when nc took his bullion worth 80
cents to the mint and had II converted
into dollar, and II is terrible thing to
let him make that profit After he has
worried about that he will tell you as "A
natter Of fact that the law adds nothing
TO the value of the metal under the free
coinage of silver. and 30 cents of bullion
will only be a 50-cent dollar. Both Of
these statements cannot be true If you
convert 30 cents worth of bullion into
J0-cent dollar there is no profit to the
mine-owner. And if the mine-owner
makes a profit by converting 80 cents
worth of bullion into 100 cents. then
there aye no 50-cent dollars.
THE SILVER FLOOD.
'Then you will hear that under free
coinage we would be flooded with silver
until money would be so cheap we would
not have any use for II, and when you
have been frightened as badly as you can
be that way, they will tell you this cheap
money will run the dear money out and
II will take fifteen years, with our mints
running at full capacity. 10 make money
enough TO take the place of gold. and
that will make money so scarce that
silver dollar viii be harder to get than
gold dollar. Q-aughter) You can't have
too little and too much all at once
In conclusion, Mr.. Bryan said: mot
dollars worth OF gold would leave this
country under free coinage until those
who held II felt they were benefited by
letting il 60. But / do not admit that
gold would go at a premium believe
that under free coinage gold would come
here instead OF going away, and the
only way TO stop the outflow of gold is
TO adopt bimetallism, and raise the price
Of wheat and cotton and pay our debts
i'm produce. instead of gold" Great ap-
pause.)
When he had finished speaking Mr..
Bryan was taken to the Southern depot
and left at 5 O'Clock. eastern time. for
Charlotte. on a special train furnished
by the North Carolina State Democratic
Committee.
AT CHARLOTTE.
CHARLOTTE. n. c.. September l6.-
Mr. Bryan reached Charlotte at nio
O'Clock tonight. He had retired to his
berth in the sleeper attached TO his spe-
cial train between at Statesyille, feeling
somewhat fatigued
AT Statesville. which was reached at
1915. he was conducted 10 Il platform
one hundred yards from the railroad sta
tion. and addressed a large gathering.
His remarks were frequently cheered.
Mr. Bryan has decided TO spend sun
day in Washington, returning there from
Baltimore Saturday night.
THROUGH THE BLUE BRIDGE.
HICKORY, n. c., September 1.-THE
trip of Candidate Bryan through the
North Carolina noun tains from Asheville
TO Hickory tonight WAS made in special
train Of four cars and one sleeper. with
a drawing-room car for Mr.. Bryan's spe-
cial accommodation. lie will travel
through North Carolina by this means
and will not abandon the train until he
leaves the State at Weldon. Friday. The
train was furnished by the North Caro-
llna State Reception Committee. OF which
Colonel Julian 5. Carr, of Durham, is
chairman A number OF the members of
the committee will remain with Mr..
BRYAN during his North Carolina timer
arv. Among those on board the train are
Judge Avery. OF the State Supreme Court;
William A. Guthrie, the Populist candl-
date for Governor; Locke Craig, Demo-
cratic elector; United States Marshal Car
roll and United States Marshal Allison,
of the Eastern and Western North Caro-
lima districts, respectively; ex-Congress-
men Crawford and Alexander; Clement
Manley, Democratic State chairman; Hal.
Aver. Populist State chairman, and
Cyrus r. Watson, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor. The cars composing
the train are decorated with bunting and
campaign devices.
AT VANCES HOME.
At Mr.. Bryan's request the train was
stopped at Black Mountain In order that
the nominee might see the home OF the
late Senator Zeb Vance. a couple OF
hundred people cheered him there.
Tar barrels burned brightly at Marion
when the Bryan special reached that
mountain town at S:35, and lighted up the
figures of several hundred people, who
burrahed for the candidate. Mr.. Bryan
told them something about the silver
question, in a husky voice.
There were some burning tar barrels
at Morganton. People were packed solid
IN on both sides of track for hundred
feet or more. They shouted as Mr.. Bryan
appeared on the rear platform of his car,
and made some remarks about the money
question.
The stirring North Carolina town or
Hickory gave Mr.. Bryan a stirring recep-
tion when he arrived on his special tram
AT 9 o'clock tonight. Fully 5000 people
numbering many from nearby places, re-
ceived the nominee with loud shouts wheh
he appeared on temporary PLATFORM
erected near the Southern railway tracks.
Mr.. Bryan made fairiy-long taik, ais
cussine the money question on the same
general lines that he has pursued In MS
nrevious speeches. He was frequently IN
teruoted by applause. He left for Char
lotte at 9:s5.
PICKPoCKETs PUT OFF
At Hickory three pickpockets, who had
been following the party. were put OH the
train. They represented themselves as
telegraph operators, sent along 10 tians