The record-union., 1896-10-01
Also at Grafton and Other Points in the
South.
An Elderly Man Dies From the Ex-
citement of Bryan'S Visit to
Harper's Ferry, Where the Demo-
cratic Candidate Speaks to an
Audience of Twelve Thousand
People.


here at lilo p. M, three hours late. The
trip from Cumberland to keyser, w.
Va, was made via the West Virginia
Central tracks, on account of a broken
bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio road,
part Of which was washed away by the
heavy floods The necessity of changing
back and forth disaIranged the sched-
ule. Mr.. Bryan addressed large and en-
thusiaStic audiences at Cumberland and
keyser, both in the chilly open air.
At keyser Mr.. Bryan in his speech
said in part:
Il am glad ex-senator Davis, living
in the East, is not afraid to trust the
Executive office in the hands OF a man
who has always lived in the West.
(Cheers) | am glad that this man Of
mature years is not afraid Of those who
had not reached that age in life; | am
glad that one of the richest men in your
State is not afraid to trust the Govern
ment in the hands of the people.
(Cheers) His position protects him
from attacks which are made against
me. He has been a Senator for twelve
years, therefore our opponents cannot
call him an ignoramus. His property in
terests protect him from being called an
anarchist / think they call US anarch-
lists who have less property. daughter
and cheers.) / am glad to find man
who has employed a large number OF
men who does not try to control their
votes Great cheers for Davis and
Bryan)
MY friends, there are two kinds Of
employers in this country, those who
pay wages and receive work in return
and are satisfied, and then there are
? ~,
man to work for them the man who
works will give his vote as we'll as his
muscle to his employer (Cheers) i
want on this occasion to call attention
to the difference between a man like ex-
Senator Davis, who thinks his men have
sense enough to know how they ought
to vote, as well as a right to vote for
whom they please. 1 want you to rec
ognize between that man and the others
who are trying to coerce their employees
and to disfranchise every man who
works for them" (Cheers)
Small crowds, which showed great en-
thusiasm, greeted Mr.. Bryan at Pied
mont, w. Va, Oakland, Nd, and Terra
Alta, w. Va, the last named place at
the highest point touched by the Balti-
more and Ohio in the Alleghenies. AL
though the hour he arrived here was so
late, Mr.. Bryan decided not to disap-
point the crowds of people who had been
waiting for him so long in a chilly driz-
Zle. and made them a speech, after
which he retired for the night, pre-
paratory to starting for Clarksburg al
8 o'clock in the morning
Pickpockets followed the Bryan train
all day and reaped a rich harvest in the
crowds. Senator Faulkner lost his purse
l~11
from Colonel Fitzgerald, Populist can
diGate for Governor. At Cumberland
ex-senator Davis was robbed. 1t was
reported on the train after it left Key
ser that a man from Piedmont had been
stabbed and killed there In a political
quarrel Names could not be obtained.
At Harper's Ferry this morning an ell
derly man died from the excitement at
tending Mr.. Bryan's visit.
Mr. Bryan arrived at Washington this
morning shortly after O'Clock and ten
minutes later departed on a special
train for the Southwest. The first stop
was at the junction, where the candi-
date shook hands with few people.
When the train reached Harper's
Ferry it was an hour late. The train had
been delayed by the effects of the ter
rife hurricane which swept over this
section last night. Mr.. Bryan addressed
about - 900 people from stand erect
ed on an embanlment near the station.
He said:
Il am glad to talk in county which
bears the name of the first great teach
er Of Democratic principles in the
United States, and the Democratic
party this year in it's platform has de-
clared for those principles which have
been Democratic from the beginning
and must be Democratic until the end,
SO long as Democratic means rule of the
people. (Cheers. One reason why we
know that we are standing in the posi-
tion that jefferson occupied is that he
said the men who wanted to turn over
the business of issuing paper money to
the banks called him a maniac because
he opposed it; and the very men who
called him a maniac call us who advo-
cate what he advocated then lunaticS.
(Applause)
My friends Jefferson had confidence
in the capacity of the people for self
government; aye, a hundred years ago,
when this Government was an expert
ment, he had faith enough to trust
them, and a hundred years of expert
yet to-day we have met enemies who
are not willing that the people them
selves shall run this Government, but
think it is necessary to turn it's affairs
over to a syndicate to manage for the
benefit of the syndicate without the
consent of the American people. Gap
plause.)
MY friends, we are advocating the
restoration of that financial policy
| which was good enough for this coun-
| try during the early days of the Re
public-a financial policy which had
! the support of all the leading Demo-
| Gratis who lived before 1878, a finan-
| cial policy which was changed in dark
ness and without discussion, and as
many believed by fraud, actually prac-
| ticed upon the people. (Cheers.)
My friends, some of the financiers
down East doubt the ability of the peo-
pie to attend to their own business, but