The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-20

FREDERICKSBURG Va, Sept. ia
Up at dawn and off for Washington
at 7 o'clock was the manner in which
/ William ]. Bryan began his programme
for today. He arrived here at 9, de-
Iivered a speech at IL and left for
Washington at 11:49 p. m. Mr.. Bryan
was accompanied from Richmond by
a reception committee headed by Cap
tain Terrence McCracken. Several
stops were made along the route.
Ashland, the seat of the Randolph
| Macon college, had Mr.. Bryan two
minutes and NEST of those who heard
him there were students. To them he
said:
Il believe this county claims the
honor of being the birthplace of two
! of Americas greatest men. Henry
| Clay, the mill boy of the slashes, was
| born in this county. as was also Pat
| rick Henry. / believe the policy for
| which 1 stand in this campaign in
| some respects revives the memory OF
| both men. Henry Clay in 1S45 de-
scribed the effects OF contracting the
| currency, and Patrick Henry was in
favor of an American policy
A few mere words were said to q
! small number of people at Milford. A
/ few hundred men, women and boys
| gathered at the railway station, cheer
/ ed Mr.. Bryan as he descended from
the train here, accompanied by the
reception committee that had met him
at Richmond.
The streets Of this historic old town
were too muddy for the marching es-
cort of the candidate to proceed with
comfort, so that part of the procession
walked along the pavements, while
number of mounted men rode beside
his carriage. A brass band led the
| parade, which proceeded to the Elk
change hotel.
At 1 o'clock Mr.. Bryan was taken TO
the monument erected to the memory
of Mary Washington, the mother of
! George Washington, who lived here
with her distinguished son for many
years. Here a stand had been erected
and the candidate addressed a large
gathering of Virginians. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: am CRATE
full to the mayor of your city for his
eloquent words of welcome. [ am
glad to renew my acquaintance with
my colleague in congress, who has so
kindly presented me, and 1 am pleased
to greet the people who have assem-
bled in such large numbers upon this
occasion.
Fredericksburg is not a large city,
and yet is rich in incidents Of
GREAT HISTORIC VALUE
Here the women Of America have
reared a monument to Mary, the mother
of George Washington. Great APP
plause) 1 am glad to stand on this
spot: l am glad TO feel the influence
which surrounds her grave. In a cam
pafgn. especially in a campaign like
this, there is bitterness and sometimes
abuse Ievelled against the candidates
for public office, but, my friends, there
is one character. the mother, the cand1-
date for the affections of all mankind,
against whom no true man ever Ut
tered a word of abuse. Great appdause.)
And there is one name Mother which
is never found upon the tongue OF the
slanderers; in her presence all criticism
is silent. The painter has, with mis-
brush, transferred the landscape to the
canvass, so that you can almost be
lieve that the trees and grasses are
real rather than limitations The pain
ter has even transferred to the can
vass the face of the maiden until IT'S
beauty and purity almost speak forth,
but there is one picture which no paint /.
er has ever been able TO faithfully por-'
tray. and that is picture Of a mother
holding in her arms her babe. (Great
appIause) Within the shadow Of this
monument. reared to her who in her
love and loyalty was the mother OF
each one Of us, L bow in humble
REVERENCE TO MOTHERHOOD.
0c.reat app,ause) 1 am told that in
this county were fought more battles
than 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 81
similar space in all the history OF the
world. Here opposing lines were drawn
mn face to face; here opposing armies
met and stared at each other and then 7
sought to take each others lives. But
ali these scenes have passed away, and
those wro met in deadly array, now
meet and commingle here as friends
Here the ploughshare has been made
ont of the sword and the spears nave
been converted into pruning hooks ana
people learn war no more Here the
hands on either side stirred up the nag
erino, zeal with notes that thrilled the
55aa7ts of men. These two bands are
now component parts of one great band
and as that band marches on IN the
lead pIaying Yankee Doodle ana
pixie too. great applause), behind
the band follow the war-scarred veter-
ans who wore the blue and the war
SCARED veterans who wore the gray,
each vieing with the other in the effort
to make this the
GREATEST AND GRANDEsT MA
TION
on Gods footstooL Great cheering)
l am glad to visit this historic place.
They say that here George Washington
once came and threw a silver dollar
across the river, but remember, my