The morning times., 1896-10-02
BRYAN Iki'WEsT V|ReIN|h
He Explains Free Silver The
0ries to the Mountaineers.
HAD LARGE AUDIENCES
Alleged Pickpockets Arrested at
Grafton Claimed to Have a Letter
of Introduction to Htm-weather
Was Bad, But Crowds Greeted Him
at Clarksburg and Parkersburg.

| Clarksburg, W. Va, Oct. 1.-William Jen-
nings Bryan left Grafton on his special
| train at $50 o'clock this morning and ar
| rived mere an hour late, He spent the
] night at Grafton at the residence or j. L.
McGraw, national committeeman from this
State, and managed to get good rest.
MIR. Bryan had narrow escape from be-
ing robbed of his sleep. Two photograph
| fakirs were taken into custody at Graf
ton on suspicion Of being connected with
the gang OF pickpockets following the
| Bryan party. One OF them said he had pre-
sented letter of introduction tu Mr.. Bryan
and wanted the candidate summoned to
identify him. The hearing lasted until
a III. AT that hour ii WAS decided that
| IL Mr.. Bryan was detained as a witness
| his West Virginia schedule would be dis
| arranged and the men were released with
| personal recognizances.
MIR. Bryan and his party had breakfast
| at the Traders Hotel here. Despite the
continued bad weather there was big
| crowd in the streets. The candidate was
| persuaded while at the hotel to make his
| appearance On the balcony where he made
| short speech To 500 enthusiastic peo-
| pie. He was then driven to the fair grounds
where he delivered a longer address to
| large audience. He said:
QUOTED MKINLEY.
| Il want TO quote to you, not from Demo
cratic authority. but from Republican au-
| thority-1 want to quote to you, not from
one or the lesser Republicans, but from
| great one, not from I he rank and file oil the
! Republican party, but from what the great
leader, the Republican candidate for Presi-
| dent, said This year with what he said SIX
years ago in regard to the necessity for an
| increasing circulation: You VIII ind in
| his letter or acceptance Of this year this
| statement:
| " 1t is not more money We want. What
we want is To put the money we already
have at work
NOW, remcmb Der, my friends, that those
words We're uttered at a time when the
| circulating medium had fallen off 81 5O,
900 ,00U i'll two years Remember that
| he says we do not need more money, but
need to put what we have in circulation,
| aud says this at time when the circula--
ton had fallen off 81 50,000,OUO in two
| years. Let me compare that with what
| he said six years ago, when,. instead of
ha wing decreasing volume OF currency, We
had N increase OF about $24 600 900 every
| year.
''At that time they were trying to hsti-
! tute the Sherman law Tor the Bia nd Allison
act. The Bland Allison act put in circula-
| tion a bout S21, 900 900 every year, so that
the circulation was increasing, not decreas-
| ing, as now. Let me read you what the
said in regard to the necessity for an in
| creasing circulation:
| MIR. Speaker l will not vote against
This bill, and thus deprive the people OF
my country and the laborers aud the pro-
ducers ana the Industries of my country Of
$50. .oUU 900 annually of additional circu-
lating mediums
| CRITICISES HIS ACTIONS.
Mr.. Bryan Continued, lat that time lie
~ hot 10 IN tf.n N,auf
his people. rne laborers, the producers,
from Hand-Anison act. ard yet ROW with
u decreasing circulation he tells you that
| 1t Is not more nancy we need, but TO put
what money we have III circulation. My
friends. what Change has taken place II
the last six years. Then he desired To
increase the amount of money III circulation,
and now he believes that all you have TO
do is 10 have confidence; that you have
enough and YOU Will never notice the loss.
Ny friends, the Republican platform, upon
(which the candidate stands, declares in
| favor of the maintenaiice OF gold standard
| until the leading commercial nations of
| the world join us III abandoning IL. Let
Inc read you what TIE Republican candi-
date said six years ago in the discussion OF
| This Sherman bill:
~ am for the largest use of silver i'll the
currency OF the country. L would not
dishonor it, | would give it equal credit
discrimination. | would utilize both metals
as money and discredit ueither. l want the
II double standard, and L believe confidence
Twill accomplish the purpose He wanted
the double standard then. He wants the
gold standard now. What change has taken
place?
GOOD THEN, GOOD NOW.
"If the double standard was good six
years ago il is good now. The principles
not changed i'll six years. Tie laws OF
finance have not changed in six years: The
rules that govern this government now
| governed II then. Aud yet, my friends, we
| lInd Republicans who were openly, earnest
| ly, enthusiastically championing the double
| standard then, who are now for the same
reason, known or unknown, turned com,
| pletely about, and are opposing today what
| they advocated then.
MY friends, l. call your attention ti
| these extracts from speeches made by
the Republican candidate in Congress and
| compare them with what he says now
not because l deny to man the right to
change his mind, but my friends, l might
insist that when n man changes his mind
| he ought to have reasons for it that he is
willing to give to the American people
SO that they may judge. l am not insist
ing that a man who has an opinion at one
time must always keepit, but do not like
to have men insist that it is an evidence OF
wisdom to change their opinion and then
have the evidence depend on the mere
change without saying anything to justify
the change"
ANNIVERSARY OF HIS WEDDING,
Parkersburg, w. Va, Oct. 1.-The larg
est assemblage of people Parkersburg has
ever known heard William Jennings Bryan
deliver an address this evening at Stephens
Grove. Excursion trains brought in great
crowds from nearby places.
AT 4:3o O'Clock, two hours after his
arrival here, Mr.. Bryan left Parkersburl
over the Ohio River railroad tracks in
! another special tram Drovidcd by the Wheel
ing committee. 1t consisted of the private
car Governor McCorkle," with the gentle
man after whom it was named in charge
and two other coaches. Just before tn,
train drew out Il bevy of pretty young wo
men boarded the car, and were presented
to Mr. Bryan. He told them that this wa!
the twelfth anniversary of his marriage
and the uiuth anniversary OF his arrival il
Nebraska, and alLthc young women clappe,
, their hands and gave three cheers fol
Mrs. Bryan rMr. Bryan said that he re
GREETED very much that he was not abb.
10 celebrate the Gay at his home.