The San Francisco call., 1896-10-03
SPEECHES IN Wgsr vlRGINIA.
Bryan Talks Loudly about SilUer, Trusts
aud Syndicates.

SPEECHES IN VEST VIRGINIA.
Bryan Talks Loudly About SitUer, Trusts
aud Syndicafes.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Oct. 2. This
morning Bryan began another day of CAM
paigning at Point Pleasant, w. Va. He
reached here at o'clock. Bryan made
short speech to 1000 people. Charleston
gave the candidate hearty reception. The
train arrived at 9:20 A. II. A long process
sion escorted the candidate about the
streets and then to the City Park, where
he made speech.
Ten thousand people composed the audi
ence that heard the candidate. His recep-
ton was of the heartiest. Mr.. Bryan said
IN part:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In this capital of
West Virginia / desire to express my thanks
for the very cordial welcome which has heen
extended to me by the members of the Triple
Alliance. / find here upon the platform Dem 10
Gratis, Republicans, Populists, members OF all
parties, who while differing among them
selves on minor questions are united in their
determination TO restore TO the people OF this
country the gold and silver coin of the consti-
tuition. l believe that in this campaign we are
entitled to the support OF all political parties
who believe still in government OF the peo-
pie by the people and for the people. We may
differ upon the fundamental principles to the
various questions which arise.
We may differ in opinion upon policies sug-
gested by various parties but my friends,
whenever any party in this Nation denies the
ability OF the Nation TO have such a financial
policy as the American people want to have
the other questions disappear and we stand
united to vindicate the right of self-govern-
ment. Those who have been Republicans in
the past those who have voted the Republican
ticket from the time the party was organized
can find good excuse for leaving that party
this year. Go back to 1888 and you Will find
that the Republican party declared for gold
and silver as standard money and even went
so Jar as to denounce the Democratic party for
trying to demonetiZe silver. Read that plat
form adopted by the Republican National
Convention of 1888 and see how it tried 10
turn the Indignation of the people against the
Democratic administration because 1t had
been hostile to silver and on that platform
the Republican party won the election.
Mr.. Bryan maintained that one OF the
best evidences that the silver idea was the
correct one was found in the fact that all
great trusts and com bines are against the
Democratic ticket. He followed up his old
line of argument and discussed the Jaw of
supply and demand as applied to silver.
Another special train was provided by the
West Virginia State Committee FOR Mr..
Bryan's journev to Huntington.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct. 22.-Ohio,
Kentucky and West Virginia contributed
to the throng that heard William ]. Bryan
trains were run from number of places.
Mountaineers came in On horseback and
afoot. People were landed from the river
steamers, and altogether Mr.. Bryan had
as picturesque an audience as he has ever
addressed. His hearers mum bered, accord
ing to various estimates, between 10000
and Is, 900. Mr.. Bryan made short ad-
dress, in which he said:
You talk to Republicans about the gold
standard and thew will tell Won they are
good friends OF the double standard as any
body, and yet when they come TO get out
name o er ON re fbev 'bs bs
some strange circumstances select yellow
paper to print it on. lCheers and laughter.l
Another thing. you cannot find any clubs
standard clubs What you do find is the
sound-money club. Now, why do they use
sound money instead of gold? Because they
dare not tell the people what they mean by
the term. They are using these words to de-
ceive. My friends, everybody wants sound
money, but the question is, what is sound
sound money 10 be. Sound money is fur
nished in sufficient quantities TO form safe
basis for the business OF the country.
There Is something necessary besides quality
in money. Money may be good, splendid. but
there may be none of it. is OF money as it is
OF food-you have got to combine quality and
quantity. You must combine quantity and
quality. The gold standard As OF no advan-
tsge unless you can find enough gold to fur
nish the standard money. Our opponents
have not furnished that gold. They cannot
furnish it All over the world to-day the ma
tions are scrambling to. get all the gold there
is. When they talk about the invisible sup
ply of gold they talk about the supply which
cannot be seen. because invisible means not
seen, and / will tell you that this invisible
supply of gold is getting more and more in
visible every day. (Applausel Now my
friends, there are two reasons which may ex-
plain the fact That our opponents do not pro-
pose financial system to the American people.
In the first place, they may know what is
best VIII they admit that their failure to tell
you what ought to be done is ignorance2 Ifso,
how can they ask you to trust those who don't
know what the party does not know to-day
[Laughter.l If our opponents do not know
what kind of a system is good for us, then. if
we should trust them, it would be the blind
leading the blind. And you know what the
Bible says about the blind leading the blind;
they both fell into the dith. If. on the other
hand, our opponents say they know what
ought to be done, then we ask them why they
don't tell the people what they know. Our
opponents can only excuse themselves on one
of two grounds their failure to elaborate a
financial system must be due TO ignorance or
1t must be due to an unwi!lingness TO let the
people know what their plans are before Civ
ing them their vote. lApplause.l
Mr.. Bryan spoke of bankers who grew
rich on the interest of deposits and added
And yet these men who act in the capacity
or trustees are SO insolent that they are now
contributing 10 Republican campaign funds
the money that the people have deposited with
them for security. tApplause.l My friends, if
the banks want TO 90 into politics let them
beware of the result that may follow political
banking. If they train 10 be business men and
run their business on base principles they
must not come into the field of politics and
attempt to run politics. I realize that the
great corporations, trusts, syndicate and COM
binations are against Us, but remember that
they were against Andrew Jackson in the same
fight that we are making to-day. (Applause.l
They were powerful in the press, they were
powerful before the people, but when the time
to vote came the people were greater than the
combination lApplause.l But, my friends,
this campaign will demonstrate whether the
people are TO have government of the people,
by the people and for the people, or whether
it is to be government OF and for the syndi-
Gates.
The rest of the speech was devoted to an
explanation of the 53-cent dollar, and to
statements about the impossibility of the
Mexican dollar in America.
The cavalcade of bepIumed men who es-
corted Mr.. Bryan TO the stand fell In line
again and went back to the station with
him. At the station Governor McCorkie
and the other West Virginians who ac-
companied him through the State said
good-by 70 Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan, Urey
Woods National committee for Kentucky.
Representative McMillin of Tennessee left