Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-04

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Bridge Calls to Candidate Bryan's
Mind One of the Most Potent In
fuences Which the Gold Bugs
are Using Against Him-A Motto
Which Every Man Who is Man
Should Keep Constantly Before
His Mind - Another Great Day
for the Candidate - Thousands
Turn Out TO See and Hear the
Next President.
E,khart, Ind. Sept. 3.-Eight thous-
and people heard Mr.. Bryan speak here
this afternoon. The Democratic can
didate arrived by a special train fur
nished by the Elkhart reception COM
mittee a few minutes after noon and
after luncheon Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were
escorted TO the Is.and, pleasure ground
adjacent to the city. A brass band led
the padade and the members of the re-
ception committee. Governor Mat
thews rode beside Mr.. Bryan and pre-
sented him to the assambage. Both
were cheered in the hearties, manner.
Mr.. Bryan said 1t gives me great
pleasure to enter the State OF Indiana.
l feel complimented that the dlstin-
guished executive of this State IS pres
ent to extend a welcome in person. We,
in the Wes,. have always looked upon
Indiana as friendly ground, and 10 her
! people as a people OF congen!a. spirit.
am glad to be permitted even briefly
to discuss IN your presence the ISSUE of
this campaign.
We are entering upon a campaign
which slirs mems hearts, campaign
which is drawing out the interests of
all the people | have not in my jour
ney from Nebraska to the sea found a
| single .uke-warm person. | have
| found some against us. but everybody
! Wss for or against us; no idlers any
where. (Applause)
Il shows how the American people
are realizing their responsibility and
preparing to exercise with intelligence
and patriotism the right of suffrage
when election day arrives.
Each one must decide this question
for himself. AS we crossed the bridge
| noticed a sign up, mo Driving Al
lowed Remember that. Great
laughter) There will be more attempts
to drive in this campaign than any in re-
cent years; more attempts to coerce and
intimidate. l want you to have that
phrase inscribed on a card and carry it
wherever you go that no driving is to be
Silowed in this campaign. (Applause)
find here q little Sip printed upon
an appropriate color, yellow. Oaugh-
ter) 1t says: 81, the undersigned, a
blank in the empl0ye of blank"-that
is very appropriate blank because the
man who issued this considered the en-
ploye a blank. UaughceT).- Il, a
blank, in the employe C, the blank rail-
road company" IL ought to b,ankly,
blank blank blank Great laught5r).
thereby make application for member
ship in the railway mans sound money
club" Why don't they say gold club?
Why do they attempt 10 cCneal the word
gold under the name of sound mOn5y?'
"a voice: "Th5y are ashamed of it. }
Yes. | believe that is the re2sOn-"Co
hereby pledg myself to use my vote and
influence" There is one good thing in
>his slip. If they attempt TO tell you
how 10 vote point to this and tell them
7. is YOUR vote and not theirs-"and do
hereby pledge myself to use my vote
ard influence for The defeat Of free coin
age at the coming election Pay at
tcn1on TO this--"believing that such
free coinage Of silver would be injurious
10 my personal interests as an Garner
of wages as well as disastrous to the
United States as a nation.
II the wage Garner ought TO sign a
statement declaring the free coinage of
silver Injurious TO his personal in
teres.s." want to ask you why the ad-
vocates of th= gold standard who are
engaged in other kinds of business do
no. make some statement in regard 10
heir business. Why do not the syndi-
Gates who have bd=n bleeding the Unit
ed States treasury make application LOT
membership in a club and declare mat
the free coinage of silver Is injurious 20
thtir nersonal interests? (Applause).
Why don't the bond-holding classes IN
.brir aDDlica,ions state il would be IN
iurious 10 their personal interests!
WHY don't the money changers and the
attorn9vs Of these .gpsat trusts and cor
,,ora.ions write in their applications that
t7o sucess of the Chicago ticket would
ba ;riurious TO their personal interest
rr,ev want !. understood that the Ia
b9ring man s Influenced by personal IN
+eres.s. but these great leSueTS 'le
cod standard are simply lnteresI-u III
The pubic veal. .
There is a great difference between
.boea who advocate bimaiallism ana
si,osa w5o advocate a gold standard.
Al, o. farmer why he wants bime,al-
I'm and he says because 1t would De
.-ooI COR him. He is no, worry Ing
obon. somebody else. He has trol0les
eno-gh of his own. Il is the same with
. lobcring man or business man, or pro
fess;o19l man. They say they c2nrot
n~os9er unless the graa, producih 3
c,osscs on which everything rests. also
r,~osner. They want bime allism BE-
canss t. IS for Themselves as well as Tor
The mass of the people. Ask a tin2ncl r
wbv he favors the gold standard. WdI
he tell you because it is good for nm +.
You never heard one Of them say - YOU
never heard che of them say IL. (L2usl-
ter) They want something that will
help somebody else. They say th3y
want i; so that the farmer when he gejs
. dollar-when ne gets a doliar-Cgre2t
laughter will &c; a good do!lar-tAey
vent l. because II is good for somebody
alsa Tell them that these people
l-vboso interests they plead are willing
TO risk the effects of b'metallizm. ana
hey rise to the full heigh, CT heir mora
81, ,nre and sav. shall We lie. these people