The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-03
SOME CENTER SHOTS
We're Fired at Republicans Who Claim
ed to Have Been BimstaIllStS.
HAVE BECOME SECRET kOAOMErALLISTS
Democrats Have sorced Them to Re.
nounce thcir T'rof"sscI yfcvs-A
Splendid Picture oj the Democra-
cy's Posiii n MS the Party of the
Common People Of America.

Common People of America.
Springfield, o.. Sept. 2.-The train bear
Ing Mr Bryan ar ived here at 9:35. The
booming of cannon announced his ar
rival and the crush from the steps OF
the car 10 the platform was simply ter
rlhie. 10000 people being present. Mr..
B;yan spoke as follows:
Gent.emen: For n few moments only
l sAa!i occupy your attention because
large portion OF my voice has been left
along the line of travel. where Il, is
still calling sinners 10 l. pentance (Great
laughter). l am told that in this city
you manufacture more agr.cuitu. al i'm
plements than are manufactured in any
other city of the country. ] am glad 10
talk OF this country. | have had occa-
sion to talk to some who seem 20 inn
asine the harder UP they could make
tn farmers. the better they would be
OIL am glad 10 talk 10 you who !ecog-
niZe that the dollars which you receive
are earned by those who convert the
resources of this country in,o money.
those who tn the soil, and from its
fertility springs forth this nations pri-
mary greatn IS. AS a matter of fact
the farmers and the iaboring men are the
foundation OF society Cheers
Upon this foundation Is built the conf
mercial classes and the financier acts
as sort of roof over the whole thing.
You can take off the room and put an
other on, but you cannot destroy the
foundat!on without .uining the whole
building. Applause). Goldsmith has
well expressed il when he says:
princes and Lords may flourish or NAV
fade
A breach can make them as breath is
made;
But the bold peasantry. a nations pride.
When once destroyed, can never be sup
Piled"
The Democratic party In its platform
at Chicago is pleading the cause of a ma
tion's peasantry that cannot be destroy
ed until you sap, the foundation OF our
nations Er atness. Upon the prospect
~ of the great producers of wealth.
whom we call The masses, as distinguish
ed from the classes. depends all the pros
pe:ity or this city. If YOU have a gold
standard you legislative the value of
mon up. and you leg!s,ate the value
OF property down. DO you rem lnber
When we were young. how we used 10
get on the teeter-board and when one
END OF II was up. the 9th = end was
Gown. 1t has remained for modern fn-
anc.ers to decla:e that you can keep
both ends Of the teeter-boarl up at
once. Uanshterl Assuming to be
trade, every law of economies, every
law OF nature and every law of God.
There is not law. human or divine,
5hey respect because they think tn are
O.6SSi Ahaii L!lt ana Urp4 ter
than the Almighty. (Great laughter).
The very legislation that increases the
purchasing power of Il dollar simply en-
ables that dollar to buy more OF other
things. How can dollar be made to
buy more OF other things? BY making
mere IL for a dollar. more com for
dollar. more oats sell for a dollar.
more potatoes sell for n dollar, more
or the product of toll eXchangeable for
a given amount of money. II is a good
thing for the man who owns money ana
buys property. but it is a mighty bad
thing for the man who has 10 pay money
with the prop rty that he produces.
Applause). How does the gold stand
plements and you sell them TO farmers
suppose the farmer finds his taxes DO
not 90 down. his interest does not Co
down. his debts do not so down. but
IN price of all that he sells goes down
w nat does 1t mean? II means that he
mas a less and less amount to exDend
on agricultural implements and on the
support Of his family.
III You sell him agricultural mple-
nenls ne promises to pay you and the
ies.siaiion destroys his ability 10 pay,
men you fnd fault because you have to
HakG your implements back and sell
tnsn second hand to somebody else.
That Is the effect OF legislation Our
opponent Is tiYing to throw upon provi-
dence the faults for our condition If
lat"ier complains ne Is not making much
our OF his potato crop they tell him
IT Is due to the potatoe bug. If he IS not
making much out of corn they tell him
II Is due to the chnch bug. If he is not
making much out of wheat they tell him
II is due to the army worm But let
me tell you the gold bug is DESTROYING
more crops than, all of them. (Gr at
!aughter). The farmer is the most help
less victim of circumstances or ali the
producers of wealth. II a man is en-
Easeo IN manufacturing and finds the
factory and stop The expense OF produc1
ton. but the farmer cannot. when he
plants his crop in the spring he does not
aanow whether there Is going to be a
hot winds or cold hail. He takes his
chanees and assert when he has taken
more chances than anybody else and sur.
wives all the pestilences and calamties
tnat tt Visit the farm. It Is not fair TO drive