Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-29


| standing on the seats, staring at Mr..
, and Mrs. Bryan. From the car window
the country roads along the line could
be seen with II
LONG FILES OF TEAMS,
all headed TO Knowlesville, whittier all
the roads were leading.
KnoWlesville was reached at a quarter
after one, hearty welcome was given
/ and the farmers wagons at the little
depot were decorated fancifully will.
flags and homemade banners displaying
Autographs Of the candidate. One wagon.
drawn by four white horses, was waiting
! Tor Jhe party, and into this they were
hurried, brass band leading the way
and fifty farm wagons trailing behind
in the march toward the village. two
miles distant Thus were the Bryans es-
corted to the nome of Mr.. and Mrs Eu-
gene WoodfOrd and entertained at lunch
by them, and Mrs. T Morey HOdgeman, a
Nebraska friend of theirs, who is spend
ing the summer here. After lunch thew
we're taken TO Knowlesville. where Mr..
Bryan spoke in the open air to several
thousand country people assembled for
the farmers picnic, as follows:
MT. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Ny voice is SO husky that YOU VII
have 10 help me 20 speak by being per-
tectiy qui5J. | shall make myself heard
20 IS many as possible, and in a mo-
ment l hope my voice will be clear
enough to reach the outskirts of the
crowd. This is q very unusual SD eta
c.e. l have seen immensa audiences in
the cities where a great many people
live in small territory, but this is thu
largest audience that l have ever. seen
assembled in The midst of an agricul-
'tural country. (Applause) | am glad
10 notice here the mo- h.Ts and wives as
well as the sons and husbands, because,
my friends, our cause is the cause in
/ which the whole Family is Interested.
I (Applause)
IF WE ARE ENTITLED TO SUCCEED
/ in this campaign it is because the pin
ciples which we represent and the poll
cies for which we stand will b for the
benefit of the husbands and wives. the
parents and children of all the psOpie
OF our beloved land (Apphuse) l am
glad at this meeting we are having as
the presiding officer a man who until
this year has voted the Republican
cicket. I am glad cause scme Of the
newspapers parade b5fOre the public the
names of prominent Democrats who arc
gong 10 desert the ticket, and | am
glad that for every u mocrat deserter
we are to have acCessionS from the Re
publican party more than enough TO
make up the difference (Applause)
( Politics is a practical question. 1t is
/ 50 simply becaus1 it can be cOmpre-
henGed by our people. l want to talk
/ practical politics to you for a. little while
this afternoon. Neither my time nor
my physical strength will permit an eX-
tended discussion of the issues OF tina
campaign. But desire to sugg5 st some
| thoughts which may heip You in your
study Of the issues and your determina-
tion of the part which you shall taka.
I want TO read to you an extract from
a speech made by John G. Carlisle in
1878. and | want you 10 mark The po-
li.ical philosophy therein set forth. He
+ was sp5aking on an amendment to the
/ Bland act. and he used these words:
/ "If the execution Of this measure could
be entrusted 10 a public officer whose
opinions on the subject were in accord
with thcs= of a great majority Of tbs
American people. let me pause for
+ moment to say that # twas desirable at
the time 20 have the Secretary of the
/ Treasury in accord with the opinion Of
ths vast majority Of
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
II would be a good thing to-day to have
the Secretary of the Treasury in accord
WITH a majority of the American peo-
pie. Applause) And he further
said: "And whose sympathes." mark
the words. and whose sympathies were
with the struggling masses who produce
the wealth and pay the taxes Of the
country rather with the idle holders Of
idle capital. the provision alluded to
would be Of little consequence because
he could con the maximum instead Of
the minimum amount allowed by the
amedment. But situated as We are, we
all know, or at least. We all have reason
to believe that not dollar beyond the
, minimum amount will be coined and
consequently the process of getting this
money into circulation will be too slow
to afford the full measure Of relief
which the people now demand and
need"
Mark those words. John G. Carlisle
divided society into two classes. On
the one side he put the id.e holders of
idle capital; on the other side he put the
struggling masses who produce the
wealth and pay the taxes of the coun-
try. (Applause) If that division ex-
listed then, it exists to-day. More than
that. John G. Carlisle said that a pub
lie official sworn to do his duty would
be controlled in his official conduct by
his sympath.eS, and if his sympathies
were with the idle holders of idle cap
ital he would coin as little money as
possible. whereas if his sympathies were
. with the struggling masses he would
coin as much as the law would permit.
/ (ADD'ause)
My friends. the issue to-day is an IS
p sue between the idle holders Of idle
money and
THE STRUGGLING MASSES
who produce the wealth and pay the
taxes Of the country(Applause) And
when this question is understood, when
men find out about the money question,
YOU will find that If there s man in
your community whose interests or
whose sympaJhies are with the idle
holders of Hide money. he will be in ia
vor of a god standard and not daring to
say so he will talk about honest mon
ey" and Sound dollar" (Applause)
They tell Us that these prominent fin
. anciers are going TO leave the Democrat
ic party because It declares for the res
toration of silver We shall not 60 IN
to court to secure an order to prevent