The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28


may be here represented. As said
awhile aEp they have been having Q
: pretty hard time OF II was brought
up on a farm. know something about
that business. II has resulted IN my
keeping In pretty close touch with the
farmers OF this country; keeping pref
~ familiar with their situation. and !
know with what dreadful results ana
| experiences Of the last three years nave
fallen upon them. Mr.. Bryan and those
who aak you to vote In his support are
l going about over the country 10 tell
you that the trouble TO the farmers Il
becNuae silver has been demonetized. Let
me 9ay 10 you. my agricultural friends.
that the trouble with the farmers Is be-
cause their markets have been demone-
tied fGrent npplnuBe-) You did not
have any trouble In 1892 and before
that did your (Ren9wed applause and
crie4 Of Not blt") Everybody went
10 work We had home market that
consumed a5 per cent OF all that we
could raise. In an eyil hour the Ameri-
can people were misled. They put the
DenIneratic party into power pledged
toa trade policy. They were afraid
AFTER fhey got into power 10 give II to
US IN Al it1 fu1lnesa. but they did give
| US iniieu OF the Mckinley tariff what II
calle4 the Wilson German tariff, and
tnat ~ rnonatrpslty. might talk
4
tell You IN Q word what II has done for
the fArmnrs Of this country.
The Wiisop- German law not only
gave Ipk lpwer dulles on all imports, ag-
ricuifprai ~ well as Otherwise, but It
| nlHp r.. ;rored al our reciprocity treat
- ulaer hIch No were rapidly In
crea3inE our foraign trade, when Mr..
Cleveland came IN. what Il fte result
o. 7 lSs Take last year and compare It
WIZ fpe ye4r before and you viii find
ynat We sold abroad of agricultural
prougetS IN round numbers Sl50, 000. 900
less tnau under the last year OF the Nc
hinley law. fContinued cheering.) And
,aSt yeaf under the Wilson-G German
Dill " round numbers there were Inn
ported Into this country 10 be sold here
IN competition with our farmers. agri-
cuItuLH produets amounting In the ag-
gregafe 10 more than so, 000, 200. In
round numbers, as q result Of this ex-
perihient o. q Democratic admlpistra-
uon' me farmers have been made to
feel the folly Of free trade to the ex-
tent pt SzbV, 10000 In the markets for
Their products (More applause.) That
Is not all. That Is what 1t cost us
abroad. Who can tell what It mas cost
us at honey Ninety-fiye per cent of our
market Ninety-five. per cent of our
markets were at home, but our own peo-
pie are out of work largely, and our
own i,eople. who are at work, are COM
mandlng lower wages. There are less
people to buy. The farmer feels II. A
man cannot buy much oats or feel his
oats much. who hasn't anything al all
in his pockets. daughter and cheer
ing) And so II Ia that with our market
cur,ailed In our foreign trade TO the ex-
tent Il $260,000, 900 and our markets Mt
home curtailed to the extent of far more
than that, and nobody can tell how
much the farmer Ia having hard time.
What does the farmer want? Does he
want q cheap dollar? No; God knows
what the farmer wants. (Great APP
plause) The farmer wants q good mar
ket in which he can sell everything he
raises for good dollar: that Is what he
wants tRenewed applause.) When the
farmers gets a good market and gets a
quick demand and gets that which Is
equal to gold for what he has to sell,
then the face Of the farmer will be
wreathed with smiles once more.
tcheering)
How are you going to get 1T Do you
think you will ever get 1t under Billy
Bryant Do you think the boy orator
OF the Platten would ever get down TO
such plain husinesslike matter as tar
IN on wool and other things the farmer
teri There Is not much latitude for
oratory and rhetoric there. CRenewed
What You want to do. my fellow-citl-
zens, who are engaged In agricultural
pursuits Ii to remember that through
all the years OF the present generation
you have never trusted Republican pol
icies in vain. CONTINUED cheeringo No
matter whether the questions pertained
to the preservation Of the Union and
the constitution: to human liberty; to
equality OF right as to suffrage or
whether they have related to our econ
omic conditions, the Republican party
has ever been on the side OF right. and
the prosperity and glory You have en-
toyed IN consequence are greater and
grander than any language can de-
scribe. lGreat applause)
Now II Is too hot to talk to you any
longer. (Great applause.) tell you my
fellow eitIzens. this thing OF entrusting
our national affairs to political party
for four years Is something that Is very
serious; lAnplapse and voice, We see
II now.D We did not see II before. did
we? That - true,
That reminds me that a few years ago
when the Republican party had been In
power for IS years and when everything
was running so smoothly you scarcely
knew we had government and there
was so much prosperity that the people
did not like to be bothered with voting,
even once In four years, they commence
ed talking about changing the constl-
tuition and electIng presidents OF the
United states for eight years. No one
proposing that now, In there? Great
laughter and cheering) We now appre-
clate the wisdom of the fathers in limit
Ing the executive term to four years.
CRenewsd laughter and applause-) It
is serious matter. as we have learned.
| II requires great ability to administer
the affairs OF nation Of 10000, 900. Do
! You think this Populistic end of the
/ Dcmocra attic party Is capable to do II?
! Great laughter and applauss.) They
| failed 70 do 1t, the Democrats did. when
! they had the advantage OF all the brains
and ability and patriotism that have
! hDw deserted them 10 vote for Mckin.
ley.
take 1t, there Is not man here who
would eitrust that branch of the DEM
ocratic Marty with the administration OF
our a. airs Of government without at
say, Without successful contradiction.
that there Is not man here. Democrat
or P.n,tblican, who would have the
slightest concern but that everything
national would be administered patriot-
ic;iily md TO our satisfaction II Will
Lam Mckinley should be called to the
Whitehouse. tLong-continued ap-
pieuse, Then II you have distrust
about oaa and do not have distrust
about the other. why make me su1er
longer daughter and appiause.)
Ex-Governor Mckinley represents in
his life IN his record. In his ambitions,
all thar Is best and greatest and grand
est In american history for the last 40
years. Prolonged cheering,) A sol
der, a,ngressu,ar,, a governori What