The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-18

potency. | have noticed it among old
men who are praying that before their
days are ended they may see the money
of the Constitution restored. ZAP
plause). / have noticed it among the
mothers and wives who have been in
every audience crowding around the
platform, because they especially have
felt the pressure of the gold standard.
Living expenses have been reduced
while the debts and the taxes of the
farmer have held up. i am not sur
prised that they take an interest. If
you could enter the homes of this ma
tion and see how hope deferred has
made the heart sick; If you could see
parents who, in the hopes of
better days, have planned for the
higher education of their children
in order that the children might begin
the battle of life with greater advan-
tages than their parents but
! keep the children at home
in order to keep the wolf from the door,
YOU would understand what the gold
standard means. 1t means a lower
and lower order of civilization and
if continued we will sink down where
the few will own all the wealth and the
Our opponents try to divide the toiling
masses and set the laboringmen in
opposition to the farmer. I warn la
borers not to desert the farmers who
have been the friends of labor in every
struggle to better their condition. The
very people who to-day are attempting
to use laboring men to defeat the farm
ers in their just cause are the same
people who have oppressed labor from
the beginning of the world and will
do so again the moment they have the
opportunity. (Applause.)
1--WE have lost a few Democrats by
desertion, but the number is growing
less each day because the Democrats
who have not entirely agreed with us
find if they leave the Democratic party
IN its great struggle with plutocracy,
they leave it to make a permanent
home with those whom Democracy has
always fought, since it became par
ty. (Applause.) They realize they can
not afford to separate themselves
from these with whom their interests
and sympathies lie." (Applause.)
There was gOod-sized crowd at
High Point but no speech.
At Greensboro the train arrived a
bout 12:45. 1t must be said that in
point of numbers, in my judgment,
Greensboro has gone ahead of all the
North Carolina towns thus far. In my
judgment there was every one of 49,
900, if not more, and tried to make
a careful estimate. In making this
estimate, / should mention also the
estimate of Col. John r. Webster who
put the number at $4,000 to 10000. Also,
Alf. W. Haywood, after a careful esti-
mate, said $4,000 Then somebody
else said 10000. Suffice it to say that
the turnout was simply enormous
and part of it picturesque. For ex-
ample, from the station when thou
sands were gathered, the streets were
filled from side to side with the gulf
stream of people following. A brass
band preceded, followed by twenty car
riages for the committees and distin-
guished guests, His EXcellency Gov.
Carr and Ex-Gov. Jarvis included. In
the front carriage were Col. Julian S.
Carr, Col j. T. Morehead and Mr.. Bry-
an.
When Mr.. Bryan stepped into the
dining-room at the Benbow House
everybody arose from the crowded "a
bles and yelled at the top of their
voices, women and all. A private table
had been reserved for Mr.. Bryan who
sat on the left of His Excellency, Gov
ernor Carr,at the head ON the right
sat Col. Julian S. Carr. Next to Mr..
Bryan sat Chairman Manly, then Dir.
Chas. d. McIver; at the foot, Chairman
Hal Aver, then John A. Barripger and
John N. Staples, If ever there was
a worse dinner served in a hotel or
worse provisions made for the guests,
/ have never seen it. The scantiness
of the food and its bad quality, as
well as the miserable service,were sim
ply an outrage. But the people stood
it because they had to, and nobody
blamed Greensboro which had not
failed at a single point. And Mr..
Bryan seemed in higher spirits than
he had been at all. He walked across
the dining-room floor briskly, looking
every inch an athlete in training, with
his head erect, and bearing superb.
He had no sooner been seated than
Judge Bynum came to his seat with
a neat package of old-fashioned
Southern "beat-biscuit" made by ne
gro cook. 1t was the graceful thought
of Mrs. Clement Manly, and Mr.. Bry-
ans eyes twinkled when Judge Bynum
told him all about it. And fortunately
for him, he went to eating them right
away, and, therefore, was saved the
pinch of hunger that came to the other
guests.
The speaking-stand was some little
distance out in a grove, and there were
at least 200 people on the stand. An
unique feature was the offering made
by the farmers of ears of corn, small
bundles of oats, and there was an
anvil in front, with large hammer
with which to call the crowd to order.
Mr.. Bryan picked up the oats and used
hem effectively at one point in illus
ration.
Mr. R1.uan ,ros handennalu infrn.