The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-02
STIRRING UP ELKINS' STATE.
BRYAN WARMLY WELCOMED IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

Had Narrow Escape From Being
Detained as n Witness at Grafton.
A Big Crowd Gathers to Greet the
| Traveller at Clarksburg-Parke
| burg Also Shows Il Strong Leaning
Toward the Democratic Candidate
Vast ThrOngs of People Out at
| Wheeling.
Clarksburg, w. Va, Oct. 1-William j.
Bryan left Grafton on a special train this
morning at $3.50 o'clock and arrived here
an hour later. He spent the night at Graf
ton at the residence of T. j. McGraw, ma
tional committeeman from this state, and
managed to get a good rest. Mr.. Bryan
| had a narrow escape from being robbed
of his sleep. Two photograph fakirs were
taken into custody at Grafton on suspi-
cion of being connected with the gang Of
pickpockets following the Bryan party
One of them said he had presented a let
ter of introduction to Mr.. Bryan and
wanted the candidate summoned to iden-
! tfy him. The hearing lasted until a. m
At that hour it was decided that if Mr.
Bryan was detained as a witness his West
Virginia schedule would be disarranged
and the men were released with personal
recognizances.
This is the liveliest day in Clarks-
| burg for years past, and the
town from early morning, has
! been thronged with people from all over
| the section. Crowds came from Gilmer,
BraXton, Lewis, Webster, Upshur and all
| the central counties in large numbers and
they were very enthusiastic. When the
Bryan train reached Clarksburg thou
! sands of people were at the depot to well
! come him and a crowd was on the plat
| form to greet him. After a short time
he appeared and was given a rousing
| cheer. He was escorted to the Traders
! hotel by a local committee. A feature Of
| the escort was 16 horsemen mounted
| Chairman Edmondston, John ]. Davis and
! John 7. McGraw occupied the carriage
with the nominee. After breakfast Mr.
Bryan was escorted to the fair grounds
by the horsemen. A big crowd was al
ready there, for Congressman Benton Nc
Millin of Tennessee had delivered a speech
at o'clock, before Mr.. Bryan arrived
The candidate was persuaded while at
the hotel to make his appearance on the
balcony, where he made a short speech
to 600 enthusiastic people.
At the Traders hotel Mr.. Bryan had this
to say: 81 am not going to make a speech
fair grounds and we must hasten out
there IN. order TO 6dtcfg the next tiRin.
"And then, as the people are not in good
| financial condition, it is not an easy thing
for them to come all the way to Nebraska
| in special cars to call on me. (Applause)
AS they are not able to get out there, l am
reversing the process and coming to see
the people"
AT the fair grounds, Mr.. Bryan said in
part: II want to quote to you, not from
the democratic authority. but from what
| the great leader, the republican candidate
for President. said this year with what ne
said six years ago in regard to the neces-
sity for an increasing circulation. You will
find in his letter of acceptance of this year
| this statement: 1t is not more money We
| want. What we want is to put the money
we already have at work
"Now remember, my friends, these
words were uttered a a time when the
circulating medium had fallen off $780,
| 100000 in two years. Let me compare
! them with what he said six years ago,
| when, instead of having a decreasing
volume of currency, we had an increase
| of about $4,00000 every year. Let me
read you what the republican candidate,
then in congress-, said in regard to the
necessity for an increasing circulation;
| Mr.. Speaker: l will not vote against this
! bill and thus deprive the people of my
! country and the laborers and the pro-
! ducers and the industries of my country
of $50 100000 annually of additional circu-
| lating medium.
A Voice-He did not know Mark Han
ma then. daughter and cheers)
Mr. BRYAN continued: "At that time he
! declared that he would not vote to pre-.
vent his people, the laborers, the pro-
| ducers from the benefits of the BlandAl-
| lison act, and yet now with a decreasing
| circulation he tells you that it is not moro
| we
we have in circulation. My friends, wnat
! change has taken place in the last six
! years? Then he desired to increase the
| amount of money in circulation, and now
he believes that all we have to do is 20
| have confidence; that you have enough
| and you will never notice the loss.
my friends, the republican platform up
on which the candidate stands declares
in favor Of the maintenance of gold
| standard until the leading commercial ma
tions of the world join us in abandoning
| It, Let me read you what the republican
candidate said six years ago, in the discus
sion of the Sherman bill: 4 am for the
largest use of silver in the currency of the
country | would not dishonor il. / would
give equal credit and equality with gold |
would make no discrimination. I would
utilize both metals as money and discredit
neither want the double standard and
believe confidence will accomplish this
| purpose He wanted the double standafd
then; he wants the gold standard now
What change has taken place. If the doti-
BILE standard was good six years ago, it is
not good now?
LET me read further: so / say Mr..
Speaker, this bill Is just TO the silver pro-
ducers Of the United States, for it does
what the present law, as administered
by every administration for ten years,
has not done; it takes every dollar of
silver bullion that is produced in the
United States and places It at the dis
posal of the people as money"
And yet the man who used that Ian
guage six years ago Is now running on
platform which refuses to take a single
dollar Of the silver produced in this coun-
try and put it at the disposal OF the peo-
pie for money My friends, / call your
attention to these extracts from republi-
can speeches I'm congress, and compare
them with what. he says, not because l
deny to a man the right TO change his
mind. but, my friends, l insist that when
a man changes his mind he ought to have
reasons for IL, that ne is willing TO give
10 the American people"
Give It to Grover" came a voice from
the crowd. daughter and cheers)
Mr. Brvan-No, my friends, / am not