The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-18
Anawor.a sonne Questions.

Greensboro, Sept. 16.-The Bryan
special reached Concord at 1885 a. m.
and Mr.. Bryan delivered a speech from
the covered stand to about thousand
people. who were very hearty in their
applause. This Is what Mr.. Bryan said:
Il met some OF the Concord people
this morning at Charlotte. ! am glad
to see the rest of you now. In my
short time l cannot do better than call
attention to a few questions, and give
you an answer, so you can use them In
the hand hand discussion. Conver-
sions are not made by public speaking
so much as by one neighbor talking
10 another. People say they do not
want fifty cent dollars. and appeal to
the inherent sense OF justice trying to
show silver dollar Is q fifty-ccnt dol
lar. they value the silver bullion which
they cannot get to the mint and assume
II Will be only worth fifty cents under
free Coinage. Under free coinage a new
demand is created. 1 cannot illustrate
1t better than this way. At home We get
butter for % cents a pound the year
round. The farmer goes to town in the
ran and contracts for all the butter ha
thinks he will produce. In the Spring
he finds he has more and has to sell
IL Tor 10 cents pound because nobody
stands ready to take his surplus at 25
cents. So with silver. If the mints are
opened so every man with an ounce of
silver can convert Ii into money there
price. Can the United States take all
the silver? The only way to know alb
solutely Is to try 1t, but we are encour-
aged TO try. Remember the silver of
france, England, and Germany--nearIy
all coined and used in the world is worth
more now as compared with gold than
1t would be here. France has more sill
yer in circulation per capita than we
have, and Ii circulates at 1914 TO /. Not
an ounce has come here without rising
ant Ill.
worth more at home. and II would hurt
England more than us. because there
are more people there that use silver
than ever saw piece Of gold China.
Japan. and India must have their
supply. and we would take only what Is
left. lf we can take II all we will fix
the price at dollar and twenty-nine
cents. and we would raise the price of
those things which come in competi
ton with the products OF other conn
tries. thereby restoring prosperity to the
farmers who could then purchase at the
stores and make q demand for the pro
duct OF factories. If you destroy the
ability OF the producers to sell the pro-
ducts of the factories you destroy the
factories. no matter what they talk
about opening the mills" CHEERS.
AT Salisbury. reached at 11:15 a. M.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced to 1000 peo-
pie by Theodore +. Klutz, chairman of
tHe North Carolina delegation at Chica-
80, VINO seconded Mr.. Bryan's nomina-
tion. Considerable enthusiasm marked
tae candidates speech, and ths cheer.
grew In intensity as he proceeded Just
as Mr.. Bryan was boarding his train
ne was presented with the foot of a rab
bit killed at midnight in a church-yard
during the dark of the moon. Those who
saw the presentation manifested their
appreciation of the incident by exercis-
ing their lungs, and just as the train
moved Off the candidate called out: "If
all the people who have, given me rab-
bits feet in this campaign will vote for
me there is no possible doubt OF my cleo
ton" This is Mr.. Bryan's Salisbury
speech:
II am informed that Andrew Jackson
was q law student In this city, and
| am glad to tread the soil made sacred
by the hero of New Orleans applause
The principles for which I stand before
the people are the principles taught by
Jackson, when he was the idol, not of
Democracy alone. but of the great com
mon people, whom he at all times d.
Tended. (Applause.) When jackson
was President his greatest fight was
against the United States national
banks. Those connected with that grea I
banking influence denounced him. and
applied TO him just as abusive epithefg
as the money changing class applied to
Thomas Jefferson before him, and have
applied to every one since who did not
bow the knee to Raal and uunrotS,1 th a