Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-27

mean by that so that you have to take
their conclusions. instead OF being abie
20 form your own conclusions. We he
lieve that gold and silver used together
gives more stable dollar. more equit-
able currency, n more just standard,
than could be obtained from the use OF
the one with the other eliminated from
use: and the very argument DR. sturte-
want makes there. that "A short crop Of
wheat will make wheat rise In value. ap-
plies 10 money; because n there is a
short crop OF money. money rises in
value Now. the crops are determined
usually by the weather. by var Gus things
which man may not control. but the
volume Of money IS determined by law.
which man does control And 80. II you
10y law make your crop of money short.
YOU raise the value of the dollar. and If
you raise the value Of the dollar. you pro-
duce the same injustice to the man who
owes a dollar that Or. Sturtevant calls
attention TO in the crop Of wheat that
doubles in value
Now. / want you young men 10 realize
that when you have received great ad-
vantages. great responsibilities go with
those advantages. and that you have no
right as citizens I'm n land like this. u
keep in darkness upon any public ques-
tion; nor have you a right to listen TO
any persuasions. except the persuasons
which come from your conscience and
your judgment
CHARGE OF NON-PATRIOTISM.
81 appreciate the advantages of living
In a country like this. You may have
had people tell you that my ideas were
antagonistic 10 our form Of government
and to law and order; but l want you to
believe me when ! say that there is not
u IN
institutions more than | do or who feels
a deeper interest in their perpetuatiOn.
And what young nan has more right TO
prize our institutions than / have? In
what other country is II possible for n
young man TO accomplish as much as he
can accomplish in this country? In
what other country is it possible for
young man. with nothing to commend him
except his interest in the cause. to be
selected by those who believe in him to
carry out their ideas?
81 DO so much prize the advantages Of
country like this that / want to keen
this government as our fathers intended
IL. ] want IL TO rest securely upon the
foundations which they laid. so that #
will guarantee equal rights to every
citizen. and give special privileges and
advantages to no citizen. l want IL still to
be so that the child Of the humbest clti-
zen Of this land may be able TO aspire 10
any Office for which abilities or his ideas
or his labor or his integrity fiji him. And
IL is because j realize. as ] think ! do,
some Of the influences which are indi-
rectly tending 10 throw away the oppor-
tunity thus afforded TO young men that /
have felt the indignation that / have eX-
pressed against great aggregations Of
wealth, which have in many instances
trampled upon the rights Of the weaker
members Of society and have attempted.
by the power which they can command.
to drive out competition. and then prey
upon society after it has been rendered
helpless and lies at their mercy.
But my friends. ! am here more 10
greet you than to talk TO you, and l have
digressed only this much because l have
so little chance to have my side heard
in some Of our institutions of learning
that / don't feel that / ought to neglect
an opportunity 20 say a word i'm defence
Of the cause for which ] stand. i read
I'm the papers that in various institutions
OF learning they are nearly all against
me. My friends. If / should read I'm the
papers that there was not a college pro-
fessor. not a Businessman. not man
prominent in society, who believed in
what / am teaching. while l believed in
IL ] would still teach it,
when / hear people say the trouble
with the masses of the people IS that
they don't work hard enough, / recall
what the Bible tells us. that Pbaroah,
when he heard the complaint that came
up from his people, said the same thing
He said: They are idle. that is what
troubles them. make them make more
bricks. and make them furnish the straw
/ know, too. that all the great reforms of
society have come up from the common
well-tO-do. or who were so surrounded
that they did not feel the needs of the
people. i remember that the Bible tells
us that when one young man was in
quirng what he ought to do, and was
told to sell what he had and give TO the
poor. he went away sOrrOwing, because
he had great possessions. | know that
great possessions sometimes so mOnopo-
lie a PERSONS thoughts, so occupy his
time. that he has no time 10 give to those
needs of society which are felt and realized
by those who suffer. l want you, In the
study OF all questions. not TO take my
views. because. as / say, ] may be wrong
not TO take anybOdys views. but 10 try
to find out what is best for the people,
and be satisfied that you can only lift
yourself by lifting up those who are
about you"
When Mr.. Bryan concluded there was
more cheering. and again the students
broke Forth when President Branley an
nounced a holiday In honor of the Demo-
cratic nominee. The members of the
sig Ma Phi Society escorted Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan 10 their carriage, singing
their fraternity songs. and then sent
another cheer after them.
A SPEECH A LA M'KINLEY.
After the exercises in the college chapel,
Mr.. Bryan made a little speech TO a dele
cation in the porch Of the residence Of
his host. Dr. H. X. Jones in which he
said that he had been accused Of being
undignihed in going around the country
70 see the people but that certainly there
could be no criticism on him for making
that speech. as Il was made from the
porch Of o house, which seemed to be the
proper thing. The thrust was under
stood.
Tho crowd at the pubic square began to
collect early. and at O'Clock, when Mr.
and Mrs Bryan arrived. nearly lOVVj
people had congrcgated closely aroud the
broad platform from which the candidate
spoke. while as many, unable TO hear
gathered on the streets in the vincinity.
During the hour and a quarter occupied
by Mr. Bryan the enthusiasm was fire.
quent and occasionally prolonged. His
audience was composed almost entirely
OF farmers. and was undoubtedly in sym
uathv with his EXPIRE sed views.
Mr. Bryan also spoke TO an audience oi
women ar the opera-house, where a re-
ception I'm honor Of Mrs. Bryan was he'd.
--srs---
Hore Gold from Europe.
NEW YORK. October 26.-The steam
ship Etruria, which arrived from Europe
brought gold consigned as iol-