The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-15

He Addresses IA Representative Audience
in the Opera House.

RADFOKD. VA, oct. H-Special.-Thc
largest audience. including many iauies,
wnicn has greeted a political speaker III
TINS Guy uurlnh me present campaign
assembled at the Opord~HOuse Tonight,
ana Tor TWO hours paid close attention
Winnie Governor Cameron poured not shot
into tho POpuliSt camp. Governor tdW-
eron began ms Argument by a mastery
expose oil the Iahdcy OF Tree coinage,
ia winch ne conCIusively proved that the
effect OF such "A policy by THIS Govern
mcnt would result IN immediate ana IRE
parable loss 10 every man ana woman
III the Land, save those VINO had been SO
fortunate as 10 have their interests lueh-
tined WITH silver. The Bryanltes, cc-
Clarcd the speaker, proposed not only
TO repeal the act of 70, but TO usurp the
prerOsative OF the Deity ana repeal ma
lures law OF supply and demand. ii, as
was claimed by Alr Bryan in his Madison
SQUARE speech. silver would advance IN
the event OF his election TO sl.z9 AN ounce
the effect of this. If true. would be 10
put II back eventually upon soid OASIS
as to prices Of ali articles OF domestic
produce. -,
The speaker denied. however, that sill
yer would advance proportonately as a
result of Eryan's election, ana III support
of his denial he cited the fact that SILVER
had stondIy declined since the chicago
Convention, and is worth to-day nearly
three cents per ounce less u an Oh inc
day OF Bryans nomination.
In this connection the speaker mace
a strong point in regard to the recent
rise in the price Of wheat, ana fuliy eA-
plOded the theory of the siverites, that
me price OF silver c&erts some mystlc
influence over the pr1ce OF wheat anu
showed COnClusNely That the price Oh
wheat is regulated soieiy by me laws "
supply and demand, ana that the recent
advance i'm wheat was created by the
failure of the wheat croy In India:
He said that the price of silver bullion
had no more effect upon the "ollu price
Tor wheat than the observance OF THANKS
giving-Day i'm this country upon the rcla-
ton OF Armenia and Turkey.
The Governor then devoted his argu-
ment TO the disastrous effect the nooding
of the country with deprecated money
would have on the country, ana demon
strated that the farmer nor the manu-
facturer for export could make any pr0ht
out of free coinage except by roDoihs
the laboring man of portion OF ms
wages equal to the loss Oh purchasihs
mower in money used lie concluded by
taking the Chicago platform plank by
plank. and showing the inevitable Ten
dency to POpulism 10 which the paper
money plank was leading the Democracy
and 10 Anarchy and Socialism and Com
munsm to which Democracy was Deihs
led bv the plank attacking the supreme
Court which the speaker denomlnateu
the '.sheet-anchor of American liberty.
The applause when the name OF BRYAN
was mentioned was very falht, WINE
every alIusion to Cleveland was greeted
with deafening cheers. The speaker
closed with an eloquent appeal TO his
hearers TO lay aside party prejudice and
to cast their ballots in November Tor
Palmer and Buckner. and for the preser-
walton of those principles which have OBJ
tanned I'm the Democratic party Tor more
than a century.
The meeting was great success. and
will result in mlxh good to the cause OF
sound money and the true principles OF
Democracy.