The herald., 1896-10-01
BRYANS SPEECHES
IN D|X|E'S LAND
Prove as Effective as II
the East
THE Democracy OF JEFFERSON
Revived in the Campaign foe
Coinage
THE OLD TIME REBEL YELL
Expresses the Patriotism Of The Erstt
while BeIligerents
A TypciaI Southern Welcome Extended ~
Candidate
The Assertion That This Country Il Biz
Enough and Wise Enough to Leg
islate for Itself Meets . HeDrty
THE OLD TIME REBEL YELL
Expresses the Patriotism Of the Erstt
while Belligerents
A TypcisI Southern Welcome Exteadsd ~
Candidate
The Assertion That This Country Il Biz
Enough and Wise Enough to Leg
islate for Itself Meets . HeDrty
Response
Associated Press Special wirs

MARIlNSBORG, w. Va.s 6epts w.
On board the special train carrying the
Bryan party from Washington were Ma
tional Committeeman T. M. Graw. An
drey w. Emonston. chairman of thet
West Virginia state committee. Senator
Marion Butler, chairman Of the Popuiis<
national committee. and many prorni~N
nent Democrats and Populists of West
Virginia.
The first stop was made at Washing
ton Junction, where the people shaok
hands with Bryan.
The train was an hour behind schedule
time when 1t pulled out of the tunnel
and Harper's Ferry burst into view
The town was gaudily decorated with
flags and bunting. A great banner
bearing the picture Of the Democratic
nominees was suspended over Plat
form built on the side of a hill, from
which Bryan spoke to the people gath
cred in the natural amphitheater.
He said: II am glad to talk IN a
county which bears the name of the first
great teacher of Democratic principles
in the United States (Applause), and the
Democratic party this year in It's plat
form has declared anew for those prin-
ciples which have been Democratic
from the beginning and must be Dem
ocratic to the end. so long as Democracy
seems the rule of the people (Applause).
The Chicago platform applies to tbs
present conditions the principles or
Jefferson, defended SO courageously by
Andrew Jackson and when you find a
Democrat who is not willing to stand
by the Chicago platform you find a
Democrat in name but not Democrat
at heart. (Applause.) MY, friends.
Democracy has meaning, and its mean
ing is we'll understood by those who love
Democratic principles. In this CAM
paign we find men who claim to be Dem
ocrats trying to fasten upon this coun-
try system by which the banks shall
issue money, when Thomas Jefferson
declared banks were more dangerous
than any standing army. (Applause.)
One reason why we know we are stand
ing in the position Jefferson occupied is
because the men who wanted to turn
over the business of issuing paper money
to the banks called him a maniac be-
cause he opposed it, and the very men
who called him a maniac call us, who
advocate what he advocated then, lu-
| natics. applause. My friends, Jeffer~
SON had confidence in the capacity of the
people for self-government. Why, a
hundred years ago, when government
by the people was an experiment, he
had faith enough to trust in them; and
a hundred years experience 5ustined
his confidence. Yet today we have to
meet enemies who are not willing the
| people themselves shall rule this govern
| ment, but think it necessary to turn its
affairs over to syndicate to manage
for the benefit of the syndicate without
the consent of tie American people.
| (Applause.)
! NV friends, We are advocating the
restoration OF financial policy which
was good enough for this country during
the early days of the republic, financial
policy which had the support of all the
leading Democrats who lived before 1873
"a financial policy which was never
! abandoned by the American people--a
financial policy which was changed by
the representatives of the people in the
darkness. without discussion, and. as
many believe, by a fraud actually prac-
ticed upon the people. (Applause.) And
for twenty years that act of demoneti-
zation was denounced by the Democrat
ic party. and even the Republicans have
never openly defended it.
Yet, i'll this campaign, for the nrs
time, we have party which openly
seeks to perpetuate that system which
was fastened on this country withnuf
the consent of the people. (Applause.>
More than that, not only do these ops
ponents desire to fasten upon this peo-i
pie perpetualiy system which they ac-
cepted against their will, but they pros
pose to submit the destinies of the Amer
ican people to foreign legislative bodies.
when they say we must endure it until
relief comes from abroad. (Applause,)
My friends, some of the fnanciers down
east doubt the ability of these people to
attend to their own business, but when
Iard a firancler who distrusts the Amer
ican people, I generaiiy ind iinancier
who visits Europe oftener than he visits
the country that lies west Of New York.
(Applause.) we have many of these
advocates of the gold standard who are
far better acquainted with foreigners
than they are with their own people, and
if they insist ON putting their trust in
those who live abroad. l console myself
with the thought that great many peo-
ple-yes, vast majority are better Nc-