The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

The use of the capitol grounds is very
rarely granted for any public ,demenstra-
ton, applications for public gatherings
there being generally denied>f The effort
of Gen. j. S. CoXey to secure the priyi-
leSe is the last case in poi Mt {t is now
the Intention of the committee to erect
platform on the cast front of the capitol,
where the inaugural addresses of Presi-
dents are made. The grounds in front
of the stand will afford standing room
to &c, 600 OF $4,000 people
ADDRESSED THREE MEETINGS. n
ST. Louis, Sept. y12.-tAt three great
mass meetings held to-night, w. J.
Bryan, the Democraticand Populist nom
inee for president, addressed between
3O,e0 and 80, 600 people. At each of the
meetings he was greeted with prolonged
cheers and Mt frequent intervals during
each of his speeches the enthusiastic pop.
ulace gave vent to rproarious applause.
The nominee was met at the train bysan
immense crowd. He was escorted te:the
Planters Hotel, where he ate dinner.and
then went to Concertlia Park. The Au-
ditorium and Sportsman Park were in
turn visited and he made n speech at,each
place. So great was the crowd that hun
dreds were turned away ut each place.
When Mr.. Bryan and his escort stepped
upon the platform at Concordia Park, the
great throDg arose and for several min
utes shouted and ,cheered.
"a Mr.. Bryan said;
''There is no question which can come
before the American people which is too
deep for the American people themselves
(Applause.) There is no question which
must be submitted to n particular class
of people. (Applause.) The Creator did
not make any class OF people to think for
the rest of the people. (Applause) If he
had he would have given extra brains to
those who who were to do the thinking
and simply have given backs to all the
rest that they might carry the burdens of
life. (Applausc.) The constitution did
not suggest that any class of people was
to act for any other class. If the founders
of the constitution had ever supposed
that a question would arise like the
money question and had thought that it
conld only be settled by financiers, then
our forefathers would have written in the
consti tuition that while on most subjects
all the people might vote, on the money
question only financiers could vote ZAP
plause aud laughter) When the ballot
was given To you it was given upon the
assumption that you had the intelligence
and patriotism necessary to use it right.
and believe, my friends, that you have.
applause and n voice: Good boy, Willie;
hit 'em again.'D
"Now want to submit for your con-
liberation two or three propositions and l
believe that they are so clear and so plain
that every one of you here can recognize
the force of them. In the first place, /
call your attention to the fact that the
Republican party in its platform and
through it's public men is making no
effort to supply the people of the United
States with sufficient amount of money
to do business with. If were to tell YOU
grown persons to wear the clothes of n
child you would think me foolish and if
L were to tell you that n grown person
could live on the food necessary to suy-
tain life in n child you would call me
foolish, and yet they call these men finan-
clers who assume that the people growing
in population can survive on n money
decreasing i'll its amount. applause and
cheers.) l want you to remember now
the figures Which am going to read you.
These figures are taken from govern.
ment publication issued on the first dav
of July, 1896"
AT this point disturbance was raised
in the audience by some one cheering for
Mckinley. There were cries of ''Put
him out" and "Make him shut up.n
do not be worried, my friends. We
are glad to have our opponent here. We
need them here because they need speak
ing TO more tnan our people do. (Ap-
plause and cheering.) Now give me your
attention, my friends. In this govern
ment publication issued by the Treasury
Department on the first of July, 1896, 1
find statement of the amount of money
OF all kinds in circulation among the peo-
pie for the various years Let me call
your attention to the amount given here
for the years 1894, 1895 and 1896 In
1874 the amount of money in circulation
according to this report, was 81 geo, 700
O00. In 1895 that amount of money had
fallen to S1,601, 100000. A decrease in
one year of $50, 100000. On the Both day
of June, 1896, the amount in circulation
had fallen to 81 ,506, 900, 000 What does
1T mean? That in two years the amount
OF money in circulation had fallen about
S1oO,OO0,OOO. In other words in two
years time there has been a decrease of
ABOUT III per cent. in money circulation
among the people This, ny friends, is
the Treasury report. Now, ] have called
your attention to this decrease, shown by
the Treasury report. Let me show YOU,
my friends, that instead of there being
decrease there ought to have been an in
crease every year. Senator John Sher-
man made speech on the 9th of June.
1890, and in the course of that speech he
used these words: IF orr present cur
rency is estimated at 81, 400, 000, 600, and
our population is increasing at the rate
of per cent. per annum it would require
81, 100000 increased circulation each
year to keep pace with the rise in popu-
lation; but rs the increase of population
is accompanied by still greater rate of in.
crease of wealth and business, it was
thought that an Immediate incraosa 4,