The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

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me say one word TO the farmers who
may be here represented. ~ said
awhile agp they have been having 9
pretty hard time OF II. ! was brought
up on q farm. know something about
that business. II has resulted IN my
keeping In pretty close touch with thu
farmers Of this country; keeping pref.
ty familiar with their situation, and
know with what dreadful results and
experiences Of the last three years have
fallen upon them Mr.. Bryan and thosf
who AK you to vote In his support arr
going about oyer the country 10 tel
you that the trouble to the farmers 4
becatse silver has becndemonetlzed.L Lei
me say 70 you. my agricultural friends
thatthe trouble with the farmers 10 be-
cauae their markets have been demone.
tiZeq fGreat applnuBe) You did moi
have any trouble In 1899 and before
that did your (Renewed applause and
cries Of Not blt'') Everybody went
TO work. We had q home market that
conanmed e5 per cent. Of oil that we
coula raise. In an evil hour the Ameri-
Deu;ocr8tic party into power pledged
70 rse-trade policy. They were afraid
after they got into power TO give II to
Us ~ III its fullness. but they did give
US IN lieu OF the Mckinley tariff what is
called the Wilson- German tariff, and
that sna, 4 n,onstrosity. ! might tax
tell you IN word what II has done for
the inFmors Of this country.
Tns wilson German law not only
/ gave US ipHnr duties on all imports, ag-
| ucuikpfnt ae We'll Is Otherwise, but Il
nleo ee3rfnyed al our reciprocity treat
les under which We were rapidly In
SS1tfane our foreign trade when Mr..
clepetAnd came IN. What Il the result
o. ~ Take last year and compare Il
VIII me year before and you will find
Snas We sold abroad Of agricultural
prouIrtH IN round numbers $3.50. 900 900
less ,nan under the last year OF the Nc
hiniey Jaw Continued cheering.) And
last year Under the Wilson, German
Dill round numbers there were i'm
portep into this country to be sold here
In composition with our farmers. agri-
cuItutal products amounting In the ag-
gregate TO more than $6s.000.O00 In
fouhd numbers, as result of this ex-
perihiept Or q Democratic admlnistra-
ZION tne farmers have been made to
feel me folly Of free trade to the ex-
tent Or $50, 900 in the markets for
their products. more appiause.) That
is not all That Is what il cost Us
ABROAD. Who can tell what 1t has cost
us at homer Ninety-five per cent Of our
market. Ninety-hve' per cent of our
markets were at home, bat our own peo-
pie are out Of work largely. and our
own peonle, who are at work, are COM
mandlng lower wages There are less
people to buy. The farmer feels II. A
man cannot buy much oats or feel his
oats much, who hasn't anything al all
in his pockets. daughter and cheer
insl And 80 It Is that with our market
curiaited in our foreign trade to the ex-
tent II $260, 0O0, 900 and our markets at
home curtailed to the extent of far more
than that, and nobody can tell how
much, the farmer Is having hard time.
What does the farmer want? Does he
want q cheap dollar? No; God knows
piause.l The farmer wants q good mar
ket In which he can sell everything he
raises for a good dollar: that Is what he
wants. (Renewed applause.) When the
farmers gets a good market and gets a
quick demand and gets that which Is
equal to gold for what he has to sell,
then the face Of the farmer will be
wreathed with smiles once more.
tCheertng.)
How are you going to get 1t? Do you
think you will ever get 1t under Billy
Bryant Do you think the hoy orator
OF the Plattei' would ever get down to
such plain husinesslike matter as tar
In on wool and other things the farmer
Is interested In? Cheering and laugh
teri There 10 not much latitude for
oratory and rhetoric there. (Renewed
laughter)
What you want 10 do. my fellow-citI-
zens, who are engaged In agricultural
pursuits In to remember that through
all the years OF the present generation
YOU have never trusted Republican pol
| lcies In vain. CONTINUED cheering) No
matter whether the questions pertained
to the preservation of the Union and
a., tu. tn
equality OF right as to suffrage or
whether they have related to our econ
omic conditions the Republican party
has ever been on the side OF right, and
the prosperity and glory you have en-
joyed IN consequence are greater and
grander than any language can de-
scribe. (Great applause.)
longer. Great applause.) tell you my
fellow citizens. this thing OF entrusting
our national affairs to political party
for four years Is something that is very
serious. lApplause and voice, I'VE see
il now. y We did not see 1t before. did
we? That = true,
That reminds me that few years ago
when the Republican party had been In
| power for 25 years and when everything
was running so smoothly you scarcely
| knew we had a government and there
! was so much prosperity that the people
did not like to be bothered with voting.
| even once In four years, they commence
! cd talking about changing the consti-
| tuition and electing presidents of the
| United States for eight years. No one
| pronnsing that now, In there? tGreat
4 laughter and cheering.l We now appre-
| clate thu wisdom of the fathers in limit
ing the executive term to four years.
Q,snewsd laughter and appiause) It
ii a serious matter, as we have learned.
II reauIres great ability to administer
tie affairs OF nation of 70,0o0,000. Do
You think this Populistic ond of the
Democratic party Is capable to do It:
tCreat laughter and applause) They
failed todo Ii, the Democrats did, when
liey had the advantage of all the brains
and ability and patriotism that have
hpw deserted them to vote for McKin.
ley.
take II, there Is not a man here who
would entrust that branch of the DEM
ocratic Marty with the administration OF
our airs of government without at
least distrust; and think am able to
say, without successful contradiction,
that there IL not a man here. Democrat
or Reptblican, who would have the
slightest concern but that everything
national would be administered patriot-
ically and to our satisfaction II Will
liam Mckinley should be called to the
Whitehousa fLong-continued app
nlausel Then If you have distrust
about oae and do not have distrust
abou, the other, why make me suffer
In the iesh by standing here any
longer tLaughter ana appianse,l :
hls life. IN his record, In his ambitions,
all tha, s hest and greatest and grand
est in american history for the last 10
Years Prolonged cheering) A sol
der Il tlagressmaI, a governor! What