Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-06

Political Gathering Ever Seen in
That City, and the One at Nash
vile was Larger Home Sweet
Home, the Democratic Battle Cry
in This Campaign, Opened the
Proceedings-Great Speeches by
the Nominee.
Nashville, Tenn, October 5.-The
greatest crowd that ever turned out tc
political meeting in the history Of
Nashville crowded about the streets
here tonight shouted and yelled, cheer
ed and appiauded and listened with
marked attention TO the triple nominee
on his arrival tonight. The train bear
ing the party was due at S:35, but was
ten minutes late, and ii was near,y 915
o'clock when Mr.. Bryan addressed his
first audience in this city at the Hay
market tonight.
At that meeting the five acres OF
ground in the enclosure was fully half
filloi with people, VINO cheered the can
didate wildly on his appearance. A
gee club of thirty male voice opened the
meeting with Home, Sweet Home" "
the Old fashioned melody which The
nominee has declared to be his cam
p3.gl song. The candidate was then
introduced by Senator BaJe as the mex,
President of the United States He was
checred and applauded throughout his
speech. and many times was stopped by
the enthusiasm Of his listeners. He
said:
Ladies and Centemen:-I beg 70
thank the young men who have opened
this meeting with cur campaign song,
our battle hymn, il might be called, for
IN this fight for the defense of the homes
OF this land, the humble home as well as
the p2.aual home, we wei might take
as our battle hymn that mos beautiful
Of all songs Home. Sweet Home (Ap-
plauseD Our warfare is in one sense
aggressive, in another sense, Il is de-
fensiye. Ii is aggressive in the sense
that we are asking for remedial legisla-
tiOn. IL is aggressive IN the sense that
We are insisting that something shall be
done and il is defensive in tine sense thai
We are fighting for our homes and our
people from the invasion of a foreign
financial policy. (App,auseD
l can understand why the people OF
this STATE. and especially os this portion
of the State, should feel so deep an in
terest in the cause which is being repre-
sented by the Chicago platform, because,
my friends, we are fighting to-day the
battle that Andrew Jackson fought
when he was in Office. (GIeat applause)
We find arrayed against US the same
combinations. the same aggregation Of
wealth; with the same abuse against
him. we meet the same Intolerance that
he met. we suffer from the same abuse
that he suffered from; every name IS
applied to-day TO the advocates Of free
coinage THAI were applied to Old Hick-
Ory when he fought for the American
people. Great applauseD 1t has been
the lot of those VINO have espoused our
cause 20 be denounced and abused by
those who favor the gold standard. IL
has been the lot OF those who have de-
Tended The cause Of the common people
to be assai,ed by those who doubt tne
capacity of the people for self-govern-
ment and giving to them the right or
ealing the bread which they earn. (Ap-
plause) In declaring in favor OF ol-
metallism we are standing on ancient
ground. The free coinage Of silver IS
no eXDeriment. Ii IS endorsed by the
history Of the human race. It has the
sanction of al the great statesmen OF
this nation from the beginning Oh our
constitutional history Down to 1873.
NJ Dprsan will ass r. tl9t the Amer
leans abandoned bimetallism after iulL
and full discussion. Ii You read the rec
ords Of the time you will find th2t tne
newspaDers which are so quick to grasp
uDon any item of news and so ready 10
spread ii b fore the public, did no, IN
derstand and explain that the law or
1873 demonetized silver, closed The mints
IN tle coinage of The white metal and
let us.wi,h gold only as our standard
money. Ever since that day we have
bean seeking to undo what was done in
rae dark. (App'ause.) My friends, L
believe so truly in the justice OF our
c9usa that cannot for one moment
doubt what will b. The result when the
American people are called upon to de-
eide this question. Our opponents saN
th7t we 10 not need 9nr moro money.
Nv friends. that man who talks about
our coming any more money in this
country is a curiosity. I hav7 always
noticed that the man who thinks thai
We do not need more money happens to
be a man who has money (Appl2use)
But they ask us now we are going 20 get
hold of this money ev-n if there is more.
T. IS very easy question 70 anSTer.
II is true that you cannot get money
unless Won have som5 hing 10 sell bus
II is lust as tru that every producer
of wealth he's something 20 sell and the
nrica that ho ge-s for Wh2, he has ~
sell depends upon how much money tAere
is to buy what he has 20 sell "a voice:
.s-THo-'s right" an1 aDDl9usa.) >
When a man asks you how you are
going to get any of The money unless
Won have something to sell, let me give
Won a question to ask him: Suppose I
have something TO sell. how an Sroing
N Oct anv.hing for * until find some
bodv with money 10 buy what have
to seli9" Applause) They talk about
changing the ward stick. My friends,
tbov --,,r' have changed the size of the 5ushel
measure. and they compel the farmel to
,,-,i ,r,~i, double time in order Id fill that
essr~e that used TO be filled by working
on single time. Applapse@ hnd ,whSa when
-.or - destr5v the prosperity Of tie farm
or hon NV friends The manufacturer
= ,,Doble ~ sell for want Of customers.
Orr oononents say. open the mills.
W. W., Is .se use Of opening the mills
until there is the abi":5 TO buy WAat 'he
liz D~o5rco? (Applause) The work