The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-18
BRYAN'S llIPP0DR0ME.
Ills Trip Through North Carolina-Stiii
Imdulging In Den,agogy.

Indulging In Denagogy.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. lZ-wnl-
lam J. Bryan began his speech making
early to-day after u night Of rest In his
special train. Eie left his sleeper here
at s n. M. and was escorted to the
postoislce park. by the Hornets Nest
R!Acmen and local Knights OF Py-
thkas commandery OF mounted men
There he addressed several Thousand
people and at 10 o'clock left Charlotte
for Durham.
AT Concord Mr.Bryan spoke for three
minutes from a small platform near
the depot. lie Immediately drlfted In
to n free silver argument. In contro-
vcrslng tho claim that under free coin
| age, the silver dollar will be worth but
nifty cents. he sud: "lf the mInts are
opened so that every man with an
| ounce OF silver can convert It into mo-
ney there would be no surplus 70 drag
down the price. Can the United States
take nll the silver offered? II so, we
can maintain the parity. The only way
to know absolutely Is TO try. If we can
take It all, we will fix the price ut 4
dollar and twenty-nIne cents and we
would raise the price OF those things
which come In competition with the
products OF other countries thereby
restoring prosperity to the farmers
who would then purchase at the stores
and make q demand for the product
OF factories. X you destroy the abil-
I,Nw
of the factories you destroy the factor
ieR, no matter what they think about
| opening the mills"
Wien the train reached Salisbury at
l1:l5 the larger portion OF the populn-
tlon appeared to be at the depot. Mr..
Bryan was introduced by T. F. KlutZ.
one OF those who seconded his nomi-
nation ut Chicago.
The nominee spoke enthusiastically OF
the state he WAS In and after referring
to the fact that Andrew Jackson had
been law student in Salisbury. he
said:
"rhe principles for which stand
before the people are the principles
taught by Jackson, when b. was the
idol, not OF the Democracy alone. but
OF the great common people whom he
had at all times defended"
At Lexington. Mr.. Bryan spoke for
three minutes TO large crowd, but ad-
vanced no new idea.
At Greensboro, i've bands. hundred
eaueStrians and great crowd greeted
Mr.. Bryan. The party dIned there and
| as soon as The meal Was over. Mr.. Bry-
an spoke from an elaborately decorated
stand near Washington street.
After leaving Greensboro, there were
short stops at Burlington and Hills
boro, where Mr.. Bryan spoke very brief
ly to the few hundred people gathered
about the depotS. At Durham, the next
STOP Mr.. Bryan spoke from q platform
ut the depot, to q large crowd.
Raleigh. like the rest through which
| the candidate passed, drew from the
| surrounding country in order to aug
ment the crowds to meet Mr.. Bryan.
Nash's Park was we'll filed with ad-
| mirers OF the nominee. They cheered
him enthusiastically when he appeared
| on the platform. Mr.. Bryan was iRtro-
duced by Fl. w. Aver, nominee for state
Mr.. Bryan said:
"I am informed that the Republican
national committee has sent circulars 10
various religious papers and orsuniza-
| ttons calling attention 10 a danger which
| they say threatens these religious Or
| gan!zatlons if we have the free coinage
| OF silver. | want you to remember
| that the Republican party and the Re-
| publican speakers and the Republican
candidates, most Of all these have de-
nounced the Democrats for trying 10 ar
| ray class against clnss. I want to sly
| to you that the Republican party Is
doing more In this country to array
class against class than my party that
IR,.., tn1 I,,4 l,AT vnt,
| plnuse). The Republican party IL ap-
| puallng to every class or nearly every
| class and attempting 10 array that class
| against others. They appeal to the Ia
boring man and tell him that the gold
! standard gives him higher priced dol
| lar for his wages. without telling him
| that II also makes 1t Impossible for a
| very large number OF men who want
| TO labor to get chance to earn one OF
| those high-priccd dollars. (Applause).
How things have changed In the last
| eighteen hundred years. Look Mt the
| pToiIe who hcnd the gold standard prop
uganda in the United States. Look mt
| the bondhOl1ing class and the money
| changing classes. the brokerage classes
| OF New York. who are trying to fasten n
| gold standard upon the people Of this
country, not openly, but secretly and In
| disguise, and then turn back eighteen
| hundred years when the meek and lowly
| Savior threw the same kind OF people
out OF his temple because they hud
made his house Il den OF thieves (great
applause). and then think that these
people come and appeal TO the ministers
OF the gospel and the church papers to
save them from the wrath to come.
| daughter and applausc).
YOu are making the property not
worth having and everybody Is trying
| TO turn property into money. And while
the gold standard lasts TINT condition
must remain and times must be hard
and hard times means more Idle men
and more Idle men means more destitute
men and more destitute mon means at
least more criminal men and yet the
| gold stnndnrd men appeal to the min
| istry to increase crime. (Grcat np-
| plause and chcering).
| (Thls Is Il striking example OF Mr.
| Bryan's cheap dcmaEogy. For a COM
! plctc answer to the above unwnrrantcd
assertion and n contrast to hiH style of
argument the reader Is referred 10 Ma
| jor McKinlcy's dignliled speech to the
Braddock steel workers, which will be
found elsewhere OIL this pugc.-Intclll-
gcnccr).
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