The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-01
ONE OF MIR. BRYAN's AUDIENCE AT
HARPER's FERRY SUDDENLY
COILAfsEb.
FOLLOWED By. FATALITIES.
WHILE AT KEYsER TWO DEMO-
Gratis QUARREL ED AND. A. X.
MURDER FOLLOWED.
DAY SPENT IN WEST VIRGINIA
silver Speeches Delivered by the
Boy Orator Mt Several Points
Along the Line.

GRAFTON, W. Va. Sept. 3o.-Fatal-
tiles followed Mr.. Bryan today. At
Harper's Ferry an old man pushed into
the thickest of the crowd, declaring
that he wanted to hear "tha boy or
ator." Several brawny fellows lifted
him to their shoulders that he might
see as well as hear. He suddenly col
lapsed, and an examination showed
that he was dead. Heart disease, SUI
cause.
The second case was murder. and it
occurred just before the party left Key
ser. Two Democrats, one from West
Virginia and one from Maryland. while
drunk, became involved in quarrel
and one stabbed the other, INJECTING,
1t Is said, fatal wound The matter
was hushed up and no further details
could be obtained.
On board the special train carrying
the Bryan party from Washington this
morning We're: National Committee
man T. M. Graw, who has charge of
the train; Andrew w. Edmonston.
chairman of the state committee:
William E.. Chiffon, secretary of state,
Attorney General Riley; ex-Congress-
man d. Anderson, Judge Samuel Woods,
Col. j. N. B. Grim, Judge w. 7. Lee,
Hon. W. H. Boggs, candidate for state
auditor; Nat w. Fitzgerald, Populist
candidate for governor; Hon William
Z. Hanlon, ex-stater treasurer; Thomas
O'Brien and j. w. Gallagher, all Of
West Virginia; ex-Congressman Turn
er, of New York; Senator Marion But
Ter, chairman Of the Populist national
committee; H. c. Bell, C. T. Bride and
James l.. Norris, assistant treasurer Of
the national Democratic committee
The first stop was at Washington juno
ton, and few people shook the hands
of the candidate. The train was an
hour behind the scheduled time when
1T pulled out of the tunnel and Har-
perS Ferry burst into view The town
made historic by John Brown was gay
ly decorated with flags and bunting.
A great banner bearing the picture Of
the Democratic nominee was suspend
ed over the platform built upon the
sac or hill, and from which Mr.
Bryan spoke to the people gathered
In the natural amphitheater below.
Martinsburg is the home of Senator
Faulkner, and there Mr.. Bryan spoke
to an enthusiastic crowd Of West Vir-
ginians. 1t was a typical Southern
greeting, the reception at Martinsburg.
Here again the cavalcade of Southern
horsemen lined up. Each rider tried
to-out yell his neighbor, and when the
line OF march Of the procession was
formed, they galloped madly by emit
ting the boisterous ''rebel YELL" Sen
ator Faulkner introduced Mr.. Bryan
to an audience which had assembled
on vacant lot. at one end Of which
platform, gay with flags and bunting.
had been erected. The crowd was en-
thusiaStic and cheered the candidate
from the beginning Of his speech until
the last sentence.
Grafton was not reached until 1880
O'CLOCK fnniOhf hIyf ~ ~r-:+
the lateness Of the hour, there was
crowd In waiting, and Mr. BRYAN adj
dressed them briefly.
The ride from Martinsburg to Cum
berland was along the Potomac, with
the Alleghenfes towering overhead A
company, headed by a band, met Mr.
Bryan at the station and drove him to
d PUBIC square few blocks away
where decorated stand had been
erected An excursion train from
nelghborfng towns brought down a
large crowd, who, with the natives
gave the candidate big and enthu-
slastie audsenc. Mr.. Bryan said.
1 shall not attempt in SO short a time to
enteT an elaborate discussion of the money
question; | remember the first time I ever
OF 1851 when / made my first visit to the
eastern states / came over the mountains
ana my recollection Of that trip is very dis
tinct The train was late and I did not get
anything to eat until got into Cumberland
and / don't know that the meat was on,
pe tnan meats usually are. but remem-
per now much enjoyed that meat NV
Lrlenos, as | come here a second time am
reminded Of the fact that the pennIa hare
are hungry to hear a discussion of the politi-
cal issues OF the day as l. was when I sat
down to the table hungry for food for nv
nody l have never known the people to he
S1aIyins SO deeply and thinking 50 intentiy
wen they may study, because this fail Won
h as cleizens, must express your preference
o o", the maintenance of the present f1nan-
clal policy and the substitution of bimetaIlsm
as II was known in this country from the
.oundation. beg Of you that you will give
great Importance demands ~ 'S
Inc puollc debt of the country instead Of
oelng determined by the wishes of fine TOW
bayerS SIS, is determined by the wishes of the
Dono buyers and the members of the syndi
Gates have been saving our country 1T so
nucn per save, after having driven fhe gov
We WELL hex iht % ohe necessity of issuing bonds
=. we nave TWO kinds Of standard money in
TINS country, gold and silver and vet under
the present financial policy 1t has denied To
70 snis ba tne aDlnty to do the work that ought
70 De done by gold and silver both They
have loaded upon gold the entire resnonsi.
pity OF furnishing the money of redemnfioa
~ ~ we ask tnat something be done for silver
tney tell US, Is not silver a legal tender
now?" and then we say that silver Il . 'e 1sasT
tender now and that the government ought tn
use use II as as SUCH instead Of buying gold They
bondholder or the syndicates' II we have
any difficulty about the present managers of
our finances accepting silver dollars To nav
for services. we can find plenty of men who
save their country and take their payment
entirely in silver dollars. Applause.l
Sometimes our opponents tell us that our
silver will not circulate among the peonIe.
that 1t is stacked up in the vaults at Wash.
ington, and that shows the people do NOT like
silver. My friends, the silver dollars that
are piled up in the vaults at Washington are
represented for the most part by silver cerfif,
Gates which are out doing the work that fha
silver dollars would do but for the certificates
They talk about US being burdened with the
care of this silver
My friends, we have had as high as s150-
DOC. GOO of gold dollars piled up in the vaults
at Washington. with gold certificates out do
Ing the same work that silver certificates are
doing now. 1t Is true that, dollar for dollor.