The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-01
ONE OF MIR. BRYAN's AUDIENCE AT
HARPER's FERRY SUDDENLY
COI.LABSEnr ~n
FOLLOWED BY !. T FATALITIES,
WHILE AT KEYsER TWO DEMO-
Gratis QUARREL ED AND A
MURDER FOLLOWED ~s'e't
DAY SPENT IN wEsf VIRGINIA.
silver Speeches Delivered by the
Boy Orator at Several Points
Along the Line.

GRAFTON, w. Va. Sept. 30-Fatal-
tiles followed Mr.. Bryan today. At
Harpers Ferry an old man pushed into
the thickest Of the crowd, declaring
that he wanted to hear "the boy or
ator." Several brawny fellows lifted
him to their shoulders that he might
see as well as hear. He suddenly col
lapsed, and am 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 a quarrel
and one stabbed the other, INJECTING,
it Is said, a 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 were: 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. T. Lee,
Hon. w. III. Boggs. candidate for state
auditor; Nat w. Fitzgerald, Populist
candidate for governor; Hon. William
Z. Hanlon, ex-state treasurer; Thomas
OBrien 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. G. Bell, C. r. Bride and
James l.. Norris, assistant treasurer Of
the national Democratic committee.
Ihe 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-
per's Ferry burst into view. The town
made historic by John Brown was CAV
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
side Of hill. and from which Mr..
Bryan spoke to the people gathered
In the natural amphitheater below.
Martinsburg Is the home IF Senator
Faulkner, and there Mr.. Bryan spoke
70 an enthusiastic crowd Of West Vir-
g1n1ans. 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
FORMED, they galloped madly by emit
ting the boisterous "rebel YELL" SEN
ator Faulkner introduced Mr.. Rryan
TO an audience which had assembled
on vacant lot, at one end Of which a
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 tonight, but not withstanding
the lateness of the hour, there was a
crowd In waiting, and Mr.. Bryan adj
dressed them briefly.
The ride from Martinsburg to Cum
berland was along the Potomac. with
the Alleghenies towering overhead.
company, headed by band, met Mr..
Bryan at the station and drove him to
PUBLIC square q few blocks away
Where a decorated stand had been
erected An excursion train from
nelghboring towns brought down a
large crowd, who, with the natives,
gave the candidate a big and enthll-
siast1c audienc. Mr.. Bryan said:
| shall not attempt in SO short a time 70
enter an elaborate discussion of the money
aa ;1i remember the first time ever
listed ted Cumberland. It was in the spring
OF 1887 when ! made my first visit to the
eastern states. came over the mountains
ana my recollection Of that trip is very dis
anything to eat until got into Cumberla66
and l don't know that the meat was any
pet peter than meats usually are, but rernem-
per how much I enjoyed that meat. Nv
friends. as come here a second time am
reminded Of the fact that the peonIe here
are hungry to hear discussion Of the politi-
down issues tn ,b .. me tne DAY as was when sat
pouy. nave never known the people to ba
Studying SO deeply and thinking so intentiv
UPON ws1l ts economical questions as today. And
wen tney may study. because this fall Won
as citizens, must express your preference
between the maintenance of the present f,nans
ciai pollcy and the substitution Of bimetallism
as II was known in this country from the
t 10 ma ! beg Of you that you will give
10 this question that consideration which fts
great Importance demands. 40
The public debt of the countrv ,ns+o.S -.
being determined by the wishes ~ The 80.
payers, Is determined by the wishes ~ tha
bond buyers and the members Of the syndi-
Gates have been saving our country a. so
much per save, after having driven fbe gov
eminent into the necessity of issuing bo5d.
we nave two kinds of standard money in
the present financial policy It has den;ed 20
silver the ability to do the work that ougbt
to be done by gold and silver both. Thev
nave. ioaaed upon gold the entire responsi-
D1ity OF furnishing the money of redenntion
II we ask that something be done for silver
they tell us, Is not silver a legal tender
now? and then we say that silver is a legal
tender now and that the government ought to
use 1t as such instead of buying gold. Thev
say: "Oh; 1t is not good enough for The
bondholder or the syndicates" II we have
any difficulty about the present managers of
our finances accepting silver dollars to pay
for services. we can find plenty of men who
save their country and take their payment
entirely In silver dollars (App1ause.)
Sometimes our opponents tell us that orr
silver will not circulate among the peonle.
that It 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 ara
represented for the most part by silver certif,o
Gates which are out doing the work that the
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 $780,.
600 600 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.
silver weighs sixteen times as much as gold