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

| me say one word TO the farmers who
may be here represented. A. said
awhile ago they have been having a
pretty hard time OF Il. I was brought
up On a farm. know something about
that buHIpess. II has resulted 10 my
keeping In pretty close touch with the
farmers OF this country: keeping pref
~ familiar with their situation, and
know with what dreadful results and
experiences Of the last three years have
fallen upon them. Mr.. Bryan ana those
wh0nnk you to vote In his support are
going about oyer the country 10 tell
you that the trouble to the farmers is
becSnse silver has been demonetized. Let
me aay TO you. my Agricultural friends,
thatthe trouble with the farmers Is be-
cauAe their markets have been demone-
tied Great appinuse;l You did not
have any trouble In 1899 and before
that did your Renswed applause and
crie4 Of Not a btu Everybody went
TO work. We had a home market that
conpfngd e5 per cent Of all that we
could raise. In an evil hour the Ameri-
can people were inisled. They put the
Denecratic party into power pledged
toa fee-trade policy. They were afraid
after they got into power 70 give II to
us IN MI ite fullness. but they did give
US i1iieu OF the Mckinley tariff what Is
called the Wilson German tariff, and
that y 4 nionetroaity. ] might talk
about II In many rRsDects. but let me
tel you IN word what II has done for
the fnFmors Of this country.
The Wilson, German law not only
| save pt iQHer duties on all imports. ag-
ricuiHir1i ~ well as otherwise, but 1t
Also nt4tfQytd all our reciprocity treat
/ ler plner hteh We were rapidly In
| crea1,nE our foreign trade, when Mr..
gs,e,saiAn9 came IN. What Is the result
| oI r a. Take last year and compare II
WITH t,e year before and you viii fnd
ypAs w sold abroad of agricultural
prouIrt1 IN round numbers $3.50, 000. 900
less tphn under the last year Of the Nc
hlnley Jaw. Continued cheering.) And
iast year under the Wilson, German
Dill round numbers there were i'm
por.ea INTO this country 70 be sold here
IN compeuuop With our farmers. agri-
CULTURAL products amounting In the ag-
sregste TO more than sesoO0. 900 In
fouhd numbers. as a result Of this ex-
nerihiept OF Democratic admlnistra-
tion' tpe farmers have been made to
feel ne folly Of free trade to the ex-
tent q $3.50 900 In the markets for
thcir prouucts. more applause.) That
is not all. That Is what II cost us
abroad. Who can tell what 1t has cost
us a, home? Ninety-fiye per cent OF our
market Ninety-five per cent of our
markets were at home, bat our own peo-
pie are out Of work largely. and our
own i,eople, who are at work, are COM
manding lower wages. There are less
people TO buy. The farmer feels IT. A
man cannot buy much oats or feel his
oats much. who hasn't anything at all
In his pockets. daughter and cheer
ing.) And 30 1t is that with our market
curtniled In our foreign trade to the ex-
tent u $260, 900, 900 and our markets at
home ctrtailed to the extent of far more
than that, and nobody can tell how
N.,s t..k 4. Al.
What does the farmer want? Does he
want Q cheap dollar? No; God knows
what the farmer wants. tGreat ap-
plausel 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.l 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.)
Howa 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 Platter would ever get down to
such plain businesslike matter as tar
IN on wool and other things the farmer
Is interested In? Cheering and laugh
teri There Is not much latitude for
oratory and rhetoric there. tRenewed
lauEhter.l
What you want TO do my fellow-citl-
gems, who are engaged In agricultural
pursuits Ii to remember that through
all thegyears OF the present generation
you have never trusted Republican pol
icies In vain. Continued cheering) No
matter whether the questions pertalned
to the preservation OF the Union and
the constitution: to human liberty; to
equality Of right as to suffrage or
whether they have related to our econ-
omic conditions, the Republican party
the prosperity and glory you have en-
joyed in consequence are greater and
grander than any language can de-
scribe. iGreat applause.l
Now il is too hot to talk to you any
longer. (Great appiause) tell you my
fellow citizens, this thing OF entrusting
our national affairs to a political party
for four years Is something that is very
serious. (Applause and voice, I'VE see
it now.) We did not see It before. did
we? That u true,
That reminds me that a few years ago
when the Republican party had been In
power for IS 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 constl-
tuition and eiecting presidents of the
United states for eight years. No one
| proposing that now, II there? tGreat
laughter and cheering.) We now appre-
clate tia wisdom of the fathers in limit
Ing the executive term to four years.
CRs newsd laughter and applause) 1t
Is n serious matter, as we have learned.
1t requires great ability to administer
TIE AFFAIRS of a nation OF 7o,0o0,00o. Do
You think this Populistic end of the
Democratic party is capable to do 1t:
Wr-at laughter and applause) They
failed 10 do It. the Democrats did. when
lliey had the advantage OF all the brains
and ABILITY and patriotism that have
iiuv deserted them to vote for MoKin.
Icy
take Il, there Is not man here who
would entrust that branch of the Dem
ocratie Marty with the administration Of
our aIrs of government without at
least distrust; and think ! am able to
say. Without successful contradiction.
that there Is not q man here, Democrat
or Raniblican, who would have the
slightest concern but that everything
national would be administered patriot
icaily and TO our satisfaction II Will
liam Mckinley should be called to the
whitehoise. fLong-continued app
plausel Then II you have distrust
about one and do not have distrust
about tie other, why make me suffer
In the iesh by standing here any
longer? (Iaughter and anplause,)
Ey-Governpr Mckinley represents In
his life IN his record, In his ambitions,
all thai s best and greatest and grand
est in american history for the last 10
years. Prolonged cheeriug) A SOL
dier, Il oIngressnan, governor, What
great nan he win be four years from
now V IN he has been president OF the