Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-07
THE TRIP FROM LOUISVILLE

indianapolis. Ind, October 6.-Mr.
BRYAN arrived in Louisville shortly al
Ter 7 o'clock on a special train from
Nashville. No stops ware made in the
night run and the candidate managed
10 secure a good nights rsst. He
breakfas.ed at the Louisville Ho,el and
was met by Governor Matthews and the
Indiana reception committee.
At the station a small crowd was gam
erd. but Mr.. Bryan did not show him
self. National Committeeman Wood
son. Of kentucky, accompanied Mr.. Bry-
an on the night trip through Kentucky
and also accompanied him when hs
crossed into Indiana at 1880 O'Clock, ar
irving in Jefferscnville in time TO fill
his first speaking appointm nj.
On the platform in JeffersOnville were
rs little girls dressed in white and one
clio he'd in yellow.
Mr. Bryan spoke as follows:
am informed that your city was laid
out, plated, by Thomas Jefferson. l
am always glad to so in any community
where they have general interest III
The name of Jefferson, because we are
in this campaign attempting to revive
the principles of Jefferson and apply
them TO the solutions Of the questions OF
to-day. We claim our tile to the name
Democrat not only by the fact that Q
large majority of the Democratic party
has endorsed Che principles which we
advocate. bu, for the additional reason
that those principles are in harmony
with the teachings of the father of the
Democratic party, and another reason
why we feel that we are lineal descend
ants Of his in political way is that the
names which they apply to us are very
similar TO the names applied to Jeffer-
son and his followers. They called Jef
fers0n IN anarchist and demagOgue. and
q disUrber of the peace and maniac.
They call Us anarchists and socialists
and diSturbers of the peace and lunatics.
(Applause) You see. the word lunadc
is very similar to the word maniac. If
there IS any difference, 1 suppose it
would be that q maniac was a little
more violent than a lunatic. laugh
teri They called the supporters of JEFF
fersOn q moo. and the followers of Ham
il.on denied that the followers of JET
ferSOn were capable of self-gOvernment.
The people who opposed Jefferson doubt
ed honestly. l have no doubt. whether
the people at large would ever be capa-
be OF exercising the right of ssif-gOy-
eminent. Jefferson had confidence in
The people and they had confidence in
him. (Applause)
Here the attention OF the crowd was
attracted 10 a balloon which was sent up
from the rear of the audience and tn
candidate. noticing it said: 1T rises
about as rapidly as the gold dollar has
been rising. only ii does not go as far"
daughter and app'ausel When Jeffer-
hon opposed the banks Of issue. when he
complaint against putting the issuance
of volume OF paper money in the hands
of private individuals who could then
expand il or contract il at will, he in
Cured the opposition of the banking
element Of his day just as We have in
CURED the opposition of the banking
element of our day. when we oppose the
issue of paper money by national banks.
The national banks want TO retire the
greenbacks and treasury notes, which
now cost the people nothing and sub
sGtute in the place of those notes. bonds
upon which the people will pay interest
and the bankers VIII draw the interest.
| am not surprised they opposed Jeffer-
son. because those enjoying special priv
NCges always oppose he people who at
tempt 70 take those special privileges
away from them. Great app,ause) We
are in a canvass this year which has for
its main object the restoration Of the
gold and silver money Of the cOnStitu-
ton. Our opponents are advocating
honest money. but if they will turn back
10 the Democratic platform Of 1884 they
will find VIVA, the party then declared
10 be honest money. That platform
said: I'VE are in favor Of honest money,
the gold and silver coinage OF the con-
s,tution" (App'auSe)
The difference between those who
advocate so-called honest money to-day
and the Democrats Of 1884, is that the
Democrats then had the courage TO say
what they meant by honest money,
while the new advocates Of the sO-called
honest money never try to tell the peo-
pie what they call honest money. Gap
plause) l have heard that in some Of
the cities of Indiana the employers have
notified their employees that they would