The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-01
He Repeats the Statements He Has
Made Every Day since He started
on His Trip East.
TWO UNEXPECTED INCIDENTS
ONE PERSON DROPS DEAD AND An
OTHER IS MURDERED.
Denomination at MartinsburG. the
Home of Senator FauliSner-Bnnd
of Noisy HorsemcD.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GRAFTON, w. Va. Sept. CIV. J. Bry-
an. the nominee of the Popocrats for Pres
ident, spent a busy day in West Virginia
and Maryland. speaking at Harper's Fer
ry, Martinsburg. Hancock. Cumberland.
Keyser and this city Tonight. He arrived
at Washington from New York this morn
ing and was met by a reception commit
tee composed of prominent West Virginia
Popocrats. The train left Washington for
Harper's Ferry, where the first speech was
to be made nearly. an hour late. Accom-
panying Mr. Bryan were the reception COM
mittee Senator Butler, chairman of the
Populist national committee, and that dis
tinguished patriot, Henry G.. Bell, who is
drawing a salary Deputy Commissioners
CT Pensions under the Cleveland admins
tration. Mr. Bell is an officious partisan
of the first rank and is anxious to be dis
missed from office, so he may pose as Il
martyr to the csuse of silver, but his wish
is not likely to be gratified
When the train reached Harper's Ferry.
of John Brown fame, Mr.. Bryan was es-
corted to a platform erected on the side of
the hill, and there he delivered one of his
oft-repeated speeches on the financial
question and closed as follows:
my friends some of the financiers down
East doubt the ability of the people TO
attend to their own business. but when |
find d financier who distrusts the American
people generally find f1nancier who VS.
its Europe oftener than he visits the coun-
try that lies west of New York. We have
many of these advocates of the gold stand
ard who are far better acquainted with
foreigners than they with their own
people and If they insist on putting their
trust in those who live abroad | console
myself with the thought that great
many people-yes, vast majority-are bet
ter acquainted with the resources OF this
country than these fellow financiers, and
this great majority, instead of toadying to
trust their all on this Republic and rise or
fall with it," (Applause.)
A voice: How about the ifty-three-cent
dollars?"
cent dollars? Well. now my friends,
have known people who have been with
out dollars long that fifty-three-cent
dollar would be Godsend to them.
daughter and applause.) But, my friends,
they did not call the silver dollar q fifty
three-cent dollar when silver was treated
like gold. Prior to 1873 the silver dollar was
a dollar-and-t hree-cent dollar, measured by
gold. They told us that they wanted to get
rid Of the silver dollar because it was too
1t back because it is not good enough
Applause.) They told US that they wanted
to demonetiZe it because it went abroad
and now they afraid to remOnetize it
for fear it will come back (Appiause)
When our minis were open to the free
coinage of gold and silver on equal terms
we did not have any trouble about silver
being cheap dollar: and when we open
ing with gold there will be nobody to COM
plain OF hfty-three-cent dollars, because
silver dollar will be worth as much as a
gold dollar here and anywhere in the
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