The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-01


marked by rugged grandeur. local COM
nsittee, headed by band, met Mr. Bryan
at the station and drove him TO public
square a few blocks away, where decor
ated stand had been erected An excursion
train from neighboring towns broughs
down large crowd who. with the natives.
gave the candidate an enthusiastic audi
ence. Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Il shall not attempt in go short time
money question. / remember the first time
I ever visited Cumberland. 1t was In the
to the Eastern States. / came over the
mountain and my recollection OF that trip
Is very distinct The tram was aals an ana -
Cumberland / don't know that the meal
was any better than meals usually are
meal Ny friends as / come here a second
time / am remined of the fact that 5ne
cussion of the political issues Of the day
as / when / sat down TO the tapie,
hungry for food for my BODY | nave never
known the people to be so anxious TO learn
about a political question as they are TINS
year. I have never known the people 10 De
tentiy upon economical question as they
studying and thinking to-day; ana wen
citizens, must express your preference be-
tween the maintenance or the preseiE1
financial policy and the substitution ,1f l,,o OF
bimetalism it was known in this coun-
try from the foundation of our govern
rnent down TO 1873. Well may you recog-
nize your responsibilities in this flght; pc
cause on the electoral vote of single
State may depend the election or Tres
i 10 pen lhn NAV vot DEPEND the action Of
Congress, and upon the vote OF a Single
citizen may depend the election or Ion
gresham or the vote or the elecloid och-
ct of q State
Sometimes our opponents will tell US
that our silver will not circulate among
the people that it is stacked up in the
vaults at Washington, and that shows the
people do not like silver My Irlenus, Lue
silver dollars that are piled up IN the vaults
at Washington are represented tor the
most part by silver certificates, whleh are
out doing the work that the silver dollars
would be but for the certificates. They
talk about us being burdened with the care
Of this silver Ny friends, we have nad as as
in the vaults at Washington, with goid
certificates cut doing the same work that
applause) The issue of silver certificates
takes away the argument that is advanced
against the weight of the silver dollar, 1t
is true that, dollar for dollar, silver weighs
sixteen times as much as gold, and that
people do not want to carry a large amount
of money about with them in silver, but it
is also true that the people do not want
TO carry around large amount or gold
with them either. They prefer to carry the
gold or silver in their pockets. (Appiause)
But if you want TO find out which people
that question ito to any crowd and see how low
many of them have silver rather than now
many had gold.
After Cumberland the next stop was at
Keyser, a village in the very bosom or the
Alleghenies on little plot OF ground which
does duty for the local fair grounds. Mr..
Bryan spoke from a gaily decorated plat
form. On all sides of him the mountains
lowered and the scene was grandly- pic
tureSQue. Ex-United States Senator Henry
G. Davis introduced Mr.. Bryan with neat
little speech
Mr.. Bryan eulogzed ex-senator Davis at
some length. and concluded by saying:
My friends. the policies for which / stand
are not menace to the people of this
country. whether they be rich or poor A
policy that guarantees exact justice to
plause.) A policy which guarantees equal
ity before the law ought to be acceptable,
and is acceptable to every man. no matter
how high his station. no matter how great
his wealth, If that man believes in the
principles set forth in the declaration of
An erican in dependence
From Keyser to Grafton progress was
very slow in consequence of the effect of
last nights storms on the roads. Fatalities
followed Mr.. Bryan to-day. AT Harpers
Ferry old man pushed into the thick of
the crowd declar- ng that he wanted to hear
the Boy Orator.. several brawny fellows
see Well hear. He suddenly collapsed
and an examination showed that he was
dead. Heart disease, suDerinduced by the
excitement. was the cause. The second
fore the party left Keyser. Two Demo-
Gratis. one of West Virginia and one from
Maryland. while drunk, became involved in
a Quarrel. and one stabbed the other in
fiCting, it is said. fatal wound. The mat
ter was hushed w, and no further details
could be obtained.
Grafton waG not reached until 1885
o'clock tonight, but Notwithstanding the
waiting. and Mr.. Bryan addressed the peo-
pie briefly.