The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-13

prices OF the products the farmer has
raised. so that they will not bring him
enough to pay him for raising them.
There was Il report filed by Mr.. McKin-
ley In 1880, along with the Mckinley
bill and that report declared that there
was great industrial depression, and
that while there was depression in agri-
culture there could be no prosperity any
where. 1t was true then and 1t Is true
to-day, that while there Is depression
In agricultural products, there can be
no prosperity anywhere. You must
commence at the bottom and work up
through the other classes.
You cannot commence your prosper
ity at the top and expect 1t to work down
through all the classes of society. Gap
plause) You gentlemen, who live In
this city, surrounded by an agricultural
country. know that there is no way of
bringing prosperity to Kansas City un-
I'll you first bring prosperity to the toll
erS upon whose success Kansas City
rests. tApplause) II does not require
iinanciers, 1t does not require n railroad
attorney TO tell you where prosperity
lies. great applause); nor can these
men prevent you from exercising the
right or sovereignty as you please. Gap
plause; n volce-"rhey are trying to do
It,"
My friends. I.met railroad man yes
terday who told me that while he did
not agree with me on the silver question,
an issue had been raised greater than
thc suNtT question ana tnat was Wnetn-
er he lived In IL republic where man
had The right to vote as he pleased, or
whether he is the property of somebody
else. TO be used as somebody else plcases.
Wheers) a voice-"Mssouri gives you
one-hundrcd thousand majority you
down for sixty-thous and" Another
voce--"And Kansas rs all r.ght.")
MIR. Bryan: THAT sounds very much
Ike one of those. meetings, where they
tnl- ,..I1.. t,,.
about the results Of an election, the peo-
pie from the various states vie with
each other TO see who can make It the
nearest to unanimity. My friends there
Is one characteristic about this cam
,)tseksc-zgiatnos ndEcistc rich lchadG
paign that is the intense earnestness OF
the people Sometimes In "A campaign.
you IND men lukewarm, people who 10
not know whether they are going to the
polls or not, and sometimes YOU npd /.
unnecessary to get carriages 10 take the
people to the polls. Unless all signs fail,
the people are going to be at the polls
before the booths open and stay there
until they close and there wont be n man
who can get to the polls but who will
be sure TO be there. This means that
the people are taking the interest in
The election that the people ought al
ways take. They are beginn!g &c under
stand the alue of the ballot as the means
by which they can redress their wrongs.
~ lldl Is going 10
be made more nearly what government
ought to he and that Is IL government
which Will protect the humblest citizen
In the land in his right to work, to enjoy
the fruits OF his toll" (Great applause
and checrinE0
Considerable enthusiasm over the
Democratic candidate was shown by a
fair sized crowd at Norborne, when Mr.
BrNanS train reached there. The
throng at Carroll. where stop <sf five
minutes was made, numbered 4 900, and
the candidate was loudly cheered as he
ascended n temporary platform, erected
close to the train and made q few re-
marks
The people crowded around the Bry-
an special and shook hands with the
candidate at Wakenda and at Dewitt.
where the members of a club led the
cheering
a thousand people at Brunswick
swarmed around Mr.. Bryan when his
train stopped nj that place. and shouted
wildly until he began to talk. His
speech was very brief
brass band augmented the shouts of
the crowd at Dalton. Keylesville turn
ed out large number OF people. TO
reach the rear platform of the train.
where Mr.. Bryan stood, most OF the
crowd were obliged to go .throueh
wide puddle of mud, and the helter-
skeltcr race of men, women, boys and
girls into it's sogginess was intensely
iudicrous. The crowd was of good size
but the train drew quickly away. and
Mr.. Bryan did not make q speech.