Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-26

rived mere at ten thirty. Along the way
people from the boarding and farm
houses presented Mrs. Bryan with
flowers.
Hudson, n. Y, August 25.-One Of
the most interesting episodes Of the New
York tour was crowded into brief half
hour az Kingston. From The special
train the Bryan party Was hurried into
! carriages awaiting them at the depot
and with accessories Of cannon and
brass bands clamoring q welcome salute,
were escorted through the streets, past
factories, whose windows framed the
faces Of workingmen and girls, to the
city hall. Not less than 5000 people
were packed upon the green, many Of
them workingmen. Mr.. Bryan spoke to
them from the steps of The hall where
/ he stood under the feStooned flags He
was introduced by Mr.. Cummings,
and the speech which he delivered
inspired cheers after every striking
point.
Mr.. Bryan said:
! Ladies and Gentlemen:-I regret very
much that the time is so limited that l
! can speak but a moment. | cannot do
/ much more than 10 greet you to-day
| and ask you to make yourselves familiar
| with the issues of the campaign. You
/ have been kind enough to present us
/ with a bouquet, and on the card It is
stated that the flowers are from The
wOrk.ngmen. am glad to see this rec
Ognition from the wOrkingmsn. Great
| applause)
When I want to speak to working
men I do not 90 to their employers and
| ask them TO deliver the votes of those
who work for them (Applause)
/ have known employ rs in the West who
/ have tried to force object lessons on
! tAeir emplooes. and have used the Mexi-
! can dollar as an argument. Whenever
/ an employer tres TO tell you how to
vote. tell him that the Declaration OF
| Independence says that
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL
before the law, and that you are his
/ equal before the law and your vote can
not be bart5red away. Great applause
and cries of Hanna! Hanna!O We
have had object lessons. We have had
| those who insisted that a financial pol
lev could not be adopted and carried
our in this country without the help OF
foreign nations.
NV friends. I have this proposition 10
make. over seventy millions OF people
are able to have a financial policy OF
their own. and do not have to hire syn
r]icstes Of foreign or domestic capitalists
-o run orr government. Great ap-
plause)
They tell us when we speak OF the
silver question that the free and un-
limited coinage of silver is dangerous
4binq We tell them that we have SUI
fered for twenty years from their polcY
and # does not take a very great policy
to be better than theirs. Great APP
n'ause) More than that, we give them
this evidence Of sincerity. We tell them
wbat we want and how we are going to
get H. but they dare not tell the Amer
can people what they expect to DO II
! they are entrusted with power do they
ten YOU that a gold standard is a good
thing9 No. Because seventy millions
/ here and the struggling masses through
! ont the world would rise and denounce
the statement that The gold standard
over belped anybody except the money
owners and money changers. Cap
p'ausel They say bimetallIsm is Q
good thing if We could only get IT, More
/ fban one hundred years ago there were
. few re0ple who said that independ-
enc vss a good thing if we could only
bove If INIT there were enough who not
only. said II vas a good thing. but that
THEY COULD HAVE IT.
ard they gave 70 this people an .nde-
Dendent form of government (Great ap-
nlause and cheers. And there are to-
dav If 7 mistake not. q vast majority
/ of the American people who are readY
IN say not only that bimetalhsm is a
good thing. but that no good thing s
100 good for the American people;
/ Great applause) that the American
DooDIe are able to have what they
think is best for the people of this
country without waiting for the a.d or
consent of any other nation on earth.
/ CGreat applause0 l have not time 10
fax to Won now. but have time to give
two nupstiOns which I would ask You
IN ask YOUR opponents. l have gwen
rhem before and l shall give them again.
The. are questions which you can put
IN vour opponents and drive them lfom
the field The first is:
"Tf tbe gold standard IS good thing
why does the Republican party pledge
itss,f 70 get rid of the gold standard?'
! (Creat Applause0 If bimetai.ism Is a
| thing 10 be desired, who shall say mat
tba American people shall be denied It's
benefts until foreign nations shall con-
fer +bose benefits on the American peo-
ple9 (Applause) .,
THANK YOU for your kind attention
Nnnlause and long cheering)
After The speech the party made a
dash m catch the Albany train and were
fo~ie5 across the Hudson on tug boat
- rbe Rbineclife station. landing just
es the train pulled in. The Hudson de-
- no. w v.es surrounded by 500 or 1000 peo-
pIe who came about the car with IA
miliar yells.
,,cloct and was driven 10 Senator HlPs
bonse through a great crowd which
surrounded the carriages at the depot.
Albany y. Y, August 25.-The sec
| o,5 dev of VIM. J. Bryan's trip west
U.or5 from the seclusion OF Red Hook
Was an eveutful one. crowded with va
| ~ of incidents Of travel. including a
! picturesque reception az summer ho-
| tel a stirring speech 10 q crowd OF work