The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-02
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Bryan Talks to the People and Is
Enthusiastically Received
THE MEANING OF Is TO
He Reminds the Folks That II Is
an Expensive Luxury to Go to
the Candidates home. So
He Does the Travelling.


Bryan party left Grafton at $50 this
morning, arriving here an hour later.
At Grafton, which was reached at IL
o'clock last night. newspaper cores
pondents caused the arrest OF two al
legged pickpockets who have been fol-
lowing the train for some weeks. The
prisoners asked that a subpoena be is
sued for Bryan. claiming that he was
an important witness for the defense.
The proceedings before the magis-
resulted In a refusal to issue the sub
poens,, consequently Bryan was not
detained.
The trip to-day was continued in the
| special car chartered by j. b. Nc
Graw, national committeeman for this
l state. Bryan spoke here at 10 o'clock
to a few hundred people from the bal
cony of the Traders hotel. A large
| crowd listened to him later at the fair
| grounds, cheering enthusiastically. He
left for Parkersburg at 1880.
From the hotel balcony at Clarks-
burg Mr.. Bryan said: Ladies and
Gentlemen: i am not going to make
a speech here because I have an APP
| pointment at the fair grounds and we
must hasten out in order TO catch the
| next train. We are running on time
| and trying to accomplish as much as
| possible, because, owing to the fact
that we have not a great many daily
papers with us, We have to do more
In the way of public meetings. and
then, as the people are not In good
| financial condition. 1t Is not easy for
them to come all the way to Nebraska
| In special cars to call on me. AS they
/ ohIa 10 nttt tbara I o m,
| reversing the process and coming to
| see the people.
"As I go about from place to place
| find a great variety In the manner
| of receptions arranged. and to-day I
| find something new here. / believe
| this Is the first place where they have
| brought the 16 to into use In ar
| ranging their horses for a procession.
| This 16 to l idea has been set forth
| In the arrangements so that We have
16 white horses and one yellow horse.
| But what pleased me more was that
| the number of gold standard advo-
i Gates seemed to be so small in this
| community that they had to get sill
| yer man to act for the one gold man
| in the crowd. Now 16 to has come to
be well understood. 1t used to be that
the people did not know what 1t
| meant. and they would ask II II meant
that the government would coin 16 sill
| yer dollars for every dollar 1t coined
| in gold Others wanted to know
| whether ii meant that the government
i would redeem every gold dollar with
| 1e silver dollars and SO the gold STAN
dard people thought that 1t meant
that the government would give l6
| dollars to every one person. laugh
teri. Well, 1t did not mean any OF
these. Somebody thought 1t meant
| that II would be about 16 to l as easy
| to get a dollar under free coinage as
II is now. There Is some truth in that.
Then there are some who say that 1t
| means that every free silver man shall
| try to get 16 others to vote with him
| this fall. But I don't care how you
define 1t. as long as you understand
| that under free and unlimited coinage
| of silver at 16 to 1, 16 ounces of silver
shall equal one ounce of gold In the
/ payment of debt. so that anybody that
/ wants money can get gold or silver
and have the bullion converted into
coin and use that coin. We want. as
the boy said, free silver and more Of
It,"
| At the fair grounds Mr.. Bryan was
introduced by Congressman ]. w. AL
II OeTSOn anu SpOht dS IollpWo. WI.
/ Chairman, fellow citizens and ladies':
! desire to express my thanks to
those who have so kindly presented
me with this gavel, made from the
wood of the house In which Stonewall
Jackson was born. We are far enough
removed from that war between two
sections of this country to give to the
general on the south side the credit of
| great military genius which was de-
nied In the bitterness OF the strife. /
/ can rejoice that the valor shown on
| that side gives a guarantee that In
any struggle OF the future the North
and South shall stand side by side,
prepared to drive back any invader
or to guard and care for the interests
of the greatest country on earth.
shall be glad to place this among
other mementoes which have receiv-
ed as | have from section to section
and thank again those who have been
kind enough to thus remember me.
1T gives me pleasure to talk to the
people of West Virginia. | am here,
my friends, to present the issue which
is paramount in this campaign. l am
here to impress upon your minds the
Importance of your responsibility as
citizens this year. Every hour Is of
1
hours into which are crowded great
results. There are moments which
turn the destinies of nations. and
when the people go to the polls this
fall and deposit their ballots they
ought to go realizing that upon the
result Of this election much depends,
| much for veal or woe, much for good
or Ill; and, my friends. as the election
| may turn upon the electoral vote OF
one state as the electoral vote of a
state may turn upon the vote Of one
citizen. no one can afford to trifie with
citizenship this year. II has rejoiced
to see that all over this country peo-
pie were taking an interest in this
campaign. Some times In campaigns
We find the people lukewarm. but in
this campaign We have no lukewarm
people. They are all for US or against
us.