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limited by the space in front Of the
speakers stand and the distance the
nominees voice could be heard. Many
uniformed marching clubs, bands of
music and citizens in carriages and
mounted horses made up a procession,
the equal of which the triple nominee
has not encountered in many long
day.
The train bearing the Bryan party ar
rived at the Twenty-third street station
Of the Ohio River railroad at 1880, and
here it was left and the procession
formed. In front was q platoon Of po-
lice, and following this were members
of the reception committee mounted on
spirited horses. Then came a band
playing Hail to the Chief" The w. j.
Bryan Silver club, dressed in spotless
white, with Capt. George Wisberger at
it's front, came next and acted as an
escort Of honor to the candidate. Then
came the Young Mems Marching club,
and following that organization were
citizens in carriages forming the rest
of the procession. Between roads of
shouting humanity the procession
moved to the fair grounds, distance
of a mile and half. There were cheers
for Bryan every where, but here and
there little knots Of admirers of his
opponent had clustered wearing in
their hats yellow badges on which were
printed the name of their standard
bearers, and as Mr.. Bryan passed the
people cheered the Republican nomi-
nee.
At the grounds stand in front Of
the platform erected for the speaker
was packed, the racing track, eighty
feet wide, was crowded as far as the
candidate could be heard, and the
speakers stand itself was surrounded
with the admirers Of the Democratic
nominee. He was cheertd and applaud
ed literally, and on account of the
vast throng had to speak from three
sides of the stand. Attorney General
Riley introduced Mr.. Bryan, who spoke
in part as follows:
We are engaged in a campaign on
which much depends I haye heard,
since I came into this state that a
prominent member of a corporation
had Boosted that they had $500, 900 to
spend in this single state to prevent
the electoral vote being cast for the
Chicago ticket. (Cries Of "They won't
do IT." and applause.) My friends, in
times Of quiet, in times when people
feel no deep interest, money may pos
sibly be expended In such a way as to
effect the result of an election, but in
times like these, when the people are
in earnest, money cannot change the
result of an election. Great applause.)
AS against a corruption fund, however
much, we place the manhood of the
voters of the United States. Great
applause) If they are allowed to in
timidate the voters then the people in
this country are helpless to secure a
remedy through legislation, because
every time intimidation is successful it
encourages them to try intimidation
again (applause.) Every time corrup-
ton Is successful, it encourages them
to try corruption again, and when they
win by corrupt means they then enact
legislation which secures for them out
of the pockets of the people of the
country vastly more than they expend-
ed in securing the election. (Applause.)
Ordinary questions may be settled
at any time, but we have reached a
crisis In our financial affairs where 1t
becomes necessary for the United
States to take decided stand and
what that stand shall be must be de-
terrnined, not by few financiers, but
by the American people. This money
question Is not a complicated question.
1t requires no extended study to I'M
derstand the principles which underlie
money. It Is so simple that not one
person in all this audience need go
away without a clear understanding
of what the question Is (Applause.)
A dollar Is question Of law and II
you have more dollars than are nee
essary to keep pace with the demand
for money then the dollars will fall in
purchasing power. Great applause)
The Bryan party left Grafton at $3.50
this morning and arrived at Clarks-
burg an hour later. Mr.. Bryan came
near being held at Grafton by a sub
poena until this afternoon. When that
place was reached after il o'clock last
night, the newspaper correspondents
caused the arrest of two alleged pick
pockets who had been following the
train for some weeks, and they asked
for a subpoena to be issued for the
nominees retention, claiming he was
an important witness for the defense.
The proceedings before the magistrate
lasted until 4:30 this morning, and re-
suited In the refusal to issue the SUBJ
poena, and consequently Mr.. Bryan
was not detained.
The trip this morning was continued
in the special car chartered by John T.
McGraw, national committeeman of
this state. Mr.. Bryan spoke at C1arks-
burg at 10 o'clock to few hundred
people from the balcony Of the Traders
hotel. In the crowd were Bryan and
Sewall clubs. A larger crowd listened
to him at the fair grounds, and he was
cheered and applauded enthusiastical-
ly.
The big show Of the days trip was
at Petersburg The streets were
crowded with people for many miles
around. Excursion trains from all the
outlying towns had contributed to
swell the crowds At the grove where
Mr.. Bryan spoke he received an enthu-
siastic reception. He was cheered and
applauded wildly when he was intro
duced: He said in part:
Let me state two or three propositions for
you to consider in the discussion Of the
money question. The value Of a dollar may
be Increased by legislation. If you want
money dear you can make 1t dear by making
It scarce. If you want money to keep pace
with prosperity, II you want an average to be
maintained, you can maintain 1t only by in
creasing the amount Of money as rapidly as
the demand for money increases Suppose a
man has q hundred thousand dollars invested
In four per cent bonds running for thirty
three months Now IL in value the dollar
rises and doubles, 1t means that prices fall
one-half and that thereafter when he re-
as much with the thousand dollars as he
could before. 1t is virtually doubling the In
terest which hs receives It IS virtually
holder has. Are you surprised that such a
man be unable to understand how there is
any suffering in the country?
have so much faith In the better nature
Of some people that believe that many who
are now against bimetallism are against Il
because Of absolute ignorance Of the misery
which their conduct Is causing. (Applause.)
Mr.. Bryan then cited again John G.
Carlisle in relation to the domination
OF corporations, and continued:
My friends, you must not believe what you
see sometimes In the newspapers to the ef-
feet that am about to give up. am not,
II you will let me do this work by degrees