The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

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support to Bryan. free ailvlt q h hi
newly.converted apostle OF tns ney
sdea, Brother Lentz7 (ProlonRnd an
plAusal There IL another direction
Na you ever stop TO study the person
mel OF the convention that nominal,
Mt Bryan? "a voice-'Which conyen
DO not know how many conv.,
sions he has been nominated by. Eirs
ne Was nominated by the DemocratI
convention ut ChIcaRo. Then ~ vrs,
nominated by the Popullstic conyentio,
q p. Louis. Then he was Nominated b,
me SILVER convention at ST. Louis; ami
knen ne was nominated by the Nati5nn
suon, or indorsed, or something
g That sort. But. however Il may be
M Bryan was nominated BY both IN,
QemocrAtlr and Populistic conyentioY,r
Ann tney VIII represent the great mas,
q the rev people who support him X
sna gops. Great cheering and laughter,
Mno were the prominent actors In
tnost conyenuons7 Who were the mer
kneFe representing constituencies and
claiming TO have a new Hght ahoui
hnAncesf Who were the profound cor.
ntitntionnl lawyers and the wise finan.
caers Of these bodies? want TO read
You few OF their names that ! Thought
Or today a. came up here. And / want
to leu you that q propagation, without
nAnins 20 nisparage those people at
Al, tnat comes from them. to affcct me.
Y not going to meet with my approval.
nor with yours, ! think. until We hear
what otner people think about II any
now, tCheertpg,l Well there was GOV
esneE Aitgeid great laughter and cries
OF d1nB MIN. and 'Pitchfori'' Tifl-
man FeneEod lauehter.j And along
with them as the next chief actor Of,
That side or the convention was this
man. who. when last heard from. was
Threatening ITO blow the Iiyers and
lghts out of the Federal troops IL
CLEVELAND should send them Into Texas
as ne bad sent them into Chicago 10
ernor Hogg CONTINUED applause ana
laughterl Altgeid. Tillman and Hoggi
lRenewed applause and laughter.1
ana tnen. when the Popullsts assem-
pleo the chief instrumentalitIcs for good
tnere were Cyclone" Davis from Sui
phnr Springs. Tex. Iong continued
lausnterJ He made at least three
speeches at every session OF the COM
vention. and he was ably seconded nv
stump" Ashley and buffalo" Jones.
and "commonweal" coxey, and last hui
not least. Mary Ellen Lease q,ong
continued applause and lauRhterJ
There you have II. Senator Hill OF New
YORK. Governor Russell of Massachu-
setts, ana men OF that character. men
=. .nas aollity. men OF that record, mon
OF their belief tried in that conyention
TO keep i from making the fatal mis-
axe IL did make. but all In vain The
votes, u not the brains OF that convene
lion, belonged to the Cyclone Dayises
and the Buffalo Joneses and the Mary
Ellen Leases prolonged cheering and
Now. my fellow-citizens. would
rather take the judgment OF John sher-
n
Judgment OF Mary Ellen Lease. (Great
applause and laughter.) would rather.
on q profound constitutional or finnn.
cial question follow the leadership OF
Ben1amln Harrison than that Of pitch
fork" Tillman. Continued laughter and
applause.) would rather trust Cow
ernor Bushnell than Governor Hogg
tcheeringl. no matter how fat he may
be. CONTINUED cheerlng.) And I would
rather follow the leadership OF the gal
lant Governor Mckinley dong contin-
ued cheertnE). with all these great rep
resentatives of sound money, sound
protection. sound patriotism and sound
everything else, supporting people con-
trolling him. More cheering and APP
plause)
Now. my fellow-citlzens. don't YOU
think. Just on the face Of the case, that
the issue ought to be decided In our
favor. Continued applause.) Well, /
think so.
And yet am Eoing to talk with you
about this issue a little bit; not very
long. 1t Is pretty warm here this after
noon. (voices of."Go on.o Well, Will.
You are not done with me yet. am
going to talk with you about that issue
for a little while. Notwithstanding what
has been so well said by Senator sher-
man. want to talk to you about II in
the first place to tina end that we may
understand just what that issue ia; and
! am little bit particular about that
because read, day or two ago-and
It took me day or two to do 1.-THE
speech made by "the boy orator Of the
Platte when he was notified in New
York. 1t occupied eight columns in the
Cincinnati Enquirer, close print. read
every word OF 1t. and when l got done
with II / thought knew why he was
called the boy orator OF the Platte
Geography tells us that the platte"
Is a very peculiar river. They say 1t is
a thousand miles long and only six
inches deep. QLong continued laughter
and cheering.l
As I closed the reading Of It. had
another thought about him. said,
out loud, MIR. Bryan made himself by
one speech, and now he has unmade
himself by one speech" (Applause.)
No man will ever be made president
d tne llNlteu 5thteh upon Inat speech.
(Renewed applausel
What Is the nature of this case? There
Is a great effort being made to create
the impression that the Republican par
ty has changed Its pasitlon In regard to
this matter. That Is not true. The Re-
publican party has not changed.
tCheering.) 1t Is more explicit In Its
declarations this year than ever before,
because the circumstances were such as
n n m la tt.,,.
but the Republican party has declared
ihis year for identically the same things
Il declared for in 1892. know: l was
there: helped to make both platforms
tApplause.) Senator Teller was there
TOO. both times. He came, in 1882. before
he committee on resolutions, demand
ing that We insert In our platform q
declaration for free silver. We said
No." We said, THE Republican party
believes in bimetalllsm, in the sense
that both gold and silver shall be uset
As standard money, and In favor of ar
International monetary conference 4
bring that about, but the Republican
party does not believe in single silver
standard m0nOmetallism, and we ara
therefore, against your free silver prop
ssltlon." applause. We refused to givi
10 get 1t when he asked for 1t, and h,
was not surprised when we refused 1t
know he was not, because he told m,
ae was not.
Four years passed. was again OF
that committee. So was he. We as
sembled to prepare q plank upon tn,
financial, as upon every other question
mand for free silver. We answered hin
10 1896 MS we had answered him II
1882, hut Senator Teller said, "Unles
YOU give me what l ask, free silver,