The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-18
BRYAN ON RABBITS FEET
THAT IS, HE SPEAKS CONCERNING
 TIRE LUCKY CHARM.


 Rabbits Foot Votes for Him He Will
 Certainly be Elected-Candidate Cam
 paigning in the Pine Hills of North
 Carolina-Talks About Silver and the
 Masses--What He Says in One Place He
 Says in Another-His Song, Pitched in a
 Minor Key, is Ever the Same.
 Greensboro, N. C., Sept 17-The Bry- an special reached Concord at 1O:S5 a. m. and MT Bryan spoke to thousand people who were hearty in their ap- plause. Mir. Bryan said:
 People say they do not want fifty cert dollars and appeal to the sense of justice trying to show a silver dollar is a fifty cent dollar. They value silver by the bullion which cannot get to the mint and assume it will be only worth fifty cents under free coinage. Under free coinage a new demand is created. If the hints are opened so every man with an ounce of silver can convert 1t into money there would be no surplus to drag down the price. Can the Uni ted States take all the silver offered? If so we can maintain the parity The only way to know absolutely is to try, but we are encouraged to try. Not an ounce has come here without rising three cents.
 "The silver of England is worth more at home and 1t would hurt England more than us, because there are mcr" people there that use silver than ever see piece of gold. China, Japan, and India must have their supply, and we would take only what Is left If we can take 1t all we will fix the price at dollar and twentytine cents and we would raise the price of things which come In competition with the products of other countries. thereby restoring prosperity to the farmers who could then purchase at the stores and make a demand for the product of factories. If you destroy the facilities of the pro- ducers to sell you destroy the factories, no matter what they talk about open- ing the mills" (Cheering).
 At Salisbury, reached at 11:15 a. m., MT Bryan was introduced to 4000 peo- pie by Theodore F. Klutz, chairman of the North Carolina delegation to Chi cago, who seconded Mir Bryan's nomf- nation. Considerable enthusiasm mark ed the candidates speech and the cheers grew in intensity as he proceed ed Just as MT. Bryan was boarding his train he was presented amid much cheering with the foot of a rabbit killed at midnight in a churchgard Just as the train moved off the candidate call ed out:
 '1f the people who have given me rabbits feet in this campaign will vote for me there is no possible doubt of my election"
 In his Salisbury speech MT. Bryan in part said:
 T am informed that Andrew Jackson was a law student in this city and I am glad to tread the soil made sacred by the hero of New Orleans. The prin- ciples for which I stand before the people are the principles taught by Jackson when he was the idol not of democracy alone, but of the great conl- mon people, whom he at all times de- tended. (Applause.)
 "AlI the money influence of the coun- try were combined for his overthrow just as they have to-day combined to perpetuate a government of syndicates, by syndicates and for syndfcates.. The masses are too busy trying to make a living and bearing the burdens Imposed on them to crowd around legislative hall and spend a large amount to se- cure legislation which will enable them to get larger amount out of the peo- pie.
 If the government. will protect each citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness it is all that should be asked. We are now en- gagged in an effort to make the pur- suit of happiness more to the masses than mere idle pursuit with no pros- pect of overtaking that happiness. Our opponents seek to monopolize the op- portunities of this country and let the trusts and combinations of wealth shut the doors of opportunity against the humber members of society. The gold standard means a lower and lower or der of civilization, and if continued we will sink down where the few own all the wealth and the many are simply de- pendent tenants.
 "Our opponents try to divide the toll ing masses and put the laboring men in opposition to the farmer. I warn laborers not to desert the farmer who has been the friend of labor in every struggle to better their condition. The very people who to-day are attempting to use laboring men to defeat the farm CTS in their just cause are the same people who have oppressed labor from the beginning of the world and will do so again the moment they have the opportunity. (Cheers.)
 Another large audience was at Lex ington, where MT. Pryan spoke briefly. MT Bryan reached Greensboro at 12:45 o'clock He was accompanied by Gov ernor Carr, ex-Senator Barvis, and oth- CT prominent North Carolinians. A great crowd at the station shouted wig orously as MT. Bryan stepped to the station platform, and as he was driven to a hotel, several thousand people, yelling loudly, followed his carriage. After dining MT. Bryan was taken to Blandwood, a residence on the out skirts of the town, where he delivered a speech after being introduced by Gle ment Manley, chairman of the state democratic committee. His audience numbered 15,oOo and was one of the most enthusiastic gatherings MT. Bry- an has addressed In the campaign.
 MT. Bryan in part said: T have talk