Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-24

Bryan to Farmers.

August 2Sth, Hon. VIM. J. Bryan
spoke to thousands at farmers pic
mic near Knowlesvillle, N. Y, when
he said:-
This is very unusual spectacle.
/ have met immense audiences IN
the cities where great many
people live in a small territory, but
this is the largest audience that
have ever seen assembled in the
midst of an agricultural country.
(Applause.) / am glad to notice
here the mothers and wives, as we'll
as the sons and husbands, because,
my friends, our cause is the cause in
which the whole family is interested. =.
If we are entitled to succeed in this
campaign, 1t is because the princi-
Piles which we represent and the
policies for which we stand will be
for the benefit of the husbands and
wives, the parents and children, and
all the people of our beloved land
applause
am glad that at this meeting we
are having as the presiding officer a
man who, until this year has voted
the Republican ticket. l am glad
because some of.the newspapers pa
rade before the public the names Of
prominent Democrats who are going
to desert the ticket, and / am glad
that for every Democratic deserter
we are to have accessions from the
Republican party more than enough
to make up the difference. ZAP
plause.)
A PRACTICAL QUESTION.
Politics is a practical question,
and it Is so simple because 1t can be
comprehended by our people. l
want to talk practical politics to you
for little while this afternoon.
Here Mr.. Bryan read an extract
from Mr.. Carlisle's speech Of 1876,
and commenting on it, said -
"John G. Carlisle divided society
into two classes? On the one side he
put the idle capital, on the other
side he put the struggling masses
who produce the wealth and pay the
taxes Of the country. (Applause.)
If that division existed then 1t ex-
lists to-day. More than that, John
G. Carlisle said that a public officer
sworn to do his duty would be con-
troled in his official conduct by his
sympathies, and if his sympathies
were with the idle holders of idle
capital he would coin as little money
az possible, whereas, If his sympa-
thies were with the struggling
masses he would coin as much as
the law would permit. (Applause. }
This is the language Of John G. Carl
isle, not uttered when he was young.
as might be openly charged, and has
been, against me. Laughter.) 1t
was when he was seven years older
than l am now. (Applause and
laughter.) / believe he spoke the
truth when he said that society was
divided into the two classes upon
any question involving money.
believe he was right when he said
that IL a mans sympathies were
with the struggling masses he would
favor larger amount Of money
than he would if his sympathies
were with the idle holders of idle
money.
THE ISSUE OF THE DAY.
My friends, the issue Of to-day II
an issue between the idle holders o.
idle money and the struggling masses
who produce the wealth and pay tn,
taxes of the country. (Applause.
And when this is understood, wher
men find out about the money ques
tion, you will find that II there Is ,
man In your community whose in
terests, whose sympathies are will
the idle holders of idle money, III
will be In favor of gold standard