Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-02


room in the twelve coaches 10 accom-"
! mediate the large crowds at eac1 po'nt
| The NJ. R. road. which runs between
| here and Fairmont, brought in me FGlf-
mont Free Silver Club, I'D men Bar.
raclzville club. 275 men, Monongah o5O
men. and West Fairmont 124 men. Al
,0gather the auditor of the road says
they carried 5000 people. The other
railroads brought passengers in the SINE
proportion, people even coming from
Grafton and beyOnd-peopie Wlo heard
| Candidate Bryan last night in his three
separate speeches at Grafton.
Altogether the crowd was an immense
one and covered large portion OF the
fair ground. where tn speaking was
held. The crowd was so thick that it
was almost impossible for the speaker
and the committee 10 reacl the stage, as
the people crowded arouE1 him 10 see
and even touch the man Of destiny
He arrived in town early this morn
ing from Grafton and was driven to the
| Traders Hotel in a carriage drawn by
16 white horses and one yellow one.
After getting his breakfast ne stepped
out On ne veranda of the seCord floor
and in a few words expressed his thanks
for the ovation rendered him. Upon
his appearance the large crowd cheered
him very enthusiastically and would
hardly allow him 70 stop speaking. He
was then driven 10 -hz fair ground and
the silver clubs Of this section Joined.
in forming one OF the l5lgest parades
ever seen here.
When he arrived at tbs fair ground he
was introduced to the VASE asemblage by
Hon. John D. Anderson. who presented
him a gavel made from The house of the
late General Stonewall JsckSOn, Which
was located IN this county.
"Mr. Chairman. fellow citizens" be-
gan Mr.. Bryan when the crowd got quiet
enough to hear him, 81 desire to express
my thanks for this gavel, which, as your
chairman has announced. was mada
from the house of StOnewall Jackson.
We are far enough removed, at the pres
ent day, from sectional feelings to give
jus, credit for the military genius, which
was denied during the war. And | will
say that in any future struggle the North
and South will stand side by side TO drive
Ilaway any common invader" CHEERS.
He said it gave him great pleasure to
meet the people of West Virginia, and
said he would only have time to pre-
| sent the paramount issue of The cam
paign-free coinage. Every hour, he
said. was the same lengh, and each
made up 60 minutes, the action of the
people during one of these often deciding
The nations future destiny. He said
that when his hearers went to the polls,
he wished them TO remember that their
actions would result in veal or wee,
good or bad, for the nation. One State,
he continued. might turn the electoral
vote OF the nation. and one vote might
decide the electoral vote of that State.
He said all the people he had met so far
in the campaign were not lukewarm, but
all stood on one side of this question or
the other; there was no middle ground.
My friends, l want you to understand
the necessity for financial system which
will give to the people of this country
, enough money to carry on the business Of
this country. I want TO impress upon your
minds this fact, that there IS in circula-
ton $50. 600 less than there was two
years ago. as shown by the treasury sta
tistics. What does it mean? 1t means
that with increasing population we have
diminishing supply of money and yet,
my friends. when we call this to the at
| tention of our Republican opponents they
seem unconscious. Since when have they
forgotten that there is a necessity of an
increasing circulation? Since when have
they discovered this new idea that the less
money you have in the country the more
money an individual can get I want to
quote to you. not from Democratic au-
thority. but from Republican authority-I
want to quote to you, not from one OF the
| lesser Republicans, but from a great one;
not from the rank and file of the Republic
! can party. but from the great leader of
the Republican party himself. l want to
compare what the Republican candidate
! for President said this year with what he
/ said six years ago in regard to the neces-
| sity for an increasing circulation. You
will find in his letter of acceptance Of this
year this statement: ct is not more
money we want. What we want is to put
the money we already have at work.
Now, remember. NY friends that these
words were uttered nj a time when the
J circulating medium had fallen of $lJO,0o0.-
| coo in two years Remember that he says
that we do not need more money but need
to put what we have in circulation and
! says this at a time when the circulation
had fallen off s15O,OOOCOO in two years.
| Let me compare that with what he said
| six years ago when. instead of having
decreasing volume of currency, we had an
increase of about S2l0O00.O0O every year.
! At that time we were trying to substitute
the Sherman law for the BlandAllison
act The Bland-Allison act put into cir
culation about S24O.OOO000 every year 50
| that the circulation was increasing and
not decreasing as it is now. Let me read
YOU what the Republican candidate, then
in Congress. said in regard to the neces-
| sity for an increasing circulation:
Mr.. Speaker. I will not vote against this
bill and thus deprive the people Of the
country and the laborers and the produc-
ers and the industries Of my country Of
$8OOOO,OOO annually Of additional circulat-
| ing medium"
a voice: He did not know Mark Hanna
then."O
Mr.. Bryan-At that time he declared
that he would not vote to prevent his peo-
pie. the laborers. the producers. from hay
ing SEQ. oo0. 900 a year more than they We're
| then getting under the Bland-Allison act;
and yet, now, with decreasing circula-
ton. he tells you that it is not more that
we need but to put what money we have
| in circulation. Great applause) Ny
| friends. what change has taken place in
the last six years? Then he desired to in