Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-21

train arrived political discussions were
in order. Some were mid and sens.o.e,
while CHEERS gasticulated in wild &C.
spair. each claiming that he was N
the right. and maintaining that claim.
R9dges az ell kinds and descriptions
were worn IN prclusiOD. ana nCtWi-A-
standing the town beng a Repuo.l,vlIi
stronghold. the IS 20 badges equallsu
T. they did not excel, the yellow p9eses
yhsr put one in mind OF the smaipOA
facs used In the town last winter.
As the train stopped there was rush
l1f the people for the rear END OF NJ
Brys1's coach. where he and his VIE
I were standing. People pushed one an
other IN a frantic manner n order 20
get as near as possible, those IN the
front being almost carried along ~
-hosp hack Of them The cheering was
,nro,opg9d am vigorous. but finally
lIr BRYAN secured s..ence and SPOKE
Jew words before the train pulled
ont. Interruptions ana applause WeIeso
frequent that out OF the Ten mlHu'es
the train stopped the speaker only goI
10 talk about three.
It's was mainly on account OF inc
crowd wearing the yellow badges, that
had corgrezated on the bank ana renee
on the west side OF the 1epcl. lnel
not wanting 20 hear The truth leSt III
might hurt. kept up an almost coh'iH-
ual yelling injerSpersed Win ci-e9 10.
Mckinney and 5pithets. until some q.
their own stripe became ashamed o.
.hem ard made us of language toward
them tha, would no. look.we.l n PRINT
While mos of the r0vdy.sm AZ Man
Tins Ferry was by young men ana
voters not of particular prominence III
the community. the active leaders were
Distinctly of The class known IS prom
Snen- citizens. One such is a Justice,
another a bank official, another an al
.orney. and others We're Hanover street
business man. the son OF minister, the
son Of an educator and q railroad man.
These men and others like them, k p
rhe cries for Mckinley going and thus
encouraged the rougher elem n, to howl
all sor-s of ep.thets a Mr.. Bryan.
There is no doubt bu, that The plan
to break no the meeting was dsli5er-
ately c0ncOcted Monday by the goldbug
leaders. They had the badges printed
Monday night. and they Wer5 distributed
early. 20 an who would lake them.
The indignation among all decent
minded citizens Of Martins Ferry was
very grea- all DIV yesterday and las-
night. and many m known TO nave had
a hand in the outrage were severely de-
nOunced. The Bryan club met last night
and adopted resolution denounc.ng
the course taken by the gold bugs
The Mckinley and gold cause must be
pretty weak when such tactics have 10
be resOrted TO.
During the short stop Mrs. Bryan was
presented with a large and beautiful
bouquet Cf white tea roses by Miss
Martha Sweeney on tfe part of a large
number of young ladies' in the town
showing their esteem for her. The wife
of Americas greatest cOmm0ner.
Under the great difficulties .hus ex.s--
ing al Martins Ferry, the evident result
of deliberate and preconcerted attempt
20 prevent Mr.. Bryan from talking at all,
the candidate said:
Ladies and Gentlemen-You have
heard it said that The free coinage Of
silver is a disease. and VIII run its
course. You may be interested IN know
ing that if IL is a disease. il IS incurable,
GaUsh,erJ and t5a. those who have l.
appear 10 be getting worse all the time,
0augh,er) and the disease IS speeding.
daughter and appHuse) But If they
call free silver a disease, we can retail
ia,e. and say the gold craze is a new
yellow fever. tLaughCerJ And il diff
f5rs from the old yellow fever in one
important parCCU,9r-the Old yellow
fever killed only The men who had the
fever, but the new kills those who don
have Is. daughter and app,ause) The
gold standard has made the rich richer
and the poor poorer and, my friends The
most piJia5le sight we see in this cam
p-ign 5 the numbers of men. clam0Tins
for the gold standard. who are idle be-
cause it 3 more profitable 20 hoard
money than l. IS 10 engage il in business.
The gold standard has made he dollar
50 good that y3u can pray for it 5nd
long for #, but our only enjoymen, Of il
is 20 90 by the houses Of those who have
grown richer by boarding while The poor
have grown poorer. applause, great
disorder on he part Of gold bugs, cheers
for Mckinley. and cries. \ Voice:
Don't mind those fellows. Nh. Bryan;
they're all scabs App.suse) You look
al he men who stand b5ck Of the gold
crusade. and you viii find every man
who ever tried to bea, down labor. ZAP
Dlause) All that We ASK is for The res
t0rauou Of a government that treats all
men alike before the law, and which
gives special privileges to no one. ZAP
plause and gold bug confusiCn)
The confusion had by ais lime become
so great -hat il was impossible 10 pro-
ceed. and Mr.. Bryan gave up the at
tempt MIS-. Bryan was on The plat
form. and shook h-nds with a number Of
ladies and distributed flowers among
Them. Two ladies who wore gold
badges took them 90 and pinned the
flowers in the place occupied by the
badge. and were applsuded by those who
saw heir graceful act. A. this point The
Steubenvil,e Committee Of Reception,
headed by Chairman John McCleave,
boarded the train, and were warmly
greeted. They reported an immense
crowd awaiting the arrival Of the train
at the jefferson county metropolis
A. Yorkv'lle the train was delayed by
q derriled freight. About a hundred
people were about the station and Mr..
Bryan shook hands With abou, all Of
them. men. women and children alike.
At Ti-onsviIe there was quite a crowd
a. the station. end the train WIS cheered
as f. swep, by. AT along The road, peo-
ne we're n The farm houses and dwell
ings. cheering and waving flags and
handkerchiefs
Brilliant WIS reached at 1915. and a
stoD Of one minute ives made. Mr.. Pry-