The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-26


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4 them he said: 3 '.s,
81 believe this county claims the honor
Of being the birthplace of two Of Ameri-
i leafs greatest men, Henry Clay the mill
ity, as was also Patrick Henry. I believe
the policy for which stand in this cam
/ paign in some respects revives the mem
Il cries of both men. Henry Clay in 1915,
described the effects of contracting the
currency, and Patrick Henry was in favor
of an American policy" (Applause.)
I The streets of this historic old town
were too muddy for the marching escort
Eof the candidate to proceed with comfort,
so that part of the procession walked
1 along the pavements while a. number Of
mounted men rode beside his carriage.
A brass band led the parade, which pro-
ceeded to the Exchange Hotel. At IL
Mr. Bryan was taken to the monument
erected to the memory of Mary Washing
ton, the mother Of George washington,
who lived here with her distinguished son
for many years. Here a stand had been
erected and the candidate addressed a
large gathering of Virginians.
The crowd that assembled to hear Mr..
Bryan was a disappointment with regard
to numbers, but fully up to expectation in
expressing enthusiasm. Between 2,000 and
1900 people were present. Congressman
Jones introduced Mr.. Bryan, WHO spoke as
follows: $500 ~..--~
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am grateful
to the mayor of. your city for his eloquent
words Of welcome; I am glad to renew my
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lgress, who has SO kindly presented me, and
/ am pleased to greet the people who have
assembled in such large numbers upon this
occasion.
Fredericksburg is not large city, and yet
is rich in incidents of great historic value.
Here the women Of America have reared a
monument to Mary the mother OF Wash
ington. Great Applause.) 1 am glad to
stand upon this spot. In a campaign, espe-
cialiy in campaign like this, there is bit
| terness and sometimes abuse, leveled
against the candidate for public Office, bat,
I my friends, there is one character, the
mother, the candidate for the affection OF
all mankind, against whom no true man
ever uttered word Of abuse. Great APP
plause) And there is one name, mother,
which is never found upon the tongue OF
the s,anderers; in her presence all criticism
4 is silent. The painter has with his brush
! transferred the landscape to the canvas,
80 that you can almost believe that the
trees and grasses are real rather than iml-
tations. The painter has even transferred
to the canvas the face of the maiden until
it's beauty and purity almost speak forth,
but there is one picture which no painter
has ever been able to faithfully portray,
and that is a picture of mother holding
in her arms her babe. Great Applause.)
\ Within the shadow OF this monument,
|reared to her who in her love and loyalty
became the mother of each one Of lis. bow
in humble reverence to motherhood (Great
Applause.)
l am told that in this county were fought
more battles than in any county OF like
size in the world, and that upon the earth,
within the limits Of this county, there fell
more dead and wounded than ever fell on a
similar space in all the history Of the world.
Here opposing lines were drawn up face to
face; here opposing armies met and stared
at each other and then sought to take each
others lives, but all those scenes have
passed away and those who met in deadly
array now meet and mingle here as friends.
(Applause.) Here the plowshare has been
made out of the sword and the spears have
been converted into pruning hooks, and
people learn war no more. Here the bands
on either side stir up the Tagging zeal with
notes that thrill the hearts of men. These
two bands are now important parts Of one
great band, and as that band marches on in
the lead playing Yankee Doodle and
.tDixie," behind the band follow the war
Scared veterans who wore the blue and the
SCARED veterans who wore the grsy, each
lvieing with each other in the effort to make
this the greatest and grandest nation on
Gods footstool. {Great Cheering)
I am glad to visit this historic place.
They say that here George Washington
once came and threw silver dollar
across the river; but remember, my
friends, that when he threw that silver
dollar across the river, it lit, fell and
remained on American soil. Great
cheering.} They thought it was a great
feat then, but we have developed sc
rapidly in the last two hundred years
that we have financiers now who can
leave George Washingtons achievement
far behind. We have financiers who
have been able to throw gold dollars all
the way across the Atlantic, and then
bring them back by an issue OF bonds
Great cheer;ng) Would you believe.
my friends, that a silver dollar which
| was good enough to be handled by the
father Of his country, is now SO mean a
thing as to excite the contempt of many
of our so-called fnanciers? { mo, no.")
Well, it is. 1t is SO mean that they
don't like it. Why, our opponents tell
US that they want a dollar that will 60
all over the world. We have had dol
lars which have gone over the world sc
rapidly that we want a dollar that will
stay at home without a curfew law.
/ (Cheers.) Our opponents tell us that they
want dollar which they can see any
where IN the world if they travel abroad
u am not so much worried about our dol
lar which travels abroad. I want dol
lar that won't be ashamed to look a
farmer in the face. cloud applause.)
! People can have just as good dollar
as they want because dollars are crea-
lures of law, and you can determine the
purchasing power Of a dollar when you
determine the number of dollars If you
want dollars dear make them. scarce.
1 Your dollars are good enough now when
a dollar will buy 10 bushels of oats; you
can make it good enough so that it will
buy 100 bushels of oats. CA voice-"We
don't want that kind of a dollar # any
body here has been raising farm pro
ducts and complaining because they are
not cheap enough you can make them