The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20
BRYAN LEAVES VIRGINIA.
He Pays a Tribute to Motherhood at
Fredericksburg.

Was the manner III WHICH w lllldil D. Dig
on began his programme for to-day
aav coach attached to the Richmond
1,re5ericksburg and Potomac aceommoda-
tion brought him to this old city. He
arrived here at o'clock. delivered a
sneech at 10 o'clock and left for Wash
ington at 1:49 o'clock.
Mr. Bryan was accompanied from Rich
rond by a reception committee headed
nv cant. florence McCracken. Several
stons were made along the route. Ash
land. the seat of the Randolph Macon
College. had Mr. Bryan two minutes, and
most of those who heard him were stu
dents. To them he said: Il believe this
county claims the honor of being the
birthplace of two of Americas greatest
men. Henry Clay the mill boy of the
slashes. was born in this county, as was
also Patrick Henry. 1 believe the policy
for which 1 stand in this campaign in
some respects revives the memories of
both men. Henry Clay in 1915 described
the effect of contracting the currency,
and Patrick Henry was in favor of an
American policy" (Applause.)
A few more words were said to a small
number of people at Milford. A few
hundred men, women and boys gathered
at the railway station, cheered Mr.. Bryan
as he descended from the train here,
accompanied by the reception committee
that had met him at Richmond.
The streets of this historic old town We're
too muddy for the marching escort of
the candidate to proceed with comfort,
so that part of the procession walked
a1o 2 no g w q Of
mounted men rode beside his carriage. A
brass band led the parade, which proceed
ed to the Exchange hotel AT 12:10 o'clock
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 expectations
- in expressing enthusiasm. Mr.. Bryan and
the members Of his party were entertained
at the house of Mayor w. s. White and
E. D. Cole, and then proceeded to the
speakers stand. Between 1000 and 5000
people were present. Congressman Jones
introduced Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan said: Ladies and Gentlemen:
am grateful to the mayor of your beau
T. DC -
welcome; l am glad to renew my ac-
quaintance with my colleague In con-
gress, who has so kindly presented me,
ana am pleased to greet the people
who have assembled in such large num-
bers upon this occasion. Fredericksburg
Is not a large city, and yet is rich in
incidents of great historic value Here
the women of America have reared
monument to Mary, the mother of George
washington Great applause) / am glad
10 stand on this spot; l am glad to feel
the influence which surrounds her grave.
IN campaign, especially in a campaign
IKE this, there is bitterness and some
5IiHes ABUSE leVeled against the candi-
oates Ior public office, but, my friends.
there is one character. the mother the
Sahdldate for the affections of all man
hlhd, against whom no true man ever ut
lered a word of abuse. Great applause)
ana there is one name, Mother" which
Is never found upon the tongue of the
slanderers; in her presence all criticism
Is sneht' The painter has with his brush
transferred the landscape TO the canvass
30 that you can almost believe that the
trees and grasses are real, rather than
mutations The painter has even trans
IeIred TO the canvass the face of the
nidIuen until its beauty and purity al
lIo9t speak forth, but there is one picture
when no painter has ever been able TO
faithfully portray, and that is a picture
mother holding in her arms her
paoe. (Great applause) Within the
snauo" OF this monument reared to her.
IN love and loyalty was the
hio'her Oh each one of us, / bow in hum
plause) '-00O NHiea' ap-
I am told that in this county were
Iought more battles than in any county
Vl IKE size in the world, and that upon
me earth within the limits of this county
mere IeH more dead and wounded than
1er rel on similar space in all the his
W. oI the world. Here opposing lines
a 80 ura"n up face to face; here opposing
a. lilles met and started at each other. and
LIZ souSht TO take each others lives, but
az lhose scenes have passed aWav and
sn 1CSe VINO met in deadly array now meet
~ commlngle here as friends IAN
plaggse( Here the pillow share has been
L ''aue out OF the sword, and the spears
ap5 peeh converted into pruning hooks,
49, 0oPle learn war no more. Here the
. oE"u9 on either side stirred up the flag
et"e 1edl with notes that thrill the hearts
U men These two bands are now compo-
80 parts OF one great band, and as that
trvu marches in the lead playing
s %ilhee Doodle" and Dixie" too. Great
vis,. behind the band follow the
and 9Idrred veterans who wore the blue
t 4Hu the war-scarred veterans who wore
h.
s ene eHort to make this the greatest and
e 4 nation on Gods footstool (Great
,rhd@nn glad to visit this historic place
~ say that here George Washington
soe came and threw a silver dollar across
MY IiFer; but remember, my friends, that
t, a0n ne threw that silver dollar across
s Az river 1t lit, 1t fell, and remained on
ttt'aeIIean soil Great cheering) They
baousht 1t was great feat then. but we
dro az developed so rapidly in the last hun
NJ years that we have fnanciers now
~ can leave George Washington's
c,,'leVement far behind. We have fnan- |
LIS VINO have been able to throw gold dol !
s,S an the way across the Atlantic. |
~ men bring them back by an issue Of |
u'lus Great cheering) Would you be-
~, .-'e my friends, that a silver dollar which |
rs 1S sood enough to be handled by the ia
~ OF his country, is now so mean a |
l Ing as 10 excite the contempt of many OF |
a. so-called financiers? Ono, NOD Well, |
4, -, II is so mean that they don't like |
,' why, our opponents tell us that they |
, woul dollar that will go all over the |
"orld' We have had dollars which have |
, soue over the world so rapidly that we |
want dollar that will etav at homo NTH