Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-31

had cougreEated about the o large
assembly of people. There q almost
complete absence Of the 81 dges. He
had scarcely begun ST : 2 however.
when "a procession c. che railroad
tracks I'M the rear audience. 1t
soon developed that procession was
composed of q uniforme-. Mckinley club.
carrying banners. notices and pictures
of the Republican candidates and a large
American flag. Immediately after cross
ing the railroad the procession turned alb
rubtly into The crowd as IL intending TO
come directly 90 the platform. There was
O. disturbance of two or three minutes
duration which caused such confusion as
ro puJ stop 20 the speech. The notices
and banners We're made the object Of con-
teutiou and "a scufle ensued over their
possession. These gradually went down
with The exception of the portraits OF Nc
Ninley and the American flag. which there
was apparently no effort 20 display. IL
was asserted that In the general scufle
there was some resort 70 physical vio-
iance but it was impossible from the
train 20 observe mn the details OF the en-
counter The Mckinley procession grad
ualIy withdrew and order was very soon
restored.
1Ir Bryan addressed himself briefly to
the situation before him. He said.
ann giad our opponents are here. be
cause it is our opponents we desire to
reach rather than those who are already
right There is one banner which ought
,1 Doe carried this year I'm Republican pa
r1dcs which 7 have never found there
It is banner which sets forth the idea
contained in the Republican platform on
the money question. The banner ought
TO- read. "We are American citizens. but
ye think tho American people are not
+ bis enough % attend TO their own busi-
ness
+ There is another banner that might ap-
I rropra -ely He Republican. and il is
th.- "We think that our government is
safer in the hands OF foreign creditors
cham it is i'm The hands Of American peo-
r-e.
There lis another banner that might be
carried and it would read like this: syn
aI-ates are safer custodiaus of the liher-
ties of The people than the people them
s..ves and there is another motto that
m.-h- Doe carried and that is this: THE
gold standard advocates love a cheerful
THAT -he rich may be richer and the poor
poorer
This question cannot be settled by op-
posing rarIIes. Tic is not marching upon
tca streets which determines the financial
policy o. this government. IL is your
vote ON election day when you so TO the
booth conscious of the responsibilities Of
. American citizenship.
AZ Faui du Lac the yellow badge was
present Nr Bryan said in part.
SIX months ago YOU heard a great many
people who were ass certain that national
parties. that is. both of what were known
as the two leading parties. would declare
for sold. You heard gold Democrats and
gold Republicans boasting that in this
campaign the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties would take a pronounced
stand iu favor of gold ass the only money
of civilization. but as the time for the
convention approached you found that
their camor about gold was somewhat
subdueI. and when the Republican con-
vention met at 81. Louis. instead of de-
cariug that the gold standard was the
money of civilization. they declared that
International bimetallism was the thing
desired and pledged the Republican party
to cet rid of the gold standard as soon as
other nations would hetp 10 90 It, They
simply said that the sold standard must
Doe maintained until International bimetal-
usm could Doe secured.
You will remember that in the early
stages of the campaign before the nation
an convention. the gold standard Demo
Gratis We're very loud iu their telling of
what they were going to do. but State
I after state met. held conventions. in
/ s,ructed delegates until a majority Of the
delegates had been chosen and instructed
for free silver at l6 TO j. Then what?
Why. Just before the convention met a
li--lneutsher New York gold standard
' Democrat announced that he was going to
. Chicago to- help carry the convention for
gold That was ~. e.. Whitney. He said
trat. Notwithstanding the fact that u ma
Iority of the delegates We're already in
structed. he had no doubt that when the
Democrats of the West and South found
out how the Democrats of the East telt'
ther. would Doe uo trouble about carrying
frs. convention against silver which was
simply SAYING that the men who went there
instructed would betray their constituents
and vote against what their constituents
demanded. But those delegates who came
instructed could neither be driven from
rr..~ Instructions 10y threats nor drawn
. r, .,.-sll-ion. but they carried out the
.,.r of t1, people who sent them there
and tn.r Democratic convention was the
mos. Democratic convention that this ma
+ t.an has seen for twenty-five years. What
r.r .. ..r4 --.v1ar7 Democrats do at
/ Ch.raeoa They Joined IN the minority re-
+ port. which declared that they were atr'ld
/ ,dat it would prevent international oiine'-
+ aUsm Whore were those gold standard
f Democrats VINO had talked SO much ABOUT
gold being the money OF civilization:
I Why. they went into the convention ana
/ pleaded. not for the gold standard but
/ for International bimctallism and yet my
friends. when they We're defeated de-
tented I'm as fair and square a fight as
vya. ever made in @ convention. they went
to indianapolis. and when they had the
mower 10 write platform such as they
wanted instead of declaring for interna-
ton4l bimetallism. they forgot an about
International bimetalism and declared for
the gold standard.
A GOOD sized crowd turned out at Ches-
ter and listened with respectful attention
TO the candidate.
Al Juneau. there was not yellow badge
visible. and the few remarks of the candi-
date were well received.
There were larEe crowds at Watertown,
Jefferson and Fort Atkinson, but the ma
i1ritv ut each of those places We're ap-
r,rsrtIv not i'm sympathy with the free