The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-02
MR. BRYANS TRAVELS.
Three More Speeches to Citizens
OF West Virginia,
A NOVEL CAMPAIGN FEATURE.

At Clarltsburg n Feature of the street Pa
rade Was sixteen white Horses to One
Yellow Horse-Bryan's Speech at the
Fair Grounds.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 2-Candidate
William j. Bryan arrived here last even
ing, and his reception was repetition of
the scenes he has witnessed in all sections.
A cheering, enthusiastic crowd greeted
him at every turn, and from the time of
his arrival until the close of his speech
here the enthusiasm never abated. AL
though his address here was the third set
speech of the day Mr.. Bryan was in excel
lent condition. The crowd was so large
that he was Obliged to speak from three
sides of the platform, talking first to one
section, then to another
The Bryan party left Grafton at $3.50
yesterday morning and arrived at Clarks-
| burg an hour later. At Clarksburg Mr..
Bryan spoke first to a street assemblage
| from the balcony of the Traders hotel. A
larger crowd listened to him at the fair
| grounds and Mr.. Bryan was cheered and
| applauded enthusiastically. At the con-
clusion of his address he left for Parkers-
! burg
1t was the greatest day that Parkers-
burg has seen for many years. The streets
| were crowded with people for many miles
around. Excursion trains from all the
outlying towns had contributed to swell
the crowds. At the grove where Mr..
Bryan spoke he received an enthusiastic
reception, He was cheered and applauded
wildly when he was introduced, and
evoked greater enthusiasm by his speech.
AT its conclusion he left for Wheeling,
making brief speeches at Sisterville and
New Martinsville en- route.
In response to the demands of the
crowd which had assembled outside the
hotel at Clarksburg Mr., Bryan made
brief speech, in the course of which he
said
"As I goabout from place to place, I find
a great variety in the manner in which
the receptions are arranged, and today l
find something new here. l believe this
is the first place where they have brought
the 10 to 1 idea into use in arranging the
horses for the procession, so that we have
sixteen white horses and one yellow horse
That was all right, but what pleased me
more was that the number of gold stand
ard advocates seemed to be so small in this
community that they had to get a silver
man to act for the one gold man in the
crowd Now, sixteen to one has come to be
well understood. l don't care how you
define it, as long as you understand that
under free and unlimited coinage at l6 to
l sixteen ounces of silver shall equal one
ounce of gold in the payment of debt and
in the making of money"
At the fair grounds Mr.. Bryan was in
troduced by eX-Congressman John w.
Anderson, and said in part
Il desire to express my thanks to those
who have so kindly presented me with the
gavel made from the wood of the house in
which StOnewall jackson was born. We
are far enough removed from that wal
between two sections of this country &c
give to the general on the southern side
that credit for military genius which was
denied in the bitterness of strife can re-
joice that the valor shown on that side
gives guarantee that in any further
struggle the north and south shall stand
side by side prepared to drive back any in
vader or to guard and carry forward the
greatest country on earth.
'There are moments upon which turn
the destinies of nations, and when the
people go to the polls this fall and deposit
their ballots they ought to 90 realizing
that upon the result Of this election much
depends, much for veal or Woe much for
good or ill., and as an election may turn
upon the electoral vote of one state, so the
electoral vote of a state may turn upon the
vote of one citizen. No one can afford to
triae with citizenship this year.
IF we are right in the position which
we have taken then our cause must appeal
to the hearts of the American people, and
they must see in this election an oppor-
tunity which may not soon come again
to the people of this country. 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 the country. /
want to impress upon your minds this
fact, that there is in circulation Sl5O0O0,-
900 less than there was two years ago, aa
shown by the treasury statistics, With
increasing population we have a dimlnish-
, ing supply of money
Mr.. Bryan then quo ted from Major Nc
Kinley's letter of acceptance; 1T is not
more money we want. What we want is
to put the money we already have AT
J work" Then he quoted from a speech
made by the Republican leader in con-
gress six years ago on tho substitution Of
) the sherman law for the Bland-A llison
act. which put in circulation S2O,OOOO0J
every year The quotation follows;
"AIr. Speaker, I win not vote against
this bill and thus deprive the people Of a
country and the laborers and producers
and the industries of my country of S3O,-
OJ1,O0O annually Of additional circulation.
l am for the largest use of silver in the
currency Of the country. would not dis
honor it. 1 would give 10 equal credit and
equality with gold / would make no dis
crmiuutOn. ] would utilize both metals