The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
BRYAN LANDS IN WHEELING
A BIG DEMONSTRATORS GIVEN
THE CHICAGO NOMINEE
LAST NIGHT.
some CHEERED FOR MAJ. MK|NN|'
Mr. Bryan Spoke to a Throng-He A,so
Spoke at Clarksburg and Parkers.
burg-Quoted From McKin.
ley's Speeches in Congress.

Wheeling, W. Va, Oct. 1.-The great
/ est demonstration given VIM. j. BRYAN S
in the state of West Virginia was maid
night he spoke to Il crowd whose siza
was only limited by the space in front
of the speakers stand and the distance
his voice could be heard. Neatly mi.
formed marching clubs, bands of music
and citizens in carriages and mounted on \
horses made up Il procession, the equal Of q
which the nominee has not encountered K
! in many long day. The train bearing
tie Bryan party arrived at the Twenty.
| third street station of the Ohio River,
road III 80 and here it was left and the
procession formed. In front was
platoon of police and following these were
members of the reception committee
mounted on spirited horses. Then came
the opera house band, playing Hail to
| the Chief The VIM. J. Bryan Silver
club dressed in spotless white, with Capt.
George Wisgerber at the front. came
next and acted rs ai escort of honor to
| the candidate. Then came the Young
| Mems Marching club and following that
were citizens III carriages, forming the
rest of the procession.
Between rows of shouting humanity
| the procession moved TO the fair grounds,
Il distance of Il mile and half. There
were cheers for Bryan everywhere. but
here and there were little knots of ad-
mirers of his opponent clustered. wearing
| in their hats yellow badges on which We're
! printed the name of, their standard bear
ers. and rs Mr.. Bryan passed. these peo-
pie cheered the republican nominee.
At the grounds the grand stand in
| front of the platform erected for the
speaker was packed; the racing track,
eighty feet wide. was crowded as far as
the candidate could be heard. and the
speakers stand itself was surrounded
with the nominees admirers. He was
| cheered and applauded literally.
Attorney General John Wiley intro
duced Mr. Bryan. who spoke as follows:
MIR. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-We are engaged i'll campaign on
which much depends. | have heard
since | came into this state that Il prOmi-
ncnt member of a corporation had boast
ed that they had 100000 to spend in
this single state to prevent the electoral
vote being cast for the Chicago ticket.
Cries of they won't do it and APP
plauseJ My friends. in those times
when people feel no deep interest money
may possibly be expended i'll such Il
way as to affect the result of an cleo
ton, but i'll times like these, when the
people are in earnest. money can not
change the result of an election. As
against a corruption fund. however. we
place the manhood of the voters of the
United States. Because if they are
allowed TO intimidate the voters then the
people are helpless to secure any remedy
through legislation. Every time cor
ruptOn is successful it encourages them
to try corruption again. and when they
win by corruption then they enact legis-
lation which secures for them out of the
pockets of the people of the country
vastly more than they expended in Sc
curing the election. (ApplauSe.l | re-
joice that such Il demonstration as has
been made tonight is possible in West
| Virginia without any money being spent
to secure it. Tremendous applause.l
The fact that you are willing TO give
your time and to contribute, even at Il
| sacrifice. whatever was necessary TO
have prepared this magnificent demon
St"ation shows that your heart is in the
work and that you mean business in this
campaign. Great applause.)
My friends, we have declared the
money question to be the paramount
question of the campaign. Ordinary
/ questions may be settled at any time.
but we have reached a crisis in our
financial affairs where it becomes ueccS-
sary for the United States to take de-
cided stand. and what that stand shall
be must be determined, not by few
tinancierS, but by the American people
sitting in their Judgment upon this 4ues-
ton. Our opponents appear 10 think
that but few people understand the
money question. Whenever you find
man who thinks that the masses of the
people are not intelligent enough To act
for themselves You generally find some
body who wants TO act for them. and
You may rest assured that if you let
some one act for all the people. on the
theory that all the people have not sense
enough 10 act for themselves, then those
few who assume the right To think and
act for them will be careful not to
neglect their own interests while they
are looking after others" (Applauscl
Mr.. Bryan then made an argument for
the free coinage of silver.
Mr.. Bryan continued:
My friends. there are some business
: men so short-sighted that they think
I they can not increase their prosperity by
, maintaining Il financial system. There
are other business men who owe money
and because they owe money are afraid
to express themselves. | want 10 say
To YOU that there is no tyranny Ehat is
more CALLING than the tyranny ot pu-
tocracy. There is no tyranny which is
. so despotic as the tyranny of those
: fnancierS who attempt to rob men of
; their right To vote and because they
have signed their name to note,
, Great applause) l want you 10 re-
member that this gold standard which
II they are attempting to fasten upon the
people is never supported in the open by
It's advocates. Look at this campaign.
There was never better Illustration of
\ the secret methods of the gold standard
advocates than you find in this campaign.
The republican platform did not declare
for gold standard. 1t promised TO get
international bimetallism whenever for
elSn nations would let us have it. and
those who wrote that platform did not
dare TO advocate the gold standard. and
: yet they know that that platform meant
that we would have a gold standard per
manently (applause) because they knew
that foreign nations. which profit by the
p rise in the value of the dollar, would
not join us in securing that advantage.
Not satisfied with that. not satisfied with
holding out the pretense of international
elmetallism, while they attempted 10
taSten the Shackles of gold standard
stu more securely on the people hey
: nave called To their assistance a so-called
| branch Of thn 1p,nnnrot I ,-aut