Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-06-18
VIM, ]. BRYAN
Speaks to Vast Crowds
in Virginia.

1ue people VI EdSISIu NiSlhld
have had the Hon. w. j. Bryan with
them this week. They are to be
congratulated.
The crowds at Norfolk and Char
lottesville were the largest ever seen
in Va. Hundreds were turned away,
Notwithstanding the fact that fee
was charged for admission. Norfolk.
Portsmouth, Petersburg, Richmond,
Danville, Newport News, Old Point,
Suffolk, and many ttter towns and
cities, aud the farmers from every
community adjacent to Norfolk,
were represented by hundreds of
people.
No living man, in America or Eu
rope, could have brought together a
greater cOncourse of people to pay
lecture His address on Bimetallism
was what might have been expected
from him. The crowd was one of the
most enthusiastic ever assembled in
Virginia.
AT Charlottesville Mr.. Bryan spoke
in the open air, no building in the
town being large enough to accom-
modate the people. The crowd from
adjacent towns and cities, was esti.
mated from $1,000 to 10000. The
address is spoken of in the highest
terms. All this, and vet they talk
about "rhe Passing of Bryan"
Following a few extracts from Mr..
Bryan's speech at Norfolk
When 1 refer to the Monometallists
as 'goldbugs' do so with the same
kindly feeling with which they call me
lunatic and anarchist. They say we
Bimetalists are in a crazy movement.
They tell us the silver craze will soon
blow over. This reminds me of the
story of the Western farmer who
made fence four feet high and Eve
feet wide, Someone asked him why
he did this. He said it was because
he wanted the fence to be one foot
higher if it should blow over. This
is just the way it is with the silver
craze, When it blows over it will be
one foot higher than it is now.'
"They tell us that if we have Fl, g
coinage of silver great fortunes will
be made by buying silver at so cents
and coming it into one hundred cent
dollars. will give some of YOU a
pointer as to how to get wealthy, for
Notwithstanding the return of pros
perity and restoration of confidence
Qaughter) some of you may desire TO
add to your fortune: Whenever a
free coinage act is passed VOC go
right out and buy up all the silver
spoons and silver forks and silver
everything else you can get at so
cents and coin this silver into 100
cent dollars. OF course everybody
who has this silver will be glad to
sell it to you at at so cents and allow
you to grow rich (Laughter)
''Some of the goldbugs tell US free
coinage means food of money. I
do not believe it. But, my friends,
could flood of money be any worse
than a drought of money!"
"They say we Bimetalists hold out
promises of riches to everybody in
the event we have free coinage. We
do no such thing. Unless you have
something to sell you cannot get
money. But if you have something
to sell how can you get money for it
unless it is to be had? Very few
people admit we have enough money
in this country. The Monometallists
tell us the agitation of this question
keeps foreign money out of tie
United States. If we have, as they
say, enough money in this country
why do we need foreign money ?
Had we not better make our own
money than borrow it p
"We shall yet triumph" said the
speaker. No tomb is so strong as
to imprisOn a righteous cause. The
richest inheritance we can leave
to our children is not money with
blood upon it, but good government
and lust laws"