Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-16
Mr.. RYAN STIRRED THE
DEMOCRATS Of WESTON.
A SPLENDID MEETING HELD IN THE
OPERA HOUSE ON COURT
OPENING DAY
CAUSE OF THE SPANISH WAR.
BYNUM. OF INDIANA, CRACKED
CHESTNUTS AT THE COURT
HOUSE.
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WESTON, w. Va, October 15.-The
opening of the Circuit Court here this
morning brought in quite a crowd.
There assembled in the opera house an
audience that comfortably filed the
lower portion with a considerable scat
tering in the gallery. The Hon. VIM.
e. Ryan, of New York, was introduced
to the audience in a we'll worded and
attractive ten minutes speech by Hon.
w. w. Brannon, who acted as chair
man of the meeting. Mr.. Ryan pre-
faced his speech proper by an apt quo
tation from Henry the Eighth" con-
corning the nipping frost.
Mr.. Ryan stated that this would be
the condition of Hanna on November
7th. He then proceeded to inform his
audience that New York and Ohio
would surely give their electoral votes
for the Democratic ticket next Novem-
Der, giving as his reasons the perfect
unity of the Democracy in New York,
which will be shown by the greatest
political reception that will be rendered
Mr.. Bryan soon at Madison Square
Garden, while for Ohio he based his
statement on observation and informa-
ton after two weeks campaign in that
State. The Germans of Ohio and 80
per cent of the German press of Ohio
are supporting Mr.. Bryan as we'll as
the Mayor Jones following to a man.
Ex-Attorney General Monette has de-
clared in favor of Mr.. Bryan. To these
two factors must be added a large
Grand Army vote. Mr.. Ryan pro-
ceeded to give al account of his cam
paign in this State with Hon. Adlai
e. Stevenson, and said in the five cities
they had visited Democrats were active,
aggressive and enthusiastic. He stated
that the Republicans have already
started in to bride and corrupt, by
means of money, certain members of
their own party which is a paradox
In politics and shows that These the
Gods wish to destroy, they first make
mad"
Then Mr.. Ryan launched fourth into
a speech that held his audience spell
oound for nearly two hours. The adj
dress was often interrupted by applause.
He placed before his hearers as in a
mirror the great issues that the people
have made paramount nj this campaign
-anti-Imperialism antitrust and Mill
tarism and Capitalization of govern
ment.
Touching upon militarism. he show
ed that the holdings of SPANS national
debt in the form of consols in Eu-
rope and the United States is what
stopped the Mc..inley administration
from granting the Cubans belliger-
ent rights and he maintained had the
Cubans received these rights that there
would have been no Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
In mentioning the number of our
soldiers who met death in Cuba he
said the Spanish outlet killed but two
hundred and fifty. while putrid beef
killed two thousand five hundred; that
in days of old, wnen knights were bold,
armor was used to protect the soldiers,
but in our Spanish-American war
Armour" took the lives of our troops
and Swift" killed them quickly.
Ex-CongreSsman Bynum,i of Indiana,
chairman of the Gold Democrats in
1896 ex-Federal employee of the New
York custom house under McKinley's
administration, and present successor
to the deceased Judge Culberson, of
Texas, as chairman of the committee
now at Washington codifying the laws
Of the United States, held forth at the
court house at the time that Mr.. Ryan
was making his brilliant speech in the
opera house. Mr.. Bynum met with a
$500 IJs. $780, 49, 49, a,.A ----l
to the last was 'sixteen-to-one." He
professed that he was the only follower
of Jefferson and Jackson and that they
were gold standard men. Many times
he was called upon by his listeners to
tell them something about Imperialism,
trusts, militarism and the President,
but he still continued to ring the
changes on sound money and sixteen
to M ignoring the questions of the day
and hour that were put to him.