The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-07
Col. BRYAN'S;
VISIT no.
WHEELING
Was the Occasion q d Great OUT
pouring Of the People, But It
~. Was Not q Vote-n1aker.
THE CROWD WAS ApATHE71CS
And Failed to Show the Enthusiasm
That Would be Expected Of Such
o Large Assemblage.

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Colonel William Jennings Bryan, tho
Democratic presidential candidate. arr
rived In the city last evening shortly
before 5 o'clock. via the. Ohio River
road, from Parkersburg, and addressed
q crowd at the public landing, whose
numbers were varlously estimated at
from 10000 to 10000, probably nearer
the former figure. Colonel Bryan was
received with. enthusiasm when he ap-s
peared on the speaking stand, but the
applause that punctuated his addres5t
was not nearly SO enthusiastic nor Of
the volume that would be naturally;
expected Probably half Of the audi
ence was made up Of Republicans, who
were attracted. out Of curiosity, and be-
cause OF Colonel Bryan's reputation as 1
an orator. AS vote-maker, 1t cannot
be said TINT the speech was success;
| it was full of fassertions that any we'll
posted Republican could mentally tear
to pieces as he listened.
Mr.. Bryan began with few pleasant
words to Republicans in his audience.
and then launched into discussion OF
the currency, and alleged that tho Re-,
publtcans have even wandered from
their 1896 declaration for the double
standard by International agreement
but he did not add that President Nc.
Kinley sent O commissioners abroad to
endeavor to bring about such an agree
ment. and that the commissioner found
| It impossible ITO accomplish anything.
Proceeding, he attacked the national
banking system, and in a yelled man.
ner showed that he has not sent his un.
sound currency views to the rear.
though making imperialism, the par
amount issue" for the purpose Of lull-
ting Into sleepfulness the Democrats \
who .rebclled on Organism in 1896. u
Colonel Bryans attack on the jRepub-
lican position on the trusts was tjra !
rankests demagogy. and he did not ems
Tighten his audience TO the point Of
stating to 1T that all the legislation
that has been enacted against the !
trusts has been enacted by q Republic
can Congress. The speaker was eager
in telling of the trusts shutting down
plants, amt a Democrat in the audience
cried out an alleged local instance, but
the speaker failed to tell anything
about the Democratic trust on idleness
and depression, which operated SO ex-
tensively In this great manufacturing
center less than six years ago-when5it
was the exception to the rule to SEQ
smoke rolling out OF the stacks or hear
the humming of the wheels OF Industry.
"The present prosperity is never here;
it's always somewhere else."', said Colo-
mel Bryan. a statement that must hayo
struck every man. woman and child In Z
that crowd as an instance either OF ts-
nornnce or downright dupl,city with
his audience. for even the partisan
Register no longer shuts .ts eyes to tho :
great era Of prosperity that has en- s
veloped this great Ohio valley Of In +
dustry and commerce. Yes, Mr.. Bryou.
prosperity has indeed come to Wheel
Ing and the Ohio valley, md you are I:
about the only man who doesn't know
1t. Democrats and Republicans alike
corcede 1t and both are sharing In It. gs
His plan for doing away with the
trusts Is nothing new, and has been
declared impractical by both :; Demo-
Gratis and Republicans who are we'll /.
grounded in the law. In fact, It has
been asserted that 1t would be a viola.
ton of the constitutional privilege OF
Interstate commerce, and just hera
lies the weakness Of Mr.. Byan's posi-S
tion-he let's the constitution go galIey-
west for the first time In his public 90.
reer, as he would have you look at It.. &