Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-05
COL. BRYAN IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
TALKS ABOUT THE FARMERS
Does Not Know why They Are Re
publlcans Good crops aud
Monopoly Oh Rain.

sher8rds.0wn. w. ", Sept 5.-Mr
Byans first speech today was made
az Marraus Grove. Zoo the suburbs OF
the town. Fair weather was I'm prog
ros. ana the audience was immense.
people having come not only from West
Virginia, but also from Maryland and
Pennsylvania Mr. Bryan spent the
n.sht 900 Dis special train. Previous 10
going 60 the grounds. be and his entire
party took breakfast at the historic
country place known ass Bellevue which
faces Antatam battlefield. across the
Potomac Here Alr Bryan met many
of Che local leaders and spent two
hours most oniowbly
Alettcr was read az the meeting from
Hon. w. l.. Wilson, cx-posthaster gen
eroI str9nsIy endorsing Mr.. Bryan and
saying that only sickness prevented his
attendance upon The meeting
COL r. j. Chew presided and intro.
duced Hon George r. Vending. who
after reading Mr. Wilson's letter. In
turn introduced Mr. Bryan, He laid
stress uuon the fact that Mt Wilson
had been % momher " Mr. Cleveland's
c0bnot lu bits letter Mr. Wilson cm-
phafIzed DIS opposition 20 a colonial or
imperalist.c policy saying he had early
taken this position
MIR Vending who had opposed Mr.
Bryan Do 1896 made q brief speech
himself vigorously attacking Republl-
cansm and pledging TO Mr. Bryan his
support ln this campaign. He said ne
had known Mr. Bryan from his boy
hood and that all the money In Wall
street could not buy him.
Mr. Bryan began his speech by re-.
ferriu- 90 MT. Wilson In a most COM
pnmontary terms lie had known Mr.
Wilson In Congress. and he had never
believed that so kind and loving q man
could endorse a war Of conquest.
Mt Bryan expressed his pleasure at
being able 20 address an assemblage
Of farmers He wanted 10 know how
any farmer could be a Republican. II
was easy to understand how the head
Of a trust or an army contractor could
be a member Of that party. he said, but
as Tor the farmers. they were not trying
10 get their hands into other pockets,
ana 10 Keep OlNIf MINUS out OF llltI
pockets However prosperous other
classes might be. the farmer was not
sharer IN that prosperity, Here Mr..
Bryan related the current reports con-
corning his oat crop, claiming that the
exaggeration 10 this matter was a
specimen Of fallacious reports in the
East concerning the prosperous condi-
ton Of the farmers.
They always eXaggerate the pOssl-
bilities OF a good CROP he said. and
never take into consideration the like
lihood Of a bad crop. and after the
farmer has taken these chances he
passes between the bulls and bears Of
Wall street The bulls horn him. the
bears bite him. and when he Is through
with them he has 90 meet the gold bug.
good Crop Is made the occasion for
pralslng the Republican party he con-
tInued, while bad one Is taken as a
punishment for voting the Democratic
ticket The claim is almost made that
the Republican party controls the rain
fall, but this cannot be true, for II Il
were there would be q monopoly In rain;
the price would so up
Mr. Bryan then discussed the money
question. showing that more money was
especially necessary TO The farmer.