Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-07
SENSIBLE TALK TO FARMERS.
A Great Crowd of Farmers, Including Many
Republicans, Addressed at Harrison
County Fair-senator Camden. Who
Supported Palmer and Buckncr in 1906,
Presided Over Parkcrsburg Meeting
The Closing Meeting of the Tour Held
at Wheeling Last Night.
(By Telegraph to virginian-Pilot)

place had the honor OF entertaining
the Democratic Presidential candidate
for few hours to-day. The County
Fair of this (Harrison county, is in
progress. and MIR. Bryan was received
at the fair grounds. The announce
ment of his coming had been made
throughout this entire section of the
country, and as q consequence his adj
mirerS had come far and near to see
and hear him. The crowd was large
and the enthusiasm manifested upon
the appearance of the candidate was
regarded as an excellent indication Of
the favor in which he is held i'll the
community. The train was an hour
late, but the crowd awaited Mr..
Bryan's arrival with patience and good
WILL The coming was greeted with
cheers, throngs being present at the
railroad station to grasp the candidate
by the hand and escort him to the
meeting place. The town was in hol-
iday attire. The accommodations at
ClarkSburE were poor, ana tho meet
ing badly managed There We're no
press accommodations, and the repre-
sentntive3 OF the newspapers apparent
u were regarded as suspicious char
ucters. They occupied seats on the
ground ana wrote upon their knees.
APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS.
The meeting was held in Haymont
Grove, near the fair grounds. The
crowd faced MIR. Bryan from a high
hillside fronting the speakers stand.
located at the foot of the hill. The
community has a tendency towards
Rcpublicnaism, and Mr.. Bryan's speech
was an appeal to Republicans TO in
vcstigate party questions. You can't
always tell the character of an egg
from the outside appearance, he said.
and I want you Republicans to eX
anime the inside of your egg and see
whether 1T is MS fresh as 1t may seem
TO be on the outside He thought
many men too much inclined to fol-
low the party platform without giving
the subject any independent thought
of their own, and he was sure that
sufficient investigation would convince
thcm of the insnccrity and incon-
elstcncy of the Republican party.
They would find this to he true ON the
financial. trust and foreign and mill
ta"y questions.
THE OLD PLEA
WHEN asked to explain their posi-
lions they would Invariably fall back
Mro- the plea of prosperity. With the
Republicans prosperity. like charity,
covers n multitude of sins, as for the
prosperity of which we hear so much
!: "Ns like the milk sickness or the
old time; it MAS always in the next
country. He again instanced the re-
ports of the big oat crop, and used
them as an illustration of the falla-
cl"us reports Of The prosperous condi-
tlnn or the county. Hc declared that
his farm had received so much adver-
tiainS that if he could turn the farm
in.o soap he would he sure of a greater
fortune out of ii than he WAS under
the present conditions"
y .t..f's:5S7t!tY C6SF-----
He again elaborated the statement
lint the cost of necessary articles of
consumption had increased out of pro-
portion to the increase in the cost of
labor. and he quoted the reports that
commercial failures We're growing more
and more frequent. Speaking of I'M
periallsm Mr.. Bryan said the question
had not yet been passed upon by the
pcpole. who were now to have their
FIRST opportunity to record their views
upon the subject. The President only
had taken position, the judiciary and
Congress had done nothing, hence the
Importance of due consideration of the
subject before 1t was too late. He in
stanced the Porto Rican bill as an H.
lustration OF what the Republican
party would do in other cases. In that
case the party had assumed itself SUI
perior to the Constitution and the
President endorsed their position.
The meeting closed a few minutes
past IL o'clock, and. Mr.. Bryan left
shortly afterwards for Parkersburg.
where he is to speak this afternoon
SPEECH AT WHEELING.
Wheeling w. Va. Sept. 6-Thc
tour Of West Virginia. which was be-
gun Tuesday last by Hon. VIM. j.
Bryan. the Democratic Presidential
candidate. was concluded tonight
with ~ speech ut this place. He
Travelled from Deer Park by the way
Of CIarlishurg and Parkersburg to-
day. making three speeches OF length
md two or three other brief and in
formal talks at such places as st.
Mury's and Sistersville. AS his train
came into Wheeling Mr.. Bryan was
OF rockets III the suburbs. and the
mass oe humanity struggling man
fully tn get q first glimpse of the
candidate. The days run covered
about 300 miles OF rough mountain
ra.rootlinG. which was in itself no
s,nr.I undertaking for hot weather.
Mr. BRYAN. however held up well.
and appeared cutie fresh when he
asrcrdod tho PLATFORM at o-pights
,rcs ;laf: and began 10 address the
iwtnri;sr multitude which had assem-
Med u hear him.
= SUCCESSFUL. TOUR.
Tie three days tour IL regarded by
MI Brynn and the West Virginia
Democrats who have been escorting
him Us In every way successful from
n roli:ical standpoint. He has made
all told SIX set spceches and num-
her of briefer addresses. and has had
uniformly large audiences. The
crowds ut Clarksburr and Parl,ers-
burg we're both most Respectable in
number, while to-nights meeting was
exceptionally large. At the Parkers.-
burg meeting Ex-United States SEN
atOr Camden presided He arnnortad