The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-06
BRYAN TOURING
WEST VIRGINIA.
Addresses an Immense
Throng of. People.
ANOTHER CONVERT.
Hon. w. L. Wilson Declares for the
Democratic Nominee,
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION:.
Mr.. Bryan Explained the Better Times
by the Increase III the Money i'll
Circulation Which he Said
Was not Due to, But in
Spite of the Repubii-
lican Party.
THE FINANCIAL QuESTI0 N.

sHEPHERDsTOWN,W w VA, Sept. o.
Mr.. Bryan began the second day of his
present tour at this point. His first speech
was made at Morgan,s Grove, in the sub
urbs, of the town.
The attendance was immense, people
having come in not only from West Vir-
ginia, but from Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania to hear the speech while
they attended the fair.
WILSON FOR BRYAN.
A letter was read at the meeting from
Hon w. l.. Wilson, x-Postmaster-G Cen
eral, strongly endorsing Mr. Bryan and
saying that only sickness prevented his
attendance upon the meeting. In his let
ter Mr.. Wilson emphasized his oppo-
sition to colonial or imperial policy, say
ing that he had early taken this position
Mr.. Vending, who had opposed Mr..
Bryan in 1885, made brief speech himself
vigorously attacking the Republican policy
and pledging to Mr.. Bryan his support this
campaign. He said he had known Mr..
Bryan from his boyhood, and that all the
money in Wall Street could not buy him.
Mr.. Bryan was received with deafening
applause. After this had subsided he
launched Immediately upon his speech. He
began by referring to Mr.. Wilson in most
complimentary terms. He had known Mr..
Wilson in Congress- and ne had never be-
lieved that so kind and loving man
could endorse a war OF conquest Mr..
Bryan expressed his pleasure at being able
to address an assemblage of farmers. He
wanted to know how any farmer could be
a Republican 1t was easy to understand
how the head of a trust or an army con-
tractor could be member of that party,
!! he said but as for the farmers, they were
not trying to get their hands into others
pockets and keep others hands out Of
their pockets. However prosperous other
classes might be, the farmer was not
sharer of that prosperity.
HIS DAT CROP
Here Mr.. Bryan related the current re-
ports concerning his cat crop, claiming that
the exaggeration in this matter was a spe-
cimen of the falacy of the reports in the
East concerning the prosperous agricultu-
raj classes.
They always exaggerate the possibi-
ties of good crops he said land never
take into consideration the likelihood of
a pad 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 10
i.iee' eHe SUI spuS. a SOOu crop IS MADE
the occasion for praisng the Republican
party he continued, while bad crop
is taken as a punishment for voting the
Democratic ticket. The claim is almost
made that the Republican party controls
the rainfall, but this cannot be true. for if
1t We're there would be monopoly on
rain, and the price would go up.
FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Mr.. bryan then took up the discussion
of the financial question: to show that more
money was especially necessary to the
farmer. Mr.. Bryan said:
What does the Republican party do to
help the farmer? Has it any means of
raising the price of what he has 10 sell?
You are told now that you had more money
than you had in 1896. l want You to read
the speeches made in 1896 and see whether
the Republican party promised any more
money You cannot find in a Republican
speech Of So a promise of more money.
The Republicans said then that it did not
matter whether he had much money or g
little, just so it was good They disputed
the quantitative theory of money, and you
cannot find where any Republican said in
1896 that we had an insufficient amount of
currency and promised that the Repubii-
can party would bring more money, and
yet to-day the Republican party boasts OF
an increase in the volume of money. Re
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are better than they, were, and that we
have more money than we had. and do you
believe that there is any connection be-
tween better times and more money. II
you do, 1 want you to remember that In
1896 we told you that the more noonay made
the better times, and we tried to secure the
money, not temporarily, but permanently,
for the American people. The Republicans
said we did not need any money, and yet
when the gold was discovered in Alaska
the Republicans were glad that there was
going to be more money. They rejolced
SO loudly that you would imagine that 1t
was in the Republican platform thar they
would discover gold if they were entrusted
with the power. The production Of god
has been a help. We want more gold and
more silver. The quantitative theory OF
money has been established and the Re-
publican party to-day does not dare to bras
S of an Increased quantity OF money. and at
the same time say that the quantitauve
theory Of money is incorrect.
NIOtTGAGINCi THE FUTURE.
I'VE got money because OF a large crop
in this country and a famine in Europe.
Did the Republican party make a large
crop in this country? Did the Republican
party produce the famine in Europe? II. II
not how can it claim credit for the 1n-
creased volume of money? We have had
a war on hand. We have been mortgas-
ing the future and spending the ~ '
of the present. We have been putting
some money into circulation which was
stored in the vaults, and it has been helI'-
full Did the Republican party BRING on
the warain order to increase the Volune5
of money? The war in the Philippines mas
furnished some demand for #moheS5sanu 10 !.
has taken s5, 900 men out of the labor
market The South Africa n war mas ..a also
helped some in the matte OF creating
prices by creating a demandssfor goods.
lid the Republican, party bring q bout the
war in South Africa
points 10 one thing that has been done by
the Republican party to- raise the price