The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-06
IMNENSE CROWDS
CHEERED BRYAN
He Made Two Speeches in-West
Virginia Yesterday.
SPENT NIGHT AT DEER PARK
The Democratic Nominee Severely Ar
raigned the Republic; ms Oh Sew
eral Issues-Speaks of Chances
for the Young Men

leef 1drk Mo-, september 5-Mr. bryan
began today in jefferson County, West Vir-
ginia. He made only two speeches during
| the day, the first at Morning Grove, near
Shepherdstown and the next at Keyser
There were large audiences at both meet
ings but that at the Grove was exceptional
in size.
Deer Park was reached late in the after
noon but no meeting was held here. Mr.
Bryan is the guest of Colonel McGraw, who
invited a number of gentlemen to meet the
Presidential candidate at dinner. After the
dinner party Mr.. Bryan met socially the
residents of the vicinity and the guests of
the resort.
The Keyser meeting began a o'clock on
vacant plot unprotected by trees. Hot as
the weather was, all stood patiently
through the meeting applauding vocifer-
ously from time to time
General ST. Clair introduced Mr.. Bryan
at Keyser paying a high compliment to
him.
This compliment was seized upon by Mr..
Bryan as a text for the first part of his
speech, which was devoted to the oppor-
tunities of American citizens of whatever
| station in life. Il am afraid" he began,
| that l cannot prove to you that l am as
| great a man as General st. Clair thinks 1
| am, but whatever l am 1 owe to the sup
! port which l have received from the great
mass of the people who bear without re-
| proach the name of the common people.
''They have given to me whatever promi-
hence l have in public life and l am in
debted to them for all that l hope for in
politics But If l can do nothing else, l can
show you how in a free country the people
can select from among themselves one who
represents their ideas, | can show you how
in a country like this a man may become
conspicuous with nothing behind him but
an earnest desire to see enacted into law
fundamental democrat tic principles To that
extent l may be a help to the young men
of this country l want this government to
remain such that the son of every citizen
can aspire to the highest rewards in bust
ness or in politics l am interested in this
question not as a candidate but as a citi-
zen My father was a lawyer and l pFac-
ticed law until 1 became so busy prosecut-
ing the Republican party for grand larceny
that l did not have time to defend people
charged with petty larceny I do not want
| a government that is good only for law
+, yers, for bankers, only for those who may
be fortunate enough to stand at the head
! of great corporations
| az want a government that will3pfotect
! every citizen in the enjoyment of life and
| liberty and in the pursuit of happiness and
| guarantee to every citizen fair share of
| the proceeds of his TOLL - =
| Arraig ned the Rel .ublicans
Mr.. Bryan then araigned the Republican
party:
TT amazes me-" said he, that men can
| be so blind and short-sighted as to favor
policies that simply bring benefit to a few.
| l charge that the Republican party of to-
day is the party of the few and that it's
| legislation gives a benefit to the compar-
atively few at the expense of the many l
believe that through the Republican poll
| cies there lies one vicious principle, name
ly, that the dollar is worth more than the
man. The Republican party has made
| money the master and man the servant.
| The Republican party does not ask the
| great majority of the people anything
| about legislation. 1t simply seeks the
| opinions of those who are conspicuous in
| business and in finance"
THE Democratic party" he went on. SIS
| no menace to the man who wants to eat
| the bread he earns. 1t is only a menace
| to the man who wants to eat the bread
| that some one else earns without paying
| Tor the bread. Many who did not under
| stand the money trust in 1896 are able to
| understand the industrial trust. Many who
| die not realize that it meant to have
| monopoly given to one kind of money, now
| find out what a Standard Oil monopoly or
/ a Barbed Wire monopoly or a Sugar Trust
monopoly is. Those who did not see that
| they would soon be the victims of this
| concentrating spirit, If continued, have
| since become the victims of it,
| In this connection Mr. Bryan said that
| in 1896 there were a great many travelling
| men who were deluded and led to believe
| that all we needed was Republican ad-
| ministration, and they went up and down
| the land and preached for the Republican
| party.
But since the election no class has suf-
| fered more than the travelling men. The
| travelling men are realizing that the trust
| is reaching them, and if any one in this
| audience has not realized what the trusts
| mean it is only a question of time when
| you will if the Republican party stays in
| power"
| Chance for Youug Wen
what is the chance for the young man?
| How does he know that some trust will
| not step to his store door and give him
| chance to choose between bankruptcy and
| joining conspiracy against his fellows?
| You will find that as wealth concentrates
| the small man will be driven out, the in
| dependent citizen will become a clerk and
| the young lawyer who enters upon his
| profession with hope and ambition will BE-
| come merely clerk in the office of some
| lawyer for the trusts You will find that
| this Republican system - this system. of
| private monopoly-is condemning the young
| men to perpetual clerkship and shutting
the door of opportunity in his face. II, ,.s
| IF you are not able to understand how
economic conditions are affecting you, let
| me ask you, can you ignore the tendency
toward militarism that has been mani
| Tested in this country under this admins
| tration? Has the poor man any reason for
| wanting a large army? Has the farmer
| any reason for desiring a large military
| establishment? Has the country merchss't
| Has the ordinary man ?These people 90 not
| profit by a large standing army. The large
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