The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-08
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
BE Attended the County Fair at
Shepardstown and Addressed the
People at Morgan's Grove.
BREAKFAST At HISTORIC BELLEVUE.
which the Latter Emphasized His
Opposition to a Colonial, OF Inn
perialistic POlicy-Bryan's Talk
to the Farmers.

Shephardstown, w. Va, Sept. s.
Mr.. Bryan began the second day of
his present tour at this point. His
first speech was made at Morgan's
| Grove, in the suburbs of the town,
where he began to speak a few min
utes past ten o'clock. A fair ~ in
progress and the attendance was i'm
mense, people having come from
| Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania to hear MI. Bryan speak,
while they attended the fair. Mr..
Bryan spent the night on his special
train. Previous to going to the
grounds he and his entire party took
breakfast at the historic country
place known as Bellevue. This place
faces Antietam battlefield across the
Potomac. Here Mr.. Bryan met many
of the local leaders and spent two
hours most enjoyably before begin
ming the more serious business of the
day.
Letter From Hon. w. l.. Wilson.
A letter was read at the meeting
from Hon. w. l.. Wilson, ex-postmas-
ter general, strongly ~indorsing Mr..
Bryan and saying that only sickness
prevented his attendance upon the
meeting. Col. r. p. Chew presided
and introduced Hon. George r. Wend-
ling who, after reading Mr.. Wilson's
letter, in turn introduced Mr.. Bryan.
He laid stress upon the fact that Mr..
Wilson had been a member of Mr..
r1z.lo .1,e aoh,pat Tn HE l1%%-r NJ
Wilson emphasized his opposition to
. colonial or im~perialistic policy. say
ing hat he had early taken this posi-
tion. Mr.. Vending, vino had opposed
Mr.. Bryan in 1896 made u briefspcech,
himself vigorously attacking the re-
publicans, and pledging to Mr.. Bry-
an his support this campaign. He
said he had known Mr.. Bryan from
his hoyhood and that all the money
in Wall street could not buy him.
Pleased to Talk to Farmers.
Mr.. Bryan began his speech by re-
ferring to Mr.. Wilson IN most COM
~plimentary terms. He had known Mr..
Wilson in congress and he had never
believed that so kind and loving a
man could indorse a war of con.
quest.
Mr.. Bryan expressed his pleasure at
being able to address an assemblapc
| of farmers. He wanted to know how
any farmer could be a republican. il
was easy to understood, how the
| head of a trust or an army contractor
could be a member of that party. he
said, but as for the farmers, they
were not trying to get their hands
out of their pockets. However, pros
porous other classes might be, the
farmer was not a sharer in that pros
perity. Here Mr.. Bryan related the
current reports concerning his oat
crop, claiming that the exaggeratior
in this matter was a specimen of fal
lacious reports in the east concern
ing the prosperous condition of the
agricultural classes.
Republican Exaggerations.
They always exaggerate the posi-
bilities of good crops he said, "ant
never take into consideration the like
lihood of a bad crop. And, after tn
farmer has taken these chances, h
passes between the bulls and bear
of Wall street. The bulls horn him
the bears bite him, and when he i
through with them he has to NEE
the gold bug. A good crop is mad
the occasion for praising the repub
lican party" he continued, while
bad one is taken as a punishment TO
voting the democratic ticket. Tn
claim is almost made that the reput
lican party" he continued, while
this can not be true, for if it wer
there would be a monopoly on rain
the price would go up"
Farmers Need More Money.
Mr.. Bryan then took up the discus
sion of the financial question, show
ing that more money was especial
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