Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-06
(By Telegraph to vlrgininn. pllot.l

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 minutes past 10
o'clock. AT this Grove the people of
the vicinity are in the habit of con-
gregating annually to hold colt show
The show is now on and advantage was
taken of the fact to have u Bryan
meeting at the grounds. The attend
ance was immense. people having come
in not only from West Virginia, but
from Virginia. Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania to hear the speech while they
attended the fair. There was, for in
stance, several hundred men in the
procession wearing "Anti-imperial"
badges, who We're from Hagerstown.
Maryland.
HON. VIM. L. WILSON.
A letter was read at the meeting from
Hon. w. l.. Wilson, ex-Postmaster-
General strongly opposing the govern
ments course in the Philippines and
regretting that sickness prevented his
presence.
INTRODUCED BY OLD OPPONENT.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Hon.
George r. Vending. who had opposed
his election in 1896. Mr.. Vending said
he had known Mr.. Bryan from his boy.
hood and that all the money in Wall
street could not buy him.
MIR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan was received with deaf
ening applause. He began by referring
TO Mr. Wilson in most complimentary
terms. He had known Mr.. Wilson In
Congress and he had never believed
thut so kind and loving man could
endorse war of conquest. Mr.. Bryan
cnl T., tn,
ADDRESS an assemblage of farmers. He
wanted to know how any farmer could
be Republican. It was easy, he said.
to understand how the head Of trust
or en army contractor could be a men,
her OF that party, but as for the farm
ers, they were not trying to get their
hands into others pockets and to keep
others hands out of their pockets.
However prosperous other classes
might be the farmer was not sharer
of that prosperity. Here Mr.. Bryan
related the current reports concerning
his oat crop, claiming that the ex-
aggeration IN this matter was a speci-
men of the fallacy of the report in the
East concerning the prosperous condi-
ton of the agricultural classes.
ABOUT CROPS.
"They always exaggerate the possi-
bilities OF a good crop" he said, "and
never take into consideration the like
lihood OF 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 to meet the gold
bug A good crop is made the occa-
sion for praising the Republican
party1n-he continued, while O bad crop
the Democratic ticket. The claim is
almost made that the Republican
party controls the rainfall. but this
cannot be true, for If it We're there
would be monopoly on rain; the
price would go up"
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Mr. Bryan then took up the discus
sion of the financial question to show
that more money was especially neces-
sary 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 to sell? You are told now that
you have moro money than you had in
1896. I want you to read the speeches
made In 1896 and see whether the Re-
publican party promised any more
money. You cannot find in Republi-
money. The Republicans said then
that 1t did not matter whether we had
much money or a little, Just so it was
good. They disputed the quantitive
theory OF money, and you cannot find
where any Republican said in 1896 that
we had an insufficient amount of cur
rency and promised that the Republic
can party would bring more money
and yet to-day the Republican party
boasts Of an increase in the volume OF
money. Republican farmers, do you
believe that times are better than they
We're, and that we have more money
than we had, and do you believe that
there Us any connection between better
times and more money?
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
If you do want you to remember
that in 1896 we told you that more
money made better times, and we tried
to secure more money, not temporarily.
but permanently, for the American
people. Tho Republicans said we did
not need any more, and yet when gold
was discovered in Alaska the Repub-
licans were glad there was going to
be more money. They rejoiced so
loudly that you would imagine that 1t
was in the Republican platform that
they would discover gold if they were
Entrusted with power. The increased
production of gold has been q help.
we wanted more gold and more silver.
the quantitfve theory of money has
been established. and the Republican
party to-day does not dare to Drag OF
an increased quantity OF money, and
ut the same time say that the GUAM
titive theory of money Is incorrect.
We got money because OF large crop
Z in this country and famine ii,
Europe. Did the Republican party
make a large crop in this country?
Did the Republican party, produce the