The herald., 1896-08-18
BRYAN'S MOVEMENTS
The Demand for Silver Speeches Too Strong
TO Resist

BRYAN'S MOVEMENTS
The Demand for Silver Speeches Too Stron g
| TO Resist
| YONKERS, N. Y, Aug. 17-Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall left John b.
| Walkers home, Irvington, this morn
ing shortly after 9 o'clock. At Mr.. Wal
| ker's request the people refrained from
making any demonstration. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan, Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Cut
| weight, Bryan's private secretary, took
| the train as far as Yonkers and there
| took the day boat for Poughkeepsie.
DEMAND FOR A SPEECH.
POUGHKEEPsIE. N. Y. Y.SAug. H.
! When Mr.. Bryan reached Poughkeepsie
400 people were at the dock to meet him.
They followed him up the street cheer
| ing and shouting for speech. When he
reached the depot the crowd became so
insistent that Bryan yielded to their
wishes and standing on box said:
II am up here for rest, and did not
| expect to make a speech, but probably
shall not see you again, and will take
| this opportunity to say a few words to
you. l am very glad to see you all.
From the tone of the New York opposi-
| tion press one would be led to suppose
there is no silver sentiment in this state.
l am glad to see a refutation of that
| fallacy and to notice that even the great
New York press cannot stifie the wishes
| of the people. This is time when the
thinking people outnumber the corpora
tions and when people will vote accord
ing to their own judgment. 1t is to be
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have ever seen, and l believe it is good
| sign when we can, as in this campaign,
foresee independence. We are naturally
an Independent people and this is the
time when that independence should be
asserted
The party made the trip by rail from
Poughkeepsie to Barrytown without in
| cident. Bryan laughingly admitted
that he had broken his pledge not to
| speak while on the trip, but added:
''The crowd was almost tearing our
clothes Off and had to do 1t as matter
of self protection"
At Startsburg there were fifty or more
people at the station and the same
| thing happened at each of the small sta
tions. The train conductor explained to
Mr.. Bryan that the numbers represent
ed about all the male population Of the
| places.
At Barrytown Mr.. and Mrs. Perrine,
! whose guests the Bryans are to be, met
them at the station and drove them to
Red Hook where they will stay for at
least a week.
An incident Of the boat trip was the
fact that the steamboat people had ar
range fran fra n q a tiOv, for hr
party and dinner for the entire party,
including newspaper men. Mr.. Bryan
was exceedingly polite over the matter
but insisted on paying fare and for his
own and his wife's meals. which he did.
Mr.. Bryan said that newspaper talk
of a prepared southern itinerary was
without foundation. Such a trip would
be taken, but absolutely no dates have
been arranged.
BRYAN is RESTING.
UPPER RED HOOK, N. Y, Aug. IT,
William j. Bryan's itinerary, after he
has rested, has been partially arranged.
He will not go back to New York to an
swer the speech of Cochran. He will 20
from here to Buffalo, from Buffalo to
Erie, from Erie to Cleveland, speaking
at each place. From Cleveland he will
go direct to Lincoln. When he leaves
Lincoln he will go to the south, the itin-
erary of that trip including speeches in
Kentucky, Florida, Missouri and Mary
land, and then he will come east again
about the last week in September. He
will speak in Brooklyn and then go to
New England. Upon his return from
New England he will speak in New York
city.
Mr.. Bryan said tonight, in regard to
the alleged statement by Senator Thurs
ton in his letter to Senator Stewart that
Mr.. Bryan had been charged with being
in the pay of silver mine owners:
1.-The statement has been denied be-
fore, and at the proper time a specific
denial will be made
In this sleepy hamlet Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan seem in a fair way to secure the
much h-needed rest.
From the window Of a two story frame
house Of unpretentious proportions Mr..
Bryan looks upon a few dozen frame
houses, village store and a prosperous
hotel. He also looks upon beautiful
country, and, as he expressed 1t tonight,
"a scene that in itself made weary
man feel rested"
To be sure, there was demonstration
tonight, but as Mr.. Z. G. Perrine, the
village storekeeper, whose wife is Mrs.
Bryan's old friend, and at whose home
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are stopping, re-
marked, it was merely social event"
Joined in by people irrespective of party.
There was little or no demonstration in
the village when Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
arrived after q six-mile drive from the
station, but toward dusk the people Of
three villages gathered about the house,
In front of which there was large lawn,
and while the Red Hook brass band made
sweet music, the crowd cheered. The
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