The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-14
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I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-W WEEK 8 ATEAH
BRYAN OPENS UP HIS BATTLE.
FIRST SPEECH or THE CAMPAIGN
DELIVERED At CHAMPAIGN.

A HandshaISing Bee with the Crowd
at the station at INanknkee-A
Fiat Car Used "a RoStrum Dur
ing His Twenty S-Minutes stop at
Champaign-The Financial Ques-
tion Declared the Most Importane
Issue Of the Campaign.
Champaign, H.. July 13.-William J.
Bryan arrived here on the Illinois Cen
trail road at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
after a pleasant ride Of three hours and a
half from Chicago. At several places
along the route Mr. Bryan was given
hearty receptions. His first experiences
was at Kankakee, where about a thous-
and men, women and children were gath
cred. cheer went up from the crowd,
as Mr.. Bryan appeared on the platform
of the Pullman sleeper. and he was obliged
20 get down into the crowd and grasp
the many hands extended. Kankakes
was reached at 4O2, and. although the
train remained there for three minutes.
only. Mr.. Bryan made a good record as =
hand-shaker.
At Gilman. a stop of a couple Of min
utes was made to enable the hundred
that station to give a cheer for the can
didate and shake his hand.
Mr.. Bryan made his first campaigns
speech al Champaign, where the train
stopped twenty minutes A fiat car had
been lmprOVised into speakers stand.
From this Mr.. Bryan addressed his au-
dience, consisting Of 1,5O people.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows: This IS
an important campaign; In my Judgment
IL Is the most important campaign this
country has passed through in a time OF
peace. The issues are those which affect
every man. woman and cnlld IN the ma
ton, and | beg Of you that you shall
appreciate the important part you bear
in this campaign. This Is the greatest
nation on earth, IL Is IN advance OF all
other nations. It's advancement Is because
our form OF government is the best on
earth, because being In the hands OF ths
people, II can be made as good as tho
people desire. II our laws are good, IL
our laws are Just, IL Is because our peo-
pie have force TO make them just. L
believe there Is more Justice In the peoplS
than Is expressed through their repre-
sentatiYes. if laws are bad II is ths
fault OF the representatives Of the people,
and so must be remedied by tho peo-
pie. There are those who have
the idea that patriotism can only be
manifested In time Of war. was
too young to go to the war, but In every
campaign such as this you and l havs
chance TO show our patriotism. Our
government Is the most perfect form OF
government, because il is the best that
the people can offer for a display OF pa
triotsm Every great economic question
Is great moral question. When you
come 10 settlement of a question like that
Of the present campaign, morality is lm-
vited. The financial question IS the most
important issue In this campaign, and
wish that you would study it so that you
may understand the way IL affects You
and your interests. There Is no class to
which the question can be committed, be-
.I. - ha fnrfa f.A -. f.Ir
care OF Il. Before the campaign Is over,
the discussion will turn on one question:
Is this nation great enough TO leglslato
for itself?' We believe we are strong
enough TO determine our own financial
policy. not waiting for any other nation
on earth. (Cheers.) II Is not a compile
Gated question; the politicians have tried
to settle the money question, the people
have tried to settle the money question,
but II will not be settled until the people
have a chance to express their opinions,
and then It will be settled, and from that
there Is no appeal.
At Tolna, Tuscola and Arcola the hand
shaking process was repeated. AT Mat
toon. there was a long concourse OF peo-
pie and brass band to greet the young
candidate. Mr.. Bryan, yielding to repeat
ed calls, said II have been taught to be-
lieve that public servant was but pub
lie man chosen for a certain term and to
do certain public work. You can't always
tell whether a man will make a good hired
man or not Sometimes he MAKES a good
hired man and sometimes he does not
We have a splendid platform adopted at
Chicago, and / believe that any man who
win carry out that platform will be a good
hired man for the people of the United
States. (Cheers). This will be a cam
paign in which there will be a great deal
of feeling, more feeling than at any time
since the war In a campaign In which you
or / have INDUCED. There will be certain
feeling on both sides. You Will find that
there are those who will say that the
platform adopted at Chicago will be ruin
Gus TO the country. On our side you Will
find those who claim that the restoration
of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the present ratio
Of 16 to can be accomplished
ed without awaiting for any other nation
pecunarly benefited in the rise of the
dollar are in favor of raising the value OF
the dollar. But those others who are the
people, do not want the value of the dol
lar to rise when It depresses the value OF
human toll. When those who are bene-
fitted by the rise of the dollar ask you
what kind Of money you want, tell them
you want good money. You want a dol
lar that will be just, not one that viii take
from the labor producing classes OF the
world. (Cheers.)
Enthusiastic crowds were gathered to
greet Mr. Bryan. at Efiingham, Odin,
Edgewood and Salem, the last Bryan's
former home and present objective point.
Here the reception was an ovation,
everybody in the town Of 200 inhabitants
apparently turning out to greet their
former neighbor. Bryans three sisters
stil live in Salem, and they were the
happiest Of the throng.
A SAVINGS BANK CLOSED.