The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-18

tT1r,,, ~ " II. 10
IL ssrtflerss a the next presid tsof
fi,Sxs TInif u ST afes IN closing d short ai-
fiass ~ ina assano Ma e,e1 Mr. Bryan sails:
10 = 1ainnaien in q hich there vii,
Sl,e much. ~ feeling more feeling than has
aver. I,een n, s1y, q rannnaign in which, Won
~ Il nave been enEa since the war. And
ria. feeling arises onstwo sides. You find
:tfif,se who believe that the financial policy
\ we advocate will be r,lnious to this coun-
saliva tion5 81, this country. lies in the fmne-
st1fate restoration of free and unlimited
cn;,,a pee 81: aold and silver Al. the ,nresent
ratio. II f6 ia without the consent Of anv
other nation on earth. 1Great applausel
.Isbelieye In that platform. IT expresses
that noIicy which Is necessary to restore
s,aritv hetyveen ,,oo,,ev.a nd nrnnertv And
IN this Campaign Won viii, And that those
mar, who are nec,1niarilv henef7ted in the
rise in the va lle sc q dollar will favor tina
;ublic,y that will raise the value OF that dol
lar but the poor people will not be in favor
az Ssi,ch. a policy. When these neople tell
You that they want good money. YOU tell
them that money may be too good; it may
he So good that Won may. pray for IL and
wish for.it5 INT Won can't get hold OF it.
SfAnnIal,se y We..want a dollar that will
10 t,,st and NOT q dollar that viii. onlv re-
ward the men who own money! s%s.s4
3 As the train proceeded south there
were .smaH b11r1ies Of citizens at IlrimpOrt-
ant sta tinns who had assembled to see the
train drawing the presidential nominee go
Through, on the fy. The enthusiastic citi-
aens1 at these places were gratified in their
G,es;ra for Mr.. and Mrs .3rva \ at each
mace walked ont on the PLATFORM. where
Mr. Rrvan took off his hat and waved at
the assembled people as the train rushed
through. At Effingham, although 1t was
.di1ite dark. there were at least 1000 peo-
Me :nnanvoof 1vhor,, were women. assem-
bled. to see the Democratic presidential
candidate. AS the train came to a stand
still there were loud cries for Bryan, free
silver" and "Altgeld, and after the men
tipn Of each. the crowd gave vent to en-
thusia site cheers. ~ When quiet was at
length restored, MT. Bryan was introduced
from the rear PLATFORM OF the tram ana
SAID:
!. FelloW Cltizens' reHeIl ss tnat less
than a year ago stopper soAI mere LOT q
rev hours ana spoke AT me court court mouse s.
All we Wlsnea was that lhe Oe .,4 a.L.
party Wonld adopt q PLATFORM .tllat Was
Democrallc. SINCE mat time ssreat s!fu
mas peell soanS oA, an iaet ~eeA .ilat
Struggle e1lusu ~ d nalsu!la1 cotIYen.lu1l'
anu Lhae coilven.nu auopasu q iaeaol II
;Whlch IS All my Llaihoie Juus hlelie, DellAoz
cratic IN every me anu every Woiu anu
the democratic party comes nelore the
country now appsailnS ~ I1Aose WHY We
lieve II that PA tIofn..
AZ EI1liilsn,tll. MI; Gnu us. 5lsah Mele
met by the LIONS; pWlgnt anu Marshsn
.noth COUSINS Oh WI. Aryail' NO poa rusu
the train ana accompanied snenl' South
Of Eftlngnanl, ABOUT TOUR rinl,es' large
NUMBER or farmers assei!p! sa saAH.s tne
rallroad track anu nau ouiit huge ooil-
nres. :: As the tram shot W.. snefe Vas
fusiiade or shotguns' army r,nes anu nre-
crackers, WtMle the assenlasu couh,ry1ilen ,
snouted Hurran 1of Tree si'vet anu
Bryan. s5 sa@
Mr. Bryan was taken to the Virginia
hotel at Odin. After being in the hotel a
few minutes, Mr.. Bryan was taken to the
street, and, mounting a platform, which
had been hastily prepared, addressed the
citizens Of Odin for FIVE minutes. He said
in part: .-,ss.,
+onioht haoanse have NOT been formally
notIfiad f,v the notification committee as
- 49,, rono;na+inn r. does ma Food To-
,,ioi,t +o visit the county of nv birth and
- s,,,eet and greet INV old friends of NV
ho11hond DAYS Odin IS familiar name
to me, and many of the faces I recognize
&c fhosa knew wears AGO r am leenlv
to,,n1,ed NV thesa manifestations Of good
Mill r do not feel that the nornination
No g hean e;ven as the result of anv mar
+Io,,,er merit Circumstances control orr
antione and largely mark ont orr course
~ life That is RESPONSIBLE for the fact
81 s., !. : i,,s+ now hannen IN he +he standard
taare, NJ one If The great PARTIES IN
saIectiro some one to stand upon the Plat
Form and carry ont the doctrines promul-
gnted the circumstances pointed to my
self. and I am but one of you chosen for
q, brief time to exercise a privileged au-
thority. All power men exercise is simply
for a purpose and for a time"
1 When the train pulled up to the depot
at Salem there were people on hand ready
to welcome Mr.. Bryan from all over Mar
ion county MIR. and Mrs. Bryan We're es-
corted to a carriage by the committee and
taken to the home of Mr. Bryan's sister,
Mrs. James Baird. But two short weeks
ago he was called here to attend the death
bed of his mother: She was buried here
by the side of Judge Bryan, who passed
away is years ago: But the people in thelr
enthusiasm and desire to honor the man
who went away from here scarcely score
of years ago unknown to fame, gave vent
to-. their feelings. When the carriage
reached the home Of his sister, his former
fellow-townsnen were there by the nun
dreds. They cheered and shouted while
bands played and the anv1ls doomed. Ihey
demanded a speech and MIR. Bryan &C
quiesced: AS he stepped out upon the 1T
tie Vine-covered porch in front of the nome
of his sister, in response to the calls OF MS
friends, he showed by the tWitching OF
the muscles of his face ana the nusKlness
of his voice that he was deeply affected.
He needed no introduction. Everyone
knew him and as he came forward the
noise ceased. AS soon as he could contfol
his voice he spoke in part as follows:
.tFellow citizens: [ don't know what to