The morning times., 1896-10-22
HARRISON'S TOUR ENDED.
Immense Audiences Greeted Ex-
President Along the Route.

Borden, Ind, oct. 21.-Gen. Harrlson's
special train entered New Albany at 8
cioGk lnis mornins IRON Evansville amiu
Tremendous footing OF whistles and iir-
ing OF cannon. The street Ieauiug from
the depot To Scribner's Park was packed
with people to such u degree that it was
uiillcult To force way through il for
Inc carriages OF the distinguished speaker
and party.
When he appeared from the rear of his
car lie was greeted with loud cheers 1t
took time to get him 10 the PARK, anu more
time after he mad arrived there to force
passage through the dense throng TO
the stand
The crowd had been contributed to by
Louisville and points north, and was
estimated II from - 900 to 5000 people.
The enthusiasm was of the intense sort.
Gen. Harrison was given Il great ovation
when lie appeared ON the stand and was
introduced by n. I. Dcpauw.
Gen. Harrison addressed himself 'irst to
III" workinSmen OF wDom the large crowd
was largely composed explaining that they
were the first to suffer from deprecated
dollar. and they had already suffered enough
from low tariff.
ESCORTED BY CAVALRY.
Orleans, Ind, oct. 2l.-At Salem, the
county seat OF the sparsely settled and
agricultural county OF Washington, Il stop
OF nearly an hour was made. The gather
ing, which surpassed anything SaIcm had
ever seen, WIS estimated at from 10 900
To 1000 people, who had gathered from
Washington and adjoining counties.
Escorted by ii company oi calvary. Gen.
Harrison was driven To the court house
''h"fe ie SpUh" Irnln tRc steps 1ho..,i.
There was vast amount of cheering ANA
crowding, i'll an effort To get within reach
Of his Voice, the multitude WAS orderly and
the large percentage Of Democrats i'll the
crowd seemed as anxious to do the dis
tlngulShed speaker honor and give him re
Spertiul attention as tine RcpupiIcans. sufuc-
body bad evidently printed ii lot of Harrison
badges for nearly every one in the crowd
hid one pinned to his coat or stuck in his
hat band.
When Gen. Harrison was introduced by
Samuel i. Morris lie was greeted with
great cheering. He addressed himself To
Il thorough argument on the silver qt.rs-
ton for the benefit OF the thousands OF
farmers in the audience. and his speech
WAS punciuated with applause OF the kind
That told OF the deep impression upon his
hearers.
orleans, set down among the hills of
orange county, was the next stop ana
there seemed to he more people there
Than the county contained. The crowd was
computed at 1000 and they had Just
finished a parade that stretched out three
miles in length.
GOLD SaSHES AND HATS
Every township in the County had a
delegation with iloat elaburately deco
rated with bunting, Ilags and pretty girls,
and one of these floats was drawn by forty
horses. There was a large number of
cavalry companies, the riders wearing gold
Sa>EcS and gold hats. The town was elab-
oraleiy decorated, yellow being the pre-
vailinS color
zen. Harrison was greeted at the station
With loud cheers and driven to the high
school yard, where stand had been
erected. He was given another ovation
upon his arrival here and made another
telling speech to a farmer audience. i'm
pressing them with the fact that their
prosperity was dependent upon the pros
perity OF the country and appealing to their
patriotism TO resist the attack upon con-
stitutionai government contained in the
Chicago platform.
Salem, Ind, Oct. 2l.-After the New
Albany speech Gen. Harrison was driven
through the streets filled with cheering
people to the station, where his car was
awaiting him. HardinG's engine, No. l o6,
was to draw the tram on its nortiward
flight and the enthusiastic engineer had
decorated it gayly in honor of the occasion.
The first stop was at the little town of
IOEtcli, WHERE SpinctUinS over Il Thousand
farmers had gathered. There was pro-
fusion Of gold in the decorations. The
enthusiasm was keyed to high pitch and
Gen. Harrison made notable, though
very brief speech.
They knew, lie explained. under what
conditions they had had prosperity, but
Mr.. Bryan was trying to persuade them
that they would find it in another Girec-
ton. He closed by asking If they would
tr.ta at NJ an.ta, a.,
nontcd prophet The response was an
uproarious cry of "Experience.'
REMARkABLE DEMONSTRATIONS.
indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 21-At Bedford,
the great center of the Indiana stone in
dustry, was the most remarkable demon
stratiun that was made during the day.
big rally had been in progress, and dur
ing the morning parade three or four
miles long marched through the streets.
The parade had ended before the train
arrived. and the whole crowd was com
pressed into the courthouse yard and the
space between it and the station. The
crowd was so great that it was almost
impossible to talk to it, and not one-fourth
of the people could get within hearing dis
tancc.
In the course of his speech Gen. Har-
rison said: But Bryan has hopes of In
diana A voice, He will never get iU.'
u
and the Constitution. Indiana ha paid her
drh on"S,iy and insists that the United
States shall She insists that as there has
been no stain on the flag there shall be
no stain on our financial rccOrd.'
After the speech n rush was made for
Gen. Harrison while he was being escorted
to his train, and the effort to get near
him was so fierce that those with him
had to hurry him into store and close
the doors to escape his over-Zealous friends
Bloomington was reached at 800 o'clock
and here was encountered another dense
jam of people, estimated at from 10000
TO IL 900, packed in the great open com-
mon west of the station. When the cheer
ing had suhsided Gen. Harrison said among
other things:
BRYAN TOUCHED UP.
I'VE have been told by one who is
seeking the SuffrageS of the American pco-
pie, that it was quite consistent with
seif-rcspect anu honesty that men should
for the sake of personal advantage, the
retention Of their employments, pretend
to be hat they are no.; tnaJ they might
wear the badge of Republicanism and pre-
tend to be supporters OF its policies and
OF its candidates when in fact they were
not.
THAT is not good instruction for the
young of America or for the citizenship of
America. 1 admire the man who defends
his convictions even when they involve
personal loss. The man who will not
do it is not a worthy citizen.
Let those men who believe in the
policies of the Democratic party say SO
and wear its badges. and we can give
them our respect; but the man who pretends
to be one thing and is another has lost