The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-09
UP WITH THE DAWN.
The Bryan Party Starts ON the Sec
Ond Days Pilgrima ge at $3.50 n. nm.

Ond Days Pilgrima ge at $3.50 n. m
GRINNELL. Iowa, Aug. Son the Sec
ond day of its trip the Bryan party was
up with the dawn. II was booked to leave
Des Moines a $50 a. m, and left calls for
$50 o'clock. An early breakfast was served
at the hotel. and at the appointed hour the
party assembled at the depot, where some
200 or 300 people were assembled to greet
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, doubtless wisely deem
ing it a better opportunity to reach them
than in the jam and scramble of the pre-
vious evening. Gen. j. b. Weaver accom-
panied Mr.. Bryan on the trip East, and
Mrs. DR.. Watts, of Des Moines, rode with
Mrs. Bryan as far as Colfax. The car in
which the party rode was clothed in an
air of non- -provincialism through the solicit
tude OF the press gang, who chartered it
for their use, and selulously excluded the
overzealous. precaution necessary to en-
able them 10 perform their work. Mr.. and
Mrs Bryan had borne the fatigues of the
previous evenings experience admirably,
and were apparently in the best of health
and spirits. The train was a local passen-
ger. stopping at every station. At Altoona
about twenty men were on the platform.
They cheered until Mr.. Bryan appeared.
General Weaver said they were nearly all
lNSpuDllCdHss WHO Ndu ldllSE INTO line IOr
silver. AT Mitchellville there were 200 peo-
pie al the depot and Mr. Bryan shook hands
with as many as possible during the brief
stop. Colfax reached few minutes
before o'clock anG nearly or quite 1000
people were wedged into the narrow space
between the tracks Many Of them were
miners. with their lamps in their caps.
General Weaver introduced Mr.. Bryan
the next President and he spoke as follows:
nd tinr,1 1a, lad
TO greet the people who live at General
Weaver's home. He was a pioneer In this
work and was talking for free silver long
before 1t had come 10 the attention OF a
great many of us. And l never think of
one of those pioneers who blazes out the
way or think of the abuse generally
heaped upon the pioneer. without thinking
of what somebody said a year or so ago.
That when one person saw thing he was
called a fanatic. when a great many saw
it he became an enthusiast when every
body saw ii he became hero" The train
was moving as the last sentence was ut
tered, and the crowd was cheering Justify
At Newton, at Sis o'clock, there were
1.200 to 1.5OO enthusiasts on the platform
on box cars, in buildings and in carriages.
They were so bent on cheering that it was
with difficulty that General Weaver sue
ceeded in finally restoring order, when Mr..
Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen-I am glad to see
you. | believe this is Newton. If am not
man who has been given credit for start
ing the law of gravitation Some of the
laws of finance. | may say. all the great
laws of finance certain in their op-
GRAFTON and as irresistible in their force as
the law of gravitation. If you throw
stone in the air you say il will come down
Why? Because il is drawn toward the
center of the earth. The law upon which
we base our fight is as sure that. If We
have a gold standard prices will go down. "
(Great applause) The last words were
uttered as the train was moving and were
drowned by storm of enthusiastic cheers
for Bryan. General Weaver bade goodbye
TO the party here.
At Kellogg the 500 people were appeased
when Mr. Bryan shook hands with as
many of them as could push their way to
the rear of the car and there was no de-
mand fer a speech. although all. including
the ladies' shared in the cheering and wav-
ing of hats and handkerchiefs. In fact in
all of the gatherings the feminine rep
resentation and feminine enthusiasm were
marked features, and many of the warm
est heartiest hand clasps and many of the
most stentorious manifestations OF ap-
plause came from enthusiastic women.