The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-28
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d man who is willing to advocate anything,
whether he believes 1t or not which would
be advantageous to him and gain him popu
larity. y, ! have never advocated during my
public life single thing that / did not my
self believe. have been taught to believe
that the ballot was given to the individual
for his own use, and that the citizen who
has the right to vote also has the ability to
determine how he ought to vote. And there
fore in this campaign want to address my
arguments to the Individual voters and not
to the head of a Arm or the president Of a
railroad or the boss of corporation.
Three political parties have declared that
the money question is the paramount issue.
The boiling Democrats who are helping the
Republican ticket, without having the cour-
age to come out and say 80, have declared
that this money question is the paramount
issue, and the leading Republicans have adj
mitted it, and yet when our opponents are
driven to the wall on the money question
when they have failed in their attempt to
defend themselves before the American peo-
pie they attempt to turn the decision of this
campaign off from the money question onto
other questions, but | give them notice that
for one week more they have got to march
up to the money question.
My friends, | am willing to trust to the in
telligence Of the American people to decide
whether this government is safer in the hands
OF those who believe in the ability of the
people to govern themselves or in the hands
of the trusts and syndicates that have been
bleeding the people of this country.
The first Of the half-dozen Of Mr..
Bryan's speeches, following the initial
address, at Battery D, was delivered
at Arcade hall. The building was
packed, and Mr.. Bryan was wildly
business center of the city Mr., Bryan
next spoke at Bouie7afd half. MI,
Bryan was introduced as the next
president. Here the candidate dis
cussed the general question as to which
is the better, the gold standard or the
double standard At Polish school
hall Mr.. Bryan was greeted by an i'm
mense audience, which filed the hall
to overlooking, and reached far into
the streets on all sides. He was intro
duced by Rev. Francis LANCER. At the
mammoth tent, Twenty ninth and Hal
sted streets, and at Germania hail.
Thirty-fourth and Halsted streets, Mr.
Bryan was also greeted by immense
crowds.
Mr.. Powers late tonight offeredsa re-
ward Of $500 for the apprehension of the
person or persons who threw the eggs.
Chief of Police Badenoch has put a
dozen detectives on the case, and
says he will exhaust every effort to find
the egg-throWerS.
The star meeting OF the night was at
Tattersalls, huge structure which
was a rival with the Coliseum for the
Democratic convention. The vast au-
dience numbering far up in the thou
sands. cheered Mr.. Bryan for five min
utes. He was presented with two floral
tributes, one from the Fourteenth
Ward Hebrew Democratic club, bear
ing, the inscription in flowers:
mo Crown Of Thorns, No Cross Of
Cold" and the other from the Journey
men Horseshoers' association in the
shape Of huge horseshoe, with the in
scription, Good Luck" Preceding Mr.
Bryan's address, Vice President Ste
venson made quite lengthy address,
He said he brought advices Of good
cheer from Central and Southern I'LL
nois. The Democrats were in line and
marching to certain victory. He de-
clared the question at issue in this cleo
ton was whether or not to adopt the
Republican idea Of waiting to consult
England for the restoration Of bimetal-
lism.