The herald., 1896-08-11

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free mans will, although it may result
in keeping your distinguished citizer
among you as a townsnan still.
thank you for your kind attention am
bid you goodbye" (Great applause.
AT WOOSTER
| WOOSTER, o., Aug. 10.-When the
train bearing the nominee of the Demo
cratic party rolled into Wooster there
were thousand people gathered around
the depot to greet Mr.. Bryan. He was
introduced by Ex- Congressman Ohlinger
who was colleague of Mr. Bryan in
the house of representatives. During a
short speech he said:
II am gratified to find the interest you
take in the subject. and l trust that in
terest will increase as the campaign
progresses. 1t seems that the people
are realizing that this is great,strug-
gle, that the toilers, that the producers
of wealth, are deeply interested and
those people realizing their interest will
make this campaign their own.
1T is your campaign. If our laws are
bad those who permit them to remain
so are to blamS for it, If our laws are to
be good those who desire them to be
good must make them good. I beg you
to do your duty as you see it and whether
it results in the success of one ticket or
another we will be content
There were cries for Bland. and in
answer to this, Mr.. Bryan introduced
l.. f. Holden of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. who. he said looken something
like MIR. Bland. Mr.. Holden was received
with applause, and said;
Ladies and gentlemen: This is year
of revelations and revolutions. Gap
plause) When old party lines are being
broken down; when a goldbug marches
over into the Republican camp, twenty
Republicans come into the silver camp. .
(Applause)
A voice-"More than that in this
county"
Mr. Holden-"More than that in this
country. I could tell YOU story that
would make your hearts leap in graft
tude. There are changes coming. They
are coming to Bryan. They are coming
first because he is man of the people.
They are coming because he is man
whose heart and hand are right"
AT ORONILLE
OROVILLE, o., Aug. 10.-When the
/ train drew up to the platform there
were quite n number of citizens of this
town present to greet Mr.. Bryan and to
call upon him for a speech. Mr.. Bryan
appeared but only said few words,
expressing his qualification at the op-
portunity of meeting the people and at
the growth of the silver sentiment which
seemed to increase. he thought, as he
reared Canton. An incident of this
halt in the journey was the presentation
of the photograph of the flag carried
to Washington by Carl Brown, lieuten-
ant of General CoXey's army. Mr.. Brown
| informed Mr.. Bryan that the Populists
of that district were ready to vote for
him irrespective of whether Sewall with
drew or not.
AT MASSILLON
! MASSILLON, o., Aug. 10.-The train
made a brief stop at this place, where Mr..
Bryan spoke from the rear of the plat
FORM Democratic Mayor Tobias Scholl
presented Bryan, who, after greeting
the crowd, said:
"Those who toll are not entitled to
special privileges at the hands of the
government. All they desire is to be
protected in their life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, with some pros
pect of overtaking that happiness
daughter and applause).
AT MANSFIELD.
MANSFIELD, O., Aug. 1O.-The big
gest crowd gathered since the train left
Chicago was assembled at Mansfield,
the home of Senator John Sherman.
Every foot of available space around
the depot for distance of 200 or 300 feet
was filled with screaming, gesticulat-
ing men, and women to the number of
! 5000 or 5000. a movable platform was
! carried by men and women to the front
end of the car and the crowd shouted
frantically until Mr.. Bryan came forth
and mounted it. James p. Seward of
the citizens committee introduced him.
Mr.. Bryan said
Ladies and Gentlemen: I esteem it a
privilege to stand in the home of the
senator who is more responsible for the
present financial policy of this country
than any living man in it. loud
cheers) I beg you without detracting
from his high honors and from his great
! personal worth to consider the finan-
cial policy presented by the Democratic
platform and decide for yourselves
whether our policy is better for you and
for your own interests than the policy
50 ably supported by your townsman.
If we present to you that which is good
we beg you to accept it, even though ii
is opposed by those who live with you.
We have people in our state who be-
lieve that Senator Shermans policy is
the Wisest one, but I believe the Amer
lean people will decide that the Amer
lean government ought to legislate fol
its people on the money question with
nation on earth. CApplause.) l thank
you for this vast assemblage here and
beg you to realize the duties which rest
upon American citizens There are
some who believe that only in times OF
war people prove their patriotism.
was too young TO prove my patriotism
in the time Of war, but I glory that in a
country like this every year presents a
battlefield and every day gives those
who live in the country an opportunity
to prove their devotion to it. In tbs
campaign upon which we are now enter
ing, which, in my judgment, is repeti-
tion of the campaign of 1716, there is an
opportunity to prove whether you be pa