The record-union., 1896-10-20
Who Are Believers in the Free Coinage
of Silver.
he Says He Agrees With Chairman
Hanna's American Flag Letter, and
Advises All Who Believe in the
Ideas Set Forth to Display the
Stars and Stripes on the Thirty
First of October.

LIMA (O.), Oct 19-The enthusiasm
which marked w. J. Bryans previous
entrance into Ohio during the present
campaign began to show itself anew
upon his third entrance into Major Nc
Kinley's State early this morning. His
special train left Detroit at 4:45 a. m,
and reached Toledo at $50 Two or
three hundred men in the Union Sta
tion called for Mr. Bryan, and arising
from his berth and after making a
hasty toilet he went on the platform
and talked to them. Fifteen minutes
only were spent at Toledo.
Stops We're made by the train, which
was in charge of Daniel McConville,
Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Cen
tral Committee, at Perrysburg, Weston,
Dashler, Leipsic, Ottawa and Columbus
Grove. The biggest crowd was at Leip-
sic, reached at 6:25 O'Clock. Mr. Bryan
made a short address there. Brief re-
marks were made at all the other places
mentioned with the exception of Wes-
ton, and at each the candidate was re-
ceived with considerable enthusiasm.
Several thousand people had well
coined Mr.. Bryan at Lima. He read
extracts from Chairman Hannas
American flag letter, published yester-
day, and, in commenting on it, said:
My friends, it is the first time that
know of that / have ever agreed with
the Chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and / want to sign
my name to his letter, and ask all those
who believe in the ideas set forth there
tC display the flag on the 31st of Octo-
Der, because there is not a thing in that
letter but what we advocate"
Another audience of several thousand
was at Wapokoneta. AS at Lima Mr..
Bryan spoke from a stand in the town.
He and Mrs. Bryan We're escorted to the
place where the meeting was held in
front of the City Hotel by sixteen men
in silver caps and capes with a lone
companion in yellow. The gathering
proved to be one of the most enthusias-
tic the nominee had addressed, and
every point in his address which fol-
lowed his old lines of discussion Of the
money question was wildly cheered.
At 11:3O o'clock the candidates spe-
cial train resumed it's journey. George
\. Marshall, Democratic candidate for
Congress, introduced Mr.. Bryan to
1900 people at Sidney, and the nominee
made a brief speech.
Piqua turned out the banner crowd of
the day up to that time. 1t numbered
about 5000. including many who came
from nearby communities. During the
twenty minutes spent there Mr. Bryan
made a speech on the money question.
a number of his auditors wore the yell
low badges seen SO frequently among
the crowds addressed by the Demo-
cratic candidate bearing the names of
Mckinley and Hobart. But the Bryan
supporters, not to be outdone, had dis
tributed around the town before the
meeting badges similar in shape and
color, some of them bearing the words:
"Gold-Nit," and others simply Nit
At Troy a couple of hundred Ee pie
heard Mr.. Bryan talk from the rear
platform of his private car.
At Hamilton Mr.. Bryan was cheered
with heartiress on his way to the
square under escort Of the Democratic
Club and other organizations in uni
form. He was introduced by ex-Gov-
ernor Campbell.
Dayton gave Mr.. Bryan the mcst
wild demonstration of the day. Ir
fact, two enthusiastic greetings were
accorded him there The frs. was MOI
on the programme. In the run of hi:
special to Hamilton it passed through
Dayton. A crowd Of nearly. if no
quite, 10000 surrounded the train il
the railway station during its shor
wait there and cheered the nominee fol
several minutes.
ON the return to Dayton from Hamil
ton the principal exercises OF the day
took place. Mr.. Bryan was conveyed
to the fair grounds. two miles distant
in an open carriage drawn by fou
horses through streets lined with shout
jne. thousands The nominees appear
ance upon the platform was the sigma
for an ovation truly wonderful. Peopl
filled the grand stand to it's utmost ca
pacity. and a tremendous crowd wa!
drawn up in front of and on every sid
of the platform from which Mr.. Bryan
smoke. Visitors in great numbers VII,
came by many special trains and from
nearby points in carriages and wagon
were In the throng.
Mr. Bryan was so far behinl hi
scehdule that he cut his speech short
He said in part:
There is not an argument that cai
be made against bimetallism which ha
not been answered over and over again
and yet in spite of the fact that IN
opposition to bimetallism has been me
and explained our opponents appeal l
classes and try to arouse selfish inter
est in favor of the gold standard. on
of the last appeals has been TO ohurc
societies, and letters have been sen
from the National Committee 70 the va
rious missionary societies. VIC go lro
the theory that the only permanen
prosperity that can come to this toun
try is prosperity which brings bless
ings with it to the people who work an
go to all the other classes of society,"