The herald., 1896-10-31
TWENTY-S SIXTH YEAR. NO. 81.

| tened to Bryan ten minutes. lie SAID:
Yesterdays evening papers announced
that there had been a furry in Wall
street and money loaning on call as high
| as 100 per cent. What a harvest these
| people who have money and who can
| make a hundred per cent get out of this
| little embarrassment! How long do you
| suppose you will have to wait before
| these people, whenever there Is a little
| embarrassment like this, can charge a
| high rate of interest. How long do you
| men will join in a crusade to have money
eseul eIoJeq lIeM o. eAeq IIIM noG Nu!u'
| enough in this country to do business
with? You might just as well expect
| fox to stand guard over a chicken house
| as to expect them to do it,"
Appleton was the next stop, and the
| crowd was a repetition of those already
encountered. The speech of Bryan was
| devoted to a discussion Of the statement
| that free silver will make 53-cent dol
! lars.
A stop of fifteen minutes was made
| at the Joint Neenah and Menasha sta
ton where Bryan spoke from the rear
! platform of the train. He and his wife
| received great applause.
| At Oshkosh there was crowd of many
| thousands and the yellow ribbons were
| displayed literally. Bryan spoke from
| the rear platform and again alluded to
the high rate of interest charged IN New
York yesterday.
| The day was without special incident
until GAINESVILLE was reached, where
| there was disturbance, which at one
time looked as if it might become seri-
| Gus. This point was reached about dusk,
| and there had congregated' about the
station large assembly of people. There
| was an almost complete absence of the
| gold badges.
He had scarcely begun speaking. how
| ever when a procession crossed the
railroad track in the rear of the audi
Il. H.
cession was composed OF a uniformed
| Mckinley club. carrying banners, mot
| toes and pictures of the Republican can
didates and a large American flag. I'm
| mediately after crossing the railroad
| the procession turned abruptly into the
crowd, as if intending to come directly
| to the platform. There was disturb
| ance of two or three minutes duration,
| which caused such confusion as to put
| a stop to the speech. The notices and
| banners were made the chief object of
| contention. and a scuffle ensued over
| their possession. These gradually went
| down, with the exception of the portraits
of Mckinley and the American flag
which there was apparently no effort to
/! displace. 1t was asserted that In the
| general scuffle there was some resort to
| physical violence. but it was impossible
from the train to observe all the details
| of the encounter. The Mckinley pro-
| was very soon restored.
At Fond du Lac the yellow badges
| were prominent
! In his speech there Mr.. Bryan spoke
| OF the conditions prevailing previous to
| the recent national conventions, when
/ he said, great many people were pre-
| dieting that both the Republican and
| Democratic conventions would declare
for the gold standard Notwithstand-
ing these early predictions, he said the
| clamor for gold was soon subdued and
! when the Republican convention met at
st. Louis, instead of declaring for the
gold standard. as had been predicted,
, it declared that international bimetal-
| ism was the thing desired" Then came
the Democratic convention at Chicago.
speaking OF which the nominee said:
| Those delegates who came instructed
could neither be driven from their in
structions by threats nor be drawn by
| persuasion. but they carried out the will
Of the people who sent them there, and
that democratic convention was the
most Democratic convention that this
nation has seen for twenty five years
What did gold standard Democrats do
at Chicago? They Joined in the minor
| ity report, which declared they were
afraid that it would prevent interna-
tional bimetallism. Where were those
gold standard Democrats who had
talked SO much about gold being the
money of civilization? Why they went
into that convention and pleaded, rot
| for the gold standard. but for interna-
/ tional bimetallism, and yet, my friends
when they were defeated, defeated in as
fair and square a fight as was ever made
| in a convention. they went to Indian
| arolis, and when they had the power to
write platform such as they wanted
| instead of declaring for international
| bimetallism, they forgot all about inter-
national bimetallism ard declared for
| the gold standard
| A good-sized crowd turned out at
| Chester and listened with respectful at
| tention to the candidate.
At Juneau there was not a yellow
badge visible, and the few remarks of
| the candidate were well received
There were large crowds at Water
| the majority at each of these places was
town, Jefferson and Fort Atkinson. but
| apparently not in sympathy with the
| free silver doctrines. Evansville was the
last stop before Madison was reached.
| There We're three speeches planned fc:
| the nominee at, Madison. but owing -
| the arrival of the candidate at an ear
lier hour than was anticipated and a
misunderstanding on the part of the
| committee one of them had to be
| dropped.
Mr.. Bryan left at $3.50 tonight for Iowa.
Beginning at Mount Pleasant at a. m.
tomorrow he will speak in that state
| the udy, ana IN the evening
| will address an audience in Council
Bluffs and probably two or three more
! In Omaha.
A PLAIN STATEMENT.
MADISON, Oct. 3O-Mr Bryan today
gave out the following statement:
Il have not attempted to answer all
! of the misrepresentation which have
| been circulated in this campaign. but in
| these closing days I feel that it is nee
| essary to call your attention to an-at-
tack which has recently been made by
the enemy 1 find that the Republicans
are circulating among many Catholic
| citizens the charges that am or have
been member of the American Protec-
| tive Association. I have also learned
that I have been accused of being a
member of a society which I think is
/ known as the Junior Order of American
| Mechanics. At the same time I have
been charged in other quarters Of being
opposed to the public school system and
| having voted against the teaching of the
! English language in the public schools
| of Mexico. While I have attempted to
confine my discussion of public issues
| to the questions raised by my platform
and have considered the money ques-
| ton paramount to all others, i take this
| opportunity to explain my position upon
| the religious controversy which has
| 1,nn rotc al