The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-29

all: and if l can leave you one thought
TO be remembered by you as you go out
from this college to undertage the duties
of life, / want to leave with you thal
thought that the only greatness there Is
in your services and that when hlstof!
writes an account of your life, when ms
tory records the deeds of all of you, that
person will be greatest in history, VIII
i've chiefest amongst all, who has been
the servant and that the more you ac-
complish for Others the more you accom-
plish for Yourself. | shall always remeln-
Der my days in Illinois college. ana rs
an institution must suffer from me
wrongful acts of any one who has neen
educated within its walls, as college
must suffer by any disgrace to one VINO
has been a student. 50 the college Is en-
titled to share in whatever honors that
may come to those whom the college has
helped in their start in life. l am Slau
to have met YOU
Jacksonville was alive with flags ana
bunting today. great many bearing
pictures of Bryan and Altgeld.
The stand erected in the center OF the
city square was surrounded before noon
with those anxious to see and hear the
standard bearer of three parties, noI
withstanding that his speech did not COM
mence until after > o'clock. Crowded eN-
cursion trains began TO arrive early, Ill
the day and continued until long after
noon.
That portion of the city hall in Jack
sonville about the gaily decorated, speak
ers' stand was densey crowded When, AT
. o'clock, Mr.. Bryan began to speak
this afternoon. The ovation given nm
was one the greatest he has received any
,..lo ,;+ Of
size of Jacksonville. There was notice
able number of yellow ribbons scattered
through the crowd, but they were IN the
minority.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Judge y.
p. Thompson in neat speech, and when
he took the stand to speak he was cheer
ed wildly. He said, in part:
"NIr. Chairman Ladies and Gentle
men-It is always pleasing to meet u
large number of people i'll any part or
the country, but it is especially crafty
ing TO find so many willing to turn out
on this OCCASION, when | come back to
the city which was for many years my
home. 1t is gratifying to meet AGAIN
the friends whom | used to know and 10
learn by their presence that the acqualnt-
ance then formed is continued ana the
good will so often manifested then is still
evident.
Il come back as the representative of
great principle, as the champion OF
great cause, as the candidate of those
who believe that the American people
are able to attend to their own business.
If there is any man in the country who
believes that 70,000,00O of people must
bow the knee to foreign nations and bend
their necks to foreign yoke, | can not
expect those people to vote for me TINS
year. because l do not believe we shall
submit ourselves to foreign dictation.
1.-THE national parties declared the
money question to be the paramount Is
sue If the campaign, and those boiling
democrats who went over to help the re-
publieans also declared that the money
question was the paramount issue, and
vet cur opponents, when they find them
selves divided on this question and una
BILE to meet the argument i'll favor OF
bimetallism, when they find themselves
unable to convince the American people
that our finances are safest in the hands
of syndicates. | say our opponents, fail
ing in the first fight that they made, now
turn to the people of this country and
say that the election Of the Chicago
ticket is a menace to our form of gov
eminent. We are prepared to meet our
enemies on any battlefield, but we want
them to distinctly understand that no
mates how badly they have been de
feated in argument, that they have got
to face this money question, for one week
more before the American people"
Mr.. Bryan then defended the plank in
the Chicago platform relating to the in
come AK and the criticism of the SUI
preme court. He quoted the dissenting
opinion of Justice Brown and then went
on to reply to the charge that the demo
Gratis were trying to array class against
class.
Mr. Bryan afterwards addressed an
audience at the opera house and left for
Alton ut 4:15 p. m.