The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-29
HIS SPEECHES YESTERDAY
INTERRUPTED BY
PEOPLE WHO ASKED QUESTIONS.
Welcome Him This Time--Jersey
Invaded Last Night.

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extent until the agitator from the West in
vaded the ''enemy's country the second
time. Mr.. Sewall, however. did not prove
much Of attraction to-day. The people
who gathered at the railway stations and
in the towns where speeches were made
did not care to see or hear what Tom
Watson calls the Maine incubus. In fact,
at some places he entirely ignored by
the curiosity seekers. who seemed to think
there was only enc great show on earth
and that the man who would cruelty
his country on a cross of silver for the sake
of few mine owners. There is no use in
denying the fact that Bryan mas attracted
great crowds in the East. but it is not true
that these crowds mean votes for the silver
cause. Probably three-fourths of his audi
ences at nearly all places he has visited
have been sound-money voters who are too
shrewd to be caught by the Popocrat's
specious pleas. They went to see him for
the same reason they attend new show
or peep at a widely advertised rara avis
but they did not applaud his utterances
The wild cheering" ''tumultuous APP
plause," etc. with which his speeches have
been interlarded they appear in print
were the work of the reporter, WHO imag
ined, because few people about the stand
cheered the speaker, the whole audience
cept.on has be en- decidedly chilly and at 9TH
ers he has been flooded with questions which
he refused to answer directly. 1t is believed
by sound-money Democrats and Republic
ans that Mr.. Bryan's tour of the East has
injured his own cause. His radical utter
ances the silver question have driven
many wavering Democrats to the sound
money camp. He will start for the West
this week, where he will address the DEM
ocratic clubs in ST. Louis Saturday
Then, after visiting Tennessee, he will i'll
wade central Indiana and make a speech
at indianapolis.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall, one of his run
ming mates, left Bath Me-, last midnight,
reached Lynn, Mass, at ) O'Clock this
morning, and spoke in Highland Square TO
a crowd that had been drummed up. MIR.
Bryan was asked while in Lynn if he had
anything to say regarding the burning of
the underwear factory of W. H. Burns &
Co, in Worcester, Saturday night but the
Popocratc orator refused to discuss the af
fair at that time. Last Friday, when Mr..
Bryan visited Worcester, he spoke from
stand near the factory. The employees had
hung from the windows of the building
two fiags-one red with Bryan's picture
it, and the other an immense American
nag with Mch1nley portrait fastened TO
it, The Popocratic managers We're very
much incensed at the alleged insult and
when the place burned Saturday there was
considerable gossip and speculation as to
who We're the incendiares, for investigation
proved that the place had been destroyed by
'fire-bugs.'' Interest in the affair in
creased when it became known that the
ex-chairman of the Democratic committee
Of Worcester had sent message to Mr..
Bryan. thanking God that the place had
been burned. The police are still nvesti-
eating the matter, and the grand jury may
take it in hand.
When Mr.. Bryan concluded his speech at
Lynn the party took the train for Boston,
arriving here at S:40t He made no speech
but at once proceeded to the train bound
for Providence r. L. which left at
o'clock. Mr.. Bryan shook the hands of
few people at Mansfield, Mass, where the
train stopped a few minutes. Providence
was reached at 1906 o'clock and Mr.. Bryan
delivered Il speech in front of City Hall to
several thousand people.
The next point of attack was New Lon
don Conn., where the Hon. George Fred
Williams the Bay States new Popocratc
boss assisted the Western agitator. Mr..
Bryan's speech was frequently interrupted
with questions, mostly put by a clear
headed old man who stood near the speak
ers stand. The managers of the meeting
called on the police to suppress the inquis-
itors but Mr.. Bryan evidently feared a
repetition of the New Haven incident. and
asked the police to let his tormenters
alone.
BRIEF STOP AT NEW HAVEN.
New Haven was the next stopping place
on the way to this city. AT the railway
station there were no Yale students to
annoy Mr. Bryan, and he was cheered by
the people who had assembled to meet
him just as he closed few words, telling
how pleasant his trip through New Eng
land had been. when he was interrupted
with the remark There are no Yale stu
dents here to-day, Mr.. Bryan" Mr.. Bry-
replied: do not criticise the boys too
harshly. / am not inclined to criticise
them severely as some others have. |
have been a college boy myself, and | am
inclined to attribute their interruption
more to youthful exuberance than to any
deliberate intention to interfere with free
speech. L shall always be glad to return
to New Haven when circumstances win
permit and | am sure that whatever may
be my subject / will be able to find persons
here who are willing to listen, even if they
do not agree. | am glad to notice the
growth of the silver sentiment in New
England | believe it has grown in this
State within the last few days and / am
sure the more the subject is studied in New
England the more supporters free silver
will have.
There were short stops made at
Bridgeport and Stamford. where severa!
hundred people had congregated. but they
were just long enough for the candidate to
shake hands with those nearest him From
Stamford. Conn.,. TO New York the trip was
without special incident Upon his arrival
at the Grand Central Station the candi-
date was welcomed by a committee of New
York and New Jersey politicians headed by
Colonel Price. chairman of the New Jer-
sew State committee. Carriages were in
waiting and Mr.. Bryan was promptly