The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16
VIM. ]. bryan At CENTRAL|A
THE BIG OVATION THAT WAS EN-
PECTED WAS NOT NOTICE
ABLY GREAT.
IN ADDRESS BY THE boy ORATOR"
He Hopes the People Will Overlook the
Incongruities of the Chicago Plat
form-A Big Demonstration
Booked for Salem Today.

| son the ovation which was to have been
given VIM. 7. BRYAN tonight was almost
e:, oa,.. 900 -, IN ..,,
i"huie' oe'ieeis ooo peopie an 'oiu "eie
at the station when the train bearing MI.
| Bryan and his wife pulled in. A club ar
rived from Nashville with n hand and n
l. ,'t..1 80 =,
IL" minutes iater one came lroih airheiu'
but they added scarcely POO members to
the crowd. To make matters worse. the
nlooo so,oo+od Gov NJ prron 60 ,oot +ho
p'"'e 'e'e.u IL. -", '"n ~ Aie,, 'no
crowd was the city hall, whlch had been
engaged by another speaker. On this ac-
count Mr.. BRYAN und mis- friends had to
roooto hofono Q a,o,oo,.
7 1o' w, ',s. e.noi ~, Atstlu W as Hot tnere anu
uoes ~ no. seeiii " iuHe I'VE peeh lnVlteu, though
IL was ailaUuitceu % .lla, ne Was coming. II
W., Mas natutaly intenueu Ior Mr. bryan anu
H, His WI ~ quieu! .isi' .iis pluce' Mi Mhere
~ n,,. Dl' an mas hian9 leia'ioee. & nele
appears 10 nave Deen sort OF reunion OF
lne bLyan lalhiiy oI MARION county. II
was; Mus' .h howtser, uecrueu Dy MI Rryan 1i 10
give tne HisiI 9 i anu reunion up. Ine peo-
PIE Iere hau nearu that ne was coming
am IN, he was u[sed not 10 uisapp9lnt tnenl.
ne traih "hie1 orouSnI MI pl!an ar
rivea at 2:fo. MI ana MIS-. bryan were
iurrieu through the crown 10 cafriase
III Mui'iuS' D.-,. n, 49,.
q, oapt >. "a -; nwisn' got 'heni anu 'ooh
thein MI ~ nis hoine. g ,, pu,
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"a. :ie nollie vi CaP.. DWlsht ~ 'heIe "as
an an lniErhiai i;r lecepliom u .he luuies VI
;,'a d ~ Meie TS & ~ 'ne nI
me anu nia VII. L. & le mele Ss' e ,',
i,uli1re9 women tnere, anu tns anair was
.ieeiueuis pieasans' IT, A. nu ;t 'isi.ihs party
l.
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& the eairase az .he p"ttoUs sd ~ 'ni sL,,tnrs
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% ne s.ahe rau peen ulap1u WIZ t;n anu
put'rms ior one sIIiee1in S,. W+ m,,;nbt +ho+
IL was aouIeea th nhrt ~ ~ 0"p l"ft tha Mr
9Mlns " d .I5 sntr. sly i aiLle iesu oai, M
an "ouiu hot tahe 49,, spteeii =. H. h;e
visitors eagerly went forward TO clasp ms
Hill. he,i w. ui'G enunnoi aoi Spvecn 70 Tas h;s
ee eeneMeu Mi: ID isnh & s"'I awaE ~ n''
hisi ~ il,en'loiis H Gnu SUM spohe. r III 1o o
Laules anu Leh'1 Tiin I'll ~ uiu nct I'M I'M
10 make speeSl. ne calhPalsH Is n,,', llalu-
" open set; nu. Gailie ~ Murioi .ilil TIun nd
10 a..eht ~ sellae guslnens Sites "nicm ~ Nau Mo
To- at.eiu w. 10 peipre iJ.G'i olod 70 ~ oonant & an
Draska nolne' wus siau ~ th aeeePo ns un
illvitatloh 10 spehH tMo oi .nree , nEuIs .,,;Is
WIN my reiatNes ~ tnio e't' Gnu wv WY
mere 10 meet lriehus l Knew before. we
are ehtering upon u nhenlorapie e caiipalsn' III
ana issues are being uraWn I0r 5he COL
test. Inc TWO parties, uescrlpeu as the
Two great partles, nave alreauy auop.eo
their Platforms ana hase airetuy noilli,
mated their Candidates for president ana
wee president OF tne United ,;I o1ates' h ,, anu
| In a snort time the campaign VIII DE open
fully and you Will be making up your
minds as to wnich tlcket you wil s9ppoIpi! tIi.
Il trust tnat the issue lhV0lVeu II, tnis
campaign will be clearly understood ana
carefully studied. Parties are not TO De
worshiped. Ihey are merely the lhstru-
| ments by. which we serve our country.
The people are made, not Tor partles' DuI
parties are made for the people ana
parties can only claim the support OF the
people when their parties are etlcleht IN n
| struments in the hands OF the people OF
accomplishing good. In TINS campaign
belleve tnat there VIII DE less Oh person.
campaign which we have, known IN re-
cent years. Inc people are thlnklhg
about the great pupllc questions. 1om GU
| must not expect tnat any PLATFORM VIII
contain all you desire. NO thinking
person finds IN any platform an express
sion OF everything IN Whlch they DeileVe
nor must you expect that any platform
will be free from some objections: we
select our party, we select our platform,
not in the hope or something that is abb
solutely in accord with our opinion, but
which gives the fullest expressions OF
all our hopes and aspirations. and we
take that platform and join that party
which for the tune Deing promises to
give us the best OF legislation on the
most Important questions And in this
campaign it is conceded on all sides that
the greatest and most important issue is
the money question. 1t matters not
whether you believe in the restoration
of silver or a gold standard You must
| admit that the settlement of the money
question is OF the first and greatest I'M
portance. When that is done other
things can be considered. On the
money question the two great parties