The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-13
Brief Speech by the Western Orator
to Commercial Travellers on Ar
rival ut indianapolis.
MANY CAMPAIGN RALLIES
MEETINGS HELD AT NUMEROUS
POINTS IN THE HoOsIER STATE.
Hardy-Miers Joint Dcbate-Addresses
by j. l.. Griaiths and other ProIi-
nent Republicans.
ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indianapolis Journal
| SEYMOUR, Ind, Sept. 12.-AIore than ten
thousand visitors were in this small city to-
day and tonight to witness the first big
| rally in the southern part of Indiana in
| the campaign of 1896. Senator Thurston, OF
| Nebraska, the principal speaker of the
| day. The meeting we'll advertised. and
| the people came from far and near. Yes
| terday the merchants and residents began
| to decorate their places of business and
| their homes. and the town presents reg
ular holiday appearance. Judging from the
decorations and the numerous pictures OF
Mckinley and Hobart, which are shown in
! the windows and on the fronts of buildings.
Bryan and his two-tailed ticket will not be
able to scare up few more than a bakers
| dozen of votes in the entire town. Scarce
| ly house can be found that does not show
picture of Mckinley and a drive over the
| town discloses only three pictures of Bryan.
| Early this morning the people of the city
| were awake and preparing to entertain the
| largest crowd Seymour has seen for many
| years. Even as early as o'clock wagons
began to come in from the country, con-
| tanning whole families. The wagons were
| gayly decorated with flags and bunting and
pictures of Mckinley and Hobart. These
were people from tne distant pdrlS Oh lno
county, who had left their homes with the
| dawn of the Saturday sun, to be able
to spend the entire day picnicking in Sey-
mour. Later those from by began
! coming in, wagons and carriages and all
kinds of vehicles carrying them to the big
| gest Republican demonstration that has
|. been given in the State this year. These
people. made small army ana seemed -
| fill the streets as they never were before.
but it was only the beginning.
Before 8 o clock the first excursion train
arrived, and then the special trains began
coming from all directions. Six big trains
none having less than eight coaches and all
crowded to their utmost, came from the
different railroads. With, these people the
| town was almost overfowing but there
were more to come The regular trains
that arrive about noon brought many more
| people, the Marion Club of Indianapolis,
arriving on the regular train from that
| city, having secured a special car for that
| purpose. This club formed in line and act
| ed as an escort to Senator Thurston, who
| arrived on the b. Sc 0. train few min
| utes later.
When all had arrived there were march-
| ing organizations from Indianapolis, Scotts-
| burg Jeffersonville. New Albany. Madison.
| North Vernon, Osgood, Versailles. Column
| bus, Greensburg, Mitchell Washington.
| Bedford Elnora, Westport. EliZabethtown
| and Brownstown. Many of these organiza-
| tions had their own bands. There were
| eight bands from out of the city. Besides
| these regular organizations there were
! many hundreds or thousands of people who
| had come without being connected with
| any organization. From this and adjoining
| counties, in many places the farmers had
| little parades of their own III coming to
| town. There were so many coming in from
! all directions that early in the day every
| road leading into the city contained a pa
| rade of gaiy decorated wagons. filled with
| men, women and children. coming into the
| city to lend their influence to the cause of
! sound money and prosperity. If any one
| doubts that the Indian farmer favors sound
money sight o. the people who came
| from the country to-day in wagons bearing
! the pictures of Mckinley and Hobart would
| have dispelled the doubt and showed that
the farmers alive to the situation and
| are doing their full share for the cause of
| honest money.
1t was a gala day for the city. and one
| that will be long remembered. The crowd
was orderly and good natured. and during
| the entire day it very noticeable
| that there few men intoxi-
| Gated, although there was plenty
| of the beverage that causes intoxi-
cation for sale in the city, At no time dur
| ing the day were there crowds in the sa-
| looms, although the streets were filed with
| people all day and until late at night.
THE MORNING EXERCISES.
| The regular exercises of the day began at
| 1890 at the City Park. This is a beautiful
] shaded spot in the northeast part of the
| city. A speakers stand had been erected
| and seats provided for about three thou
| saad people, but 1t was found that this was
| not sufficient by one-half Even at the
| morning speaking, when it not ex-
| pected that there would be large crowd
| it was found that there were no vacant
seats. while in the afternoon more people
| stood up sat on the ground entirely be-
/ yond the voice of the speaker than were
! able to find places on the seats.
| Marcus X. Sulzer. candidate for Congress
| in this district was the speaker of the
morning. he spoke OF the issues of the
campaign in general, but confined his
! speech mostly 10 the money question. He
took UP the arguments which have been
/ advanced by the free-slver speakers in this
district and dissected them one by one.
| showing their weakness. and. in many
/ cases, showing that the statements made in
support of free silver and intended to be
| Statements or facts of record were abso-
! lutely false and were made for the purpose
| of deceiving, with a full knowledge of their
I falsity. lie said that IL the speakers who
made certain statements 10 bolster up the
silver cause believed they were true, they
were woefully Ignorant and needed guard
ians The speaker was interrupted many
| that he has a thorough knowledge OF the
| money question.
mic OF the day began. city Park was given
over to the visitors and they made good
use of 1t and occupied every shaded portion
Table cloths were spread and the immense
! lunch baskets were produced. and then
! came forth such an array OF eatables as
kets have been filed by the hands OF the