The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-20

He Made Speech at Ferrysburg as
Early as O'clock.
Toledo, o., Oct. 19.-The Buckeye
State, the home of his opponent, was
again visited by William j. Bryan to-day.
At 1875 O'Clock to-day the special car
1dler, bearing the party was pulled out of
Detroit and at G:30 the city of Toledo.
which some weeks ago gave the nominee
such hearty welcome, was visited
Here goodly crowd had gathered about
the depot and outside the gates and
cheered the nominee. At o'clock he
made three minute platform speech at
Ferrysburg and another ut Deshler, half
hour later. Short speeches of less than
five minutes were made by him at Ottowa
and Leipsic Junction.
The train to day was in charge of Dan
iel McConville, chairman of the speakers
national bureau, and with him were w.
w Darbin, chairman of State central com
mittee, and Grant Holiday, member of
the State executive committee,
AT Toledo Mr.. Bryan stepped out on the
back platform and acknowledged the
cbeerssand applause givens.him ..by u few
appropriate words.
Dayton, Oct. 19.-The largest crowd of
the day was encountered at Piqua. There
were a great many yellow badges out, but
as rule the word "Nit' was printed over
the names of the Republican nominees.
The speech here of twenty minutes was
devoid of any new features, as the one ut
Troy half hour later
Sidney, o., Oct. 10.-About the band
stand in the City Park, of Lima, several
thousand people had gathered to hear the
Il -
gave demonstrative evidence of appoval.
In his speech Mr.. Bryan quoted the letter
of Mark Hanna calling on the people who
intended to vote the Republican ticket to
hang the American flag from their win
dows October 81. He said:
81 find that the chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee has issued a let
ter to the American people in which he
says: THE American flag has been in the
present campaign the emblem or insignia
of national honor. It's influence has been
for great good i'll the cause of good peo-
ple It's display in many places has been
potent in the advancement of the coun-
try's battle for maintenance of it's honor
at home and abroad therefore suggest
that on Saturday, October 81, all who in
tend to vote on November 3 for the pres
ervatlon of our--national honor, for sound
money, and the advancement of our peo-
pies interests and general prosperity dis
play the national colors at their homes,
their places of business, or wherever they
may be seen n-order that voters whose
hearts are for their country NAV he
strengthened in their purpose and those
who are undetermined may the more
periodically and intelligently conclude
how best to perform their duty as citi-
Zens.'
My friends, it is the first time that |
know of that | have ever agreed with the
chairman of the Republican national COM
mittee, but want to sign my name to his
letter and ask all those who believe i'm
the ideas set forth there to display the flag
on the 3lst of October because there is
not thing i'll that letter but what we adj
vocates of free silver endorse Now note
what he says, that he wants the flag dis
played by all those who on the 3rd of No
vember intend to vote for the preservation
of our national honor. We advocates of
free silver believe that only by having n
financial policy made by the American
people for the American people can sup
port the honor of the United States. 1t
is for them to display the flag who have
money. We believe that the money of the
constitution is a Sounder money than that
OF those who want to change our CURRENCY
who believe in Il basis for our financial
transactions sufficiently broad for those
transactions to rest upon, believe in n
sounder financial system than those who
advocate. n gold standard, and q financial
system based upon gold alone when YOU
cannot get the gold to furnish your foun-
dation We not only believe in sound
money but we tell you what we mean by
sound money and do not play the hypo-
critic by talking about sound money and
Then refusing to explain what the terms
mean He wants those who are going to
vote.for the advancement of our peoples
interests and general prosperity to display
Tie fiag My friends, we believe that free
coinage of silver, the opening of the minis
to the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1
without waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation on earth, means the adj
vancement of the interests of the people
ana OF general prosperity, and therefore
we can join with these men in displaying
6ne American flag anu let it be known to
Inc country that we are standing by the
nag anu that we are not asking foreign
nations what that flag shall mean. join
In the request for thee reasons, first, be-
cause everything he says in that letter we
believe in and therefore we have as much
right to display the flag on that day as
any hepuoiican has and we believe that
we have good deal more moral right to
90 1t In this campaign. / join in the
letter for another reason. do not want
them to mark the advocates of free silver
for slaughter on that day. do not want
employees to go about over your town and
throughout the country and find out who
has flag in his window and then threaten
to discharge any man who does not saw
he is going to vote the Republican ticket