The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-16
Makes Speeches on the Way and
Meets Girl who Introduces
Herself as "a Cousin.
DENOUNCES HIS OPPONENTS
AND SAYS THEY ARE CALLING HIS
SUPPORTERS ANARCHISTS.
Notices Carried in the Lexington
Procession Furnish "a Pretext for
HOOdyyinLing Farmers.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, Sept. 15.-w. J. Bry
left Louisville this morning at 7:S
| o'clock for the Bluegrass region of Ken
| lucky and made speeches en- route at La
grange, Eminence, Versailles, Midway and
Lexington, completing the days speaking
at Maysvlle. At Versailles Mr.. Bryan was
the guest of Senator j. &. S. Blackburn
Mr.. Bryan retired Immediately after his
third speech last night and would see nc
one As a consequence, he got good
nights rest and left this morning very
much refreshed. The same special car useC
yesterday taken by the party, and or
board, managing the tour. was Nationa
Committeeman Woodson, of this State
There was no demonstration of any kline
when Mr.. Bryan left Louisville. On boarC
the train were reception committees from
Eninence and Frankfort and at every
place other reception committees came
aboard to welcome the nominee to theil
towns.
There were short stops made at Anchor
age Boards and Peewee Valley, where the
candidate shook hands with those gathered
about the trains. The first speech made
from the platform of the car was at La
grange, and in it Mr.. Bryan asked the peo-
pie to take the interest in the campaign
which it's Importance justified. This cam
paign, he said was of the greatest i'm
portance to this country and the paramount
issue, the money question, deserved the
deep study of every one. He told the peo-
pie he glad to meet the Kentuckians
and that his reception everywhere had beer
most cordial, but he had found out that his
visit was unnecessary as the silver senti-
ment predominated before his coming. He
was cheered and applauded wildly by the
h11n
After leaving Lagrange, Engineer Ben
Schultz, of the Louisville & Nashville train
to which the car was attached. gave Mr..
Bryan of the fastest rides he has had
on his entire campaign, sending his train
along at a trifie over sixty miles hour.
AT Eminence it had started to rain, but
one thousand of the citizens of Henry coun-
ty had focked about the speakers stand
to which Mr.. Bryan was taken. He gave
ten-minute speech, devoting himself for
the greater part to answering the state
ment made by his opponents that in conse-
quence of the much greater production of
silver than of gold the white metal had
deprecated and would depreciate in value.
He admitted that the production of silver
had been three times as great in the last
twenty years, but he said that in the last
five years the production of gold had in
creased more rapidly than the production
bullion had fallen more than at any other
time. He said that the price of silver was
and that when the United States repealed
the Sherman law and stopped the purchase
of fifty-four million ounces of silver per
year that it decreased the price of silver,
because it lessened the demand for it.
BOLD FEMALE COUSIN.
During his speech the rain began to fall
in torrents and Mr.. Bryan told his audi
ence that it would be cruel to them TO have
them stand in the rain, but Immediately
there We're shouts for him to go on, rain
or rain. The rain was still falling when
the train pulled into the little hamlet of
Bagdad, and but small crowd dared the
storm to look at the candidate. In this
crowd was a young lady, who, with some
temerity. looked at Mr.. Bryan and said:
MY name is Bryan and my folks are
from CulpeDDer county, Virginia. L am
told / am your cousin.
Il am glad to meet you answered Mr.
Bryan with his best smile land l think if
L secure the vote of all my kinfolks L will
have pretty respectable showing
This was the last stop before, Frankfort
billed to speak a half hour. The rain was
falling in torrents when the train pulled
into Frankfort and Mr.. Bryan was con-
Quoted to the platform in the courthouse
square under umbrellas, which were
knocked aside every minute by the efforts
of his Southern admirers to grasp him by
the hand During his speech of fifteen
minutes the rain continued to pour down,
but his AUDIENCE of 800 people stood in the
an said in part:
Il am in hearty accord with the decIar-
atoms contained in the Chicago platform.
(Applause.) Sometimes people have de-
scribed party platforms as like the plat
forms of railroad coaches, made to get in
on, but not to stand on after you get
in daughter and applause) but that is not
my idea of a party platform L have
which taught that the officer who for a
short time exercised the authority con-
ferred by law was but the servant of those
for whom he labored and that they have
a right to prescribe his course of conduct.
lApplause.) The adoption of platforms is
the recognition of the right Of the people
to instruct their public servants. 1t is a
recognition of the fact that the public off,
GERS are elected, not to think for the peo-
pie upon the great issues, but to act for
thought. (Applause.) If l am elected
shall take it for granted that the people
are in favor of the policies for which | "a
this time stand and the people shall never
have cause to complain of my desertion of
the cause which | advocate Cheering,
voice: What's the matter with ]. G.
S. Blackburn"
Mr.. Bryan: Joe Blackburn is where he
always is in the front of every fight.
Great applause.) 1t seems to me that this
campaign demonstrates more than any re-
cent campaign the power of the people TO
govern themselves Great applause.)
In ordinary times people let the ma
chinery of the party control. but in times
of great emergency the people themselves
assert their sovereign right to conduct pub
lie affairs (Applause.) The Democratic
party has proved in the recent campaign
the capacity of the people to do what they
please in a measure which concerns them
we entered upon a great contest in the
Democratic party, in which Democrats diff
fered. Some believed in gold standard
(appause and a voice, Let them go') and
some believe in the free coinage of silver
and these two classes Of Democrats went
before the primaries throughout the States
to determine before the people themselves
what should be the policy of the Democrat
ic party We believe that a majority of
the party had a right to control the policy
of the party (great applause and cheer
ing): not only the right to control the
policy of the party. but the right to re-
tain the party name by so controlling It,
(Applause.) The battle was fought out. 1t
was settled at Chicago and in regular
way: the ma iority of the Democrats of this
Union declared for the immediate restora-
ton of the free and unlimited coinage Of
gold and silver (applaUse) at the present
legal ratio of IS TO / (applause) without
waiting for the consent aid of any other
nation. (Applause.)
GOLD MEN KICKED OUT
"You ask me what is the policy of the
Democratic party? ! tell you that the
Democratic convention has declared its
policy and that is the only authority we
can speak on the subject. (Applause.) do
not mean TO say that q man who was
Democrat and who believes that that policy
will ruin this country, is bound to support
it. but / do say that the man who was a
Democrat and who is not willing TO support
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