The record-union., 1896-08-09
CANDIDATE BRYAN
REACHES CHICAGO.
Continued from First Page.)

"A great crowd met the Bryan train
at Bureau. With perspiration stream
ing from his brow, his collar wilted, and
his alpaca coat all awry. Mr. Bryan
made short speech in tones seemingly
more earnest than he had employed
elsewhere during the day. He said:
L am very much gratified to find
those people assembled in a manufac-
turing town, where so large a proper
ton of the population are known as la
boring men, If our platform does not
benefit the laboring masses, then we
have no right to ask them to support it.
believe with all my heart that the res
toration of the free and unlimited COIN
age of gold and silver at the present
legal ratio of 16 to /, without waiting
Tor the aid or consent of any other ma
ton on earth, will be of benefit to all
the common people of the United States
NCheers) And when our opponents
come and speak to the laboring man
ana try to warn him against the restor-
alton of silver, l want the laboring man
10 submit this suggestion to them-that
tney let the laboring men themselves
tel what is good for them, and not have
others speak for them. (CheerS) A
petition was filed in Congress a little
more than year ago signed by the
leaders of all the labor organizations
of prominence in the United States, and
that petition, after showing the evil eff
fects OF demonetiZatiOn, asked for the
restoration of gold and silver at 16 to l.
L would be willing to submit this ques-
tion to the laboring men themselves.
but am not willing to submit it to
those people who say that free coinage
Will be good for them, but that they are
not willing to be benefited for fear the
laboring man will suffer. (Applause.)
All ask of you is that you study this
question, and when you make up your
minds what ought to be done, go and
Go it, remembering that in the United
States the ballot is given to you for
your own use, for your own protection,
and that no man can tell you how you
shall use it," (Applause)
There We're many cheers at East Mo-
line and other places, and Genesee man
aged to put maximum of enthusiasm
into her greeting The crowd wanted
speech, and Mr.. Bryan thanked them
for the interest manifested, and asked
them to keep it growing until Novem-
Der.
At every small station where the train
stopped crowds of from 80 to 200 were
gathered, and everyone wanted to get a
glimpse of Mr.. Bryan.
Half a dozen old soldiers were fore
most in the demonstration at Bu-
reau, which was very cordial. The train
reached the station at $50 o'clock. and
Mr.. Bryan gratified his audience by a
few remarks.
AT Spring Valley an interesting feat
ure was the presence of a number of
colliers with smoky lamps in their hats
La Sale large manufacturing town,
was enthusiastic in her greeting Mr.
Bryan said: Ladies and Gentlemen: l
believe this is one of the strong Demo-
cratic counties of the State. (Applause)
VIII you go back on your record this
fall? loud cheering and cries of
"No'O / want to say to you that [ do
not believe that we have ever had in
this country a more thoroughly Demo-
cratic platform than that which was
adopted at Chicago. 1t sets forth the
principles of the Democratic party, and
l believe they will commend themselves
to the judgment of the people, (Ap-
plause.J Gentlemen, if you in this coun-
ty will give the electoral ticket as large
vote as you give your candidate for
Governor we shall be safe" (Cheering)
The home of Comptroller Eckels, OF
tawa, was hearty in it's welcome More
than thousand people formed the au-
dience. Mr.. Bryan said:
We are entering upon a campaign in
which it seems that all people are going
to take part. Where old leaders have
gone back upon their records and have
deserted the cause the people believe in.
new leaders have come to the front, and
it illustrates, think as we'll as any ex-
perience we have had, the capacity of
our people for elf-government. In this
campaign there is going to be one para
mount issue, and that is the money
question. The Republican platform de-
clares in favor of the maintenance of
the gold standard until foreign nations
take pity on our condition and come to
our rescue. Great cheers.) The Dem
ocratic platform declares its unaltera-
BILE opposition to the gold standard, and
declares in favor of the immediate res
toration of the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to /, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation. Cloud cheers) 1t is not diff
cult for you to determine on which side
you stand
Remember. Republicans do not saw
the gold standard is good thing. They
dared not say it. The misery that has
cursed every country where it has been
tried proclaims that it is not good, and
no party in this country has ever de-
Tended it. The Republican party, with
out daring to say that it is good, dares
to say that the American people must
suffer from 1T until some other Govern
ments will help us to get rid of it. Great
cheers) We appeal to a people capable
of governing themselves, and ask them
to say whether they will determine their
own financial policy for their own bene-
fit or submit to a policy which other ma
tions think we ought to endure CHEERS }
l am willing to rest the question there. -
Gong applause)
The demonstration at Joliet was one
Of the greatest given the nominee since
he left Lincoln. 1t is estimated that
5000 people were there, and were wild
to shake hands with Mr.. Bryan. and
recklessly took chances on life in the
suffocating jam. The scene approached
a panic. and Mr.. Bryan finally refused
to shake hands with more people.
Mr.. Bryan made a short address say
ing in part: Our opponents sometimes
say that we do not know what 16 to
means, but l want YOU to let them
understand that it has one meaning.
and that is that every silver man is to
get sixteen others to vote with him in
November. That is one meaning of 16
to /, that they will be interested in