The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-24
STRETCH OF HIS LONG
JOURNEY.
Class Feeling the Sentiment PLAYED
TO ia the Capital of the Prairie
OmmOnweaIth.

beile1 IN the principles that he advo-
Gated. Mr. Bryan delivered two
speeches in Springfield, one a. the court
house and the other from ill; front OF
the state capitol. From the platform
erected near the 6couEt e.hcuse, Mir.
Eayan spoke as folloNsa Ia
we are reaching the close of a remarkable
campaign, the most remarkable which has
peen waged in this country within the last
generation Greater issues are at stake TODAY
rbi ii ntage been presented in recent contests.
1llls erection VIII determine whether the in
Huence OF TINS, the greatest nation on earth
snail pc east upon the side of gold as the
! only standard money. or upon the side of HI
metallism. Free silver may triumph witbour
the vote OF Illinois, but with the vote of
LIMOS free silver is certain to succeed We
may nave enough electoral votes outside of
iihnols, but we shall certainly have enough
| II we secure the vote Of this great Empire
State OF the West, and the electoral vote of
the state of Illinois may turn upon the vote
OF single citizen. | want you therefore
Wnen you cast your votes to remember what
responsibilities rest upon the citizens this
Bimetallism is necessary. for the prosperity
VI ms country: Our opponents have been
| appealing to various class interests they have
Deen trying to array the laboring man against
the farmer. In this state you depend for YOUR
prosperity on both the wage earners and
farmers The great capitol city of this state
Moulu nave little to continue existence for If
the prosperity OF the farmer and the pros
perny OF the wage Garner were DESTROYED
o Wan' 70 warn the wage Garner against the
goIiCy OF our enemy. Our enemy desires to
divide and conquer. Our opponents have
zone all that they could do in the East to
destroy the labor organizations and To male
the IaDorlng men defenseless, and now thew
try to use the 1aboring men to overcome the
farmer and make him helpless. l want the
wage Garner to remember that in all their
cohtests that in all their efforts to better
their conditions, they have to RELY not unon
one wall street hnanciers. not upon the trusts
and syndicates and corporations-tbe labor
ing man mas found his hest
the farmers and among the farmers only
II you come to a test of endurance. 1
want 10 warn you laboring men, that the
farmer can stand the gold standard longer
IMAM the laboring man. You may continue
your gold standard until you foreclose the
mortgage on the farmers farm huf wban
that mortgage is closed the man who buvs
in the farm will not work it himself. He
VIII want tenant, and the farmer can be-
come tenant on the farm. When the farm
81 ceases TO be home owner he can still
/ i've as tenant and he can make enough
OH the farm to feed his family and if neces-
sary we can go back to the old times and
the wives ana daughters will make the clothes
Tor the husbands and sons. The farmer can
I'VE, out when the wage-earner loses his
employment the means of feeding and cloth
ing his family are gone. The farmer can
Durn MS corn for fuel when he cannot buy
coal, but the miner cannot eat coal when
ne rails to buy wheat. l say my friends
that IN a contest of endurance the farmer
Will be the last to perish, because he was
the first when the process Of civilization be-
gan.
want to caution the laborng man against
one thing. You will find that our opponents
are lighting their battle under false pre-
tense Fhey not only refuse to elaborate q
hnancial system, but they use all ambiguous
phrases when they attempt to speak upon the
| money question Go into their parades look
at their notices, and you will find such
phrases as Sound Money and IAN Honest
Dollar. Whereas, if they were as honest
as they say they want their money to be
they, would use language that the people
ITGn NJ
the man who always talks about honest money
and then deals dishonesty with the pso-
pie, | wonder how he expect people
to trust his honesty in one direction where
he admits his dishonesty in another direction
/ feel that in this state where our candi-
date for governor is so ably presenting and
defending the principles involved in this cam
paign and so convincingly presenting the
paramount issue of the money question: it is
scarcely necessary that any one else should
say word. Because, of all the men who
are today defending the money of the consti-
tuition there are none who doing it more
ably or with more emphsis than John p
Altgeld.
ON TO ILLINOIS.
Mr.. Bryan began his final struggle to
swing Illinois into the silver column
early this morning. The Illinois Dem
ocratic politicians met Mr.. Bryan at
| Terre Haute last night, and today they
escorted him through Illinois. In the
party were Railroad and Warehouse
| Commissioner w. S. Cantrell, who took
charge of the train; Theodore Nelson.
Judge William Prentiss of Chicago:
Judge w. A. MahOney, Judge Shackle-
ford, Fred Morris, of Watseka; L. o.
Whitney. j. M. Graham, Of Springfield,
and Senator David Evans DanyilIe
was the first stop of the morning. and
from a stand near the court house. Mr..
Bryan spoke to an assemblage which
numbered up in the thousands. En-
th11S I1rGy9i1ad Of he
when Mr. Bryan quoted Congressman
Joe Cannon, in support of the free
silver doctrine, the crowd gave noisv
evidence of its appreciation.
A twenty minutes stop was made at
Paris, and here Mr.. Bryan condemned
the money changers to the great de-
light of a. few thousand people, among
whom there were many farmers 1t
remained for the little town of Charles
ton to originate a conveyance different
from any found anywhere, to take Mr..
Bryan to the grounds where he was to
speak. A gaily decorated platform was
provided and placed on wheels. and
after Mr.. Bryan and his party had as
cended it, two hundred strong hands
wheeled it to a vacant lot where the
nominee addressed a large crowd
A bowling crowd welcomed the triple
| nominee to Decatur, where he was
down for two speeches and an hours
depot, a crowd surrounded the car, and
1t was with difficulty that Mr.. Bryan
reached the conveyance which was to
take him to the places of speaking.
Here the enterprising committee went
the Charleston committee one better.
and instead of having the ordinary
vehicle, a motorcycle was brought into
use. and the candidate was conveyed
in this horseless carriage.
Sullivan was one of the places that
was not down on the list and was
thrown in just for good measure There.
was a large crowd of Republicans and
Democrats there. owing to the fact
that excursions were about the deDot
on which had arrived many who were
to hear ex-President Harrison this
afternoon. Mr.. Bryan was applauded
frequently and the Republicans pres
ent. paid respectful and close attention.
The train arrive at Peoria shortly
before s O'Clock, it being the first time
during the week that it was not over
three hours late. The regular train
was taken cut of Peoria at l1:30 and
tomorrow morning at O'Clock it will
arrive N Ottawa. The party viii leave
that place at $3.50 and visit during the
day Lasa1ie, Spring Valley, Kewaunee
Rock Island. Moline, Monmouth. Bush
rel, Macomb and Quincy and late to-
morrow night viii pull cut of the lat
te- place for Jacksonville. where Mr.
FFyan viii spend Sunday