The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
ORATOR BRYAN IS
EASTWARD BOUND.
Starts on a Campaigning
Tour Through the
States.
TALKS AS HE TRAVELS.
Crowds Turn Out in Sweltering
Weather to Greet the
Candidate.
A LONG SPEECH AT DEs MONIES
Declares That the Money Question Is
Paramount to All Other
Issues.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 7.-William
Jennings Bryan ended up seven hours o.
campaigning through Nebraska and Iowa
at Des Moines tonight. His reception
here was a fitting climax to the enthusiasm
with which he had been greeted at mum
Der of other places in this State. The
weather was sweltering during all of the
journey, and from the standpoint oi
personal comfort the first day of the
young candidates progress toward New
York was not the most propitious. The
crowds at stations along the route of the
Rock Island road, however, did not seem
to mind the heat, and gave vent to theil
enthusiasm without regard to the height
of the temperature.
1t was $50 o'clock when the train on
which Mr.. Bryan was passenger pulled
into the station here. Attached to its
regular number of coaches were foul
special cars containing large contingent
of free silver men from Des Moines-
Democrats, Populists and boIting Repub'
Iicans-and with them was General ]. B.
Weaver, who once ran for President him
self. They composed the advance guard
Oh lItS SkifcI CubAucldolo 1tOu1 lL4o OAty
and joined Mr.. Bryan at Stuart, fifty miles
west.
More than a thousand people were
gathered at the railway station, and these
sweltered and perspired without seeming
to mind it in their efforts to catch q
glimpse of the nominee. Carriages were
in waiting, and these carried Mr.. and Mrs
Bryan and the members of the local re-
ception committee to the Tabernacle, the
largest hall in the city, accompanied by
hundreds of those who had met Mr.. Bryan
at the railway station.
30 great was the crowd in the streets
that the political clubs that had assembled
at the station to escort Mr.. Bryan to the
Tabernacle could not form in line, and
were obliged to proceed as best they could
to the scene of the demonstration. To
make progress Mr.. Bryan had to propitiate
the people by few remarks. There was
q blockade most of the way, and several
times the Bryan enthusiasts held up Mr.
Bryan's carriage and tried to get q speech
from him. The crush in front of the Tab
ernacle was tremendous. So solid were
the masses of people packed that the car
riages containing the Democratic candi-
dates party could not make any progress
The first carriage contained Governor
Boies, Judge G. G. Cole, president of the
Iowa Bimetallic League; Charles O'Don-
nell, chairman of the County Democratic
Central Committee, and Mr.. Bryan.
The holding-up process was attempted
and this time Mr.. Bryan was obliged tc
again yield to the demands of the crowd
He made ten minutes speech and wa:
wildly cheered. The multitude was salts
fed and allowed him to pass into the big
Tabern acle.
The seating capacity of the Tabernacle
is $500. Tonight not only was every
chair occupied, but the aisles and all
available space were crowded with per-
spring but enthusiastic human beings.
Those who formed the multitude outside
had been unable.to gain admission. Wher
Mr.. Bryan, escorted by Governor Boies
appeared on the platform, there was 6
wild demonstration, closely approaching
that in the Coliseum in Chicago when Mr..
Bryan closed the debate on the platform
When the tumuIt was finally quelled
Governor Boies introduced his success
full young opponent, and Mr.. Bryan
made ten minutes speech. He was fire.
quently interrupted by cheers, and when
he concluded another outburst came from
the highly enthused gathering. Mr..
Bryan spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: es
TEEN 1t q great privilege TO be permitted, ever
for q brief moment, to stand before the citi
zens ASSEMBLIES in this, the capital city of ont
of the greatest agricultural States OF thii
position that she occupies among her siste
States. 1t is not necessary for any one II
come from abroad to enlighten you upon the
issues of this Campaign.
Your own State is rich in orators and in thi
campaign 1t will be richer than it has beer
before in quarter of century. [Great chee
ing1 You have here that statesman whom
yon delight to honor and as l look back owe
lege to take part, there are no campaigns Iha
1 remember with more of pleasure and OF pride
than those two campaigns when at the in
vitatton OF your people came to assist in thu
election of Horace Boies as Governor of thii
State. IContinued applause and cheering.1
If in the National Convention, which hat
Just closed, the lot fell upon me rather thar
upon him it was not because OF superior merit
but because of the circumstances which sur
rounded that convention, and do not take Il
myself the credit for what was done.
| believe that those delegates were as hones
and as earnest body OF men as was ever as
sembled in convention, and after viewing the
situation they decided, whether wisely ol
foolishIy time will tell. that under all the cir
cumstances the nomination should fall on the
one who did receive 1t, and am now on my
way to the city of New York to receive thu
notification. / do not know how well may
be able to bear the standard which is to bs
placed in my hands, but l know this, the
there is not one person in all this land who i:
more deeply in earnest in this cause than ht
whom you have honored. ELoud applause.l
In this campaign the distinguished gentle
man of whom have spoken.your Ex-Governor
Will go before you as one OF your own leaders
and by his side will stand that other gallant
man who for twenty years has fought, anc
whether we have agreed with him or not or
all things, there is not an honest mau here
but must concede that where he has Tough
he has fought with the strength of giant
IGreat applause.l And by his side viii stand
in this great conflict men who until this veal
have been fighting the battles of tie Repub1
can party, men VINO boast that from the timt
of Lincoln until now they have been adher
ents of the Republican party, but who believe
that in this campaign the republicauism o.
Lincoln finds better expression in the Chicago
platform than it found in the platform adopted
at st. Louis. lGreat cheering.l
But VIC shall not need orators this year. L
every orator you have known were to be silent
orafore Wou1d arise IN every county and in