Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15

ception. A Bryan and Sewall club, com posed of young men and young women, the former in white duck uniforms and the girls in white muslin, had formed a double line extending from the station toward the courthouse and through this MT. Bryan passed while the crowd cheer ed loudly It was a very good sized crowd, numbering several thousand peo- pie, and they had plenty of enthusiasm. A brass band marched ahead of MT. Bry- an to the stand and following him came a number of men bearing campaign transparencies. MT. Bryan was introduc- ed by Judge Sample state appellate judge, and made a twelve minute speech. His train left Mount Vernon at 9:35.
 In his speech at Mount Vernon MT. Bryan answered the allegation that he had said he was not a democrat. His remarks follow:
 "I appreciate the fact that this meet ing is presided over by one who until this campaign has been a republican (re- ferring to Judge Sample). few months ago I was In your midst, then as a pri- vate citizen simply representing a cause which was near to my heart, and when I told you here that the brand of my de-. mocracy was different from the brand which was being presented by the admin istration your city was advertised b those who tried to make it appear tn. l denied that l was democrat. (Cheers.) My friends, those of you who were here know that not only did not declare my self not a democrat, but I have always declared myself better democrat than any man who sought to undo what Jeff ferson and Jackson did for the American people," (Great cheerng)
 Fifteen hundred people were punched together around a speakers platform at McLeansboro, H., when MT. Bryan's train reached that place at 1920 a. m. A gang plank with one end resting on the train platform enabled MT. Bryan to reach the stand without being obliged to fight his way through the throng, as he had frequently been obliged to do, and as he jumped nimbly across the narrow bridge a resounding cheer went up and a brass band played vigorously. MT. Bryan delivered an earnest address and at the conclusion of his remarks was enthusi- astically cheered.
 There was fair crowd at Enfield, H., and a large crowd at Carmi, and MT. Bryan spoke briefly at each place. Soon after leaving Carmi the Bryan special crossed the Wabash into Indiana and MT. Bryan received his welcome to that state from committees from Mount Yer non, H., and Evansville Ind, headed re- spectively by Col A. D. Owen and John w. Pencoa, who had joined the candi- dates party at Carmi.
 Five Thousand Greet Him at Evansville.
 Evansville, Ind, Sept. 14.-The first place where a stop was made in Indiana by the Bryan train was Mount Vernon, at noon. Five thousand people greeted MT. Bryan there. In his speech MT. Bry an said:
 "They talk of flood of silver. Nothing excites my compassion more than to find the man who has not enough money to pay his debts and does not know where next winters provisions will come from trembling in his boots for fear of a flood of money and that 1t will over whelm him. Gaughter.) Where is the flood coming from? They say European nations will send their silver here. It will not come unless somebody here will give what those people demand in return. That silver is now circulating in Europe, almost all of it, at & ratio more favor- able to silver than here. You don't melt spoons worth 1.50 into money worth $1. .29, because it does not pay. When you apply labor to silver you make it worth more than it is at the mint, but some are afraid of great increase in the produc- ton of silver and an increase in money"
 Mr. Bryan reached Evansville shortly before il o'clock. He was placed in a carriage and taken to an open lot 100 yards from where the train stopped, at the corner of Ohio street and First ave- nue. The lot was crowded to its out skirts with people. Two Bryan and Sew all clubs arrived after MT. Bryan reached the covered stand from which he made his speech and increased the gathering. The candidate was very heartily cheered.