Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-09-19
IN THE BLUE GRASS
SOUTHERN ENTHUSIAST Is FOR
WILLIAM j. BRYAN.
TsyentS Thousand Mounted Farmers
March Past the Speakers stand
in Double File.

Lexirgton Sept 15.-Kentucky hos
pitaiity and southern enthusiasm were
shoWeled upon William j. Bryan on
hls "trip in the blue grass region. The
2redtcst demonstration rendered him
i'll the south was at Lexington, Wh@r"
he addressed from 10, 5,000 to 10000 peo-
pie at the fair grounds. a procession,
unique in character, and impressive
to 4 large degree, passed by him IS
he was on the speakers stand. People
from the surrounding country got IN
10 Lexington early this morning, coy
ering the entire distance On horses.
" lille Mr.. Bryan WAS addressing tbs
audience, the horSenen were seen an
tering the gates of the fair grounds,
riding in double file and carrying
appropriate democratic campaign ban
ners 1t took % minutes for the 2o,o2o
people to file past the nominee, and
every one Of these tried to outdo his
ncighbor in yelling and cheering.
MI Bryan spoke to the farmers and
il was speech intended for farmers,
Ii was nearly o'clock When Mr.. Bry-
an arrived at the driving park HIS
arp aarance was the signal for the
greatest applause. He was introduced
t. the audience by the Hon. {. ).
Bronston. state senator and candidate
for congress.
Brsan'S Address.
Mr. Bryan opened his speech before the
vast audience with a few words OF pralSe
of the ar-famed Blue Grass region ana
its PEOPLE. From the two campaign clllbS
hat had marched to the depot to receive
| him the nominee accepted two handsome
silver badges. which hc promised 70
-sgl4l' to his home and preserve.
Continuing he asserted that the money
rrestion was the overshadowing issue Of
hr campaign, and he then launched ilto
| 4 discussion Of the legislation Of 1913.
| !.<vr Since that year the American people
| HAD Been cndcaEoring to rcinstate tie
| IlN- that was lit that time repealed. but
| ut no time haG they been able to pass q
| }itli through both branches OF congress,
Fhey had been compelled time and again
| 10 promise he declared and each time
| tvy had found that their enemies in
| stead CT forcing Il compromise, had com
| Henned the next day to undermin" that
| which they had compelled the people TO
alce4t. The speaker added:
IA hen the people succeeded in passing
.aro4gh one house bin for free coinage
| y Silver the other house insisted upon
n, Amendment that resulted in what was
j-GoHn ~ the Bland act Of 1S.S. It gave
| -cHlc relief 10 the people. It gave to hem
sitCrt respite from the increased de-
| ,iesSion that had been forced upon them
| W. vicious legislation. but no sooner was
| l!Ht law pasSe,l-tnd remember that oven
| Iitt law vas passed over the president $
| Neto-than the enemies of free coinage,
| nho had compelled it's adoption began to
| York secretly for its repeal Then the sill
Icr sentiment had grown, until in Fcbru-
! ry 1850 when there We're prospects OF
/ he passage Of free coinage law, on!
'rirrdS again forced a compromise and
| substituted the Sherman law for the frce
| .0inagc of silver; and no sooner was thC
sherman law passed than our opponents
| nr2an to try to secure its repeal. Sena-
| 81 Sh"rman in his book. recently pub
| iishel known az John Sherman's Recol-
| lectionS expressly states that he Sc
.urel ana favored that bill, in order tc
| slcvrnt the passage Of Il free coinage
| lIw and that he was ready to vote fo1
| It's repeal the next day if that repea
| could he secured without substituting
| flo" coinage. (Great applause) cal
| .Dur attention to these facts to show you
/ hat during these years. instead OF meet
| ing open and frank and candid enemies
| wa have had TO fight those who. under
| he gliise of being friends Of free coin
/ .t-se and friends Of bimetallisn. have bS
| stealth sought to fasten the gold stand
| s.rd upon the American people"
For the First Time Direct Issue.
air Bryan asserted that in this am
| rai2n for the first time, the issue va:
| llrnct and in this campaign, for the frs
| tImc the gold standard managers ha'
| fIiled III their endeayorS to write tn
| la1formS Of both leading parties ana t
conduct tile campaign on other issues
RE then entered into 4 comparison o
| the republican ana democratic platforms
.-rThc majority did rule at Chicago an'
wrote the platform that was democratic
tApulausa) For once the convention
took strong open. unequvocal ground
| i'm favor OF the Immediate restoration o
| free coinage at the ratio of IL to l. AM
what was the result? Why. my friends
four months ago the republicans though
al they had to DO WAS 70 nominate thel
| candidate and election was sure. but ius
.s soon As the Chicago platform wa
written. AZ soon ns the democratic part
appealed to the hearts and conscience
ot the people then hope of the repunli
can party was changed to despondenc
! ana despair"
Here the procession began to pass y
the stand and Mr.. Bryan was interrupt
ta for y minutes. When it had passed, II
continued:
"Eell0w citizens. ! have been interrupt
1I i'm the midst of speeches before. but
Gun say to you that of all this is tn
most pleasant interruption of which
have recollection. | shall remember tn
speech. which WAS cut in two BY tt
most remarkable parad" that it has "ve
| been my good fortune to Witness The
= | bore banners which present motto;
which make any further speaking III
: necessary. If | We're to talk 10 YOU fro
\ row until midnight | could not MOI
t than emphasize the notices which hay
: ,.assra III that procession. | noticed Of
t motto. drawn with letters not altogpth
. anrordin2 to late patterns, but It re-
n resented II sentiment that ought to iii
: u lodemant i'm the memories OF all; I'm
i4 High money low times. | challens
YOU to find in any of the speeches IN
q will be made this year by the opponeh
nf free silver a single sentence that co
G tains a. much OF political economy ~
common sense as is contained in tn
phrase. saw another motto. our bar
y are fun. but our pockets are empty.
u fIat sentence is epitOm2cd - years
> farming history.
g Mature smiles upon your husbandf
1 yaur soil gives forth in rich profusion, b
II according to the experience OF the farl
10 cr. with all that he can do with MS
dustry. with his economy. with All
patient toll. he finds that the load
> American farmers grows harder eve
year IN old times, under the rnle
those who waved and swept the san
~ they said by right divine. compla1
N WAS answered with the lash, but now
Y INST complaint of the toilng millions
" the United States is answered by chafk
le that they are anarchists ana Socl'llH
q NV friends there is one fortunate I'M
'h in connection with the word anarchlSt,
~ ~ applied to those who are banded toseti
W 10 restore the money Of the constltutl
anarchy is 4 thing to be considered u
=, light like this: Anarchy can nave
home among the people who have the .
M lot TO right their wrongs, and the unio