The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-09
At Burlington, Where n Big Crowd
Had Been Drummed Up, Republican
Sentiment Was Strong.
So ALSO At BELLE PLAINE
WHERE THE FARMERS HURRAHED
FOR THE CANTON STATESMAN.
Bryan's Speeches Mostly a Rehash OF
His Utterances in Indiana and
other States.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

BURLINGTON, Ia. Oct. S.-W. J. Bryan,
the Popocratic candidate, who has been
riding about the country in special trains
and palace cars paid for by the silver
mine owners and by forced tributes from
the people in the various towns in which
he has stepped, arrived here this morning.
He came at the urgent solicitation of the
State Popocratic committee, which is thor
oughly alarmed at the hopelessnesS of the
silver cause in Iowa Republicans are
confident Of carrying the State, notwith-
standing they have to combat the allied
free-silver forces under the banner of Pop
ocracy.
Special trains brought a big crowd here
to-day to see Bryan. and there a pa
rade of marching clubs and twelve brass
bands. The feature of the procession was
escort of women on horseback. Mr..
Bryan first spoke in the Coliseum, and in
his audience were many Republicans. For
a time the cheers for Mckinley were
numerous as the hurrahs for Bryan. The
boy Orator seemed annoyed at first, but
finally accepted the situation, say
ing he was glad to have Republicans to
talk to. His speech did not differ greatly
from the ones he made in Indiana He
said:
We are passing through a campaign
which means Il great deal to the Amer
lean people; aye, more than that. it means
q great deal to the people of the world.
There crises in human affairs. While
every day is of equal length with every
other day. yet into some days vast i'm
portance is crowded, and into the Bird of
November vast Importance will be crowd
ed Upon that day the American people
choose President who shall occupy the
White House for four years. Upon that
day they select House of Representa-
tives, and on that day, they will select
States senators i' Much depends Se upon the
result Of their election. If the gold stand
aua W Drhg Is f 70 b 1n1 pe9p we
we ought to abandon it. This is the ques-
ton submitted to the American people.
l stand upon platform-yes, l stand upon
three platforms-which agree or one thing,
and that is that the gold standard ought
to be driven out of the United States. and
in its place ought to be substituted the
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
srver at .ne paesent fegaa datlo OF 10 10
any other nation.
Our platform has driven from us some
who have acted with in the past. We
cannot help it. We might have retained
their cooperation had we been willing to
pay the price they asked. We might have
been able to keep those men with us had
we been willing that the Democratic party
should be made the instrument of plutocracy
to overthrow a government like ours. Some
have left Perhaps l ought to modify
the term, because if should say that
men leave us it might imply that they had
reasoned themselves out of the Democratic
party; it might imply that they had gone
voluntarily. | will use another term: We
have had dragged out of the Democratic
party certain ones who We're more at
tacned TO the great IN fh e 81
e of the people. In their place we ex-
+ ct to find men who are willing to act
this time in order to make the government
worthy of those who live beneath its flag
and come to-day to submit for your con-
sideration some reasons any Republican
should join with us upon the platform
which we have adopted. The Populists
Joined with us, they may say that we have
Joined with them; but ! care not how you
express it. SO you are together now.
There is this difference between Repub-
licans who come to us and Democrats who
go from us: The Democrats who go from
must repudiate the history of the Dem
ocratic party and abandon that which has
been Democratic from the time when JEFF
The Republicans who come to us have sim
ply to stand by that which the KepG ID can
campaign it has abandoned"
A voice: ''Hurrah for Mckinley and
applause and Kisses.
Mr. Bryan: my friends, / beg you to
frain from any manifestations of displeas-
ure. am glad to have that man here who
that there are many Such, because it is to
such persons that l desire to. express my
preference for Mckinley. I want to ask
him which Mckinley he is for, the Me-
Kinley of 1890 or the Mckinley of 1862
Then Mr.. Bryan read alleged extracts
from the speeches of the Republican NOM
inee while a member OF Congress-, and also
quoted from President Harrison's message
of December, 1890. These We're intended to
show that Mckinley and Harrison were in
favor of silver. Though Mr.. Bryan did not
say they once advocated the present Popo-
cratic 16-to-1 scheme, that was the idea he
intended to convey. His speech was a re-
hash of the plausible insidlous stuff he has
been Keeling Off for the past month.
Just he was about to close some one
asked: How about Grover?" Mr.. Bryan
replied: I'VE are not talking about him
now. Since our Republican friends came
to the support OF the administration we
have not found it necessary to say any
After the Coliseum speech Mr.. Bryan
spoke twice from tbs carriage. asking the
people to study the question of finance
and to make their silver speech on election
There were but few people at the. depot
at Burlington to see the nominee OH, ana
those who were there were nor demonS Sl
IDS three short stops were made, they be-
ing at Columbus Junction, Nichols and
West Liberty, where the candidate gave
short speeches on the same lines fol-
lowed by him in his former platform
speeches.
At Cedar Rapids Mr.. Bryan was conduct
ed to the baseball park. where he delivered
speech in which he said:
If the free coinage of silver is going to
double the value OF the mine owners metal.
then we are going to have one hundredeesnt
dollars. and if we are going to have fifty
cent dollars 1T is no profit at all to the
mine owners. Now, which side are they
going to take? If anybody is afraid that
this land is going to be used for dumping
ground let remove that fear. have
about five acres of ground near Lincoln.
Neb, and l have made calculation. and
find that there is room on that five acres
for all the silver in the world. I going
to offer ii a dumping ground IL they
want to bring silver over and dump 1t
there. l have tried 10 use it to raise corn
on and if / cannot make more money by
using ii for q dumping ground than have
made raising corn on 1t l am going to try
to give it away. / leave this question
with YOU and ask you to vote as you
please and we will risk the consequences
At Belle PLANE MIR. Bryan again re-
minded of his opponent by the cheers given
for the Republican candidate by a few of
the large crowd of farmers gathered about
the train when that station reached.
He made a speech, and closed with these
words: MY friends. this is free country
and any man who likes the gold cure is II
titled to have it,"
A short stop was made at Tama City and
Mr.. Bryan spoke moment to the crowd
which assembled there it being one of his
regular platform speeches.
The special train on the Chicago & North
western. to which Mr.. Bryans car at
tached al Cedar Rapids, arrived at Mar
shalltown at 100. Mr.. Bryan made two
speeches here, the first in tent erected in
public square in the center OF the city
and the second in the Odeon Theater. lit
was 10 O'Clock when he concluded and he
was then conducted to his car where he