The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-09-16

NOW, I want to leave here, ana In
order that there may not be one per-
son who tries to shake hands with me
because there will be others, If you
will just raise your hands, will shake
with you all at once"
LOUISVILLE TO NASHVILLE
Record of the Days Travel and Talk Of
the Silver Candidate.
Louisville, KY, Sept 15.-Hon. w. J..
Bryan left Louisville this morning at
7:30 o'clock for the Blue Grass region of
Kentucky, making speeches enroute at
| LAGRANGE, Eminence, Versailles, Mid
| way and Lexington, completing the
days speaking at Maysville, KY. AT
Versailles, Mr.. Bryan was the guest or
Senator ]. S. c. Blackburn.
Mr.. Bryan retired Immediately after
| his third speech last night and would
see no one. AS a consequence he got a
good nights rest, and left this morning
very much refreshed. Before leaving
he expressed himself as highly pleased
with his Louisville reception.
Frankfort, KY, Sept 15.-The Pill
grimage of the Democratic nominee for
the presidency was continued through
Kentucky at 7:45 this morning. The
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taken by the party, and on board, man
aging the tour, was Urey Woodson, ma
tional committeeman from this state.
There was no demonstration Of any
kind when Mr.. Bryan left Louisville.
On board the train were reception COM
mitteeS from Eminence and Frankfort
and at every place other reception COM
mitteeS came aboard to welcome the
nominee to their towns. There were
short stops made at Anchorage, Beard s
and Peewee Valley, where the candi-
date shook hands with those gathered
about the train.
The first speech made from the plat
form Of the car was at LAGRANGE and
in it Mr.. Bryan asked the people TO
take the interest in the campaign which
it's Importance justified.
| The campaign, he said, was Of the
greatest Importance to this country and
the paramount issue, the money ques-
ton, deserved the deep study of every
one. He told the people he was glad TO
meet the kentuckianS and that his re-
ception everywhere had been most cor
dial. but he had found out that his
visit was unnecessary, as the silver SEN
timent predominated before his coming.
He was cheered and applauded wildly
by 700 people present.
| After leaving LAGRANGE, Engineer
Ben Schultz. of the Louisville and Nash
vile train, TO which the car was at
tached, gave Mr.. Bryan one of the fast
est rides he has had on his entire cam
paign, sending his train along at a trifie
over eighty miles an hour.
At Eminenec it had started to rain
but 900 of the citizens of Henry coun-
ty had flocked about a little speaker s
stand, to which Mr.. Bryan was taken.
Here he gave a ten minute speech, de-
voting himself for the greater part to
answering the statement made by his
opponents that in consequence of the
greater production of silver than of
gold the white metal had deprecated
and would still depreciate in value. He
admitted that the product Of silver had
been three times as great in the last
twenty years, but he said that in the
last five years the production of gold
had increased more rapidly than the
production of silver and the gold price
of silver bullion had fallen more than
at any other time. He said that the
price of silver was affected by the law
of supply and demand and that when
the United States rerDealed the Sherman
law and stopped the purchase Of 54,-
creased the price of silver, because II
iesSened the demand for ii.
During his speech, the rain began to
fall in torrents and Mr.. Bryan told his
audience that 1t would be cruea to them
to have TO stand in the rain, but imme-
diately there were shouts for him to GO
On, rain or no rain.
The rain was still falling when the
train pulled into the little hamlet OF
Bagdad and but a small crowd dared
the storm to look at the candidate. In
this crowd was a young lady who, with
some temerity, looked at Mr.. Bryan and
said: MY name is Bryan, and my folks
are from Culpepper county, Virginia
am told l am your cousin
II am glad to meet you," answered
Mr.. Bryan with his best smile.
In his speach at Frankfort, Mr.
Bryan emphasized his statement Of las
night that those who did not believe il
the free coinage of silver, Democrats ol
Republicans, should vote the straigh
Republican ticket. The rain was fall
ing in torrents when the train pulled
into Frankfort and Mr.. Bryan was con
Quoted to the platform In the cour
house square under umbrellas whicl
were knocked aside every minute by tn,
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his hand. During his speech Of fifteer
minutes, the rain continued to pou
down, but his audience of $500 peopl'
stood in the wet and yelled for him Il
go on.
Mr.. Bryan said that he wished cir
. cumstances were such that he could ad
dress the people assembled, on the issue
, OF the campaign, but under the circum
stances, he could not do any more thai
, present himself and give his pledge
which he had already given through hi
acceptance, that he was heartily in &C
, cord with the declarations contained IL
the Chicago platform
He eulogized Senator Blackburn q
one always in the front of every figh
for the people, and in consideration o
. the audience that was enduring tn
storm, said good bye. He was loudl,
! cheered throughout
, AIaysville, KY, Sept 15-"An cas-.
! day," was the way Candidate Brya,
! characterized the campaigning exper
ienoe which ended tonight al Maysville
At nearly every place where he spok
, the rain fell heavily and the big Assem-
: blage that heard him here tonight stoo.
, in a driving storm. The nominee reach
ed here at 7d5 and after spending a fev
minutes went back TO his special tran
and left az s:15 for Lexington where h
VIII take a Queen and Crecent al Ia
|, sor Hartman, Tenn.