Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-20
BRYAN AGAIN VISITS OHIO
Silver Candidate Futs in Another Day in His
Opponents Territory.
FIVE SPEECHES BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK
For the Fourth Time I'm the Present
Campaign the Popocrntic Nomi-
nee Speaks In the
Buckeye state.

nee SpcukS III thc
buckeye state.
TOLEDO. Oct 19-The Buckeye state. the
home Of his opponent was again visited by
w. j. Bryan today At 4:95 o'clock
this morning the special car "ldler,"
bearing the party, was pulled out
of Detroit, and at $50 the city
of Toledo. which some weeks ago gave
the nominee such pretty welcome, was
reached. good crowd had gathered about
the depot and outside the gates and cheered
the nominee. At o'clock he made a
three minute platform speech at Perrysburg
and another at Deshler half hour later
Short speeches of less than five minutes
were made by him at Ottawa and Leipsic
Junction.
The train today was in charge of Daniel
McConvllle, chairman Of the speakers ma
tional bureau, and with him were w. w.
Durbin. chairman OF the state central COM
mtttee, and Grant Holiday, a member Of
the state executive committee.
At Toledo MIR Bryan stepped out on the
back platform and acknowledged the cheers
and applause given him by few appro-
pirate words He told the people that they
must not cheer him so much, but should
save their voices In order to make converts
statement served to provoke more cheers
and applause, and the good-natured COM
plimentary talk OF a few moments was en-
tiroly devoid OF discussion OF the issues OF
the day. The speeches at Perrysville,
Deshler and Leipsic Junction were of the
same tenor as those usually made by Mr.
Bryan in his short tail-end platform
speeches. Shortly after Q o'clock the first
speech of any length was made at Lima
where for thirty minutes the candidate OK
pounded silver doctrine.
TALKS OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
About the bandstand in the city park
OF Lima several thousand people
had gathered to hear the democratic
nominee, and when they heard him they
gave demonstrative evidences of approval
1t was a crush and the committee of ar
rangemonts was either powerless to protect
the party from the crowd or too interested
in shaking the hands OF a presidential n0mi-
nee to attend to the business for which
IL was appointed.
In his speech Mr.. Bryan quoted the letter
from Mark Hanna, calling on the people
who intended to vote the republican ticket
to hang the American flag from their win
dows October 81. His reference to the letter
was:
II want to call your attention to some
thing that appeared in yesterday mornings
papers. | find that the chairman of the
republican national committee has issued o
letter to the American people, in which
he says: The American flag has been in
the present campaign the emblem or in
sigma OF national honor. Its influence has
been for great good in the cause of a good
people Its display in many places has
been potent in the advancement of the coun-
try 3 battle for maintenance of its honor
at home and abroad. | therefore suggest
that on Saturday, October 81 oil who in
tend to vote on November 3 for the preser-
walton of our national honor. for sound
money and the advancement OF our peo-
pies interest and general prosperity. dis
play the national colors at their homes
their places of business or wherever they
may be seen, in order that voters whose
hearts are for their country may be
strengthened in their purpose and those
who are undetermined may the more pa
triottcally and intelligently conclude how
best to perform their duties as citizens
my friends. 1t is the first time that
know of that have ever agreed with the
chairman of the national republican COM
mittee, but | want to sign my name to
his letter and ask all those who believe
Ia the ideas set forth there to display the
flag on the 3lst of October, because there
is not a thing in that letter but what we
advocates OF free silver endorse. Now note
what he says. that he wants the flag dis
played by all those who on the Sd of Noven-
Der intend to vote for the preservation of
our national honor. We advocates of free
silver believe that only by having a fnan-
cial policy made by the American people
and for the American people can you sup
port the honor OF the United States He
wants those to display the flag who are for
sound money, We who believe in the money
OF the constitution are for a sOunder money
than those who want to change our cur
rency into pounds, shillings and pence
We who believe in basis for our financial
transactions sufficiently broad for those
transactions to rest upon believe in a
scunder financial system than those who
advocate a gold standard and a financial
syGtem based upon gold alone. when sou
cannot get the gold to furnish your founda-
ton. We not only believe in sound money,
but we tell you what we mean by sound
money, and do not play the hypocrite by
talking about sound money and then refus-
ing to explain what the terms mean He
wants those who are going to vote for the
advancement of our peoples interests and
general prosperity to display the American
flag. My friends, we believe that free coin
age of silver at 16 to /, without waillng
for the aid consent of any other nation
on earth, means the advancement of the
interest of the people and OF general pros J
perity. and we can join with these men in
displaying the American flag and let it be
known to the country that we are stand !
ing by the flag, and that we are not asking /
foreign nations what that flag shall mean. |
AGREES WITH MARK HANNA.
81 join in the request for three reasons; !
first, because everything that he asks in that |
letter believe in, and therefore we have
as much right to display the flag on that
day any republican has, and we believe A.,
that we have a good deal more moral right |
to do ii in this campaign. | join in the let |
ter for another reason. ! do not want them
to mark the advocates OF free silver for |