The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-23
BRYAN HIT ALL.
Yesterdays Trip Marked By
Enthusiasm.
Bryan Answers Harrison and
Challenges Lew Wallace.
AS PATRIOTIC AS HE.
VIII Put His PatriotismAgainst
Any of His AdYersaries.
Bryan Insinuates That Mark
Hanna Uses Money.

Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. 2s.-The trip
Of william j. Bryan through Hoosier-
dom yesterday was Of interest not only
because Of the enthusiastic crowds en-
countered at nearly every stop, but
because Of the aggressive nature Of his
speeches. At Delphi he refuted the
charge of ex-President Harrison that
when he spoke Of those who had been
saving the country for 80 years at so
much per save" he alluded to the old
veterans. On a platform erected with
Ia q few yards of the home OF General
Lew Wallace he replied in vigorous
language 10 the author Of Ben Hurs
VINO, IN speech made some time ago,
alluded to ME-. Bryan as an anarchist
At La Fayette he denied the state
ment of ex-PresidRn1 Ben Jamin Har-
rlsOn made at Salem that present con-
citons are such that we are plnetal-
lie country" He said that statement
meant, that. having been defeated in
this campaign on a gold standard, the
Republicans are trying to get under the
cover of bimetallsm and claim that
their platform is a fraud. There was
a greater absence of yellow badges in
all crowds yesterday, and at every
place where the candidate spoke, he
had large and enthusiastic audiences
The same trouble was experienced as
was encOunteder yesterday in regard
to the delaying of the train and the re-
suit was that when TerTe Haute was
reached the train was nearly two
hours behind schedule time.
II was at Charlottesville that the
sensation of the day occurred and at
that meeting Mr.. Bryan made his de
claratiOn that he was willing to put
his patriotism against the patriotism
Of any other man ON earth who en-
dorses the Republican platform. His
speech was as follows.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
men.-I believe that this is one of the
in fnh t1slV- of
being an anarchist After hearing
your shouts I feel tempted to address
YOU as fellow anarchists Now why
are we called anarchists. Is it for any
thing in which we believe? No; there
is nothing in the platform upon which
1 stand that juStifleS the charge. No
man is afraid that If / am elected pres
ident / viii not enforce the laws OF this
nation. There is no man living be-
meath our flag who is q better friend
or hrmer believer in our form of gov
eminent than 1 am. 1t is true that
am a young man, but, my friends, I
want to assert here with all the empha-
sis that / can command that I am as
good a friend of our government-ay I
ann a better friend Of American institu-
riOns than any man who declares that
foreign creditors must run our cOun-
try.
III was not old enough to have proven
nay love of country in battle but am
old enough now to prove my love OF
country when a foreign financial policy
has set foot upon our shores. and, my
friends, / want you to understand that
in this great contest L am enlisted, not
for q year, not for four years, I am en-
listed for the war no matter how long
the war may last and I shall not cease
to fight until the gold standard which
has cursed every nation that ever had
it is driven out of the United States.
across the ocean and back to the old
world where it belongs.
And I shall not be deferred from my
determination by any man, no matter
what his title. civil or military, who
doubts the ability OF this nation to at
tend to it's own business. The Repub-
liCan platform transfers to foreign ma
lions the right to determine when we
shall have the double standard be-
cause that platform promises to main
tain the gold standard until the lead
ing commercial nations shall join with
US Who shall determine when they
will act2 They must determine or we
must walt until they act. and then our
decision in this country is to be based,
not upon what we want, but upon what
they viii let US have. The Republi-
can platform. for the first time in the
history OF this nation. proposes to sur
render the right Of self government,
and, standing upon platform which
declares in favor of an American dol
lar for the American people. I put my
patriotism against the patriotism Of
General Lew Wallace or against the
patriotism Of any other man on earth
who indOrses the Republican plat
form"
The enthusiastic meeting of the even
ing in this city was a fitting close for
the enthusiastic day. The reception
here was one Of the greatest if not the
gTea test of the day, and the ovation
given the candidate was dattering in
the extreme He was met at the depot
by mem bers of the Jackson club and
when he reached his carriage that or
ganization acted as guard Of honor
Mr.. Bryan addressed two meetings last
night in Terre Haute. The first was
from a platform erected at the entrance
to the court house and here the larger
crowd Of the evening was assembled
1t applauded and cheered at every OPP
portunity. The speech was about the
same as given at other places. With
touch of sarcasm he referred to the Op-
position candidate by saying that he,
Bryan, had been criticised for not sit
ting on his front stoOp and receiving
delegations there. But ne said MS
constituency were those who could not
come unles sthey walked.
This please his listeners ana they
cheered the remark Justify Mark
Hanna also came in for a small sized
dig near the close of the speech. Ii
was when Mr.. Bryan said;
i believe that it is claimed by the
Republicans that their candidate is the
advance agent of prosperity thlhk
that they have got the wrong man
think that they were speaking Of the
chairman of the national committee,
not the candidate. and the chair
man of the national committee IS the
advance agent of the peculiar prosper (
ity that comes just before election to
those who expect to make enough /
money in the campaign to run them
until the next campaign II you want
to know who is to be prosperous under |
the Republican administration, find out
who is contributing money to secure
the election"
AL the second meeting back Of the
Terre Haute hotel. the candidate spoke /
to another large crowd. The chair
man of the meeting read the letter
from Daniel w Voorhees, expressing /
his regrets. and the epist1e was chsered- |
Then Mr. Bryan was presented with
the last part Of the equipment for the
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