The evening times., 1896-07-14
TELLS HIS PL ANS.

Il viii remain in Salem until Thursday
morning." lie said, and will then leave
for Kansas City. 1t is probable that will
stay overnight in Kansas City, leaving
for Lincoln Friday morning and reaching
there that night"
There he is, TIE man with the white
hat was the cry at Paxton, ii small
station which was reached al 5:l5 and a
stop # a minute made. Mt. Bryan's white
lat is likely To he Il Corspicuous object IN
the campaign. II is one # these sort ielt
affairs, creamy III color, adorned by a land
Of lighter hue than its texture. II could Re
readily seen hy tie two hundred people
gathered i'll the Paxton station platform.
They made a rush toward il as Mr..
Bryan stepped from tie train. hearty
shout wen, up and then TIE crowd laughed
uproariously at Mr.. Bryan's remark ttat
IF you Just vote as well as y"u shoat
well get along all right.
Rantoui. another small Station, turned
out a hundred or more PEOPLE. and big
nag. and they. too. had the opportunity of
c0npratulatinG Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan made his first campaign speech
at Champaign where the train stopped
twenty minutes. A flat car had been I'M
pruvised into Il speakers stand, From
this Mr. Bryan addressed his audience.
consisting of 800 people. Mr. Bryan
spoke as follows:
Il have not been in your city since
1873. In that year / was a student al the
Illinois College. when attended an inter
collegiate contest at this place. am not
going TO make a political speech TINS
evening" Herea small boy yelled 'hooray"
and Mr.. Bryan joined in the laugh, and was
unable to resume for a minute or two
TALKED AT CHICAGO.
II have just been talking some in Chicago
and am sort of between speeches. This is
an important campaign, in my Judgment
1t is the most important campaign this
country has passed through in time of
pcace. The issues are those which affect
every man, woman and child in the nation,
and beg of you that you shall appreciate
the important part you bear in this cam
paign.
This Is the greatest nation on earth.
IL is in advance of all other nations. It's
advancement is because our form of gov
ernnient is the best on earth: because being
in the hands of the people il can be made
as good as the people desire. If our laws
are good if our laws are just, it is b.
cause our people have force to make them
lust. believe there is more justice in the
people than is expressed through their
representatives If laws are bad ii is the
fault of the representatives OF the people,
and so must be remedied by the people.
"Thcre are those who have the idea
that patriotism can only lie manifested in
time of war. / was too young to go to the
war, ,butiu every campaign, such as this, you
and / have a chance TO show our patriotism.
Our government is the most perfect form OF
government, because it is the best that
the people can offer for display OF
PATRIOTISM. Every great economic ques-
ton is n great moral question. when you
come to the settlement of a question like that
OF the present campaign, morality is in
yi,ed The financial question is the most
important issue in this campaign, and
wish that you would study it so that you
ma understand the wayit affects you and
your interests.
There is no class to which the question
can be committed because no one class
can be trusted to take care OF it. Before
the campaign is over the discussion will
turn to one question. is this nation great
enough to legislate for itself?' We be-
lieve we are strong enough to determine
our own financial policy not awaiting for
any other nation on earth. (Cheers).
A SIMPLE QUESTION.
sit is not a complicated question.
Every great economic question is at least
a great moral question. and when it cnmes
TO be settled il can only be done by the
great common people of the nation. The
politicians have tried to settle the money
question; the people have tried to settle
the money, but it will not be settled until
the people have a chance to express their
opinions and then it will be settled, and
from that there is no appeal
The people chcered Mr.. Bryan as the train
pulled out. =
At Tolopo, Mr.. Bryan shook hands with
an enthusiastic crowd. and at Tuscola the
county seat of Douglas county, he did his
best to let the thousand or more gathered
there have chance to do the same thing
At Arcola several hundred witnessed a
repetition OF those brief greetings.
Decorations galore were indulged in by
the people II Nattoon in honor of Mr.
Bryan. Mattoon is the county seat of Coles
county and has about 10 OOO Inhabitants