The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-08
BRYAN's TOUR, TO BE ENDED AT
NEW YORK, INAUGURATED AT
LINCOLN.
CROWD TO SEE HIM OFF.
PROMISED TO CARRY WAR INTO
THE HEART OF THE ENEMIES
COUNTRY.
ENTERTAINMENTS ALONG THE LIN
At Every Station a Curious Crowd
Assembled to Gaze at the Boy
Orator.


$3.50 p m. when Mr.. Bryan arrived at
Des Moines. A cheering, shouting con-
course Of people filled the streets for
blocks in each direction Mr.. Bryan
was ushered into the carriage, while
Mrs. Bryan and other members of the
party were disposed in other vehicles.
The party moved up Fourth street
amid a continuous roar of cheers and
was escorted to the Tabernacle, a large
hall, with seating capacity of 5000
or 5000. The auditorium was crowded
to its utmost capacity. Mr.. Bryan was
introduced by Gov. Boies, who said of
him that while he was the nominee of
three parties, no convention had nomi-
mated him, as he enjoyed the enviable
distinction Of having nominated HIM
self. The applause that followed was
a distinct ovation, in response to which
Mr.. Bryan said:
esteem it great privilege to be permitted
even for brief moment to stand before the
citizens assembled in this capital city Of one
OF the greatest agricultural states of this
union. Iowa has no reason to blush for the
position that she occupies among her sister
states. 1t is not necessary for anyone to
come abroad to enlghten you upon the issues
OF this campaign. Your own state is rich in
than 1t has been before in quarter of a
century. You have here that statesman whom
you delight to honor, and as l look back over
the campaigns in which it has my privilege
TO take part, there are no campaigns that I
remember with more pleasure of and of pride
than those two campaigns, when, at the in
v1tat1on Of your people, l came to assist in
the election of Horace Boies as governor of
this state (Long and continued applause.)
II in the national convention which has
just closed, the lot fell upon me rather than
upon him, 1t was not because of superior
merit, but because of the circumstances
which surrounded that convention. l do not
take to myself the credit for what was done
l believe that those delegates were as honest
and as earnest a body of men as were ever
assembled in convention, and after viewing
the situation they decided whether wisely or
fooiishly, time will tell, that under all the
circumstances the nomination should fall on
the one who did receive it. I am on my
way to the city of New York to receive my
notification. l do not know how well / may
be able to bear the standard which is to be
placed in my hands, but / know this, that
there is not one person in all this land who
is more deeply in earnest in this cause than
he whom you have honored.
In this campaign the distinguished gen
tlemen of whom l have spoken, your ex-goy-
ernor, will go before you as one of your
leaders, and by his side will stand that other
gallant man who for twenty years has fought
ana whether we have agrsed with him or not
on all the things, there Is not an hcaest man
here but must concede that where he has
fought he has fought with the strength Of
giant. And by his side will stand in this
great conflict men who until this year have
been lighting the battles of the Republican
party, men who boast that from the time Of
Lincoln until now they have been adherents
of the Republican party but who believe
that In this campaign the Republicanism Of
Lincoln finds better expression in the Chicago
platform than 1t found in the platform adopt
ed at ST. Louis.
Our opponents tell US that the tariff is the
issue of the campaign, and that they will
make it such. Whom will they consult to
Go 1t? Not the politicians; they must con-
suit the people. The money question is the
campaign issue, and they cannot take it
out OF 1t. But I not here to talk to-
night. | am simply here to express the ap-
probation which we feel at this magnificent
expression of your interest in this question
1t is no personal affair. You do not care
for me. This is not matter of individuals
Any person standing on this platform and
proclaiming the truths in which you be-
lieve would be supported by you with Just
as much enthusiasm No, 1t Is not an in
d1vIdual matter. The enthusiasm shown here
and everywhere simply speaks in tones that
will be heard throughout the Union of the
interest which the people are feeling in the
results of this campaign. Well may you feel
interested because, my friends we have
reached great turning point in the history
OF events Upon the action of this nation
may depend the action of the civilized world
upon the money question. Upon the action
of this state may depend the action of this
nation and on the action Of single person
present here may depend the action of this
state. Grave are the responsibilities of citi-
zenSn1p, and never more grave than now
But l can simply appeal to you to do your
duty, as you see it, and then stand up and
take the consequences before your fellow
men.
Amid the cheers that followed his re-
marks Mr.. Bryan fastened from the
tabernacle and was driven to the cor
ner of Sixth street and Grand avenue
where arrangements had been made
for an overflow meeting. Gov Boies
accompanied Mr.. Bryan. When they
reached the place the crowd was so
large and so densely packed around
the platform that had been erected
that they were unable to reach it and
Mr.. Bryan spoke from his carriage
His address was brief, but it left the
crowd in very good humor, cheer after
cheer being given the speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were then driven
to their hotel and it was midnight
when they were permitted to enjoy Sc
clusion and retire. Mr. Bryan could
not conceal his pleasure at his recep-
ton in this city. His movements about
the city from the time he left the train
until he reached the hotel after the
Grafton was over were through con-
tinuOus lines of cheering enthusiasts
The party will leave Des Moines at $50
p. M, and the train will stop at nearly
every station on the way to Chicago.
TOUR INAUGURATED.