The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-21

this morning over the indianapolis and
Vintennes road on his first Indiana speak
ing trip. He was accompanied by II. B.
t. Pierce, II. II. Hanna, w. I. Durbin,
representing the national committee;
Daniel Ransdell, II. c. Adams, w. l..
Taylor, John l.. Griffith, c. G. Foster
and w. l.. Ketcham. About seventy
five people were at the station to see the
departure
Spencer, Ind, Oct. 20.-The first stop
was mt the Belt crossing in West Indian
apolis. No arrangements had been made
Tor meeting mt this place, but about
ooO people had gathered and demanded
speech. Gen. Harrison spoke briefly and
as the train moved out cheers for Har-
rison and Mckinley were given. The
first scheduled stop was Mooresvillc.
Here great crowd had congregated.
The eN' President was cheered as he an
peared OH the platform. He arraigned
the Democrats for striking down the
protective tariff
AT Martinsville Gen. Harrison smoke
from the stand which had been erected
near the railroad. About 5000 people
listened attentively and eagerly. He
confined himself chiefly to IA description
of that part of the Chicago platform re-
lating to the use of federal troops in the
States.
Mr.. Bryan has endorsed that plat
form,' said the speaker. ''It is his
pledge to the people of the United States
that if he is elected President and if
Governor Altgeld is elected governor of
Illinois and II like mob should stop our
mail and interstate commerce trains,
not to exercise the power and authority
Of the United States"
at Spencer there was great demon
stration Gen. Harrison here discussed
the powers of the federal courts and his
remarks were enthusiastically cheered.
Evansville, Ind, Oct. 20.-Gen. Har-
rison arrived here at O'Clock, having
made ten speeches during the day. Every
where there were great crowds and every
where great interest was manifested AT
Worthlngton he spoke for thirty minutes.
combining himself to II discussion of the
silver question
At Edwartisport lie spoke briefly.
AT Bushead he addressed several hun
dred miners who Ind gathered
At Vincennes the silver question was
again the topic. Referring to Mr.. Bry-
ans declaration that we can have hi.
metallism with free coinage he said:
II say we cannot. This Government
is Il great and strong Government, but it
cannot fix the value of everything. If
=
worth you must go to the market to find
out. The statutes NAV declare tbnt n
bushel of oats is of the same value rs n
bushel of wheat, but that does not make
il 500
He concluded us follows:
we must stamp out with the votes
OF million of our people in Indiana and
III the adjoining States this heresy that
is pressed upon us now. What we
want is to return TO the condition of
things we had when we had n revenue
bill that paid the expenses of the Govern
ment and did not put us to the necessity
of selling bonds to pay them. We shall
flnd prosperity just where we lost it. If
you wish to find anything you have lost
you must go to the place you lost it.
Aon lost prosperity when you inaugural.
ell TINS Democratic policy and you must
go back there again and, my word for it.
you will find what you have LOST
The demonstration of the day was at
Princeton. Leaving the train Gen Har-
rison was escorted to the fairgrounds.
where an immense crowd awaited him.
Gen. Harrison referred to his personal
relation to the campaign and TO the fact
that he spoke to them simply as one citi.
zen to another He alluded to the fnct
that Mr.. Bryan had attempted 10 show
that he occupied u different position now
from that occupied by him while Presi-
dent, on the silver question. He quoted
at some length from speeches made by
him in 1915 and 1878 and also from his
message to Congress.
MIR. Bryan has stated, y said he, "that
i'll my message | was speaking as a states.
man and that in my present utterances
am speaking as politician This is
| in W Il
of the United States in 80. NV voice
then, speaking under the responsibility
of a great public office, was precisely
what it is to-day when speak to YOU as
private citizen
Gen. Harrison then referred to the
plank of the Chicago platform on federal
interference in States, saying:
When MIR. Bryan endorses that plat
form, as he has said he does every sylla-
BILE of it, he declares that if in any of our
great States a riot should break out and
the mail trains should be stopped and
interstate commerce stopped, he will not
feel that he has the right or power as
President to open way for the mails of
the United States and for its interstate
commerce. He has virtually said he
would teel it his duty, il elected Presi-
dent and Gov. Altgeld is elected governor
of Illinois. Cries of never never. y
No, it will never happen, but l am only
giving you another reason why it should
not happen. fit should happen, Mr.. Bryan
has put himself in the attitude of saving
that if in any of the States the processes
of the courts OF the United States should
be defied by mob and trains should be
stopped and interstate commerce inter-
rupted he would not feel he could inter
ferc as President to reinforce the United
States marshal. Now in the name of the