Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-03
GRACEFUL TRIBUTE TO BALDWIN.
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sound Money Orator Closes the Cam.
paiEn Very AuspiciousIy.
John n, Baldwin closed the campaign il
Council Blufs last night. 1t was the seven
| teenth address that Mr.. Baldwin has mad,
in the interest of the country and in de
| fense of republican principles since he
went upon the stump a week or two ago
The size of the audience was limited only
| by the area of the republican headquarters
| where the meeting was held. The rush
OF people drove out the reporters from the
| gallery that has all along been sacred tc
! them, converted their tables into seats and
| left them not elbow room enough tc
scribble a note. Baldwin's friends arranged
several graceful tributes 10 him In the
| press gallery was a large party of his
neighbors and closest personal friends
among them a large number OF prominent
society women.
Just before the speaking began from diff
ferent portions of the hall came several
large bouquets of immense yellow chrysan.
themums and yellow tea roses. plentifully
adorned with golden ribbons They were
passed along over the heads of the audience
until they reached the speakers table The
gracefulness of the tribute and the signif-
cance OF the color pleased the people
nightly, and they cheered the flowers every
time they arose in the air on their way to
the table. Mr. Baldwin was escorted from
his home TO the hall by the Mckinley
guards the Junior guards. three or four
drum corps and the colored Mckinley club
the latter resplendant in military uniforms
While no particular effort was made the
demonstration was fully as imposing and eX-
tensive as the Bryan blowout on Saturday
evening. The commercial travellers club
headed by drum corps, held a prominent
position in the organizations escorting Mr.
Baldwin to the hall. They wore yellow
ribbons on their hats, large yellow chrysan.
themums on the lapels Of their coats and
their canes were adorned by a bunch OF
futtering yellow ribbons. Lonk Hypes and
Harry EJlas were the marshals.
Mr.. Baldwin's speech was one OF his most
able and eloquent efforts 1t was the keen
critical analysis OF the lawyer announced
with the force and fervor OF the orator
Mr.. Bryan's speeches and public declarations
were used largely as the basis OF the arsu-
ment to show the fallacies of his theories
and predictions The Madison Square garden
address was quoted from and attention
called TO the fact that in 1t and subse-
quent speeches Mr.. Bryan had admitted that
The result OF free and unlimited coinage
was problematical and that panics would
follow his election. Mr. Bsldwin's exposl-
sion OF the money question was very clear
and able. II constituted, however but a
small portion OF his speech The great
question was not the financial problem upon
which tho populists and Mr.. Bryan had
made their campaign. That was simply the
old greenback question revived and he
believed that II was already buried deeper
than the rag baby was buried The real
problem was the reservation OF the protective
tariff. which the democrats had stricken
down and with II the prosperity OF every
American industry and every interest of
American man and woman. There had been
hye periods OF free trade in this country
and there have been five panlcs. Every
panic followed a radical reduction in tho
tariff laws. Mr. Baldwin quoted from the
national census TO show the comparative
Importance that the gold and silver min
ing industries bear TO the other American
industries. There were barely $1,000 men