The herald., 1896-10-31
THE STATE HANNA CLAIMED
Silver Stuck to the Verge of
Maine
THE GOLDBUG CANDIDATES
Conclude to Make no Speeches 10 Boone.
vile, Missouri
The Rioters Are Recent Coinage Con-
Z verts Who Still Cling to Their
Republican Manners.
Associated Press Special Wire


BONNEVILLE, No., Oct. 30.-At Fay
cite Generals Palmer and Buckner re-
ceived even worse treatment than at
Paris, and for a time violence was threat
ened the candidates.
The party was greeted by a bowling
mob, which seemed bent on causing
trouble from the moment the train
stopped. No sooner had the two gener-
ais emerged upon the car platform than
Bryan banner bearing the inscription
''Fayette Democratic club" was thrust
into Gerenal Pallner's face by it's bear
ers. A citizen named Williams tried
to urge peace and the gold men rallied
and rushed the Bryan banner back. This
only made the disturbers more ugly.
A man tried to punch General Buck
ner with a fiagpole and Williams seized
it and the crowd rushed upon him and
began beating him. The rioters tried
to get at the generals and strike them
with their banners. Scores of men fought
bitterly around the car end: women
were pushed about and knocked down
and many blows were exchanged. An
old farmer climbed onto the rear end of
the car and shouted: You are carrying
Missouri for Mckinley" He was pulled
down by the crowd.
After five minutes of fighting, scream
ing and footing of horns, the train pulled
out without the candidates even at
tempting to make a speech.
Most of the rioters were young men
and belonged to the so-called Fayette
Democratic club. They wore high
white hats with Bryan's name inscribed
thereon and white badges. Most OF
them seemed to belong to the we'll to- do
element. Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Buck
ner, who are accomSlnying the candi-
dates, We're witnesses of the scenes of
disorder
Aboard the train the party showed the
utmost surprise at the treatmen accord
ed. Said General Buckner: "An
through Iowa We We're treated with
great courtesy. I did not believe we
would be shown such disrespect in Mis-
souri,"
The Central college boys ran after the
train as it pulled out of Fayette and
with loud cries begged the generals to
believe that had they known of the pm
they would have stopped it with the aid
of the good citizens and the old soldiers
At other points along the line the party
was greeted by respectful crowds and
the remainder of the trip b Kansas
City, which place was reached this even
ing, was made without incident.
NOT JTNPROvOKED
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Oct. 30-The
Times (Democratic) will tomorrow morn
ing print specials from Paris and Fay
cite, Mo, which state that Generals
Palmer and Buckner provoked and We're
in large measure responsible for the
riotous disorders at those places this af
ternoon. The dispatch from Paris says:
When Colonel Rufus e. Anderson of
Hannibal came out upon the rear plat
form of the car to introduce Generals
Palmer and Buckner his appearance was
the signal for a wild Bryan demonstra-
ton from a crowd of Democrats who
were bearing a huge Bryan banner.
When the shouts had somewhat subsid-
ed General Palmer said: Il am glad to
meet you all, with a few exceptions"
This thrust provoked a still greater
demonstra ton by the Bryan crowd, who
brought their banner closer, Then
pointing toward man carrying the ban
ner, General Palmer continued: II see
sap-headed fool over there with Bry-
an picture. Why doesn't he come out
from behind the picture so we can see
who he is? l have observed all through
this campaign that the men who say
they are for Bryan have to go labeled
with their candidates name, so they will
ilot lol SCI W ~ lllty are lDt.
This sally provoked a Bryan demon
stration that overwhelmed the speaker
and General Palmer retired in anger
General Buckner appeared, and there
was another tremendous shout for Bry-
an. AS soon as the southerner could be
heard he came back at them with the
following retort:
You can holler mighty loud for Bry-
an but not one of you can give a sensible
reason why you are going to vote for
him. Maybe the man who is screeching
Bryan's name out there can count as
much as a hundred without making q
mistake, but l doubt it. / also doubt
whether he knows the alphabet, and I'm
certain he can't say it backward The
gobble of a fool is utterly Incompetence
sible to me, and therefore I'll pay no
further attention to what he may have
to say"
At this juncture some one shouted:
"Hurrah for the Mckinley aid society"
I'm glad some fool has said that" re-
torted General Buckner, who endeavored
to continue his speech, but the crowd
surging around the car had by this time
become so uproarious that the speaker
was obliged to wait long time before
he could proceed, and although he spoke
only few words afterward, his speech
could be heard by only a few of the as
sembled crowd. When the train left Pa
ris the Bryan men at that point, who
We're aggrieved at the language used by
the candidates, telegraphed ahead to
Fayette, and these kilograms, according
to the Times Fayette correspondent,
stirred up the Fayette Democracy al
most to the fighting point. The result
was a demonstration so tumultuous
when the train arrived at Fayette that
the campaigners were unable to make
themselves heard and gave up the con-
test to their opponents, by whom they
were greatly overmatched in lung power.
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