The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

shake his hand. The crowd was very
good natured and INDUCED in many iok-
ing remarks, which Mr.. Bryan seemed to
appreciate.
The train on which Mr.. Bryan made the
Journey to Ody, the nearest point on the
Illinois Central to Salem, is the regular
tram which left Chicago at 2:20. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan and party of newspaper men
occupied the attached Pullman sleeper.
Scott ia ckson and wife, old friends of the
Br vans. were also in the car and the only
other occupant was +. U. Adams, who
was secretary of the Democratic literary
bureau. On the journey down to Cham
paign Mr.. Bryan told United Press rep
resentative something about his plans.
81 will remain in Salem until Thursday
morning" he said, "and will then leave
for Kansas City. / expect to stay over
night in Kansas City, leaving for Lincoln
Friday morning and reaching there that
night"
'.There is the man with the white hat"
was the cry at Paxton, small station
which was reached at Sis, and stop of a
minute made. Bryan's white hat is
likely 10 be conspicuous object IN the
campaign. It is one of those soft felt af-
fairs, creamy in color, adorned by band
of lighter hue than its texture. 1t could
be readily seen by the 200 people gathered
on the Paxton station platform. They
made rush toward it as Bryan stepped
| from the train. hearty shout went up,
and then the crowd laughed uproariously
at Bryan's remark that ''If you Just vote
as well as you shout, wen get along all
! right"
| Rantout, another small station, turned
out hundred or more people and big
flag, and they, too, had the opportunity of
congratulating Bryan.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. July 13.-Mr. Bryan
made his first campaign speech at Cham
paign, where the train stopped twenty
minutes. A fatcar had been 1mprovised
| into speakers stand and from this Mr..
Bryan addressed his audience, consisting
of 1900 people. He was escorted from the
train by Colonel J. r. Wolfe, Colonel s.
T. Buy, Colonel w. H. Purcell, J. R.
| Scott and ]. w. Orr, the reception COM
mittee. As the crowd here was larger than
that at any other point so was its potency
as noisemaker greater. Colonel Wolfe
introduced Mr.. Bryan in a short speech
and Mrs. Bryan, who had mpanied
he- husband to the stand, was led forward
with old-time gallantry and introduced as
Mr.. Bryan's "most excellent wife, This
caused great cheer.
II have not been in your city since
1879" said Mr.. Bryan. "That year 1 was
student at the Illinois College and 1 at
tended an intercollegiate contest at this
place. am not going to make political
| speech this evening" Here small boy
who had suddenly become aware that
big man was in town let out a vigorous
hooray. This produced roar of laugh
| ter, in which Mr.. Bry an joined, and it was
a minute OF two before he was able to re-
sumo.
81 have Just been talking some in
| Chicago and am sort of between speeches.
This Is an important campaign. In my
| judgment it is the most important cam
Daign this country has passed through in
a time of peace. The issues are those
which affect every man, woman and child
| in the Nation, and I beg of you that you
shall appreciate the important part you
bear in this campaign. This is the greatest
| Nation on earth. 1t is in advance of all
other nations. Its advancement is be-
cause our form of government is the best
on EARTH because, being in the hands Of
the people, it can be made as good as the
| people desire. If our laws are good, if our
laws are just, it is because our people have
force to make them just. I believe there
is more Justice in the people than is ex-
pressed through their representatives. If
laws are bad, it is the fault of the repre-
senta tiyes OF the people and so must be
remedied by the people. There are those
who have the idea that patriotism can
only be manifested in time of war. was
too young to go to the war, but in 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 a display of
patriotism. Every real economic question
| is a great moral question. When you
come to the settlement of a question like
that of the present campaign morality is
| invited. The financial question is the
most important issue in this campaign,
and I wish that you would study it so
that you may understand the way it 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 on one question
SIS this Nation great enough to legislate
for itselfT We believe we are strong
enough TO determine our own financial
policy without waiting for any other
nation on earth. [Cheers. 1t is not a
complicated question. Every great eco
nomic question is at least a great moral
question, and when it comes to be settled
it can only be done by the great common
people of the Nation. The politicians,
too, have tried to settle the money ques-
ton; the people have tried to settle the
money question, but it viii not be settled
until the people have chance to express
their opinions, and it will not be settled
until then, and from that there is no
appeal"
The people cheered Mr.. Bryan as the
train pulled out.
At Tolono 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 a chance to do the same thing.