The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-09-04
BRYAN MOVING WEST.
Mr.. CLEVELAND'S HOME GIVES
HIM AN OVATION.
Greatest Dem onstration Since the Madi-
son Square Garden Notification Meet
ing-He Talks About Mexican Dollars
aud the Old soldiers-A Change In the
Route of His Tour.
Bryan n Buffalo.

/ BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 20-Appar.
entity the entire population of Buffalo.
the home of Grover Cleveland. turned
its footsteps last night towards Music
hall, where Candidate Bryan addressed
1000 people. as many as could be
packed within the four walls. while
| unnumbered thousands filled the
neighboring streets The day in Buff
falo had been the greatest ovation
Mr.. Bryan has received in 1.-The ene-
my's country, and the night meeting
which ended 1t attracted almost, il
not quite, as many wouldbe auditors
as the notitica ton in Madison Square
garden.
A reception was held for two hours
In the hotel parlors in the afternoon,
when Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan shook hands
with a constant line OF callers, which
still stretched along half block out
side the building when the doors were
closed upon the last comers.
Mr.. Bryan was escorted to the hall
by the Cleveland Democracy" the
city's oldest party organization, and
by ward clubs bearing torches. The
! line of march was along half a mile of
Main street, crowded almost as thick
ly as was the hall, and red fire and
cannon announced his coming. When
Mr.. Bryan appeared upon the stage,
escorted by State Committeeman John
c. Sheehan, the police were powerless
to control the audience, and swarm
ing down to the front, several hum
dred men took possession of the seats
reserved for the clubs which escorted
Mr. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan said, among other things:
"We propose financial policy. Our
opponents propose nothing. Without
daring to defend the gold standard
without daring to set time when
you shall escape it, they preach the
doctrine of grin aud bear it, and
offer no hope to the human race. We
ask for the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to l. We have had it
iu the past, and we ask that the
American people shall do their own
legislating for themselves without
waiting for the aid or consent OF any
other nation, and we have had it in
the past. We believe that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at l6
to will maintain the parity between
gold and silver.
''And right here let me call atten-
tion to something which L have
learned since l came into your city.
/ am told that some of your mer-
chants, in order to give an object les
son to the people, have been offering
to furnish Mexican dollars for SO
cents as part of the change when you
buy goods. NY friends, let me give
you an opportunity to test the slncer-
ity of these people. Let me give you
suggestion. They tell you that if
we had the free coinage of silver that
the American dollar would be as little
as the Mexican dollar is now. They |
tell you that if we had the free coin |
age of silver. silver will not rise in |
value. Let me give you a suggestion |
by which you can test them. When
ever a man offers you Mexican dol |
lar for so cents, you take it, and then |
take it to your savings bank and ask |
them if they will take it on deposit
for so cents and give you a written
agreement to give you 4 Mexican dol
lar the next day after the Inaugural
tion of the next president
''Our opponents have said that the
soldiers who are receiving pensions
must be protected against the free
coinage Of silver. They would have
US believe that these financiers who
are insisting upon the god standard
are insisting upon il for fear the sold
!ers drawing a pension may suffer by
the abandonment of the gold stand
ard. They forget that those who were
soldiers remember the times we had
during the war; they forgot that these
soldiers were old enough to know
of legislation; they forgot
that these soldiers know that the
fnanciers who are today pleading the
cause of the soldier who was offering
his life for his country and receiving
his pay in greenbacks while these
same fnanciers were making their
bonds payable in coin, although they
did not fight themselves. (Applause.)
And am not willing to believe that
they are any more considerate of the
interests today than they
were at the time when they were look
ing after themselves. applause
Mr.. Bryan's program for next week
has been changed. The intended
speech at Columbus has been aban-
doned by the advice of Chairman
Jones of the national committee, and
the trip from this state to Chicago
will be along the line of the lakes, ex-
cept one day From Cleveland. where
he speaks Monday, the candidate will
go to Toledo, and thence through
Michigan by way of Adrian, Hillsdale
amp Findlav, and then will make
dash down to Elkhart, Ind.