The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-16

tn.s tue baana e,uo:' 4 yell In ras ~
owe answered .ne inquiry. Then annrma.
convention had chosen as tbai. mat IL thu |
man whose name Is inscribed ononinee tho
ners, he would have no NOR, ~, On your ban.
or than |. The fact that he ia support.
cannot be taken as the sliybtos." ot chosen
upon his great ability. No rnan reelection
serves the conventions love lie More de.
than Richard Parks Bland" - e~ohhdenee.
Another great shout wen,
crowd, and for several minutes !, from the
could rot proceed. ~ speaker
But circumstances sometimes con,-n
largely to great events. and hi aNnohtribute
stances contributed much In INK circun.
results of this convention. Wboonaping the
paisn is over. think 1t can be said ,,,.
mistake has been made. But It dsn"n 10
upon you; you the plain people. Ath,pehds
Lincoln once said that the Lord no.anan
the plain people. because he mass LUST love
of them. If we win In this great many
will be because the plain people bsl,asnut u
we will bring to them exact ana taat
justice. We raise no plea against tho equal
and the just due accorded to intartr"v,Ne
and to education, but we insist tb,, seaee
the government comes In contact Viz, "usn
people there must be equal aud e,act y, we
tice to all alike. rich and poor. pras, w.
humble Great applause). @a
THE Issue Of this campaign Il tho ma.
question ana we cannot be driven from ~
faith by the charge that We advocs.e A.
honest money. The free and un,ntaS, |
coinage of silver Mt the ratio of lG 70 I y |
dependent Of any nation on the face 40 -
globe, will not give us dishonest money T. |
will not give us a dollar worth one yalua :,
one man and another alue to another mon
1t viii give to the man who tolls tho sou.
as to the man who holds the mortgsyo Il
Will give us II coin that smiles upon nn,
pertty. This is TO be a fighting camn.,,,
and you, my friends. are to do the fybtIns
| once heard a story of Il man al a hat,
who could not sleep, because the man II
the room above walked the floor all n,yb,
AT last the man below in desperation askad
his friend above why he continued TO wall
the floor throughout the night. The friend
replied: II owe $1,000 and il is due nor,
week. | think of II so much that il make,
me walk about the room all night"
'But." the FREUD replied. you are NAH
ing a mistake. Why don't you 20 to sleeo
and let the other man DO the walklnpr
There was laughter and applause at th4
old story To which the nominee gave A ner
Interpretation as he continued:
Now. a good many people seem to thr
the candidate must 10 all the walking q
the floor and all the fighting. But this i
your fight: 1t Is more important 10 the prO.
pie that they select their officers than il
is 10 the candidate that they should elect
themselves. II Is for you to say who yopr
hired man will be. The officers of the peo-
pie are their servants, and Ii Is for you 10
say who your hired men will be. Why
should you not be careful IN selecting those
who serve you in "A private capacity. |
want you TO go home and feel that this
cause is your cause. Ii Is the cause OF the
people, the plain people. If we fight as We
should, we shall win. IL we do not fight a,
we should. we shall not deserve to win.
thank you, my friends"
Mr.. Bryan bowed and stepped back, and
a shout went up which was taken up and
continued for "A block in either direction.
Mr.. Bryan retraced his steps along the mar.
row ledge TO the window. where he waved a
parting adleu TO the hurrahing crowd below.
Mrs. Bryan was not present when the
news came. She occupied a platform seat
in the convention. and did not Icaye the
hall until after the recess, which followed
the nomination, was taken. hen she
reached the Clifton she found Mr. Bryan
engaged with many callers, and aertly
said: We'll, VIII, you are me- minated"
During the evening the indies Il The Gilt.
ton organized an imprOmptu -, eption and
Mrs. Bryan was presented 10 them. She re-
ceived them with a simple gIace aM a
genial manner that captiv Itcd ah Nj
Bryan will probably leave t)-mcrrov n'ght
for his old home at Salem. III. Auff
spending a week there he will ~Trocecd 10
his present home at Lincoln, Ne6.