The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-15
VIM. j. BRYAN
IN KENTUCKY.
Leaves Frankfort This Morning
Bound East.
His Train Goes Eighty Miles an
Hour.
ENGINEER SCHULTZ
Makes an Astonishing Record
For the L. & N.
Crowds Gather at All the Sta
tiOns Along the Line.

Frankfort, KY. Sept 15.-The pill
grimage of the Democratic nominee for
the presidency in Kentucky was con-
tinued at 7:45 o'clock this morning. The
same special car used yesterday was
taken by the party and on board, man
aging the tour, was Urey Woodson, ma
tional committeeman from this state.
There was no demonstration of any
kind whatever when Mr.. Bryan left
Louisville.
On board the train were reception
committees from Eminence and Frank
fort, and at every place other reception
committees came aboard to welcome
the nominee to their towns. There
were short stops made at AnChOraE Ee.
Boards and PeeWee Valley. where the
candidate shook hands with those gath
cred about the train. The first speech
made from the platform of the car was
at Lagrange and in 1t Mr.. Bryan asked
the people to take the interest in the
campaign which its Importance 1usti-
fed
The campaign, he said, was one of
the greatest Importance to this country
and the paramount issue, the money
question, deserved the deep study of
every one. He told the people that he
was glad to meet the Kentuckians and
that his reception everywhere had been
most cordial, but he found out that this
visit was unnecessary, as the silver
sentiment predOminated before his COM
ing he WAS Cue6IGu dllQ aBBAduAAGl
wildly by the 700 people present. After
leaving Lagrange, Engineer Ben
Schultz of the Louisville & Nashville
train, to which the car was attached,
gave Mr.. Bryan one of the fastest rides
he has had on his entire campaign,
sending his train along at a trtt1e over
80 miles an hour. At Eminence it had
started to rain, but 1000 of the c1JzenS
of Henry county had hOcked about n
little speakers stand to which Mr.
Bryan was taken. Here he gave a ten
minutes speech, deVOting himself for
the greater part to answering the state
ment made by his opponents that IN
consequence of the greater production
of silver than of gold, the white metal
had deprecated and would depreclate
He admitted that the product of sill
yer had been three times as great IN
the last 20 years, but he said that IN the
last five years the production OF golo
had increased more rapidly tnau Lne
production of silver and that the golu
price of silver bullion had fallen more
than at any other time He said that
the price of silver was affected by the
law of supply and demand, and that
when the United States repealed the
Sherman law and stopped the purchase
of 54 million ounces of silver per year
that it decreased the price of silver.
because it lessened the demand Tor IT,
During his speech the rain began to
fall in torrents and Mr.. Bryan told his
audience that it would be cruel to them
to have to stand in the rain, but inn
mediately there were shouts for him to
go on rain or no rain. The rain was
still falling when the train pulled into
the little hamlet of Bagdad and but a
small crowd dared the storm to look at
the candidate. In this crowd was a
young lady who, with some temerity,
looked at Mr. Bryan and said:
My name is Bryan and my folks are
from Culpepper county, Virginia. / am
told I am your cousin"
I am glad to meet you" answered
Mr.. Bryan with his best smile, and
think if secure the vote of all my kim
folks I will have a pretty respectable
showing"
This was the last stop before Frank
fort was reached where the candidate
was billed to speak a. half hour.
In his speech at Frankfort Mr. Bry-
an emphasized his statement of last
night, that those who did not believe in
the free coinage of silver, Democrats or
Republicans. should vote the straight
Republican ticket. The rain was fall
ing in torrents when the train pulled
into Frankfort and Mr.. Bryan was con-
Quoted to the platform in the court
house square under an umbrella which
was knocked aside every nliunte by the
efforts of his southern admirers TO
grasp him by the hand. During his
speech of Is miutes the rain continued
to pour down, but his audience of 500
people stood in the wet and yelled for
him n go