The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-16
illustrates the Silver Question
by Reference to Fluctua-
tons in Eggs.
BETTER LUCK AT Il XINGToN.
Addresses an Immense Audience at the
Fair Grounds and Makes a
Cool Impression.

I
! William ]. Bryan, accompanied by Sena-
| tor Black burn, Congressman Allen of
Mississippi, General P. Wat Harding,
ex-Congressman Stone of Kentucky and
others of prominence, this morning re-
sumed his tour of the Blue Grass State on
a special train, which left the depot at
7:45 o'clock. A heavy rain set in shortly
after the candidate left Louisville. and the
damp atmosphere had it's effect on his
already enfeebled voice when he made his
first speech of the day at La Grange.
At Eminence, where the train arrived
at 9:12, Mr.. Bryan was in the midst of his
remarks when the clouds broke. Mr..
Bryan said he would stop talking until
the rain ceased, but the crowd would not
let him and he went on. Among other
things he said:
If any man in this community would offer to
| buy all the eggs produced a. % cents a dozen
and was able to make good the offer nobody
would sell eggs for less, no matter what the
| cost OF production, whether cent or cents g
dozen. So with silver. Free coinage would
establish the market price of silver at 81 %
and nobody would sell it for a cent less. Dur
| ing the last five years the production OF gold
has increased more rapidly, proper uonateiy,
| than the production of silver, and yet gold has
| advanced, owing 10 our present financial sys-
/ tenn.
| A few people only braved the rain to get
q peep at the candidate at Christiansburg.
| At several small stations crowds cheered
| the train as il whisked by.
Frankfort was reached at 1920 and the
candidate spoke to an immense throng
from a stand in front of the Capitol. He
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am in hearty ac-
cord with the declarations contained in the
! Chicago platform, (Cheersl. Sometimes peo-
| as q
| platforms OF railroad coaches-made TO get in
on, but not to stand on after you get in
/ LLaughter.1 But that is not my idea of party
! platform. II l am elected 1 will take 1t for
| granted that the people In favor of the poll
cies for which l at this time stand, and the
people shall never have cause to complain of
my desertlon OF the cause which advocate.
| [Cheersl.
A volce-What's the matter with Joe Black
| burn?
Joe Blackburn is where he always is-in the
| front OF every fight. [Great applause.l 1t
seems to me that this campaign demonstrates
more than any recent campaign the power OF
! the peoLl lie 10 govern themselves. [Cheering. |
| We enter upon great contest in which Demo-
Gratis differ. Some believe in a gold standard.
! voice-And let them go.
The battle was fought out 1t was solid at
| Chicago and in regular way the majority of
! the Democrats OF this Union declared for the
] i'm mediate restoration OF the free ana unlim-
| tied coinage of gold and silver [applausel at
the present ratio of Is to 1 Eapplsusel with
out waiting for the consent or aid OF any other
/
All the time he was speaking the rain
fell steadily, and just as he was concluding
his remurks 1t became a downpour. The
train left Frankfort at IL A. NJ, and ar
| rived at Midway at IL 80 in q heavy rain,
| and no speech was made there.
Mr., Bryan, Senator Blackburn. National
! Committeeman WooGson and the others
in the nominees party were transferred
to special train on the Southern Rail-
way, in which they proceeded to YER
| sallles, which was reached at IL 20 O. clock
| A band at the station was playing "Old
Kentucky Home" when his train came in,
and with thai in the lead and followed by
troop OF horsemen he was escorted to a
stand erected on the beautiful thorough
fare. Here Mr.. Bryan spoke to several
hundred people, and then went off to Sem
ator Blackburn's residence, where ban
quet was served to a large party.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept 15-William
]. Bryan was gwen a rousing reception
here this evening. He made speech at
the fair grounds to an immense audience,
estimated at from 1900 to 10000. The
fair grounds grand stand. said to hold
500 people, was used by spectators to the
extent OF three-fourths of it's capacity. In
the lower story, which was packed with
humanity, nearly all the places were filled
by men, while in the upper story a ma
jority or the onlookers were women. On
the track In front OF the Kiosk-like judges
stand from which Mr.. Bryan made his
address, several thousand men and bows
| stood ankle deep in mud. Elsewher
about the stand were couple OF thousand
more spectators. Mr.. Bryan, Senator
Blackburn and a big party of Democrats
from Louisville and other places in this
State, reached Lexington from Versailles
over the Southern railway at P. NJ. and
were met by State Senator q. J. Bronston,
chairman of the Democratic State Central
Committee and number of local suppor-
tiers of the Chicago ticket,
| a procession a mile long, composed of
Bryan and Sewall clubs, and thousand
| borsemen, most of them mounted on
spirited Kentucky thorough breds, escorted
Mr. Bryan 10 the fair grounds. The appear
| ance OF the candidate was the signal for
an ovation. Men waved their hats as
they cheered, and the women waved hand
kerchiefs as they joined in the shouting.
Mr.. Bryan was pres nted bv State Senator
Bronston. Just after the Democratic can.
didate had begun lis speech. heavy rain
shower drove many of the spectators
from the field, but their places were taken
by continuous stream of constantly ar
irving people. On the conclusion of the
speech Mr.. Bryan was driven te his special
car at the Louisville and Nashville sta
ton, followed by the cavalcade that had
formed part OF his escort to the grounds.
The train left for Maysvile at p NJ.
OiS "a VIC plcdSdEt6aL luCluCUIS Oh Tic
day was the parade OF over 800 horsemen
which passed the stand from which Mr..
Bryan was speaking. In the MIDDLE OF
bis speech equeS TRANS made their appear
ance carrying banners, and interrupted
Mr.. Bryan in his talk, making very inn
pressive. sight. They cheered him time
and again, and fell in line at the outskirt
of the crowd and listened to the rest OF his
speech. Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Nature smiles upon your hushandry. Your
soil gives forth in rich profusion, but, accord
ing 70 the experience OF the farmer, with all he
can do with his industry, with his ECONOMY,
with all his patient toll, he finds that the DAD
| OF the American farmer grows every year.
fGreat applause.l In olden times under the
RUE OF those who waved and bore the saber-
as they said, by right divine-complaint was
answered with the lash; but now the just com
States is answered by charges that thew are
anarchists and socialists. [Great applause.
My friends, there is one unfortunate thing in
| connection with the use of the ,rnrd anare,isl