The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-10-31
BRYAN VERY WELL TREATED.
His Jacksonville FRIENDS Are Very
Enthusiastic.
He Makes Many Speeches While
Moving Through the state
and Will Reach Chicago
This a Afternoon.

Jacksonville. ILL.,, Oct. 2T.-Perhaps the
noisiest demonstrate ton ever given any
one In the chapel of Illinois college was
the one paid Candidate bryan yeste.-
day morning by the students OF his almt
mater when he spoke to them. His adj
dress, while of a political nature and
q defense Of his theory ond finance,
vas SO automatically uttered tlsat none
Of The students seemed to take offense
at it. The same simple exercises of
reading the scriptures and prayer, in
which l.s partook for six years as a STU
dem in the college, were gone through
with. Then DIR. Johr. E. Bradley, pres
ident, gave a short Introductory address
expressive Of the honor which Mr.. Bry-
an conferred o the institution by turn
ing aside from the duties which pressed
upon him to visit the scenes of old as
aociations and greet OLD friends. Bry-
an then addressed the students, and
President Bradley announced a holiday
for the rest of the day. The Sigma Phi
men escorted Bryan through the
grounds and babe him farewell at the
gates.
The city was decorated with flags and
bunting. Many residents bore pictures
of Bryan and Altgeld. The streets We're
crowded with people wearing silver
ribbons, and many had headgear of the
white metal.
TIL north end of the city hall square,
where the speakers stand stood, was
packed with humanity, when Mr.. Bryan
began to speak at 2 o'clock in the aft
ernoon. There We're professions during
the day which would have done credit
to a towns much larger than Jackson-
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and appropriate. There was a notice
able number of yellow ribbons scattered
through the crowd,
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Judge
o. p. Thompson in a short. flattering'
speech. and when he took the stand to
speak to his old friends of Jacksonville.
testified to their devotion to him in a
demonstrative manner
Mr.. Bryan then defended the plank in
the Chicago platform relating to the In
come tax and the criticism of the su.
preme court. He quoted the dissenting
opinion Of Justice Brown and then went
on to reply to the charge that the demos
Gratis were trying to array class against
class. Mr.. Bryan afterwards addressed
an audience of women at the opera
house and left for Alton at 4:15.
Alton, Ill, Oct. 27.-There We're four
short stops made by Mr.. Bryan between
Jacksonville Inc Alton. AT Roodhouse..
where n five minute stop vas made. a
good sized assemblage, among which
was a liberal sprinkling of yellow rib
bons, greeted he candidate. He spoke
from the platform for a few moments,
his speech being of the same general
tenor as his ordinary tail end addresses.
Godfrey, Jerseyville and Kane turned
out fair sized crowds to cheer MI. Bry-
81 as he appeared at the back end of
the car.
Two speeches were made at Alton
last night, one from either side OF the
city hall building. Large and enthusi-
astic audiences testified to their appre-
citation of the nominees statements by
cheering and a~pplaudlng at each stop
he made in his address,. He spoke on
the money question, using many of the
same arguments and Illustrations en-
ployed by him before. He left at 1905
o'clock Tor Lincoln. ILL.,. where he ad-
dressed an audience in time to leave
that place by Sis this morning. Bloom
ington heard the candidate at 1890 and
after an hours stop he went to Pontiac,
then to Dwight and Braidwood, Joliet
n Lemont and will arrive in Chicago
at $3.50 y. m.