The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-31
YELLOW BADGES NUMEROUS
Bryan Runs Into = Mckinley Dem-
OnstratiOn-He Criticises the
National DemOcrats.

Madison, Wis. Oct. 30.-Mr Bryan's
speeches today were made at Green Bay,
De Pere. kaukauana, Appleton, Neenah,
Menasha, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac. Chester.
Juneau. Waxsrtown. jefferson. Fort At
kirson, Janesvilie. Evansville and Mad
ison. None OF them were of more than
thirty minutes duration, except the ad-
dresses which were made at night at
Madison. All except the Madison speech
were made from the rear of his special
car. The arrangement proved Of immense
benefit TO Mr. Bryan physically, saving
him the wear and tear of making his way
back and forth through immense crowds
OF people. eager to press close to him,
and also in saving time From almost the
beginning of the days tour the train ran
on time until IL reached Madison.
There waS no semblance OF disturbance
at any place until GAINESVILLE was reached.
There it was apparent from the display OF
yellow badges in many places that his
audiences were not entirely in sympathy
with him. Still there was respectful at
tention from those who wore the colors
OF the opposition. and the silver men were
at all places demonstrative. This point
was reached about dusk. and there was
congregated about the station large asj
ssmbly Of people. He had scarcely begun
speaking, however. when a procession
crossed the railroad track in the rear OF
procession was composer of a uniformed
Mckinley club, carrying banners notices
and pictures OF the Republican candidates
and large American flag. Immediately
after crossing the railroad, the procession
turned abruptly into the crowd as IL in
tending to come directly to the platform
There vas a disturbance Of two or three
minutes duration. which caused such con-
fusion. as TO put stop to the speech. The
arA exa,, @rx
OF contention, and scuffle ensued over
their possession. These gradually went
down. with the exception of the portrait OF
Mckinley and the American flag, which
there was APPARENTLY no effort to disturb.
II was asserted that in the general scuffle
there was some resort to physical violence.
but it was impossible from the train to
observe all the details OF the encounter.
The Mckinley procession gradually with
drew and order was very soon restored.
At Fond Ga Lac the yellow badges were
prominent.
In his speech there Mr.. Bryan spoke cf
the conditions prevailing previouh to the
recent national conventions when. he said,
a great many people were predicting that
both the Republican and Democratic con-
ventions would declare for the gold stand
ard Notwithstanding these early predic-
tions. he said, the clamor for gold was
soon subdued and when the Republican
convention met at St. Louis, instead OF
declaring for the gold standard as had
been predicted. II declared that inter-
national hi-metailism was the thing de-
sired Then came the Democratic con-
vention at Chicago. speaking of which the
nominee said:
Those delegates who came instructed
could neither be driven from their instruc-
tions by threats nor be drawn by persua-
sion. but they carried out the will of the
DsCrip- them there
Democratic convention wss the most Dem
ocratic convention that this nation has
seen for twenty-five years. What did the
gold standard Democrats do at Chicago.
declared they were afraid that Il would
prevent International hi-metailisr,. Where
were those gold standard Democrats who
had talked so much about gold being the
money Of civilization Why, they went
into that convention and pleaded not for
the gold standard. bat for International
hi-uaetaiissm: and vet. my friends, when
they were defeated. defeated In as fair
and square n fight as was ever made In n
convention. they went TO Iudianap polls
and when they had the power TO write a
platform such IS they wanted. instead OF
declaring for international hi-mefaliisui
they forget all about international hi-
retallfsm. and declared for the gold
standard.
a good sized crowd turned out at Chester
and listened with respectful attention TO
the candidate
Al Juneau there was not yellow badge
visible and the few remarks of the can
dtdate were well received. :,
There were large crowds at watertown.
jefferson and Fort Atkinson, but the ma
3arifv nj each OF these places were ap-
pa-entiy not I'm sympathy with the free
silver doctrines.
Evansville was the last stop before Madi-
ison Was reached