Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-10
Republicans for Bryan.
The Chicago Nominee Says He
Finds Thcm EXcrXMhcrc.

Finds Them Everywhere.
Bright cool autumn weather mark
e! William J. Bryan's journey west
ward from Cincinnati Saturday. The
crisp atmosphere was tonic to the
tired candidate, and braced up voice
and body. lie looked as strong and
well as he ever did when he mounted
the temporary platform ut Lawrence
burg, Ind, the first stop, and address
ed the crowd about him. When Mr..
Bryan assembled the platform beside
the tracks at l.awrenceburg the famil-
lar countenance of ex Congressman
Holman, THE Watchdog Of the Treas
ury, was the first thing he saw.
Judge Holman presented the candi-
date, who made ten-minute speech
to 2000 or more enthusiastic people.
In part he said
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men This is commencing the days
work pretty early, but we have to
make up in public speaking in hard
work what we lack in daily newspa-
pers and campaign funds for the cir
culation of literature. Therefore we
have to get up earlier than our oppo-
nents, and believe that most OF us
are better acquainted with getting up
earlier than they are anyhow.
As | came ON the stand | met a
gentleman who said he had always
been Republican, but he was going
to vote for silver this year. That has
gotten to be quite a common phrase.
do not 20 into any community without
finding that there will be Republicans
there who have boosted of their fidelity
to the Republican party from the
time of Fremont to Lincoln until this
year, but this year il is different.
REASON FOR REPUBLICAN DEsERTIoN
There is reason for these changes.
There is reason why men who have
hoped that the Republican party
would obtain relief from present
financial conditions. There is rea-
son why those men this year have to
look elsewhere for remedial legislation.
The Republican party has been hold
ing out a prospect for bimetallism. 1t
has beeL declared that the American
people from tradition and interest de
sired bimetallism, but this year the
Republican party says that while the
American people may desire il they
cannot have il until other nations
bring it 10 them. Applause That
Is the new doctrine.
Our opponents tell us that the
tariff issue is the great issue. Until
they put a prohib:tory tariff ON for
eign. financial policies they cannot
talk tariff to me. Great applause.
The audience that heard the Demo
cratic nominee at Aurora, Ind. was
slightly larger than that with Law
renceburg and was equally enthusiasts
tic. Stepping from the car platform
Ia the speakers stand by the side of
the track, Mr. Bryan made another
brief address, standing bareheaded in
the chilly morning air.
OTHER wAYsIDE SPEECHES.
North Vernon furnished Mr.. BRYAN
with about $500 hearers He spoke
from truck on siding, and was
given many cheers. lie said in part
When | lived in Illinois | remem-
Der that we had an election and the
question submitted was whether cows
should run at large. Laughter }
We had great discussions over it.
When they came to vote the man 5
vote was largely determined by
whether he had cows to run at large
or not. Cheering and applause |
simply refer TO this to show YOU that
even in small elections men are often
directed in opinion by the interest
which they have in the question.
Our opponents tell us that there
are some people who are anxious to
have gold standard because they
believe it is good for somebody else
without telling you that they think it
is good for themselves. | want to
tell you that on the money question
men are apt to be influenced by their
own interests and the reason why a
great many men are in favor OF gold
standard is because they have cows
running at large. (Applause.) And
they want TO pasture those cows either
on the public highway or else they
want To pasture them on somebody
else's pasture.
The candidate addressed large
audience at Mitchell, and still
larger crowd mt Loogootee. At the
former place he said !: We are not
sanguine enough to believe that we
are going to have unanimous vote
Every once in while we find in a
crowd indications that there are some
believers in gold. daughter and
applause see in this crowd prob
ably dozen yellow hats. Laughter.
| suppose that those yellow hats indi-
cate that the people who wear them
are in favor of gold. | suppose they
indicate that those who wear them
believe that gold is the only good
money. Now, | want every man with
yellow hat on to hold up gold
piece it he has one. Great laughter
and prolonged applause Can it be
that you men who are in favor Of gold
as the only good money have not any
of that good money daughter and
applause
My friends, that is the way YOU
will find it everywhere. Show me a
man who believes that gold is the only
good money and | will show you a
man whose desire for gold is greater
than his possession of it. applause. }
There are two things necessary to
money. 1t must not only be good in
quality, but it must be sufficient in
quantity. applause
A throng OF at least 1000 were as
sembled in meadow beside the place
where the Bryan train stopped at
Washington. Mr. Bryan was wedged
through the lam To a platform, where