The herald., 1896-10-04
THE SHADOW ON THE FENCE

nected with. So desperate has become
the republican campaign that those
VINO claim to want an honest dollar are
not willing to deal honestly with a DO
lltical opponent. (Great applause.)
Upon the pension question. as upon
all other questions, my record can be
found by anyone ~ho will read the re-
ports OF the congressional proceedings
or the platforms upon which T have
run. (Great applause.)
AT OLNEY.
At Olney, ILL.,, the home Of the present
Republican nominee for governor of the
state, there was an immense crowd at
the station. gaily decorated stand had
been erected and from this the nominee
spoke.
AT FLORA.
The most enthusiastic meeting the
day had yet seen was at Flora, where
many of Bryan's boyhood friends help
ed to make up the crowd that received
him. 1t was continual ovation from
the time the train entered the city until
1t left. He was taken to the band stand
and when he ascended the platform
there was three minutes of continual
cheering.
AT SALEM.
1t was great reunion at Salem, the
town where Mr.. Bryan was born. Old
men who knew him since his boyhood
and young women were there to shake
hands with Billy" Old acquaintances
crowded about the car all eager to grasp
the hand of<the presidential nominee
who was born in their midst. Many of
Mr.. Bryan's relatives were at the depot,
and these he met at the forward end Of
the car after he had addressed the crowd
at the back platform. He was deeply
affected by the earnestness of expression
of affection of the people. After gen.
eral handshaking Mr.. Bryan said:
Friends, we have stopped here for a
few moments, but was anxious to stop
not only to see you again but to tell you
If you heard any rumors Of failing health
that they are false. I feel as we'll as I
did when the campaign opened, and If
l am any judge, have strength to keep
up this fight just as have been keeping
it up until the day before the election.
And unless all signs fail, unless am
poor Judge of the indications, you will
have such a ratification meeting in this
town one month from tonight as you
never had before.
AT EAST ST. LOUIS
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-The
names of William j. Bryan and John T..
Altgeld were enthusiastically cheered
at the meeting in East st. Louis, where
the nominee spoke to a large crowd from
a stand in a vacant lot. The special
bearing the Bryan party arrived at 6:3o
this evening, and Mr.. Bryan was taken
in a carriage to the grounds. His au-
dience contained more people than he
could make hear his voice.
Mr. Bryans speech was largely a re-
iteration of arguments which he has
advanced many times before. In the
course of his speech he said:
Our opponents are attempting to ar
ray the laborers in the city against the
laborers on the farms. They are try
ing to divide those who toll into two
classes and play one class against the
other. They tell us that we are raising
class issues, land yet the Republican
party in this campaign has done more to
array class against class than any party
ever did in any campaign in the history
of this country; and worst of all, my
friends, the Republican party in this
campaign is attempting to compel the
laboring men of this country who work
for wages to vote against their own In
terests under the threat of losing their
Jobs. They tell you that the interest