The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-28
noYs THREW THE EGGS,
And Popocrnts Assaulted n Reporter,
Who Was Investigating.

Associated Press Dispatch.
CHICAGO. Oct. z7-while the Democratic
parade in honor of the arrival of Mr.. Bryan
in Chicago was passing the corner of Mich
igan avenue and Monroe street. this after
noon. several eggs We're thrown at it by
young students in the Metropolitan Bust
ness College. None of the eggs came near
Mr.. Bryan or his wife. and neither of them
knew of the episode until the parade was
over. All sorts of stories We're current
about the affair, one of them being that
Mrs. Bryan was struck with egg,
another that her carriage was hit. Neither
of these stories was true, however. The
first egg thrown at the parade came from
a boy standing on the sidewalk in front of
the Powers Building in which the Metro
politan Business College is situated. The
egg was to all appearances thrown at the
parade generally, and at no particular in
dividual, as it not hurled with any VIC
lcnce. A policeman who witnessed the act
made rush for the youngster, who darted
up the stair and into the building. A sec
ond officer join I'd the first, and as the two
ran for the doorway several more eggs
were thrown from the windows Of the bust
ness college, which occupies the fifth floor
of the building. The Cook County March
received the bombardment, and several
Prince Albert coats and black tiles were
spattered with yellow. one or TWO eggs
struck the sidewalk and the crowd was
decorated accordingly.
Later in the afternoon delegation from
the Cook County Democracy descended
upon the college with every symptom OF
hostility, and demanded that the students
who had done the throwing be turned over
to 1t. They held possession of the college
for time and firaly left without learn
ing who had done the throwing. The po-
lice had no better success and Mr.. Powers tr
president OF the college said that he did
not know who had thrown the eggs, al
though he admitted that they came from
students in his institution. He was much
distressed by the occurrence, and declared
if he knew who had done the work. he
over to the police. Later in the day re-
porter for a morning Republican paper,
while looking up the facts in the case. was
severely beaten by party of men who had
taken part in the parade.
= would be very glad to hear that the
police have arrested those who insulted
Mr.. Bryan this afternoon" said Chairman
COMMITTEES, tonight. Whatever might
disgraceful one, and deserves the condem-
nation of every right-minded person. 1
hope the authorities will investigate the
case fully and properly punish the guilty
ones. The Republican management has no
sympathy at tE, with people who engage in bust
Mr.. Powers late tonight offered a re-
ward of $500 for the apprehension of the
person or persons who threw the eggs
detectives on the ease, and says he will
exhaust every effort to find the egg
throwers.
Mr.. Bryan arrived in Chicago at $3.50 p.
m. over the Alton road. and was met at
the depot by a large and enthusiastic crowd
of his admirers. The crush to see him was
so great in the narrow space of the first
floor of the Alton depot that the police
had a difficult task to prevent people from
cratic Marching Club and several free sill
yer clubs, with a large number of bands.
were waiting for him on Canal street, and
taken up for Battery d. on Michigan ave-
nue.. A short parade through the downtown
streets. preceded the arrival at the bat
terry. Entering the city from Brighton
Park, where Mrs. Bryan appeared on the
platform and distributed flowers, there were
crowds at every street crossing until the
Union Depot was reached.
While the crowds were dispensing after
the Bryan demonstration at the depot, the
gave way and nearly one hundred people
were precipitated into the basement. dis
tance of twelve feet. Many received slight
injuries Those most seriously hurt were
Patrick Houston, Michael Finan Albert
Powers and William Nolan, all mddle-aged
men, None of them was fatally injured
but all will be confined to their beds for
some time to come.
Mr.. Bryan began his speech making to-
nig,.t at Battery d. where he said. in part:
Your papers have called me a dema-
gogue II there is. one thing I am not it
is demagogue. A demagogue is defined
as q man who advocates thing which he
does not believe in, or (Cries of THAT'S
Mckinley!') Some of the audience shouted
for Bryan to get up higher. as they could
not see him. Finally he mounted a chair
on the. platform. "Ain't he peach?' one
enthnslastie. leather-lunged. admirer de-
manded Mr.. Bryan proceeded, as follows
Now, let me finish that sentence A dem
agogue is a man who advocates a thing
which he does not believe, in order to con-
ciliate those who differ from him. A dem
agogue is man who is willing to advocate
anything, whether he believes it or not,
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gain him popularity. (Cries of That's In
gersoll!o Now. my friends, have never
that I did not myself believe. I have
proven my willingness to go down in
defeat by advocating things when I was in
a minority, and have always been willing
to accept defeat when I went down with
my convictions, rather than rise by dema-
gvguism. l say that here because in this
city the papers are against U.S. and we
must seek to reach the people directly be-
cause we have not the advantages that orr
opponents opp have OF reaching them through
few days, and shall see as many of YOUR
people as It is possible to see in that time.
II am going to talk to the people them
selves, and not go to the employers and bar
gain for the delivery of the votes of the peo-
PIE. | have been taught to believe that
the ballot was given to the individual for
ms own use. and that the citizen who has
the right to vote also has the ability to de-
f erlinn n ,h, ne ought to vote: and there
my arguments to the individual voter and
not 70 the mead OF a firm or the president of
a railroad or the boss of a corporation
The first one of the half dozen of Mr.
3ryans speeches following the initial adj
dress at Battery d was delivered at Arcade
Hall, Sfxty-fifth street and Wentworth ave
nue In the extreme southern portion of the
city The next vas at Boulevard Hall
LII! rlIty-nTth and Halsted streets. The third
was at Polish School Hail. Thirty-third and
Laurel streets. From there he went to the
tent Twenty-ninth and Halsted streets
next to Germania Hall, Thirty-fourth and
ialsted, and he closed his days work nv
speaking at TatterShalfS.
Inc audience at Tatterstalls was very
large. He was presented with two floral
tributes, one from the Fourteenth ward
Hebrew Democratic Club bearing the in
scription in flowers. mo crown OF thorns
no GROSS of gold and the others from the
Journeymen Horseshoers' Association in the
shape of a huge horseshoe with the inscrin-
ton: Good luck" Preceding Mr.. Bryan's
address Vice President Stevenson made n
quite lengthy address, Mr.. Bryan's adj
dress dealt chiefly with what he termed
the grotesqueness and absurdity of the
gigantic government bond operations fol-
lowing the crusade of the gold-standard adj
Vocates against the Sherman law when he
said. America furnished millions of gold 70
pay Tor the bonds that she sold to get gold
Losses by Fire.
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