The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-24

not expect favors from another We
have been waiting for favors. We now
propose to make it to the interest of
the old world to join with US. Gap
do you want to know how we can
make it to their INTEREST," Let me tell
you. We shall open our minis to free
coinage at 16 to i: we shall make the
gold for all debts, public and private,
and we will say to our foreign coun-
tries: If you do not like our dollars,
you Join with us to make our silver
dollars good. My time is up, and
simply want to leave parting word
with you. and that is that we cannot
reform our monetary system until we
take possession of both houses of con-
According to our constitution, presi-
dent cannot sign bill until after the
house and senate have cOncurred in its
passage If you simply elect a preSl-
dent and elect a congress hostile to
silver, the fulhllment of our hope viii
be delayed two years more want
you, if you are in earnest TO restore
the money Of the constitution, to work
from tomorrow until the polls close to
give us a congress that believes in BIZ
metallism and elect a legislature which
will send a SILVER senator to Washing
ton. applause and cheers9
Il have been gratihed to see the man
ner in which the reform elements have
been able to cooperate in this cam
paign am glad that silver Repub-
leans and Democrats and POpuliStS,
instead of fighting each other, are go
ing to combine against the common
enemy I am glad that all those who
have a common purpose, although mar
shaled under diff rent banners, are
uniting in one grand charge. and am
glad to know that you are a single unit
for your electoral ticket and nearly 50
for your congressional and legislative
tickets. and that you are united on
A- 441Fr1 oil n m T0117 Al
going to elect Governor Altgeld-" CAP
plause)
shouting cheering crowd welcomed the
trip of the Democratic nominee to De
catur Whare he was down for two
speeches and an hours stop " hen the
train pulled into the depot u great croWG
surrounded the car and 1T was with dill
fclllfv that Mr. Bryan reached the con
vavance which was to take him to the
Dfaces of speaking. Here the enterpris-
ing committee Went the ChdrleStoIs
committee one better and instead Of
having the ordinary vehicle a motor
cycle was brought into use and he was
conveyed in this horseless carriage.
There was a crush from the start to
the finish and when the platform at
the court house square was reached it
vas impossible for the nominee to
gain it. While the crowd was larger at
many places, the crush was the worst
experienced for many a day. The other
carriages could not get within 100 feet
Of that occupied by Mr.. Bryan and the
crowd Of shorthand men with the par
ty and for the local papers could not
get near enough to report the speech.
At the second speech it was but a
repetition. The candidate did not dare
to leave the vehicle and the few police
were powerIess- The press correspond
ents could hear one word in 30 perhaps
and they We're lucky if they did that.
The return to the depot was a. con
tinuous ovation and it was hard to
J~ear the excited admirers of the non1i-
nee from breaking over the police and
doinr bodily harm in their desire to
show their affection
ton Of the day was accored MT Bryan
here. He was given q continual ova-
ton from the time he left the depot un-
til he started to speak. Three meetings
were held here, one in the Tabernacle,
one in historic Rouse's hall to an audi
ence made up exclusively of travelling
men and a third in the open air on the
court house square Thousands were
unable to gain admittance to the hall