Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-28
SIEGE OF CHICAGO
Formally Begun by the Leader Of
the Democracy.
BRYANs FIGHT FOB THE BIG CITY

Escorted Through the Streets by March.
ing Ciubs-The Egg-Throwing Tough
Makes His Presence Known - Latest
Claims Of the Democracy.
Chicago. Oct. 2s.-The Alton train
bearing William J. Bryan arrived at
the station in this city at exactly $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The can
d'date was met by a large and en-
thusiastic crowd. and loud and long
cheers went up as the form of Bryan
emerged from his car. A rush was
made by the crow ] to get better sight
OF him. and for few minutes it looked
as though somebody would be crushed,
so heavy was the pressure of the crowd
against the iron gates and railings in
front OF the station. The police had
considerable difficulty in clearing a
passageway for Bryan and his party,
and as he walked toward the station
door he passed through a lane of en-
thusiastic and wildly cheering admirers
Quite an elaborate reception had been
arranged for Bryan and several Of the
local Democratic clubs. headed by the
Cook County Democracy. with numer-
Station waiting for him to appear.
Chcered En- Route to Battery ID.
AS Soon as he entered the carriage
In waiting the band struck up and the
line of march for battery D on Michi-
gan avenue was taken up. the Coun-
ty Democracy leading the parade. The
march was by circuftous route
through the down town streets, and
Bryan was warmly greeted as he rode
along. The streets from the Union sta
tion to battery d We're lined with peo-
rle who had gathered to watch the
parade and catch a glimpse of and
cheer the free silver orator. At battery
ID a mob surged about the doors and
tried in vain to force an entrance.
All the space inside had been early pre-
empted and many people were forced
to be content with q glimpse Of the
candidate as he entered the building.
After drive though the streets last
Ing about an hoar the carriage stopped
In front of the Battery and again the
police were called to clear a way for
Bryan as he entered the hall. Enter
ing 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 station was reached.
Nepudiates the Charge of Demagogism.
In beginning his speech at the Bat
terry Bryan declared false the charge
that he was attacking the Hebrew
race. He. said he attacked the policy of
the Rothschilds. but indoing SO he at
tackled the policy Of ]. Pierpont Nor
gan. Further aleng he said: Your pa
pers have called me a demagogue. II
g.. i'm oh I &c,
n demagogue. ICheers and cries of
that is right."l a demagogue is a
man who advocates q thing which he
does not believe in order to-[Cries of
That's Mckinley" and cheering.
which continued for some minutes.1 In
u lull in the applause Bryan tried to
proceed. He got as far as a "dema-
gogue Is a man who advocates q thing
in which he does not believe in order
to" when he was again interrupted
by renewed cries Of THAT is McKin-
ley" and great cheering and applause
Finally he said, This audience Is too
responsive" which was greeted by
laughter and cheers.
Succeeds in Defining the Word.
My friends, let me now get through
with that sentence" Bryan asked, but
could get no further In his remarks for
several minutes because of the cheer
ing. Several in the audience shouted
for him to get up higher. as they could
not see him. Finally he mounted a
chair on the platform. which was the
signal for another outburst. Amt he
a peach?" one enthusiastic admirer de-
manded. Finally he proceeded as follows:
Now let me finish that sentence. A
demagogue Is a man who advocates G
thing in which he does not believe In
order to conciliate those who differ
from him. a demagogue is a man who
is willing to advocate anything wheth.
er he believes IL or not which would be
advantageous to him and gain him
popularity. tCries OF That's InGer.
soll."l Now. my friends. I have never
advocated during my public life a sin
gle thing that I did not myself believe
iCheers.l / have proved my willing
ness to go down in defeat by advocat
ing things when I was in a minority
and I have always been willing to ac
cept defeat when I went down with IN,
convictions rather than rise by dema
gogsm."