The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-20

about over your town and throughout
the country and find out who has
flag in his window and then threaten
to discharge any man who does not
say he is going to vote the Republican
ticket. My friends, if coercion is going
to be attempted for heavens sake let
it not be attempted by using the flag
as the means of pointing out the men
to be threatened. If they find out
who shall be slaughtered let them
take some othem emblem than the
nations emblem under which to do
their nefarious work. There is an
other reason why / join in that re-
quest. / want some flags to float on
that day which do not mean govern
ment by syndieates and for syndi-
Gates. | want some flags to float on
that day that do not stand for the
right of a coal trust to send repre-
sentative to every fireside and collect
tribute from every family in this land.
| want some flags to float on this day
that do not stand for the opinions
of those who say that if the majority
of the people will decide certain
way in this campaign they do not
know whether they will submit to the
decision or not. l want some flags to
float on that day which have behind
them the honest sentiment of the AM
erican people, of people who intend
to attend to their own business and
do not intend to be bought or bribed
or driven into support of foreign finan-
cial policies. applause and cheers.)
$50 my friends, l want to ask all
advocates of silver to bring out the
flag on that day. / want them to put
it into their homes and in their places
of business and if need be, TO carry
it upon the streets and let our oppo-
nents know that we do not intend to
surrender that ensign and emblem into
the hands of the enemies of the peo-
pie this country .(Great applause
and cheering.)
As enthusiastic audience as Mr.BTy-
an has addressed for some time was
at Wapakoneta, when the special pull
ed into that place. The houses in the
vicinity of the hotel in front of which
the stand that Mr.. Bryan spoke from
was erected, were decorated with flags
and bunting and pictures of the can
didate. AS soon as Mr.. Bryan was
seen emerging from the car the crowd
cheered him wildly. His speech was
punctuated throughout with applause
and cheers and his admirers contin-
ually expressed their approval of bis
ideas.
NET BY EX-GOy. CAMPBELL.
Day ton, Ohio, Oct. IA crowd OF
several thousand people cheered the
train at Dayton, where n stop of ten
minutes was made to attach an extra
coach containing the Hamilton and
Cost committee of fifty.
At Hamilton, an immense crowd met
the train, ex-Gov. Jas. T.. Campbell,
whose home is here, being at the head
of the reception committee.
Mr.. Bryan was escorted through the
town, which was profusely decorated,
by parade in which several hundred
people took part, most of them being
uniformed. The candidate spoke from
stand erected in the court house
park to a crowd of more than ten
thousand people. He was introduced
by ex-Gov. Campbell, who in this way
made his formal entry into the cam
paign for the nominees of the Chicago
convention. Both the candidate and
his sponsor were received with tre-
mendous applause.
Washington Court House, Ohio, Oct.
19.-There were short stops at Xenia
and jamestown and good-sized crowds
listened to five-minutes speeches from
the nomine. While the crowd was
enthusiastic, there was quite number
of Mckinley shouters and badges ia
the crowd. Washington Court House
was given a ten-minute talk and the
large audience was apparently in sym-
pathy with the speaker
MASS OF EXULTANT HUMANITY.
Xenia, Ohio, Oct.-At Dayton the
largest audience of the day yelled it.
self hoarse when, shortly after o'coclx,
Mr.. Bryan spoke at the Fair grounds.
The crowd was estimated way up in the
thousands and the streets were crowd
ed by thousands of others. For many
blocks the streets were filled with ex-
ultant humanity and the trip clear out
to the grounds a continual
ovation. The crowd was wildly enthus-
iastic and interrupted the speaker time
and again with demonstrations of its
hearty approval of the ideas advanced.
Among other things he said:
'They tell us that free coinage will
hurt the farmer, but the farmer knows
that the gold standard is driving down
the value of his products, while his
debts remain as high as ever. The
gold standard advocated appeal to
the business men to stand by a gold
standard, but the business men know
that the gold standard has increased
the number of failures. When these
men, suffering from a gold standard,
care to open their mouths, dare to ad-
vocate a policy that will bring them
relief, they find that the gold standard
banker attempts to intimidate them
and attempts to rob them of their
citizenship. But, last of ALL the gold
bug financier appeals to the soldier
and asks him to support the gold
standard. The same financieTs who are
attempting to scare the soldier to-day
by the threat of 50-cent dollar are
the same financiers who made their
bonds payable in coin while the SOL
dier was paid in 40-cent dollars. zap
plause and cheers.)
SETTING OHIO ON FIRE.
Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 19.-From
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