The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct 9.--Over
100 men and women drew William j.
Bryan through the muddy streets of
Sioux Falls today, and thousands of
people from that place and from nearby
points in South Dakota, Iowa and Min
nesota, turned out in the cold rain to
do him honor.
Mr.. Bryan never had reception
more heartily enthusiastic.
When he. reached Sioux Falls at 2
o'clock he was placed in an open car
riage and the wildly demonstrative res
idents grasped the attached ropes and
pulled him along to the house of c.
E. Jewett, where he had luncheon. An
elaborate procession accompanied him.
Eighty veterans of the war acted as a
personal escort.
A feature of the parade was a. big
wagon filed with girls dressed in white
frocks. who are doing missionary
work for the Democratic candidate by
'tabooing'' unfortunate men who be-
lieve in the gold standard. They bore
a banner inscribed
mo GOLDBUG NEED APPLY"
Then there were present men on
horseback and a cavalcade of another
sixteen mounted on white animals and
one on roan-typifying the ratio de-
manded by the silver men. The schools
of the city were closed, and near Mr..
Jewett's residence the pupils were
drawn up in two lines through which
the candidate passed. The girls had
small flags and waved them vigorously.
The rain had become a steady down
pour when Mr.. Bryan leacned the point
where the speech-making took place.
Despite the drenching They received,
the crowd of 10000, including 1000 Ne
braskans, who came on an excursion
train. showed the heartfest enthusiasm
and were ever ready to show their APP
prevail Of what Mr.. Bryan said. Mr..
Bryan was presented by Mr.. John A.
Bowler. chairman of the state central
committee. The candidate SPOKE only
eighteen minutes, devoting his remarks
principally to the defense Of Senator
Pettigrew, who sat on the platform,
from the charge OF disi0yalty in leay-
ing the Republican party with Senator
Teller at st. Louis. He continued:
"All things considered. this is
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
meetings which it has been my priv
lege to address during this campaign.
The interest which has been manifest
ed. the zeal which you nave shown,
evidences a desire on the part OF those
who have turned out under these I'M
their determination to do their duty IN
this campaign. (Cheers) l appreciate
the interest which you are taking.
arrreciate the attendance of the battle
SCARED veterans of this country
Cheers, and [ can assure them that
their interest, the interest of the old
soldier. will be safe in the hands of
those vino believe that this nation is
great enough to attend to its own
business. (Cheers) The soldier will
not find it necessary to put his interest
in the hands of those who believe that
we must procure the consent on foreign
nations before we can act our lnes on
the financial policy. (Cheerd) L am
glad to come to this city, because IN
coming it gives me q chance to say a
word in defense of Senator PettlgreW,
among his own people; CIreneluous
cheering.) My friends, there are times,
there are
OCCASIONS WHICH TRY MEMS
SOULS.
To leave ones party associates is not
an easy matter, and far more difficult
does that duty become when the per-
son who leaves is one who has received
honors at the hands of his party; but,
my friends, / believe that senator Fet-
+igrew did the manly thing, and the
courageous thing, when he determined
to protect the interests of the people in
this state instead Of bowling under the
woke of the gold standard" Great
He concluded: 'I am glad to have
the bond syndicates against me, be-
cause when [ am elected they will not
come down and try to get me to sell
bonds to them at Sl041s when they
are worth s119 continuous cheers);
hut I notice this, my friends, that the
people who have left the Democratic
party do not give their real reason for
leaving: in fact, I may be wrong to
say they have left the party. They
have been dragged out of the party by
the great corporation interests that run
them. my friends" (Cheers.)
Mr.. Bryan left for Huron and Aber-