The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-17
GAVE MRS. BRYAN LILIES.
At the Demonstration at Jefferson
City Railroad Men Give Flowers.

City 6allrOaQ Men G1Vo E1OWerS.
Jefferson City, No. July 17.-Gov-
ernor Stone and Mayor Silver met Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan and r. P. Bland at
the station at Jefferson City yesterday.
There was an immense crowd around
the depot and when the nominee alight-
ed he was enthusiastically applauded.
The party was taken to a point near
the depot in Governor Stones carriage.
Mr.. Bland intro iced Mr.. Bryan. In
introducing him Mr.. Bland said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen and Fellow
Citizens: have the pleasure to intro
duce to you the next president of the
United States. (Applause.)
I served with Mr.. Bryan four years
ago in the house of representatives. 1
know him thoroughly. know his heart
is with the people in this fight. have
said on other occasions today, and 1
repeat now, that if had been the one
to select the leader in this great con-
test I would have selected my friend,
VIM. J. Bryan. (Applause) Missouri
will roll UP for him $4,000 majority in
the next November election and we will
States. I hope, my friends, that you
will give all attention to my good
friend, VIM. J. Bryan"
There was mighty cheer when the
speech introducing Mr.. Bryan was fin
ished, and it was some minutes before
the nominee could proceed, when he
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I have just
been thinking where I could find, in all
this country, a combination of circun-
stances which would make a speech so
pleasant Here, in the city named
after the greatest Democrat that ever
lived, Thomas Jefferson, the greatest
constructive statesman whom the world
has ever seen, and in the congressional
district of one of the most gallant lead
ers the Democracy has ever known,
Richard P. Bland (Applause), and in the
state presided over by one of the most
courageOu fighters that any state ever
pie, VIM. J. Stone (Applause), and to
leave nothing unsaid, they have elected
as mayor of your city a man by the
name of Silver. (Applause.)
Now can you think of any cOmbi-
natino that beats that my friends?
daughter) Thomas Jefferson, Dick
Bland. Bill Stone and Mayor Silver
daughter and applause). am at home
here, my friends; am glad to learn
that there is no objection in this dis
trict; in the Democratic party to the
nomination of Mr.. Bland for congress.
We need him there my friends. We
need him there and if it is not to be his
privilege to sign q, bill which will re
store silver to it's ancient place by the
side of gold, it may be his higher honor
to introduce and give his name to
bill that will open the minis of the
country to free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to l without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation on
earth.
Il am glad to meet these people IN
der these circumstance and that if
cannot say anything about the ticket
that has been nominated, can say the
platform adopted at the Chicago con-
venetiOn contains the spirit of the de-
claration of independence, and is the
platform upon which the common peO-
pie of this country would be glad to
stand I only wish we could have here
with US the candidate of the Democrat
ic party for the vice presidency so you
might have been permitted to look
upon the face of Mr.. SeWaIi, who away
ed by what has been considered a hos
tile constituency has during his
whole life. held aIOft the banner of BIZ
metaIlism and deserves as much praise
for his heroism, for his battle for free
silver there, as we who have fought the
battle out here (Applause). I bring
greeting from him and 1 trust you will
be all better acquainted with him in
this campaign, because I know the
more you know him. the more your con-
fidence in this ticket viii be srengthen-
ed. thang you" Cloud and continued
applause)-
Then the crowd gave Mr.. Bryan three
hearty cheers and Governor Stone in
troduced Mrs. Bryan to the assemblage
as the future mistress of the White
House. Again the cheers went up and
when they had partially subsidized there
were cries for stone
The governor, however, said he was
going to ratify with the Democracy
and would not therefore talk at this
time. At the conclusion of his speech
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan held an informal
reception in the parlor car where they
met several hundred citizens. Many Of
them were IabOrers and one party of
railroad men brought Mrs. Bryan a
huge bunch of lilies. AS the train pull
ed out the crowd INDUCED in hearty
cheers.