The morning times., 1896-10-04
BRYAN IN HIS NATIVE TOWN
Enthusiastic Welcome Givin
Him at Salem, Ill.
He is In PERFECT HEALTH
The boy Orator" Tells His Hearers
That RumOrs In Regard to His
BreakinG Down Emanated From
HisEnemies-Cheere I thousands
While En- Route to St. Louis.

North Vernon, Ind, Oct. 3.-Bright. cool
autumn wcatiiS- marked William j bryan'S
journey westward from Cincinnati today
The crisp atmosphere was tonic to the
candidate and braced up Voice and body
He looked as strong and well as lie ever
did when he mounted the temporary plat
form at Lawrenceburg, Ind. tue first stop,
and addressed the crUwd about him.
Wt-n Mr.. Bryan assembled the platform
heIaIniiidr coupteDance or ex- Congress
HOLMAN, the watch dog OF the Treasury"
was the first thing he saw. Judge Holman
presented the candidate, who made ten
minute Speech, to E,IUU or more enthusiastic
people. In part lie said:
Air. Chairman, LADIES' and Gentlemen:
his Is coniInencIDs the days work pretty
early, but we have To make up in puulic
speaking Ill hard work, what We lack IN
daily newspapers and campaign funds for
the circulation OF literature. Therefore,
We have to get up earlier than our Op-
ponents and believe that most of US are
better acquainted with getting up early
than they are anyhow.
i recently met gentleman who said
he had always been d Republican but lie
was going To vote for SILVER this year.
That mas gotten To be quite common
phrase. do not 20 into any community
without finding out there are Republicans
there who have hoas;ed or their iideIty
| to the Republican party from the time OF
Fremont or Lincoln until this year, but
this year 1t is different.
There is a reason Tor these changes
NE UGb DSeQ
ing out n prospect for bImetallisIn. II has
been declared that the American people
from tradition and interest desired pirnet-
allisni, but TINS year the Republican purity
says that while the American people may
| desire 1t they cannot have 1t until other
| nations bring il to them.
TARIFF NOT THE ISSUE.
THAT is the new doctrine Our op-
pUnents tell US that the tariff issue is the
great issue. Until they put prohibitory
tariff on foreign financial policies The y can
not talk tariff to me -
| The audience that heard the Democratic
nominee at Aurora, Ind, was slightly
larger than that at Lawrenceburg and
| the car platform to the speakers stand by
| the side Of the track, Mr.. Bryan made
another brief address. He took big cha nccs
| on catching cold by standing bareheaded in
| the chilly morning air.
A whIrr ana rush was all the several
hundred inhabitants OF Milan. gathered at
| the station. saw of the Bryan train. They
did not see the candidate at all.
osgood, reached at S:55 &. M. had
Bryan for fifteen minutes; 1t also had a
brass band. The candidate talked from
the regulation stand to an audience of
nearly thousand, many OF whom came
| III from the surrounding country in big
farm wagons.
Vmcennes. Ind, Oct 3-North Vernon
furnished Mr.. Bryan with about 800
hearers. He spoke from truck on u
siding and was given many cheers.
country that lie knew so well as u boy
and young man that William j Bryan
proceeded after leaving Nincennes. Ind.
Eincennes had made a holiday of the
great crowd. estimated in the Deighbor-
hood OF 900. made him welcome there.
M'MILLIN LENDS A HAND.
AT LawrenCeville, the first stop i'll Hi
nois, Congressman McMilIin OF Tennessee
| assisted MI. Bryan in addressing seven or
home of John Tanner, Republican candi-
date for rgovernorof Illinois, gave Mr.. Bryan
| cordial reception.
The most encouraging reception of the
day was Mt Flora. People had come into
the town by wage Nnd horseback all the
morning and early afternoon and the candi-
date found an audience of 1t least 5000
awaiting him when he arrived. During
the twenty minutes stop Mr. Bryan was
| taken to the cit ypark, i snort distance from
| the station and made a brief speech thofe.
At Xenia Republican rally was i'll
progress and young women in yellow rrocks
| and hats were conspicuous in the crowd of
several hundred gathered on the station
platform to see the train shoot by. Bryan
| men were present, no wever, and they sent
| a cheer after the fleetiDg train.
And then came Salem, the little town
| in Egypt where tn candidate was born
and where many of his relatives reside
1t seemed like the whole population OF the
place had assembled at the railway sta
uop. Salem has ladies Bryan club and
ltS HitulDitlS WeIC Oue III IOICc,
their banner
| AS the train came to a standstnl great
shout went up. Mr.. Bryan. stand on
| the rear platform was ''cousIneG' and
Billed to his hearts content for a miu-
ute or two. Then he made a little speech
| in which he said:
HEALTH IS GOOD.
Friends: We have stopped here for
but moment, but l was anxious to stop,
not only to see you again, but To tell you
| that if you have heard any rumors OF my
failing health that they are from the
| enemy. -
Il feel as well asI did when the campaign
| opened and / will be able, II l am any
Judge OF my strength, to keep up this
| fight Just as l have been keeping 1t up
until the day before election. Aud, un-
less all signs fail, unless ] am a poor Judge
| of indications, you will have such ratifi-
! cation meeting in this town one mouth
| from tonight as you never had before"
| When the candidate concluded more
cheers were given He introduced Con-
gresham McMillin, who talked to the
| crowd about his personal knowledge OF
Mr.. Bryan, while the latter went on the
forward platform OF the car and shook
4 hands with relatives and friends.
Small crowds saw and cheered Mr.. Bryan
after leaving Salem, at Sandoval. Carlyle,
Breeze, Trenton, Haviston and O'Fallon,
where short stops were made.
No Better security.
Than mortgage on Washington property.
i Il L.. 49,