The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-22
And Sees and Hears Thousands of En-
thusiastic Republicans Shouting
for william Mckinley.
MANY SPEECHES DELIVERED
SOME OF WHICH COST THE POPO-
Gratis ABOUT $50 A MINUTE.
scenes at Richmond, Nashville, New
Castle, IN Anderson and 9th
err CHARACTERIZATION Attacked.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 2l.-Mr.
Bryan's invasion of Indiana to-day was re-
plete with Incidents, but not of a nature
to fill the Popocrat's heart with joy. he
came here by way of the gas belt and
he saw thousands of Republicans who were
not afraid to wear the symbol of their
faith. Neither were they afraid to shout
for Mckinley. At some points the Repub-
licans outnunbered the Popocrats three to
one. There were no serious disturbances
and no effort to prevent Mr.. Bryan from
speaking, but the Republicans took good
care to let him know his assertions were
not kindly received. Chairman Martin, of
the Popocratic committee, acted as ring
master. Three speeches were made here
tonight to big crowds which contained
many McKinleyites.
Mr.. Bryan began speaking early to-day,
his first address being delivered at Tiffin,
o., at 1870 a. m., where a crowd awaited
his arrival from Sandusky. Then he went
to bed and slept till his train reached
Greenville at $3.50. This was the last point
In Ohio where the train stopped and the
candidate spoke for twenty minutes to a
good part of the population of Darke
county.
Mr.. Bryan's troubles began when he
crossed the line into Wayne county. Re-
PupllIallo dlld SUI bao5Co y -
Gus as to make Popocrats objects of in
terest. Mr.. Bryan's first speech in Indiana
was at Glen Miller Park, a Richmond re-
sort. In his speech Mr.. Bryan quoted the
late Senator Oliver p. Morton, saying:
II want to quote to you what your own
townsman, who became one of the greatest
men of the country, once said in regard
TO the effect of contracting currency. The
speech can be found in Volume 2, Part l,
page 500 of the Congressional Record OF
the Forty-third Congress. He said: An
abundance of money, plenty of money. does
produce enterprise, prosperity and progress
there is no sort of doubt about that now.
Now, L put aside all those oid theories, my
friend, Senator Schurz, can bring from the
books. IT he has brought authority in Ia
vor of the contracting of our currency one
half of its present volume; | know he can
do that. But after he has stated all these
commonplaces of the book, these plati-
tndes of finance, there is no vitality in
them, ! prefer to take the actual results
and the actual condition of the country
and let theories go to the dogs. There is
no more vitality in their theories as ap-
piled to the conditions of our country now
than there is in petrified snakes. Let us
talk things as we have seen them pass
and take actual conditions of the coun-
try.
against the policy of contraction and we
to-day are declaring against the same pol
Icy of contraction. Then he was asserting
Aliot oil III io III liIC supply Oltt
would bring prosperity and progress and
enterprise and we assert the same thing to-
day. We assert that an increase in the
supply of money will reverse the grinding
conditions under which we nave suffered
for the past few years and the position
which we take must be approved by any
one present who will study the money
question without putting before his eyes
enough gold coin to blind himself from the
proof"
Mr.. Bryan made a second speech at the
Hotel Westcott, Richmond, and there the
wearers of yellow badges had congregated
en- masse. MIR. Bryan commented on the
badges, saying:
If you who wear Republican badges be-
Ieve in the Republican platform. 1 can tell
you how you can show it. Write upon a
card, We are American citizens, but we
think this Nation is not big enough to at
tend to its own business and wear that
card on your breast and let your fellow
citizens know what you think"
Although the train arrived at Cam
bridge City an hour late Mr.. Bry-
an was taken to the fair
grounds and much more time lost. There
was a big crowd, but the affair was so
badly mismanaged the candidate could not
reach the speakers stand. He therefore
stood on the drivers seat of his carriage
and spoke for a few minutes.
AT Rushville the crowd, although good
was Disappointing, for it contained as many
Republicans as PoDocrats. Mckinley
badges, and several lights occurred by Pop
ocrats trying to pull off the yellow badges.
Mrs. Bryan was with her husband, and
bowed to the crowd as the train pulled out.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for fifteen minutes from
a platform erected in a vacant lot near the
center of the city.