The herald., 1896-08-12
bryan REACHES
''' THEM: IHT METROPOLIS
And Is Welcomed by Loyal
Friends
IN THE G0LDDOGS' Stronghold
The Silver Leader Still Finds
Followers
THE DEMAND FOR SPEECHES
Exceeds the Supply to Be Provided by
One Mans Voice
The Candidate Grows HORSE and Bland
Does the Talking
Bryan's Treatment En- Route AMI Reception
at New York Scarcely Indicates =
Collapse Of the Free Silver
Sentime mt
Exceeds the Supply to Be Provided by
One Mans Voice
The Candidate Grows Horse and Bland
Does the Talking
Bryan's Treatment En- Route AMI Reception
1t New York Scarcely Indicates .
Collapse Of the Free Silver
Sentime mt
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 11.-Mr. Bryan and
party left Pittsburg at 1880 this morning
on the day express over the main line
of the Pennsylvania road. All along the
route to the station the party was
greeted with cheers. A crowd had gath
cred at the depot and the distinguished
guest was given hearty send off. The
day express is a fast train. Between
Pittsburg and Altoona the only stops
are at Latrobe, Greensburg and Johns
town.
The train arrived at Greensburg at
S:31 a. M, and only stopped two minutes.
Bryan appeared on the rear platform
and was greeted with hearty chers by
1000 people. Mrs. Bryan shook hands
with a number.
Mr.. Bryan is quite hoarse. and IL his
voice does not mend before Wednesday
night it will materially affect the force of
his anticipated speech at Madison
Square garden. Mrs. Bryan also shows
evidence of over-exertion. She is wor-
rying over the loss in Pittsburg or the
engagement ring given her in 1884 by
Mr.. Bryan.
James Kerr. ex-member of congress
from Pennsylvania and ex-clerk of the
house of representatives at Washington.
chartered a special Pullman car, and at
1885 a. m. invited Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
Mr.. and Mrs. Bland, newspaper repre-
sentativcs and some personal friends
to be his guests from Pittsburg to New
York.
Approaching Johnstown, Bryan and
Bland were escorted to the rear platform
by a committee for the purpose of per-
mitting Bland to introduce Bryan to the
large crowd assembled. Shouts and
cries drowned the speech making.
Bland desisted from his effort simply in,
Producing Bryan. During the five-minI
utes' stop handshaking, fraternal greet
ings and congratulations were INDUCED
in. The train moved off amid great ap-
plause.
Many thousand people were at the AL
toona station to give Bryan cordial
welcome. Bryan shook hands with rs
many as possible during the few min
utes' stay.
At Tyron about $50 men and women
waded through the mud and water in a
ditch beside the track to catch the hands
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, cheering With
spirit. Bland responded to the calls for
a speech. He said the masses of the Ia
boring people want a change of the
financial system so it will not be neces-
sary to have continued bond sales.
AT HUNTINGTON.
HUNTINGTO, Pa, Aug. 11.To the
5000 people at the depot when the Bryan
train arrived, and who voiced glad wei
come, Mr.. Bland spoke as follows:
My Friends and Fellow Citizens:
There are people in this country who
claim that Uncle Sam is not able to
maintain his own financial system, ami
that we must wait for an international
agreement. In 1873, when the free sill
yer coinage law passed the house and
was pending in the senate the same
claim was made, and whenever the sill
yer question comes up for solution and
the American people are about ready to
adopt a policy of our own, we are told
we are not able to accomplish anything
without the aid of England or other Eu-
ropean countries. The United States is
able to maintain It's own financial policy
without waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation. (Applause)
We recently had an international con-
ference at Brussels. Everybody was in
favor OF bimetallism, but nobody SEEM
ed to be able to devise a plan for that
proposition. It reminds one, when peo-
pie ask to wait and wait for an interpa-
tional agreement, of q criminal who is
nrraigned at the bar of justice and who
is about to be tried and convicted for his
crime, and who files a motion sunnIa-
mented with false statements and fall
lacious affidavits for a continuance. We
propose to restore to the people the old
system of bimetallism with the free coin
age Of both gold and silver. (Great an.
plause.) We intend to stop the selling Of
bonds and the borrowing of money from
Europe, and we intend to open the
American mints and let people dig from,
the earth the metal from which to make
their money. We are for the American
people.
My friends, the greetings we have had
on this journey have been marvellous.
At every stopping point there has been
an outpouring Of the populace who have
chered us on our way in a manner which
makes us know that the masses are in
terested as they have never been before
nj the politics Of this country. 1t shows
that you have paid no attention to a
subsidized gold press, and that you in
tend to think for yourselves without be-
ing bossed, and that you intend to vote