The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-04

mitteeman. of Indiana, and National
| Committeeman Woodson, OF Kentucky.
| Iawrenceburg was reached at 7:37
| and the platform erected near the de-
Dot was surrounded by great crowd
| of expectant and enthusiastic people
They cheered the nominee as he made
his way from the car to the platform.
Mr.. Bryan made short speech and
then resumed his journey.
At Augusta there was another big
crowd in waiting, and here also Mr..
Bryan spoke few words.
Logotee was reached ut 12.15, and a
large crowd had assembled in the
public square near the depot. Mr..
| BRYAN was escorted to the platform
| Immediately behind ''the Sheriff of
Our County," who carried a large
American flag. Mr.. bryan made a
short speech and was enthusiastically
cheered.
The farmers had evidently been
congregating at Washington all day
for when the train pulled In there.
there was a horde of them and Nhey
were as enthusiastic aS they we'll could
be, MIR. Bryan made another short
speech amid chaos Of cheers,
Probably the greatest crowd en-
counterea during the day hefore
| Nincennes was reached was at that
| place. Arrangements wcre admirable,
and MIR. Bryan was conveyed through
THE crowd without suffering any of
the usual Inconvenience incident to u
speech in a town of the size Of Vim
cenneS. Short speeches we're also
| made at Isawrenceville land olney.
The most enthusiasts meeting to-
| day had Yet seen was at Flora where
| many of Bryan's boyhood friends help
| ed to make up the crowd that received
| him. 1f was a continual ovation from
| the time the train entered the city un-
| til it left. He was taken TO the band
stand of the city park and when he
ascended the platform there was three
| minutes of continual. cheering. which
| caused Mr.. Bryan to remark: II be-
| lieve that by the time the campaign
| gets opened up you will be enthusiastic
1 down here"
1t was great crowd at Salem, the
| town where Mr.. Bryan was born. Old
| men who knew him in his boyhood
Eand young manhood were out to shake
hands with Billy Old acquaint-
| ances crowded about the car, all eager
| to grasp the hand of Presidential
nominee who was born in their midst.
Many of Mr. Bryan's relatives were at
| the depot and these met at the for
+ ward end of the car, after he had adj
dressed the crowd at the back plat
| form. He was deeply affected by the
| earnestness and expressions of affec-
tion of the people.
| After a short speech, Mr.. Bryan in
| troduced Congressman McMillin, of
| Tennessee, who also made short
talk
The names of Mr.. Bryan and John
| p. Altged were wildly cheered and APP
| plauded at the meeting in East ST.
Louis when the nominee spoke to a
| great crowd from the platform erected
| in a vacant lot.
| The special bearing the Bryan party
arrived i'm East ST. Louis ait 6.30 this
/ afternoon, and Mr.. Bryan was taken
in carriages to the grounds. He was
| introduced to an audience which con-
tanned more people than he could make
hear, by Col. John /. Martin, of st.
Louis, and spoke on the financial
| question.
| Mr.. Bryan said in part:
| I'VE believe that the paramount issue
of this campaign is the money ques-
ton, we believe that the great ques-
| ton to be solved now is whether the
American people are to have financial
system forced upon us and by foreign
nations. Upon this question, the line
is5@clearly divided. The Republican
platform declares In favor of the main
tenance of the present gold standard
for an indefinite period The Republi-
can platform declares that we must
maintain the gold stanard until for
eign nations come to us and join in its
abandonment. The platforms upon
which stand declare in favor of the
restoration of bimetallism and they
point out the only means by which
bimetallism can be restored, viz: The
/ immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at the present legal ratio of 16 to /,
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation. If the Republi-
can party had presented some system
approved by the members of that par
ty we might then have discussed the
merits of their proposed system. But
they propose nothing. They offer no
plan. They give no prospect of relief.
They simply say to the people who are
dissatisfied You must still be dissatis-
ned, 10 UnOSe VINO are Sunerlng tney
simply say: You must suffer on until
relief comes from abroad
II am not willing, my friends, that
the American people and their great
destiny shall be transferred from the
hands of the American people and
deposited wl4AxAreign nations, / care
not what nts11ae they may be. We
propose something; our opponents pro-
prose nothing. If you are satisfied
with present financial conditions then,
my friends, the Republican party ought
to suit you because the Republican
party proposes to continue present fl
nancial conditions. My friends, you
have had the gold standard Our leg
islation has been suggested, it has been
devised, it has been carried out by the
advocates of the gold standard and yet,
after twenty wears of successful anDli-