The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-17
BRYAN ON HIS TRAVELS.

1he SllVer orator Talks FacettQusiy | and Jollies Crowd at St. Louis l Handshaking at Railroad Stations
 Bland Misses Bryan-Bryan Quotes | From Bismarck.
 | St. Louis, July 16.-William J. Bryan, | silver nominee for president, arrived
 here from Salem, H., at S:45 o'clock | this morning on train on the Baltl-
 more and Ohio Southwestern railroad.
 It was sleepy looking crowd that as- | sembled at Salem station three hours
 before the trains arrival to await the l coming of the Boy Orator. | At Carlyle, H., where the first stop
 was made, about fifty persons grasped l his hands, Mayor Webb, who headed l the contingent at the little town of | Lebanon, accompanied the party to St. | Louis.
 1 At East St. Louis several hundred l persons were assembled, and their l cheers caused MT. Bryan to step to the | platform of the station and make a few 1 remarks.
 | T can understand" he said, your
 curiosity to see a presidential candi- date. I've been there myself" This caused a laugh. He told them he hoped the sight of him would enable them, to
 form such opinions as they would. His | father-in- law, he said, had saying that you can't tell how far a frog can jump without seeing him do it, but he
 wanted to say that he and MT. sewall
 believed in the platform on which they l stood and believed in carrying out it's l nrnyicinpc fn fta yary latta,s They believed that the policies out | lined in 1t were good and should be | carried out. MT Bryan quoted as a
 saying of Bismarck that the farmers
 should stand together and protect
 themselves from the drones who pro-
 duce nothing but law.
 i This gave MT. Bryan the opportunity I to pay a little compliment to the pro- | ducing classes and he concluded by re- i marking that if he talked any longer 1 he would be drawn into q speech. As 1 the train rolled out of the station pre- paratory to crossing the big bridge over
 the Mississippi a parting salute was l given to MT Bryan by dozens of loco- 1 tive whistles.
 About three thousand persons had assembled in this city and when MT.
 Bryan appeared on the platform, lean- ing on the arm of Colonel Nicholas M Bell of this city. three hearty cheers were given to him.
 l Tn the pushing and jostling of the crowd MT Bryan became separated from his wife and children. He mount ed a chair and the crowd began clam | bring for speech MT Bryan smiling- l ly replied:
 T am looking for that which is dearer l to me than all else-my wife and chil- | dren. I would be glad to make a
 speech, but, like all people, we must eat. We have but a few minutes in which to satisfy our hunger. I hope you will kindly excuse me if do not make a speech at this time. I am flat tered by this demonstration. and feel
 sure that if you keep up this enthusi- asm until November there will be no doubt of my election
 He was then joined by his wife and children and few personal friends and | proceeded to the depot dining room,
 where a light breakfast was partaken of.
 MT. Bryan and his family, accompa- nied by MT Bell, Mrs. George W. Allen I of this city and several local politi- clans, boarded the Missouri Pacific | train at o'clock and started on their
 way to Kansas City. Arrangements are being made to give reception 10
 Mr. Bryan at Jefferson City, where the party will stop for dinner, and also at
 Sedalia this afternoon. The train is due in Kansas City at o'clock to-
 night and MT. Bryan will have a recep-
 ton and will probably make an extend ed speech.
 Hon. Richard P. Bland arrived this morning from Lebanon and joined the Bryan party at Union Station MT. | Bland accompanied the party to Jeff
 ferson City. His appearance at the
 station was not noted by the newspaper
 men, and the impression was current that he had missed the train.