The herald., 1896-08-09

Heath, George b. Holbert, ex-chairma
of the Republican county central com
mitteeN and editor of'the Iowa City Her
aid, a Republican paper, supportin
Bryan, and Herbert Fairall, ex-edito
of the Iowa City Republican, a Bryal
supporter.
At oxford and Tiffin crowds greete'
Mr.. Bryan but the stops were short ant
there was no formal speaking.
At Iowa City a ten minutes stop wa
made and 1000 people were voicing thei
enthusiasm through the medium of ;
brass band. Mr.. Bryan spoke briefly.
At Downey 100 people cheered thu
train as it passed and at West Liberty
where the train-stopped twenty minute!
for dinner, over 1000 people greeted Mr.
Bryan, and a band played while he wa
eating dinner. Mr. Bryan declined t.
say anything for the present when his
attention was calIed to the decision Of
the gold standard Democrats to hold q
national convention at Indianapolis.
He was shown dispatch announcing
that employees of two Pittsburg iror
mills have been CALLED upon to contrib.
ute to the Mckinley fund, which drew
from him the remark that he was 10th
to believe that they could be compelled
to contribute but said: II very much
prefer that they contribute their funds
to Mckinley and their votes to the
cause of free silva"
The crowd stood in the hot sun until
Mr.. Bryan finished his dinner, when he
addressed them from the porch, saying
Ladies and Gentlemen: l suppose
this is what,may be called an after din
ner speech SINCE l have justsfinished an
excellent dinner. I am very glad to see
you and to give you chance to meet a
candidate ! believe that it is the duty
of any person who is a candidate for
office, to become. acquainted with the
people whom I've is to serve if elected.
There is an od,-fashioned idea which
to my mind is tine idea to be entertained
in this country that the party chosen is
nothing but a hired man, no matter how
exalted the office or how lowly. He is
simply employed for a certain time at
a salary to do certain work and the peo-
pie employ him because they are too
numerous to do the work themselves.
And you have the right to choose the
persons who are to do Your work and
watch them all the time they are at
work. In other words we live in a land
where the government derives its just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned. All the authority of those who
govern is derived from the people them
selves and it is my opinion that the peo-
pie ought to keep themselves in posi-
ton where they can exercise as much
restraint as possible over those who
temporarily serve them. This is the
best country in the world. You pick out
a person, put him in office'and he serves
you awile and then steps down and be-
comes one of you again and some one
else takes the place.
Small crowds at Atalasia and Moscow
were not given time to greet Mr.. Bryan,
except in cheers
At Wilton 500 people were present
with band. 1t was three minute stop.
At Durant the arrival of the train was
announced by cannon shot and sew
eral hundred people surrounded the
train. Mr.. Bryan made a short speech.
At Wolcott small crowd and a little
German band were in waiting but the
train did not stop long enough for speech
making.
The crowd was escorted into Daven-
port by William Theophilus, president
of the Davenport Bryan Herald; Joseph
Hallig of the Leader; C. p. Cooper, A. P.
McQuick and c. c. Campbell and G. l.
Ahrens. They got aboard at Iowa City.
Davenport is looked upon by Iowa sill
yer men as a stronghold, of opposition
to the free silver movement, but the
crowd that filled the platfDrm and ada
cent streets when the train arrived must
have numbered 1000 people. 1t was by
far the biggest and most noisy demon
stration witnessed since the Bryan
party left home, with the exception of
the reception at DesMoines. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan leaned over the railing of
the rear platform and shook hands with
all who could fight their way into reach
ing distance, while the crowd was a
waving, struggling mass of humanity
from the center of interest to the outer
limits of the large circle. In response to
numerous urgent invitations, Mr. Bryan
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: They say that
this is town that believes in gold. If
so 1 want to tell the people that we will
do even better We believe in both gold
anu SllNeT. pIOlllStu my sell lldl L
would not do any talking on the road,
but the presence of so many enthusias-
tic persons is a temptation that [ can
not withstand. I don't know whether
l can come back or not, because it is a
large country and it is going to take a
good while to get over it; but if the
shouting that l hear here is an indica-
ton of your feelings 1 do not think it
will be necessary for me to come back
here. I have promised that 1 would not
make any appointments until election,
but I will break that promise and ap-
point each one of you the missionary to
go and work until election day.
AS the train drew away from the
midst of the crowd Mrs. Bryan scattered
number of roses, and women and chill
dren Wed with the men in the struggle
that ensued for the prizes When Rock
Island was reached. five or ten minutes
latter the scenes at Davenport were re-
enacted and emphasized. There Were
fully 5000 people at the depot. Mr.. Bryan
was introduced by Mr. Huesing and
spoke again. in the course of which he
said
81 do not desire to take part in any
political discussions until after the noti-
ficaton, but l want to assure you that
this campaign is not going by default by
i