Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-08-13

was crowded The windows in the adj
jacent buildings were filled. The crowd
surged and sweltered in the heat and
manifested considerable good-naturea
Impotence at the delay in the proceed
ings owing to the non-arrival of the
guest of the evening. When Bryan
came upon the platform he was greeted
with immense cheering.
The Bryan party was escorted to the
hotel by the Cook County Marching
club and a detachment of police with
great difficulty made Il way for the car
riage in which the candidate sat, his
face wrcathed in smiles as he bowed re
peatedly in response to the shouts of
welcome. His demeanor indicated
pleasure and establishment at the un-
preccdented reception that he received
all along the route to the hotel.
William j. Strong, chairman of the
reception committee, appeared with Mr..
Bryan upon the balcony and delivered
Il brief welcoming address. III begin
ming he said. "On behalf Of the toll
crs, the real business men of this great
city, we welcome you TO our midst We
honor you for the fearlcsSnesS and
courage of your public life; for the
faithfuIness with which you have per-
formed every public trust. We admire
and trust YOU for the purity of your prl
Yatc life and the noble example that
YOU have given us of American citizen
ship.
When Mr.. Bryan arose to address
the multitude there was loud and III.
multous cheering. lie said in part
81 have no language, fellow citizens,
that will express the emotions excited
by this, the most remarkable demon
straton that have ever witnessed
applause and loud chcering). In mol
other country is such Il scene possiblet
(applauscD. In no other country can
the people take up Il private citizen
compIish their will dong APPLAUSE.
When | see this asscmblage tonight
and when remember what the news
papers of this city say prolonged APP
plausc and cheering mingled with
Kisses and cries of give it to him.
l'say, when remember what the news
rapers say, | ann reminded of what one
of our friends said that there was no.
body on our side except the people
(checrSl And as | look into the faces
of these people and remember that our
enemies call them II mob and say that
they are IA menace to free governmental
| ask who shall save the people?l
(cheering). ann proud to have mi
this campaign the support of those
who are proud to call themselves the
common people continued cheering).
If had behind me the great trusts and
combinations (rCncw"d cheering) Il
know that | would no sooner take my
seat than they would demand that
should use my power to rob the people
in their behalf (grcat cheeringl. But
having rather the support of the great
working masses, know that when
they give me their ballots, they shall
unite in saying but one thing DO
your duty and we are repaid (great
NllNtl ms =. l'H' CIV lIlN l'oplN WIZ
ask no fayors of the government zap
plauso), These are the ones who sim
ply say, let us observe equality be
fore the law. Give equal right to all
and special privileges to none cloud
cheeringl, am gald to have the sup
port of these people because | know
whenever the nation is imperilled that
every bodied man of them will
shoulder his musket to save his coun
try cloud cheering) and these who
are good enough to offer their blood ON
the altar of their country in time of
danger are good enough to trust in
the quiet hours of peace cloud cheer
ingl.
Il am simply on my way from my
western home to the great metropolis
of the nation to accept the nomination
given to me in this city but few
weeks ago, | am glad that as | so |
can take to them Your greeting SO
kindly expressed in the words of your
chairman, who, though a republican
heretofore, is patriot today (loud
cheeringl; and to those Of your
brethren who. like YOU, are the bone
and siuew of the nation can take
greeting and tell them that YOU are
their friends and that YOU will stand
by them and help them TO emancipate
themselves from the domination from
which they suffer Clong and continued
APPLAUSE | can take to Your eastern
brethren greeting and III the Ian
guagc Of Abraham Lincoln dong
and continued applausel | can
SAY that the people Of the west
and south ar" ready 10 join with the
people of the east in declaring q gov
eminent OF the people. by the people
and for the people, tom
tinued applaus c) shall not perish
from the earth. thank you for your
attention dong continued applause and
attention. dong continued applause
an cheering
At the conclusion If Mr.. Bryan $
speech there We're uproarious demon
Straticus from the crowd that fairly