The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-11

Policies, However, More Than
PersOnS--COmmittee Calls
on Mckinley.

CANTON, Ohio, Aug. ia commit
tee of ten went to Wooster, 30 miles
west, on the Pennsylvania road, to meet
the Bryan train, which was due at Can
ton at / :23 p. IN. A fiat Car had been
showed up i'll front Of the depot on a
side track, and it had been arranged to
have Mr.. Bryan make an address from
this car. l.. F. Holden, publisher Of the
Cleveland Plaindealer, and the Ohio
member Of the notification committee,
will board the Bryan train at Alliance
and proceed with the party to New
York.
When the train pulled into Canton,
Is minutes late, bearing Mr.. Bryan
into this ~populous Stark county. the
home of Mckinley, with 100, 900 popu.
lation, turned out in thousands to greet
their fellow townsman's opponent, and
Mr.. Bryan returned the compliment in
his speech.
After the applause had subsidized
when Mayor Rice had finished his
presentation, Mr. Bryan said:
Bryan's Remarks.
Nh. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle.
men: When I received notice . short
time ago Of the organization Of q silver
club in this city, l little imagined the
tremendous sentiment which seems to-
be behind that club. I am glad in this
city, the home Of my distinguished OPP
ponent, to testify to his high character
and personal worth. Tremendous cheer
ing for Mckinley
Il shall be satisfied (the speaker was
here interrupted by renewed cheering
for Mckinley I shall be satisfied if as
q private individual I may be able to
stand beside him in public esteem. But,
my friends, this is not a contest between
persons. 1t matters little to the Amer
lean people whether your distinguished
townsman or myself as individuals &C.
cupy the chief executive position in the
greatest nation upon earth.
Policies Are All Important.
But it does matter for what policies q
q president shall stand. And in this
campaign persons are lost sight of in
the interest Of the cause which those
persons represent. In my own state
and in my w city are many people
who believe the interests of the country
will be better served by the election of
my opponent, and l am gratiied to
know that in his home city there are
many who believe that the interests of
the country will be best served by his
1ofoaf lArp1orca opJ ohao, AF~
Kinley is your neighbor, as we under
stand neighbors. If you will urn to the
Bible, you will read a parable of the
neighbor and l ask you to believe that
in this contest l am the neighbor of
those who have fallen among thieves. |
(Applause.) He is the neighbor who in
the hour of distress
Brings Relief That Is Needed
and in my humble judgment, when we
are cursed by European financial policy. |
I believe that the true neighbor Of the |
toiling masses is the nan who asks for |
the immediate restoration of the free !
and unlimited coinage of silver at the !
legal ratio Of Is to /, without waiting !
for the aid OF consent Of any other ma
ton on earth. (Applause.)
To my neighbors at home I say that
if according to their convictions Of pub
lie duty they believe my opponent
should be elected, that l shall bear them
no ill will, and l have so high a regard
for my opponent that I know that he
will say to his fellow townsmen here
that every of them should feel free
to make his ballot represent a free
mans will, although it may result in
keeping your distinguished citizen
among you as a townsman still. i
thank you for your kind attention and
bid you goodbye" (Applause.)