Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-20
\ GREAT AUDIENCE

heard AIR. Bryan talk from the rear pat
form OF his private car.
A GREAT AUDIENCE.
HAMILTON. o.. October i3.--Accordins
30 Ex-Governor James II. Campbell, IN
his speech. introducing w. J. Bryan at
big political meeting this afternoon. the
largest audience ever seen In Hamiiton
was here on the occasion. Certainty, IL
was a great crowd. numbering In the
neighborhood of 10000 and many thou-
sands OF others, who did not attend the
speech making al the Courthouse square
were on the streets along which the Demo-
cratic candidate was taken Mr.. Bryan
was cheered with heartiness on ms way
20 the square. under escort OF the Miami
Club and other organizations. In uniform.
Brass bands and wagon-load OF young
ladies'. sixteen In white, and another
with pronounced auburn halr. In yeho"'
were also I'm evidence.
A wild shout went up as Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared on the platform. and its volume
was intensified after he was presented
by EX-GOVERNOR Campbell The most in
teresting feature of the affair was that
II marked Mr.. Campbelfs initial appear
ance on the political rostrum in his cam
paign For that reason, the remarks of
the Ex-Governor were listened to with
more than the usual attention. This Is
what he said:
EX-GOV. CAMPBELLS SPEECH.
"Tbe largest audience that ever assem-
bled in the city of Hamilton is here to-
day. IL has come to greet and listen 10
the regular nominee of the Democ-dtic
party. (Cheers) Whatever may have been
the opinion amongst Democrats before his
nomination. here, in Butler county, they
are all Loyalty supporting him now.
(Cheers.) He has two. and only two,
faults. He has been charged with them.
and he has never denied them One Is
that he is young, and the other is that he
is good looking. (Cheers) But ] am told
by those who are no longer good-lookins
and young that time will remedy those
faults TO perfection. (Cheers) But you
are here TO listen to him. and, therefore,
7 nresont him. the matchless Democratic
orator. William ]. Bryan" cloud cheers')
Mr.. Bryan spoke, in part. as follows;
at do not ask TO have any warmer
nlace I'm the hearts OF the people OF this
county than the gentleman VINO mas IN
troduced me. If you can think as wen Oh
me as you have always thought OF NM
and II YOU can vote as strongly tor me
nc Won have always voted for him. shall
have good reason to remember NY FiSi'
10 Butler county. (Cheers)
"vou call this the Gibraltar OF DeTnoc-
racv I want TO say TO you, my trlehus'
that in this campaign | stand lot those
nol,cies which are Democratic In the
broadest sense OF that term. (CheeIs)
believe in the Democracy that means
the rule OF the people. and ] am opposeu
10 plutocracy. that means the rule OF a
few money magnates and the servility Oh
all the rest of the people. 'Cheers)
"Our opponents propose nothlhg. %"
tell them that the people are suheIihs'
and what do they tell youY why they
cav the trouble Is agitation, and | never
hesr anv one VINO finds fault with the
agitation of a public question without
wondering how that man can make up
his mind to live I'm country like THIS
They imagine that they can stop aglta-
tion by simply commanding II 10 De
stnled.
"There Is agitation. and II will continue
until that foreign policy Is taken out ana
sent from this country" (Cheers)
Mr.. Bryan then proceeded to speak on
his well known line of argument ana
ended his speech amid ii tumult OF APP
| plause and cheers.
ENTHUSIASM AT DAYTON.
| xENIA. o., October 19.-Dayton gave
| Mr. Bryan the most enthusiastic demon
1 i
| lnps were accorded him there. The first
was not on the programme. In the run
| over TO Hamilton the train passed
! through Dayton. and ~ crowd Of nearly.
| If not quite. 10000 surrounded il In the
| railway station during its snort walt
! there. and cheered the nominee for seve-
raj minutes on the return To Dayton
from Hamilton the principal exercises
Of the day took place. MI. and Mrs
Bryan were conveyed to the Fair
! Grounds. two miles distant People filled
the grandstand to its utmost capaeity
and a tremendous crowd was drawn uI
i'm front Of and on every side Of the plat
form from which Mr.. Bryan spoke. Mr.
| BRYAN had to cut his speech short foi
lack Of time. He said:
| "There IS not an argument that can 10
made against bimetallism which has not
been answered over and over again, anc
vet. in spite Of the fact that every OBJ
lection TO bimetallism has been met and
| repelled, our opponents are appealing tC
| every class of people and trying 10 arouse
a selfish interest in favor of the golc
! standard One of the last appeals has
| been to the church societies. and letters
| have been sent from the National Repub
| lican Committee to the various mission
| arv societies. We go upon the theory
| that the only permanent prosperity tina
| can come to this country is a prosperity
| whose blessings begin with the people WHIT
| produce wealth and 20 to all the othe
! classes of society. Our opponents lnsis
| that YOU must legislate 10 take care o
! the financial mamates. because they hav'
| TO be looked after"
PATIENCE AT XENIA-
DELAYS at Hamilton had caused IN
| BRYAN train to lose much time and ii wa
| two hours late in arriving at Xenia- Bu
| the crowd which had been patiently wait
| ing all that time for Mr.. Bryan's appear
ance did not decrease in number, ant
there were fully C.0OO people to greet hin
when his train halted beside the tempo
rarv stand that had been erected for hi
accommodation. in order to avoid fur
ther delay. however. Mr.. Bryan spok
from the rear platform Of his car. Their
we're some protests from those who ha'
come early to obtain points Of vantag
near the stand only TO find themselve
farther away from the candidates voic
than the late comers, but Mr. Bryan pu
them i'm good humor, and made speed
Of five minutes. which was frequently IN
terrupted by applause.
Five hundred people In jamestown
heard him for one minute. At Washing
ton Courthouse. reached after dark, a
least s.o00 people were gathered, and an
other rear-platform speech. ten minute
in length. was delivered by the nominee
Rain was falling when Mr.. BRYAN reache
here at S:i5 p NJ. He addressed a bi
crowd. and left twenty minutes later.
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