The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09

Bryan from DeS MONIES to Newton, pre-
sented the nominee to the people OF Col.
fax, his home. large gathering assem-
bled as Mr. Bryan began to address them.
Unfortunately for the remarks which Mr..
BRYAN intended to deliver they were cut
short by the engineer, who pulled the
throttle and started the train according to
schedule This is what he managed TO
say:
Ladies and gentlemen: l am very glad to
greet the people who live at General Weaver's
home. He was pioneer in this work and was
talking for free silver long before it had come
to the attention OF great many OF US. And
never think of one OF these pioneers who
blazes out the way, and think of the abuse
generally heaped upon the pioneer, without
thinking of what somebody said year or SO
ago, that when one saw thing he was called
fanatic; when great many saw IL ne be-
he became q hero. Laughter and great cheer
ing.l
Another big crowd turned out at New
ton, where a Popullst conference is being
held to-day. The Newton people were
very full of enthusiasm and succeeded in
getting a brief speech from Mr.. Bryan.
He said:
Ladies and gentlemen: am glad to see you,
and believe this is Newton. If l am not mis-
taken your town bears the name OF man who
is given credit for stating the law OF gravita-
ton. Some of the laws OF tlnance-I may say
POSITIONS and az irresistible N their forces as
the law of gravitatioD. II you throw stone
in the air, you say it will come down. Why?
Because it is drawn toward the center of the
earth The law upon which we base our Fl hit
is as sure as That. If we have gold standard,
prices win go down. [Great cheeringl
Kellogg also turned out it's quota of en-
thusiasts. Grinnell gave Bryan a lively
reception. The nominees train renamed
at the station fifteen minutes, and this
gave Mr.. Bryan chance to respond to
the demand for speech without the ne
cessity for cutting it short to fit the
sched ale.
IOWA CITY, iowa, Aug. 8.-The train
bearing Candidate Bryan reached Iowa
| City at 10 80 O'Clock. TIE railway station
was packed and Mr.. Bryan received an en-
thusiastic greeting. He made brief adj
dress. Brooklyn had large audience and
secured a speech. Mr.. Bryan was pre-
sented by Major ]. h. Tucker, the Rock
Island agent there.
| WEST LIBERTY, Iowa, Aug. S.-Most
of the great crowd at Iowa City were
| gathered at point on the platform some
| distance from where Mr.. Bryan's car
| halted. When it was learned that he was
| in the rear coach rush was made in that
| direction, and IN a minute men, women
and children were struggling and stream
| ing in confused mass. So terrible was the
crush that several children were nearly
suffocated, and during the time Mr., Bryan
| was speaking there was constant Shrek
! ing and shouting from the frightened
spectators: Said Mr.. Bryan:
| Ladies and gentlemen: 1 have known of
| Iowa City always as a college town, and as l
! have lived, ever since / entered college, in q
! college town, l appreciate the advantages
which such towns offer. have also known of
| your town because very early in my residence
in Nebraska it was my good fortune to speak
1 f~o ~, ,laff tOtvnS Srr,or
| Judge Fairall, and we have maintained our
| acquaintance ever since. lGreat cheering as
| the train started.1
| Between Iowa City and West Liberty a
| stop was made at Lowney, where Mr..
| Bryan received more cheers. Five hun
dred people received the nominee here
when the train rolled in at IL 20 A. NJ. A
stop of twenty minutes was made for din
ner and Mr.. Bryan went Immediately to
\ the station dining-room.
| DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 8.-During
| the time Mr.. BRYAN Was at dinner at Low
ney he was serenaded by the band, and on
his reappearance he responded happily to
cries for speech.
At Ailsa, where the train halted min
| ute. the hundred people there shouted for
Mckinley and Bryan with equal en-
| phasis.
| At Stockton and at Walcott the prepara-
| tions that had been made to receive the
nominee properly were spoiled by the de-
| parture OF the train before Bryan's where
abouts were discovered. Davenport was
| reached at o'clock.
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 8.-Magnifcent
receptions were given Mr.. Bryan at Daven-
| port, Iowa, Rock Island, ILL.,, and Moline,
Ill. These three cities, with their COM
bined population of 70, 00C are situated so
| closely together as to be practically one,
and the three speeches Mr. Bryan made in
| the trio of towns were delivered in such
rapid succession that the nominee was
almost exhausted when the Moline speech
was finished.
At the Davenport station fully 1000
people were gathered, pushing. icstling
and crowding in an endeavor to get near
the Bryan train. When Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared on the rear platform, accompanied
by the members of local reception COM
mittee who had met him at Iowa City, a
mighty shout went up, brass band
played anu the 200 mem bers of the BRYAN
Club yelled with frantic vehemence. The
train remained at Davenport five minutes
only, but it was q lively five minutes for
Mr.. Bryan and his audience. After the
cheering had ceased he said:
They say this is a town that believes in
gold; If so want you to tell the people that
we will do even better, for we beiieye in both
gold and silver. [Cheers.] l promised myself
that would not DO any talking on the road,
but the presence of SO many enthusiastic per.
sons is a temptation which l am not able to
Withstand.
l don't know whether I can come back or
not, because it is large country, and 1t is go
ing to take good while to get over il, but if
the shoutiugs that hear there are an indica-
tion of your feelings do not think it will be
necessary for me to come back here. ICheers l
l have promised that / would not make any
appointment until election is over, but will
break that promise and appoint each one of
you missionary to go and work until election
day. [Cheers]
Followed by more speaking the train
drew out from Davenport across the Mis-
sissipi into Illinois, the nominees native
State. Rock Island was ready for him
with a band and great collection of her
population, male and fe emale. When Mr..
Bryan speech was concluded the 1000 or
more people in the assemblage made a
mad rush to shake Mr.. Bryan's hand, and
those Who could get near enough. but did
not succeed, seemed just as happy to shake
hands with Mrs. Bryan.
A big bunch of roses had been thrust
into Mrs. Bryan's hand, and these she
began to distribute to the pushing, strug-
Cling enthusiastic crowd. This caused the
scramble to become wilder and it was in
progress when the train drew out. When
Mr.. Bryan had chance to speak he said: