The record-union., 1896-10-30
Delivered at Outlying Districts and in
Chicago.
The Democratic Nominee Departs
Late at Night for Wisconsin,
Where He Will Put in Another
Day of SpeeCh-rIa Iaking.

IinnOlS ana Dack 10 CnlCaSO was not
the best preparation for the hard work
that lay before William ]. Bryan to-
night in his rounding up in this city. A
dozen speeches in the outlying districts
and nine more here was the Democratic
candidates portion for the day and ev-
ening. When he had said good-by to
his last Chicago audience he hurried to
the Northwestern station and was off
again on another flying trip, this time
through Wisconsin.
Threatening clouds hung over Chica-
60 this morning when Mr.. Bryan, ac-
companied by Mrs. Bryan and a num-
Ter of local supporters, started out on
lis visit to neighboring communities.
He ran into a rain storm before he had
gune very far. but the downpour ceased
during the afternoon. Great masses of
threatening clouds hung over the coun-
try through which he passed for the
rest of the journey. They did not break,
however, and altogether the cannon ball
trip which he made was not seriously
irterfered with by the weather.
Elgin heard the candidate first and
then in turn Belvidere, Rockford, Free
port, Foreston, Polo, Dixon, Rochelle,
DeKalb, Geneva, Wheaton and May
wood. The rain did not keep the crowds
away. People swarmed around the
train wherever it halted and a sea of
expectant faces looked up to the candi-
date at each stop while the crowds
cheered him, some with wild heartineSS,
and the enthusiasm of a few audiences
was tempered by shouts for the Repub-
lean standard bearer and display of
yellow ribbons bearing Major McKin-
leyS name.
Nearly all the stops were brief and
a speech was made at each, with the
exception of Freeport where two ad-
dresses were crowded into half an hour.
1t was raining hard when he arrived
there and the meetings were held in
doors. Both halls We're crowded and
despite the downpour large numbers of
people were at the station when the
candidate and his wife returned and a
very pretty incident happened. A gray
haired, sweet voiced old lady on whom
the burden of years had fallen man
aged to reach the car platform and
looking Mrs. Bryan in the eyes said in
trembling tones: Madam, 1 have rid
den twenty-three miles to see you."
Then she put her arms around the can
didate's wife and kissed her.
A brief stop was made at Forreston to
enable Mr.. Bryan to address about 800
people.
Ten minutes was the time allowed
him at Polo, which was reached at 3
o'clock. He talked to a thousand or
fifteen hundred from the rear platform
of the car, and then went on to Dixon,
where elaborate preparation had been
4 fn,- ~ 40 {15e
artillery company in uniform fired off
a loud sounding cannon close to the
train as Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan alighted to
take a carriage for the speaking place,
the portico of a hotel, and more than
10000 people were there to hear them.
Some of them wore the orange, but
they did not attempt any counter dem
onStratiOn.
Running down to Rochelle, the next
stop the train slowed down in passing
the station at Ashton to enable a crowd
to see and cheer Mr.. Bryan and his wife.
Mr.. Bryan was rushed through the back
door of a store at Rochelle to a platform
pie there he said:
'They tell you that silver agitation
has scared gold out. Gold is a mighty
cowardly thing if it is scared by craze
that is nearly as dead as the Republi-
cans say ours is (Cheers) Is it suffi-
cient to build up a financial system upon
gold as a base when you cannot find gold
when you want it? Do you build a
house on an invisible foundation? CA
voice, "Yes.'O Well, a Republican
would if he acted in house building like
his party does in finance. (Cheers.)
why is it that when man begins to
advocate the gold standard he has to
forget all that he ever learned in ordi-
nary business transactions? Why is it
that he refuses to apply to the money.
question the things that govern him in
his every day life? How can a man
chlorOform himself when he has to dis
cuss the money question so that he can
believe in gold anyhow? (Cheers.) Ask
yourselves these questions before cleo
tion day, my friends"
The sun had gone down and twilight
was emerging into darkness as Mr.
Bryan stepped from his car at DeKalb
where $500 people were gathered about
a stand on a corner The nominee was
cheered as he faced his audience With
his hat jammed down on his head and
his overcoat collar buttoned close to the
throat he talked about the arguments
advanced by his opponents. ''They tell
us we must so shape our policy as to be
able to get money from abroad for in
vestment I say that so long as for
eigners run our financial policy we will
always be borrowers and never be able
to pay our debts and become money
lenders ourselves" (Cheers)
Pickering coal oil lamps cast sallow
CLEANS on the candidates face as he
stood on a stand erected near the sta
tion at Geneva and talked to couple of
thousand of men and women. Wheaton
came next and crowd as large if not
larger than at Geneva was present.
haywood was the last stop. Cheers
for Mckinley followed the shouts of the
Bryan men among the assemblage of
3 900 who heard Mr.. Bryan speak from
the balcony of hotel within sight of
his train. Notwithstanding the opposi-
ton sentiment the audience showed
enthusiasm.
The rain had begun again when the
special pulled into the Northwestern
station at Chicago About 100 people
gathered about the 'Idler" and cheered
the candidate as he alighted. Mr.. and