The herald., 1896-10-23


I. admirers. ..
The first speech today was At Decatur
shortly after o'clock. Several thousand
listened to Bryan for more than quar-
ter Of an hour. and gave boisterous ap-
proval Of his utterances. The crowd
was made up largely of farmers andBry-
an told them that the farmers of no
country ever endorsed the gold standard
and called attention to the meeting Of
agriculturists some time ago in Buda
pesth, where bimetallism was endorsed
and greetings sent to bimetallists in
America He quoted the address of
Prince Bismarck to farmers year ago.
"a which he said farmers must stand
together and protect themselves from
4hs drones Of society wbAproduce moth
ang but laws.
Markell was not down on the bills for
= speech, but stop was made there
and Bryan spoke for five minutes. AZ
Huntington he addressed crowd which
numbered thousands, who were evident
h In acorcd with him.
Laketon was telegraphed and crowd
Hsthefed there and a stop was made
long enough for Bryan to greet the
speop1e and shake hands with those
nearest him.
The public square in front of the court
house at Rochester was crowded when
Bryan arrived. 1t was free silver
crowd and the few people there who
wore yellow badges looked lonesome.
Bryan quoted from the Indiana state
Republican platform six years ago and
referred to the message of President
Harrison, December, 1890, saying: II
want to show the Republicans who are
here today that the Republican party
has deserted the position which it occu-
pied, and having changed it's policy Is
attempting to change the convictions of
Republicans who supported it when it
was supporting bimetallism."
1t was at Charlottesville that the
sensation of the day occurred and at
that meeting Mr.. Bryan made the de-
claration that he was ready to put his
patriotism against the patriotism of
any other man on earth who endorses
the Republican platform.
Stops Of ten minutes were made at
Ladoga and at Riehdale, and the NOM
inee appeared on the back platform and
excused himself from making a speech
by saying that the nominee for congress,
Mr.. Ridpath, had spoken during the day
and consequently it was not necessary
for him to speak.
At Greencastle. the next stop, Mr..
Bryan was received by a crowd of sew
eral thousand people. The enthusiasm
iaIv 1a
toned the name of the historian and
nominee for congress, Mr. Ridpath.
At Brazil there was the usual large
crowd and 1t was simply repetition of
what had taken place during the day.
At / o'clock the Bbyan party arrived
at Delphi. From thesstand near the rail-
road Mr.. Bryan addressed the enthusi-
astic gathering, and in addition to quot
ing what Mr.. Mckinley had said six
citing from the Republican platform up
on which Mr.. Harrison was elected in
support of his silver theories, Mr.. Bryan
made a strong appeal to those present
to support the silver Republican nom
mated for congress and indorsed by
the Populists and Democrats on their
ticket. Ex-Congressman Joseph Chea-
die, he said. should be elected, and al
though Mr.. Bryan declared that he had
always been a Democrat, he said that
he would rather vote for Republican
who Is for free silver than to vote for a
man who has been Democrat but who
is now plutocrat. This statement was
received with great applause and cheer
ing.
At Delphi Mr.. Bryan took occasion to
reply to some extent to the speech made
by ex-President Harrison yesterday in
which the ex-president quoted the Ian
guage used in regard to the syndicate
which had as he claimed, first driven the
nation into an extremity and then saved
1t every few months at so much per save.
He told the people of Delphi that he was
helping Congressman Joseph Cheadle,
who was an old soldier, and at the same
time Harrison was doing his utmost to
defeat him.
Frankfort turned out very large
crowd, and it was simply repetition of
the scenes along the road.
The crowds at Lafayette were enor-
nous and were enthusiastic to great
extent. Mr.. Bryan's appearance on the
balcony of the courthouse was the sig
nal for wild cheering. Here he spoke
from three sides of the courthouse, and
at each side the streets were packed.
Ex- President Harrison came in for an
other touching up here.
Peru, advertised as the "only barbe.
cue town on earth, had a barbecue with
in its limits this day, and a. goodlS
crowd of the country folk gathered
not only to partake of the sixty beeves,
two hundred sheep and pigs and oth/
provisions, which the big posters told
about, but to listen to free coinage doc
trine from the lips of William Jennings
Bryan.
About platform in an open lot they
assembled and cheered the candidate
as he spoke. A big procession marched
the triple nominee through the streets
and in it's desire to show the Demo-
cratic standard bearer to the people of
Peru the committee got Mr. Bryan
out of town over an hour late. In his
speech Mr.. Bryan, in defining gold dol
lar. quoted as an authority in support of
his position, Prof ]. Laurence Laugh1en
Of the Chicago university.
The enthusiastic meeting of the even
ing in this city was fitting close for the
enthusiastic day. The reception here
was one of the preatest If not the