The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
windows Oct. 81. His reference to the

letter was:
want to call your attention to something
tnat appeared in yesterdays papers. / find
that the chairman Of the Republican national
committee has issued a letter to the Anert-
can people. 1t is the first time that I know
or that have ever agreed with the chairman
Of the Republican national committee but
want to sign my name to his letter and ask
an VINO neheve IN the ideas set forth to dis
play the nag, because there is not thing in
tnaI letter but what we advocates of free
silver Endorsed He wants the flag displayed
by Al these who on the Sd of November
intend to vote for the preservation az otyr
national honor. We advocates of free silver
believe that only by having financial policy
made by the American people for the Ameri-
can people can you support the honor of the
united states. He wants those to display the
nag who are for sound money. We believe in
the money of the constitution are for a
sounder money than those who want to change
CUT currency INTO pounds, shiflilgs and pence
He wants those who are going to vote for the
advancement OF our peoples interests and
general prosperity to display the flag We be-
lleNe that free coinage OF silver the openins
OF tae mfntS to the free coinage of silver ar
10 to !, without waiting for the aid or con-
sent OF any other nation earth, means adj
vaneemenf OF the interests of the people and
OF general prosperity, and therefore we car,
join with those men in displaying the Ameri
can nag. and let it be known to the country
that we are standing by the flag and thai
we are not asking foreign nations what that
nag shaff mean Join in the letter for an
ether reasen. l do not want them to marx
. the aaVocates OF free silver for slaughter
on that day. l do not want employers To %
about over your town and throuebout t6e
country and find out who has not ds1 at
ms Windew, and then threaten to discharge
any man who does not say he is going to
vote the Republican ticket My friends if
coercion is going to be attempted for heav
en- sake let it not be attempted by using
the flag as a means of pointing out the men
to be threatened. ~
AS enthusiastic an audience as Mr..
Bryan mas addressed for some time
was at Wapakoneta when the sraoial
pulled into that place. The houses in
the vicinity of the hotel. in front of
which the stand from which Mr. R,,vay
spoke was located. were DECORATED r,i+h
flags and bunting and pictures Of tha
candldate AS soon as Mr. Bryan was
seen emerging from the car the crowd
cheered him wildly.
The largest crowd of the dav was
encountered at Piqua. There v,era a
great many yellow badges out, but as
rule the word init" was printed oxra,.
the names of the Republican nominees
The speech here of twenty minutes was
devoid OF new features, as was the one
at Troy half hour later.
A crowd or several thousand people
cneered the train at Dayton. where 4
STOP OF ten minutes was made Ia At
lacn an extra coach containing the
EIam11ton escort committee of fiffv AZ
Hamilton. an immense crowd met the
tram, ex-Gov James e. CamnbeII
whose home is here. being at the head
OF the reception committee. Mr.. BRYAN
was escorted through the town which
was profusely decorated, by a naraIe
IN winch several hundred peonIe tool
part, most of them being uniformed
me candidate spoke from a stand
erected In the court house park. To
crowd of more than 10000 peonle tfe
was introduced to the audience hv ax
GOV. campbell, who In this way. made
MS formal entry into the Campaign For
the nominees of the Chicago conven-
uon. The sponsor was received with
tremendous applause.
There were short stops at Xenia and
Jamestown and good-sized c,.,yvx1e TIC
tened TO hve-minute speeches from +he
nominee. At the latter place rvI1iIe
the crowd was enthusiastic there were
quite number of McKinIey sbo,,+e,s
ana badges in the crowd. washington
court house was given a. ten-ruioute
TAX ana the large audience was an
parentiy IN sympathy with the sneaker
Al Dayton the largest audience ~ tha
day yelled itself hoarse when shortIsJ
after o'clock Bryan spoke at the fair
grounds The crowd was estir,,ate5
away up in the thousands and The
streets We're crowded by thorsands -
others. For many blocks the streets
were lined with exuItant humanity and
the trip clear out to the grounds was .
continual ovation