Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-10-31
TO THE COLLEGE BOYS
BRYAN SPOKE TO STUDENTS AT
HIS OLD ALMA MATER.
Defends the Double Standard The
DRY of Finance, but in IL Most
Diplomatic Way.

was densely crowded when, at 2 o clock
William j. Bryan began to speak this af-
ternoon. The ovation given him was one
o. the greatest he has received anywhere
in a city near the size Of Jacksonville
There was a parade during the day
which would have done credit to a town
much larger than Jacksonville There
was a number Of yellow ribbons scattered
through the crowd. but they We're in the
minority. Mr.. Bryan was Introduced by
Judge O. B. Thompson in short tlatter-
ing speech, and when he took the stand
to speak, he was cheered wildly. He said
il part
1T is especially gratifying to find SO
many willing to turn out on this occa-
sion when l come back to the city which
Wtis for many years my home. 1t is graf
flying again to meet lie friends | used
TO know. | come back as the representa-
tive of a great principle. as the champion
Of great cause. As the candidate OF
these who believe that the American
people are able to attend TO their own
business. If there is any one in Morgan
county who believes that 1U.UOuUOo people
have 10 bow their knees to foreign ma
ticns and bend their necks to foreign
yoke ] not expect those people to
believe that we should submit ourselves
10 foreign dlctation.
The Foremost Issue.
The national parties tlccl lled The moA"H
question 10 be the paramount issue OF til"
campaign. and those boiling democrats
y ho went over to help the republicans
without having the courage TO call them
selves republicans also declared that The
money question was the paramount j.
sue, and yet our opponents. when they
find themselves divided on this question.
when they find themselves unable -
meet the argument in favor of bimetal
lism, when they find themselves unable
to convince the American people that GU
finances are safest when in the hand,
of syndicates, now turn to the people of
this country and say that the election OF
the Chicago ticket is menace to our
form Of government. We are prepared
to meet our enemies on any battlefield.
hut we want them to distinctly under
stand that, no matter how badly they
have been defeated in argument,
they have got to face this money ques-
ton for one week more before the Amer
ican people,
Mr.. Bryan then defended the plank in
the Chicago platform relating to the in
come tax law and the criticism Of the
supreme court He quoted the dissenting
opinion of Justice Brown, and then went
on to reply to the charge that the demo-
Gratis were trying to array class against
class.
Mr.. Bryan addressed an audience Of
women at the opera house and left for
Alton at AIS p. m.
I'm Route to Chicago.
Alton, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-There were four
short stops made by Mr.. Bryan between
Jacksonville and Alton. At Rcodhouse.
where a fve-minute stop was made n
good sized assemblage. among which
there was a liberal sprinklng Of yellow
ribbons greeted the candidate. He spoke
from the platform for a few moments,
his speech being of the same tenor as
his other short addresses. Godfrey and
Kaine turned out fair sized crowds to
cheer Mr.. Bryan.
Two speeches were made at Alton, one
from either side of the city hall. Large
and enthusiastic audiences testified to
their appreciation of the nominees state
ments by cheering and applauding a
each stop he made. He spoke on the
money question: using many of the same
arguments as employed by him before.
He left at 1905 o'clock for Lincoln, Ill,
where he will address an audience IN
time to leave that place by 500 in the
morning.
BLOOMINGTON will hear the candidate at
1890 tomorrow, and after an hours stop
he will speak at Pontiac. and then Mt
Dwight BraidWood Joliet and Lamont,
and will arrive in Chicago at $3.50 p m
Demonstration in the Chapel.
Jacksonville, H., Oct 26.-Ierhaps the
nc1siest demonstration ever given any
one in the chapel of Illinois college Nds
the one accorded to William Jennings
Bryan this morning by the students Il ms
anna mater His address. while it N"a a
defense of the loubie standard the51% Of
france was so p.omattcaily given that
no student could take onense The sdmv
,i1IIpir exercises n which Bryan par. eli
pated for SIX years as a student "rFt
gone through with this morning. john +,
Bradley. president Of Limos co ege, pre-
SIDED. The exercises opened WITH r. td ~
Of the Scriptures by DR.. Brad ey. reSpon-
siy4 reading. L. be lesson and prayer by
Ir. r. l.. Carter, professor of hdtiirai Sc
suCua. tn DR.. Brad ty made Slors ~
lrOductory adlreSa. saying mat OF IL
distinguished alumn. of Limos co Ies@
ano had reflected honor npon that .nS'.-
tut.on no one had ever stood in such pup
lie distinction Us the guest Of IN morn
ing. He sstId that, with the duties ana
rngHgementS winch press so heavily upon
The distinguished Visito" 1t WAS 1oic"nf-
thy thai he should pause ana urn ASIDE
for a little visit to the scene Of his o.i as
sCciations, to greet his old friends ana
permit them 10 greet him, and to .ay MS
honors at the feet of his alma mater. The
applause which followed the Introduction
was hearty and Of long DURATION
After Bryan's address DIR. Bradley an
nounced that in honor OF the presence Of
the distinguished guest the students
would observe the rest Of tie day as q
holiday, and called upon the members OF
Sigma to escort Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to
carriage and act as a guard of homo"
through the grounds of the institution.
The members of that fraternity drew up
in line, and singing the fraternity song
marched on either side of the carriage.
When the vehicle containing the guests
reached the gates, the students Dade the
nominee and his wife Godspeed, and sup
plemented the farewell with long and loud
college wells. In his speech at the college
Bryan said:
The man VINO IOfBetS his Hlolilel -ooTs
the respect Of all good people, and SO
man who leaves college and forgets his
alma mater can hardly expect to enjoy
the esteem Of good people. 1t always gives
great pleasure to come back TO IN
nois college, because / remember the two
years / spent at Whippe academy ana
four years in college as not only amoag
the most pleasant days Of my life, but as
the most profitable days Of my life; and
when / return to these scenes a flood of
memories press upon me. / remember
that it was here that, as a young man, I
began to study the subject of political
economy, and it was under that great
leader we had in this college SO many
years, DR.. Sturtevant, that I became first
interested in the great public questions
of today.
II remember his teachings, and for