The Portland daily press., 1896-08-10

anu nls. ofy5n WSnb aG once to the sta
ton dining room.
Davenport, Iowa, August s.-Durine
the time MIR. Bryan was at dinner at
Liberty, he was serenaded br tha hand
and on bis temperance responded hap
PLY to cries for specph. Among oUher
things he said: This is the best coun-
try IN the world. You pick out a nerson.
put him in office; he serves Won for
awhile; then steps down and becones
one Of you again, and some one else takes
his place, and SO we go on. / am glad
to have chance to see some of the peo-
pie whose servant shall be, if in No
venber | shall receive Constitutional
majority of the votes of the people.''
chow about Mckinley ?" Dried Some
one in the crowd.
81 do not think any Republican can
speak in more complimentary terms of
Mr.. Mckinley than l oan," responded
Mr.. Bryan, and If it were contest be-
tween persons, | would not be candi-
date against him, but 1t Is not a contest
between pei sons. 1t is a contest between
great principles, where the persons will
be entirely lost sight OF. "
AT Alisa, where the train halted a
minute, the hundred people there shout
ed for Mckinley and Bryan with equal
emphasis.
WllUOu GuruGu OuU Dl5 CFOWu and q
band and was not sparing of cheers
There were more people To cheer at
Stockton, and at Waeott the preparations
that had been made to receive the nomi-
nee properly were spoiled by the depart
ure of the train before Mr.. Bryan's ap-
pearanoe.
Bureau, Ills, August s:-NIagn iacent
receptions were given MIR. Bryan at Day-
export, Iowa, Rock Hill. His, and Mo-
line, Ills These three cities are situated
so closely together as to be- practically
one, and the three speeches Bryan made
in the trio Of towns were delivered in
such rapid Succession that the nominee
was exhausted when the Moline speech
was finished.
AT Davenport station, which was
reached at l o'clock, fully 1000 people
gathered. Mr.. Bryan appeared On the
rear platform and addressed the crowd
He said: "Thev say this il tow
that believes in gold. If so / want you
to tell the people we will do even better,
for we believe in both gold and silver.
| promised myself l would not do any
talking on the road, but the presence of
so many enthusiasts presents temp
tation which / am not able to withstand
l do not know whether | can come back
or not BECAUSE it is large country and
1t is going to take good while to cover,
but if the shouting that l hear here is
an Indication of your feelings. | do not
think it will be necessary for me to come
back here. l have promised l would
not make any appointments until after
election, but will break that promise
and appoint each of you a missionary to
go to work until election day."
The train then crossed to Illinois, Mr.
Bryan's native state. Here Mr.. Bryan
spoke to more than 1000 persons When
MIR. Bryan's Moline speech was conclud-
ed, the people made rush to shake his
hand and those who could not get near
enough seemed just as happy to shake
hands with Mrs. Bryan. big bunch
of roses had been thrust into Mrs. Bry-
ans hand and these she began to dis
tribute to the pushing enthusiasts. This
caused the scramble to become wilder
and it was in progress when the train
drew out from Moline.
In his speech at Moline Mr.. Bryan
said he was especially gratifled to find
80 many people assembled in manu-
featuring town where SO large q proper
ton OF the population were known as
laboring men. He believed with all his
heart that the restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
would be of benefit to all the common
people He was willing to submit the
question to the laboring men themselves,
but WAS not willing to submit it to thoss
people who said free coinage would be
good for them and yet were not willing
to be benefited fer fear the laboring
man would suffer.
Halifax, August 9.-One of the hearth
est welcomes Mr.. Bryan has received on
his trip was given at Bureau. The
cheers were continuous. Mr.. Bryan made
few remarks from the rear Of the train.
Ia OF holt l.
this country a more Democratic platform
than the enc adopted at Chicago. 1t sets
fourth the policies of the Democratic
party and l believe these policies will
commend themselves to the common peo-
pie of the United States. Gentlemen, if
you III this county will give the electoral
ticket us large vote as I know you will
give your candidate for governor, John
2. Altgeld, we will be satisfied
Ottawa was extremely hearty in it's
greeting to Mr. Bryan. More than a
thousand people formed the audience and
in response to their loud opportunities,
Mr.. Bryan made few remarks. He
said: In this campaign the publican
platform declares in favor of the mainte-
nance of the gold standard until foreign
nations take pity on our condition and
come TO our rescue. The Democratic
platform declares its unalterable opposit-
ion to the gold standard and declares
in favor of the immediate restoration of
the free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the present ratio of is
to without waiting for the consent of
any other nation. 1t is not difficult to
determine on which side you stand.
Rememb Der that the Republicans do
not say that the gold standard is a good
thing. They dare not say it. The misery
that has cursed every country where it
has been tried proves that it is not good
| and no party in this country ever de-
Tended it. The Republican party, with
out daring to say it Ia good dares to say
that the American people must suffer
from 1t until some other governments
will help US to get rid of it. We appeal
| to the people capable of governing
| themselves whether they will determine
their own financial policy for their own
benefit OF submit to policy which 9th er
nations think we ought to endure. 7
am willing to risk the question there /"
At Chicago.
| Chicago, August SIN the sultry
heat OF night, half a hundred thousand
men and women crowded the streets of
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