The Irish standard., 1896-07-25
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~ Grand Ovation Given Him Il al y
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!. slLVERY !. WORDS ron ALL ~ IEETs
Enthusiasts Crowds Greet Him 4;
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st.BJoseph, Mr., July 1s.-At every sta
ton between Kansas City and st. Joseph
yesterday there were crowds of citizens
who cheered Mr.. Bryan on his way to
Lincoln.
&. AT each place Mr.. Bryan shook hands
with the enthusiastic people. 1t was
1890 o'clock when the train reached st.
Joe where between 5000 and 1000 people
were at the railway station to meet the
train Bearing the free silver orator. When
the train stopped, Mr.. Bryan was met by
A. J. Enright T.. H. Doyle, +. =. y emo
wine and G.. F. Cochran, editor. of the st.
Joe Gazette who escorted him to a plat
form that had been erected for the. ean anu,
date to speak from. The crowd cheered
with marvellous enthusiasm. Every tele-
graph pole, railway train, building and
elevation Of any sort was crowded with
people anxious to see and hear Mr.: Brya1l'
speak 'f'sI.adies and Gentlemen: l belleVe
that this is a larger crowd than we naa
when we had our silver meeting here last
November. don't know whether to re-
gard it as an evidence that the silver
cause has grown since last November.
iApplause) have been very much graft
fed to find the interest which the people
are taking in this campaign: am not
vain enough to assume that these demon
STATIONS are intended as a personal COM
pliment "a voice, yes, they are.')
Mr.. Brya11--Or rather as the indication
of that respect that we find in the hearts
Of the American people for our govern
ment and those who for the Tune pelng
stand as the representative OF our gov
eminent and those who aspire to positions
of prominence in the administration OF
the government. I say it is a sign OF that
respect for government, and my Iflenos,
whenever think Of government, THINK
Of the words Of Andrew Jackson, that It's
evil exist only in it's abuses. Government
when it is what 1t ought to be, when 1t is
what the people desire that 1t should be,
is a blessing without alloy, and it is our
duty as citizens to compel the love OF our
government by every citizen by making
the government SO good that the people
will not only love it, but will be willing
to lay down their lives that ii may be per-
petuated to posterity. (Applause) When
we declare against some law as unjust,
when we criticise policy it must not be
considered an attack upon, the govern
ment, and yet there are some who would
FORM and every person who seeks to re-
form, and every person who seeks TO
change a bad custom.
st say there are those who could de-
nounce every one such as an agltator or
disturberl of the public peace. l notice
there were several platforms in some or
our states which declared against the agi-
tation Of the money question. Why, the
man who denounces agitation denounces
the principles that underl;e our form OF
government and the only methods of re-
dress left to a free people. (t4reat ap-
plause. Agitation is the only means by
which policies can be brought before the
ton upon any subject, they must remem-
bel. that agitation has its cause and the
cause is in an abuse and the only way to
remove agitation is to remove the ABUSE
and give people no just cause for COM
plant. This agitation of the money q1es-
ton arises out Of a vicious system OF
finance that has not had in view the well
fare Of the great masses Of the people, a
system of finance which has allowed
few to gain an unjust advantage over
the many. and the result OF agitation is
to restore the gold and silver coinage Of
the constitution to place silver back by
the side of gold as one of the money met
ais Of this country. (Great applause).
"But I am not here to discuss political
questions. 1t is hard to. talk at this time
without touching upon that subject which 4
is uppermost in the minds of our citizens,
and desire simply on this occasion to
express the qualification which I feel in
the presence of SO large a number Of peo-
pie and to leave with you that advice
which feel it is the duty Of each Of us
to leave with each other, the advice that
the people, not few, fear the RESPONSE
bilities which rest upon citizens. The Of,
fee to which I aspire is an office which
carries with it great responsibilities. I
realize it and yet not those who hold Of
fee alone bear responsibility. Every cit
izen, in a nation like this has responsible
position and if our citizens would but
study their government, if they would
but study the issues presented and then
go forth to do their duty, each one deter
mined to make himself worthy of that
greatest Of all names. an American cit
izen,. the responsibilities of these who!
stand in official positions would be re-
duced, because they would have back of
them a. people who would second every
good effort and criticise when the official
goes wrong, as we'll to commend when he
does we'll know not what will be the
result Of this campaign; 1t rests with
.Rut I want to assure you that if by
your SURFACES am elevated to the high:
est honor within the gift Of man, shall
be as anxious that you criticise me if ];
you shall stand by me when I give ,ex-
preston to the wishes of the common
people of the United States.' Great APP 1
plause and cheering.)
When this speech ended Mr.. Bryant
shook hands with a large number Of the:
aSSSIlU1Cu ClllLStlS. Willie Tic 81. joe UdllQ
played the ''Star Spangled Banner AS
the train pulled out there was another
shout and waving. of handkerchief, hats
and flags. When the, train stopped at the.
water tank just north of st. Joe a thou
sand people, who, on account Of the crush,
had not been able to get near enough toll
hear him speak at the depot, were loudly
calling for the candidate to come out and
make an address There was not time
enough for speech and Mr. Bryan sat 1
isfied them by shaking hands with all who
We're within reach Of the platform OF the
car.
There was regular western reception
fol-. Mr.. Bryan at the little town OF Rulo, i
which stands just across the border from
Kansas. It was the first Nebraska town
passed on the route. Ks the train pulled !
into the station u Bryan club Of about|
fifty members, each 8of whom had
double arrelled shot gun, was lined along
the track and they fired off salute which
sounded like regiment offcowboys shoot
Ing up q frontier settlement.
Every one of the 500 inhab itants Of the
village was at. the depot, and they had a
brass band and the depot was decorated
with flags and bunting. Across the end
Of The station in large letters of red, |
white and blue was written, = elcorne |
Home, William J. Bryan q big brawny
blacksmith carried a banner. on one side |