The sun., 1896-08-11

ana. The Boy Orator got down on the steps and
Kripped tho hand Of everybody that came.
Sometimes half dozen laid hold Of his hand at
once. They yelled "speech. :" and the first part
of the 3oo-mile speech that he hnd with him
was let loose. More properly speaking II was q
32o-mile speech, for It stretched from Fort
Wayne to Pittsburgh, with about seventy ave
miles of blank In It. He said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen; The newspaper mon
arc not up, and promised not 70 talk until they
got up
"ol,. they're here" shouted somebody in the
crowd.
II .mean those on the train" said tho Boy
Orator and then he went on:
"a h,Sve been talking too much OF late, as you
can zee by my voice. wish you would lot me
on Tie wever. will say am informed that
there Ia quite likelihood of something of an
audlen, e In Now York and must talk to them.
All aal. you TO do 10 TO study the issue, and
when y,uu have made up your mind support
the polio US that arc best for tho country"
An old man with long whiskers rushed mp.
grabbed , NE hand of the orator, and said:
THANK God have lived long enough to
shake han, b with the next President Of the
United stat es.'
Tho Boy o u. tor was about to proceed with his
speech when tk,o train moved again. and he
clambered up tho steps. "Hurrah for Bryant"
yelled tho GRO, vi. "Good-by, willie." cried q
zee us again" tChe train was Just gathering
headway when man rushed up and pressed An
old horseshoe In the hands Of the Boy Orator.
Z" 1t will bring " u luck" sale he.
Bryan took It Turning. he remarked with
emile:
THAT makes tb Q fourth lucky horseshoe, and
I've got twenty ra Wits feet and any number Of
sprlgs OF four-leaf clovers."
He carefully hun e tho horseshoe over the spot
H., hnu yh ha rtad
TO stand to greet the crowd during tho day.
Naples came next in twenty minutes. and
tventy.seven person o ali told gathered. Twenty
OF thom were womei l. Tho Boy Orator rushed
out and shook hands. Ladies and gentlemen"
he said and at that II ,convenient point the train
moved or. Next W, v Monroeville. where tho
crowu nun oereu h indred. The Boy Orator
'oeE. 5h '2 Riir kfr his noane ono old lady. a. che
erasped and held both Ms hands
Let CO." cried half dozen others who were
awns their nd dr,n the oid lazy o Ss
next sn,tion was Dixon. There we're eleven gath
5sd S9a ned m %ss
"oh, BiS."sHeiio Biily." nd as the train pulled
eSo of itSPpfS willie 'neF'
VanW ert was the first tmportent station in
Ohio al about 900 people had gathered there
at the st,tion. 1t was now about : o'clock. AS
the train came TO a stop the 800 pressed up and
let nss shake his paw 10 st once" said an
old man. cushing his way up: There wns 3
aloof while tile Others pr sse ID forward to grip
the hand Of the n orator ?!sar % this this modest: s
him through the crowd sal.i: 1-,.,.,
:" Mr.. Bryan. this Is our ltaror lwtsh to In |
The modest-look:ng man blushed and shook |
of. Middleport came next In order That Isn't !
much OF place, but long row OF farmers
were about 100 men on the platform. There
was just time for every man Of the 100 to grasp
the hand Of tho orator when the' train moved on
Next came Delphns. There ,Ssro $50 there.
was at breakfast when the towl. was reached.
He let his eggs get Geld and rus led out to the
etsoT thers WAS crSsh The patf,rm SSa That 'f had
heen built fell With its load Of ,!inety persons,
VAS vase calm M Raising has hands, he said: ''"A
Keep still; keep etll."
It took a few minutss to pull tScm out. and
lhen the Boy Orator add gravely. IF you come
ssea and
FoT ell! sad o. the ss
Ps 1us glad f YOU @ deeply
the issues of this campaign: | want You to
them vose for poces aeS you
slider are the best for the county.
porter Tss train S"sss sss
berth slip and dislocated his arm. Elida. eight
bss he in
he came ont exclaiminC Us there anybody
hsa ss er at a The
lis this man Billy BrSan?" yelled the first
lit is" said the Boy Orator. calmly. and he
Amt it wearing little on the flesh. Billy ?"
II is" n.sontei Mr.. Bryan.
The third man gave him grip that made
1t to him. looking very much disappointed. said:
sa1w s1'a DEN ,.is sDs srP RsT Bt
have had a great many OF them. and they are a
bit weary" and the train moved on again:
was big crowd there. 1t probably numbered
SSE train s1 " ss .RsFe Ne s,Inn EslIt Of
rah ior Bryan". wsh see @ @ en 'fi in The wMte
to This; his wio Mary . con- s hers lea anu 'A''so
Mrs. BRYAN stepped nv IDS side. and for the
next ten minutes her lAsnd and his were nearly
Why don't You say somea hing ?" some one
sE"H'eti "wnd ,bIH T,ihs is ohin., pnh ~ 'a'0
v"rS We A we'll y@qn be ueky il you get to New
ins and hauling and crushing each other. and
Mr.. Bryan remarked:
the nolis on election day Ri be happy" ~
When you get there, Willie. well be with
other. FIN an old soldier. and | want to shase
hands with yon. Billy" - Don't let then. 81
lows down TO New York scare you." ,aid
1t does beat all how many old soldiers there
are in these crowds" commented the Boy Or
ator.
This here is the people for t ae people" came
a voice. shake nands with the Cleveland
Postmaster" said another. ms ne Postmaster of
Lima stenped up. Speech speech" cried the
crowd The Boy Orator spilled another bit of
the 300-mile speech. He said:
I'm obliged TO you for coming out and I'm
glad to see so many more silver people here than
Grip Bill" interrupted a stalwart. horny
handed man. Give us your fist" said another, |
just as the train moved an.
w. W. Durbin. the Chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State Committee. and Robert ID. Garden.
q mem Der of the Notification Committee OF tho
Democrats party, boarded the train at Lima.
They got the Boy Orator aside and hold him
until Lafayette was reached. There he shook
hands again, and had got no more than half
through with the crowd when the train moved
At Ada there was q crowd OF a couple OF hun
dred Two years ago the Roy Orator made q
speech there. He was introduced by Prof. Lehr
OF the school, which is the chief institution OF
Ada. as man who was going to be President.