The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 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 a Most
Diplomatic Way.

or the city hail square In Jacksonville
about the gaiy decorated speakers stand
which had been built near the north end,
was densely crowded when. at oclock,
William j. Bryan began to speak this at
ternoon. The ovation given him was one
os 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 q number of yellow ribbons scattered
through the crowd but they were IN the
minority. Mr.. Bryan was introduced by
Judge o. 3. Thompson in a short fiatter
Ms speech, and when he took the stand
to speak, he was cheered wildly. He said
in part:
1T is especially gratifying to find so
many willing to turn out on this occa-
sion when 1 come back to the city which
was for many years my home. 1t is graf
flying again to meet he friends 1 used
to know. 1 come back as the representa-
tive Of a great principle, as the champion
OF a 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 100000 people
have to bow their knees to foreign ma
tions and bend their necks to a foreign
yoke, 1 can not expect those people to
vote for me this year. because / do not
believe that we should submit ourselves
to foreign dictation.
The Foremost Issue.
The national parties declared the money
question to be the paramount issue Of the
campaign, and those boiling democrats
who went over to help the republicans
without having the courage to call them
money question was the paramount is
sue and yet our opponents, when they
fpd themselves divided on this question,
vixen they find themselves unable 20
meet the argument in favor of bimetal-
lism, when they find themselves unable
to convince the American people that our
finances are safest when in the hands
Of syndicates, now turn to the people Of
this country and say that the election of
the Chicago ticket is a menace to our
form of government. We are prepared
to meet our enemies on any battlefield
but 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
lean 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 415 p. m.
En- Route 10 Chicago.
Alton, H., Oct. 26.-There were four
short stops made by Mr. Bryan between
Jacksonville and Alton. AT Rcodhouse,
A7here a hve-minute stop was made,
good sized assemblage among which
there was a liberal sprinkling 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 at
each stop he made. He spoke on the
money question, using many OF the same
arguments as employed by him before.
where he will address an audience in
time to leave that place by 800 in the
morning
Bloomington will hear the candidate at
1880 tomorrow, and after an hours stop
he VIII speak at Pontiac. and then at
DWIGHT, Braidwood. Joliet and Lamont,
and will arrive in Chicago at $3.50 p. m.
RECOMMENDATION In the Chapel.
Jacksonville, H., oct. 26.-Perhaps the
ncsiest demonstration ever given any
one in the chapel of Illinois college was
the one accorded to William Jennings
Bryan this morning by the students Of his
alma mater. His address, while it was
defense of the double standard theory of
0pance. was so automatically given that
no student could take offense. The same
simple exercises in which Bryan par.ici-
pated for six years as student were
gone through with this morning. John f.
Bradley, president of Illinois college, pre-
sided. The exercises opened with reading
of the Scriptures by DR.. Bradley respon-
sive reading, Bible lesson and prayer by
DR.. T. P. Carter, professor of natural SCI
ences. Then DR.. Bradley made a short IN
tIoductory address, saying that OF the
distinguished alumni of Illinois college
who had reflected honor upon that instl-
tuition no one had ever stood In such pub
lie distinction as the guest OF this morn
ing. He said that, with the duties and
engagements which press so heavily upon
the distinguished visitor 1t was notewor-
thy that ne should pause and turn aside
for a little visit to the scene OF his old as
sociations, to greet his old friends and
permit them to greet him. and to lay his
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