The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16

Yesterday.
Louisville, Sept. 15.--Hon. William j.
Bryan left Louisville this morning ut 7 80
for the Blue Grass region of Kentucky
and made speeches en- route at LA Grange,
Eminence, Versailles, Midway and Lex
ington, completing the days speaking at
Maysvilie, Ky.
The first speech made from the plat
form OF the car was Mt La Grange and in
it Mr.. Bryan asked the people to take ia
terest in she campaign, which it's impor-
lance Justified. He was cheered and ap-
plauded wildly by the zoo people present.
at Eminence it had started to rain, but
l,0O0 0tizens OF Henry county had Gocked
about speakers stand, to which Mr..
Bryan was taken. Here he gave a ten
inmate speech, devoting himself for the
greater part to answering the statement
made by his opponents that in conse-
quence of the much greater production of
silver than gold, the white metal had de-
preciated in valS,e. He admitted that the
production Of silver had been three times
IS great in the last twenty years, but he
said that in the last five years the produc-
'tion of gold had increased moro rapidly
than the production Of silver and that the
gold price of silver bullion had fallen
more than III any other time. He said
that the price of silver was affected by
the laws of supply and demand, and that
when the United States repealed the Sher-
man law and slipped the purchase of 3D.
O0O,O ounces of silver per year that il
decreased the price of silver because it
lessened the demand fori it,
During his speech the. rain began to fall
in torrents and Mr.. Bryan told his audi
ence that it would be cruel to them to
have them stand in the rain, but imme-
diately there were shouts for him to 20
on, rain or no rain.
The rain was still falling when the
train pulled into the little hamlet of Bag
dad, and but small crowd dared the
storm to look at the candidate. In this
crowd was IL young lady, who with some
temerity looked ut Mr.. Bryan and said:
My name is Bryan and my folks are
from Culpepper county, Va. am told
that am your cousin.'
81 am glad to meet you, - answered Mr..
Bryan with his best smile, ''and think
If ;! secure the vote of all my kin folks 1
Will have pretty respectable showing. ~
This was the last stop before Frankfort
was reached, where the candidate was
billed to speak half hour.
In his speech Mt Frankfort Mr.. BRYAN
emphasized his statements of last night,
that those who did not believe in the free
coinage of silver, Democrats or Republi-
cans, should vote the straight Republican
ticket. The rain was falling in torrents
when the train pulled into Frankfort and
Mr.. Bryan was conducted to the platform
Ill the courthouse square under umbrellas
which were knocked aside every minute
by the efforts of his Southern admirers to
grasp him by the hand. During his speech
OF fifteen minutes the rain continued to
pour down, but his audience of 1900 peo-
pie stood in the wet and yelled for him to
go on.
AT Midway, where Mr.. Bryan arrived
from Frankfort at 11:30 n. m, the party
left the special car for another on the
Cincinnati Southern railway and made
the short trip to Versailles in the latter.
1t was raining hard when Midway was
reached, but quite crowd gathered there
unmindful of the wetting. The people
wanted speech and made frequent i'm
potunities, but Mr.. Bryan decided that
the atmosphere was too damp for talking
and went away without gratifying his eX-
pectant admirers.
Versailles was reached Mt 1890 Mr.
Bryan was met at the station by band
and number of horsemen, who escorted
him to the residence of Senator Black
burn. On The way he made short
speech from stand erected in the center
of the principal street. 1t was raining
all the time he spoke, but he held his 500
auditors. A large party were entertained
at Senator Blackburn's residence. Open
house was kept and everybody was asked
inside. At 80 Mr.. Bryan, Senator
Blackburn and the others of the Yer
sailles party returned to the special train
and proceeded to Lexington, where they
arrived at 2 p. m.
A SOUTHERN DEMONSTRATION.
Lexington, Ky, Sept. 15.-Kentucky
hospitality and Southern enthusiasm
were showered upon William Jennings
Bryan to day. The greatest demonstra-
tion rendered him in the South was at
Lexington, where he addressed from TO-
600 to 10000 people at the fair grounds.
A procession unique in it's character and
impressive to large degree, passed be.
fore him as he was on the speakers stand.
The farmers of the surroundig counties
got into Lexington early this morning
and came in a typical Southern way, rid
ing the entire distance on horseback.
While Mr.. Bryan was addressing the
audience, the horsenlen were seen enter
ing the gates Of the fair grounds, riding
in double file and carrying appropriate
Democratic campaign banners. 1t took
twenty-five minutes for the 90, 600 people
to file past the nominee and every one of
these tried to Guido his neighbor in veil
ing and cheering.
e Mr.. Bryan spoke to the farmers ard it
was a speech intended for farmers. He
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