Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-07
BRYAN IN INDIANA.
nc Hurrics Along, With Same Old Story for
Crowds Of 1000 to 10000.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct 6-Mr Bryan
reached New Albany at $40 A. Nj.
Four silver gray horses drew the car
rage that bore Mr.. Bryan from the
station through Silver street to Silver
Grove, where between 600 and 1000 per-
| sons had assembled Fifteen white
roses, representing the Is electoral
votes of Indiana, were presented to Mr.,
Bryan by the lady clerks of the New
| Albany post office" Mr. Bryan spoke
IN favor of the free coinage of silver.
| 1t was raining when Mr. Bryan
reached Scllcrsburg at O. Hats of o
golden hue were conspicuous among
the crowd of 1000 there, and a number
of people wore punches of golden rod
Mr.. Bryan asked how many in the
crowd believed the gold standard was
good thing. and up went score or
| more of hands He added:
Now l want you people who hold up
your hands to tell me why did the Re
| publican party pledge itself to get rid
| of the gold standard and substitute BIZ
inetallism as soon as foreign nations
Will help us to do it? Cloud cheering)
Now, you men who held up your hands
and said you thought a gold standard
| Is good thing, If the Republican party
| thought SO. why did not it have the
courage to say so and not declare III
mctalism is better than the gold
standard? (Cheers) Now hold up
some gold some of you who said the
gold standard was good thing"
Up went hand and in it was a gold
coin. Mr.. Bryan said that out of those
not exceeding two dozen who held up
their hands, one had gold He re
marked: we want standard that
furnishes the kind of money we want
We do not want to praise one kind of
money and never have d chance to see
it, We do not want mpney SO scarce
that a few financiers can corner that
money and then dole it out at such a
price as they Will" (Cheers)
Scottsburg. reached at 925, turned
out a good sized crowd aud Mr.. Bryan
talked again.
At Crothiersville Mr. BRYAN showed
himself on the platform and told the
people that he was glad to see them
but did not have time to make a
speech.
At Seymour, reached at 1015 A. Nj.
eX-Congressman Brown presented Mr.
Bryan 20 an audience Of 5000 assembled
in the City park. In his speech there
Mr.. Bryan said II want to call you,
attention to a portion Of the message
sent Congress by Mr.. Harrison wher
be was President in 1890, just after the
passage of the Sherman law. Prcsi-
dent Harrison in his message said
The enlargement of our currency by
the silver law undoubtedly gave an up
,,,.l i
marked effect on prices and this nat
ural and desired effect of the silver leg
isation was by many enormously at
trihuted to the tariff act
Three bands played Justify as the
Democratic candidate stepped off the |
train with Gov. Matthews at Column |
bus, at lie A. NJ. Nearly 10000 per-
sons had gathered in the rain in a 10,
adjacent to the station. Considerable !
difficulty was experienced by Mr.. Bry- |
an in forcing his way through the |
crowd to the temporary stand. where |
ne spoke.
AT Edinburgh. Mr.. Bryan said a few |
words to about 5000 persons. At Frank |
lin nearly 5000 persons were massed |
around the speakers platform, near
the track. Mr. Bryan made a brief adj
dress. in which he cited the annual re-
port of the secretary of agriculture
Hon. jeremiah Rusk, for 1880, to show
that under favorable legislation silver
rose and the prices Of products rose
with silver.
Mr. Bryan, accompanied by Gov
Matthews and other prominent In
dianans, reached indianapolis at LIS
this afternoon. He was escorted
through the streets to the Grand Hotel
by free silver clubs and other political
organizations Great crowds witnessed
his progress to the hotel and he was
cheered frequently. At the Grand
Hotel there was a big crush and the
throng cheered the nominee enthusi-
astically. After luncheon, Mr. Bryan
went to the state house, where he de-
livered an address.