The herald., 1896-07-18
Crowds Gather at Every Rail.
way Station
UNBoUNDED ENTHUSIASM
Is Stirred by the Eloquence Of the Cas-
dldate
His Arrival at Lincoln the Signal for .
Patriotic Outburst Worthy Of the
Great West
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wiro.
KANSAS CITY, July 17.-William J.
Bryan. with wife and family, resumed
his journey to Lincoln. Neb.. this
morning. The trip promises to be un-
eventful, as it is raining hard all along
the line in Missouri and Kansas.
ALONG THE ROUTE
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, July 17.-At every
station between Kansas City and 81
Joseph great crowds of citizens cheered
BRYAN. He shook hands with the en-
thusiastic people.
At 1890 the train reached St. Joseph,
where between 6OOO and 1000 people were
at the railway station. A. J. Enright.
DR.. T. II. Doyle, F. p. Yenowine and c.
F. Cochran, editor of the st. Joseph Ca
zette. escorted Bryan to a platform
erected for the candidate to speak from.
The crowd cheered with marvellous en-
thusiasm. Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 believe this
is a larger crowd than we had when we
had our silver meeting here last Novem-
Der. don't know whether to regard 1t
as an evidence of curiosity or as evil
dence that the silver cause has grown
since last November. (Applause.) I
have been very much gratified to fiId
the interest people are taking this cam
paign. 1 am not vain enough to assume
that these demonstrations are intended
as personal compliments. Voice, Yes.
they are.") Rather as an indication of
that respect we find in the hearts Of the
American people for our government
and those who for the time being stand
as representatives of our government
and those who aspire to positions of
prominence in the administration of that
government. say 1t is sign of that re-
spect for government, my friends. and
whenever l think of the government I
think of the words of Andrew Jackson.
that there are no necessary evils in gov
ernment; that its evils exist only In its
!, abuses. The government, when 1t is
what it ought to be, when 1t is what the
people desire it should be, Is a blessing
without alloy, and it is our duty as citi-
zons to compel the love of our govern
ment by every citizen by making the
= government so good that people WIN noe
only love 1t, but will be willing to lay
down their lives that 1t may be perpet-
uated to posterity. (Applause.) When
we declare against some law as unjust,
when we criticise policy, it must not be
considered as an attack upon the gov
ernment; and yet there are some who
would denounce every person who seeks
reform and every person who seeks to
change bad customs"
II say there are those who would de-
nounce every one of such as an agitator
or disturber of the public peace. no.
tice there were several platforms in
some of the states which declared
against the agitation Of the money ques-
tion. Why, the man who denounces agi-
tation denounces the principles that un-
derlie our form of government, and the
only method left to free people, Great
applause.)
Agitation is the only means by which
policies can be brought before the peo-
pie, and when the people denounce agi-
tation upon any subject they must re-
member agitation has its causes; the
cause is in an abuse and the only way to
remove the agitation is to remove the
cause and give the people no just cause
for complaint.
Il know not what will be the result
of this campaign. 1t rests with you,
but want to assure you that if by your
suffrages l am elevated to the highest
honor within the gift of man, I shall be
as anxious that you criticis9 me if I go
astray from duty as 1 am that you shall
stand by me when l give expression to
the wishes Of the common people of the
United States"
AS the train pulled, out there was an
other shout and waving Of hats and
flags.
NEARING HOME
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 1.-THE city is
crowded with people who are prepared
to welcome w. ]. Bryan home. Every
residence and building is gayly decorat-
ed. Visitors are expectNl to the number
of $4,000 before the presidential candi-
date arrives.
Governor HolcombJ Adjutant General
Barry. ]. A. Edgarton and other state
house Populists" have returned from
the Populist state convention at Grand
Island. They express themselves pleas
ed with the enormous majority for flu
sion in the convention and boldly say
that Chairman Taubeneck of the ma
tional Populist committee will do but
little in the way of staying the tide for
national fusion with the Bryan forces.
1t now looks as though Bryan and
party would have to take carriage two
miles from the depot as the whole, state
appears to be emptying into Lincoln and
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