The herald., 1896-08-09
much gratified to f,nd. so many people

! ing, and am especially gratified to fin
those people assembled in manufactui
ing towns, where so large proportio
, of the population are what are known o
laboring men. If our cause does not ben
eft those who toll, then we have no righ
to ask for its adoption by the America
people. 1 believe with all my heart tha
the restoration of the free and unlimite
coinage of gold and silver, at the.pres
ent legal ration offs to /, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any othe
nation on earth, will be of benefit to al
of the people of the United States. Whel
our opponent-comes and speaks to th
laborng man and tries to warn hin
against the restoration of silver, wan
the laboring man to submit this Sugge5
ton to them-that they let the laborint
men themselves tell what is good foi
them and not have others speak fol
them. A petition was filed in congress
a little more than year ago, signed by
the leaders of all thetlabor organizations
of prominence in the United States, and
that petition, after describing the evil
effects of demonet tiZation, asked for the
restoration of gold and silver at 16 to 1.
l would be willing to submit this ques-
ton TO the laboring men themselves, but
l am not willing TO submit it to those
people who say that free coinage will be
good for them, but that they are not
willing to be benefited, for fear the la
boring man will suffer. All 1 ask of you
| is that you study this question, and
| when you make up your mind what
ought to be done. go and do it, remem-
bering that in the United States the bal
lot is given for your own use, for your
own protection, and that no man can
tell YOU how you shall use it,
Mr. Bryans hands were given active
employment until the train drew away
from the struggling crowd 1t was
noticeable that this large crowd, esti-
mated at 5000, was composed largely of
working men and their families. AS
Mr.. Bryan climbed back to the car after
his Moline speech he was heard to re-
mark: And they say the working men
are not with us"
At LaSalle 1000 people surrounded the
train. Mr.. Bryan.here manifested dis
inclination to continue the handshakiny
ordeal, although he grasped the hands
of a few who crowded about him, and
Mrs. Bryan, with the evident intention
of tightening the candidates work, also
shook hands with a few. At Ottawa
5000 citizens Were surging around the
platform. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were es-
corted by a Gordon of police through the
crowd to a platform, from which Mr.
Bryan spoke He discussed the issues
of the campaign with considerab BILE free
dom and was frequently applauded. The
Republican party, he asserted, did not
uphold the gold standard as a good
thing, but simply declared that 'the
American people must suffer from it un-
til some other government will help us
to get rid of it."
Mr.. Bryan addressed his arguments
to "a people capable of governing them
Selves
The towns of Marseilles, Seneca, Nor
ris and Minoka turned out large per-
centage of their citizens, and all seemed
eager to applaud every utterance of the
candidate.
When Joliet was reached at 6:15 pm.
there We're 5000 or 1000 shouting people.
Mr. Bryan spoke to them briefly.
At Joliet the Chicago reception COM
mittee of 103 members, occupving threa
coaches, had their cars put on the the
train.
At Monkena, Findlay park and Blue
Island the train made short stops and
each of the suburban stations of Chica-
go had its quota of citizens at the depot
though they merely heard cheering as
the train glided past
At Englewood there was a momentary
stop.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. S.-Long before the
hour arrived which had been announced
for the coming of the Bryan party, the
streets in front of the Clifton house,
from the balcony of which Mr. Bryan
was to deliver his brief address to the
people, was crowded with a dense
throng. The open windows of the ada
cent building were filled and even the
superstructure of the l. road on the
Wabash avenue side of the hotel was
filled with scores of people. The crowds
below surged and sweltered in the heat
and manifested considerable good ma
tured impatience at the delay in the pro-
ceedings owing to the non-arrival of the
guest of the evening.
At last when S:35 had arrived, Mr.. Bry-
an finally appeared and was greeted
with immense cheering from the multi
tude. The party had been escorted to
the hotel by the Cook County March
ing club and the police had much diff
Guilty making a way for the carriage
drawn by four white horses, to the en-
trance of the hotel on Madison street
After brief interval Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared on the balcony.
Mr.. w. j. Strong, chairman of the re-
ception committee, appeared with Mr..
Bryan and delivered h brief welcoming
address. When the applause had sub
sided Mr.. Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman Ladies and Gentle
men; | have no language, fellow citi-
zens that will express the emotions ex-
cited by this, the most remarkable dem
onstration that / ever Witnessed In no
other country can the people take up
private citizen and make him their in
strument to accomplish their will. When
L see this assemblage tonight and when
[ remember what the newspapers say
L am reminded of what one of our
friends said. that there was nobody on
our side except the people, and as look
into the faces of these people and re-
member that our enemies call them a
mob and say that they are a menace to
free government, l ask who shall save