The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31
JAM AT PORTLAND.
Long Industrial Parade-Fruitless At
temnt to Annoy Gen. HnrriSOn.

On the way to Portland the party was
entertained by the Gold Bug Glee Club,
of Winchester, which has become, with it's
original songs, one of the most famous cam
paign musical organizations of the State. A
momentary stop was made at RidSeville,
where General Harrison bowed his ac
acknowledgements to several hundred people
who had gathered at the station.
Portland was scheduled for the longest
stop of the day and the event was made
a general rally for all that section A tent
holding eight thousand people had been
provided for the meeting, but not one third
of the crowd could get into it, In the morn
ing there industrial parade that
stretched out over four miles of road 1t
was very much like similar parades that
had been encountered during the day, with
it's long lines of cavalry, decorated floats
and everywhere plenitude of yellow bunt-
ing. In the afternoon S. n. Chambers
spoke to the crowd in the tent, which was
packed within and surrounded by an i'm
mense crowd without. Though these people
all held their places, it looked as though
twenty thousand people had come down to
the station, for the wide street was Il solid
jam of people for six or seven blocks and
it was with the greatest difficulty that Gen
Harrison's carriage was forced through.
Before the arrival of the train an unfor-
tunate scheme of the silver Democrats got
some of them into trouble. hundred
young men with Bryan badges were sent
to the station to close i'll behind the train
and cheer for Bryan when General Harri-
son appeared. They let go a few cheers
about ten minutes before the train arrived
and then the vast multitude closed in upon
them with rush of such momentum that
they We're nearly squeezed to death and
three or four of them tainted. They were
carried from the crowd and interruption
of the proceedings attempted.
A burst of tremendous cheering and wav-
ing of hats started at the car when General
Harrison appeared and it waved along the
crowd far could be seen up the street
The multitude slowly followed after the
carriage as it moved out to the open field
where the tent was pitched and people were
found packed for fifty yards around it. Fin
ally General harrison and party succeeded
III reaching the stand. The General was in
troduced by the county chairman, j. c. l..
McAdams.
The Ex-President's Speech.
General harrison spoke at some length
and with great earnestness, taxing UP in
turn each OF the important issues OF
the campaign and discussing them. He
said.
My EelIOW-citIZenS-l speak IN Il county
that lett in II very nisn ueSfee the ue-
Veiopments the increase III population and
in wealth which mas come from the recent
discovery gas and OIL. The cILect or
these IningS haas not been monopolIzed by
the town. Every FARMER in jay county Is
the richer, his farm Is worth more per
acre: ne mas IA better market Tor what he
raises, because he mas a larger nome mar
keI and it is possible Tor Nun to sell from
his own wagon more tnan ne could ever
sell before III mis- lie. he is not required
as his father was, TO haul the yieid OF
his Held forty, nifty or one hundred miles
10 some water course or to some mill where
ne could dispose Oh il and bring back I'm
his own wagon the proceeds OF H. wnicn
was inrrequently barrel or possibly
two barrels OF salt
The essential thing TO prosperity is that
we shall have u condition or things that
touches everybody. And / beg TO say to
you to-day that the policies which the he
publican party mas advocated and the policy
which IL now advocates has just that ten
dency. The man who says that we have
favored trusts. that we have promoted the
interest of capital as against the laDoring
man and the farmer Is guilty of Il SANDER
and one that is rebuked by the experience
of the men who hear me this afternoon. III
l should ask any Democrat In this
audience when the times We're most pros-
porous In his memory he would be com
PEELED to say they were most prosperous
Under Republican administration, lie