The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-06
Spoke to Crowd of 10000 Last
Night at Milwaukee.
BUT THE RAIN INTERFERED
And He Was Compelled to Cut
His Remarks Short.
THE CROWD WAS DISAPPOINTED
a Number of Other Short SpeeChes
Were Made During the Day on
The Way From Chicago
to Milwaukee.


Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. 5.-Five min
rte speeches and thousands OF hama
clapping and more or less enthusiasm
constituted the incidents attending
the trim of VIM. j. Bryan from Chicago
to this city this morning.
There were short stops at Waukegah,
Kenoshe and Hapine, and the nominee
smoke to crowds of hundreds at each
place. The party left Chicago at $40
and arrived here at 11:45.
At the depot at Chicago, there We're
less than a hundred to see Mr.. Bryan
off and a small sized cheer went up as
the train pulled out. The first stop
was made at Waukegan, where about
700 people gathered about the car ana
demanded a speech from Mr.. Bryan
He was introduced by the chairman
of the Democratic Central committee
as the next Democratic President.
Mr.. Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: j have not
time to make a speech, but | am very
glad to see YOU whether you are drawn
here by what opposing papers call
idle curiosity or by interest IN che
cause being presented IN TINS cam
paign. / am inclined to believe there
is great deal of idle interest among
the people on both sides OF this ques-
ton. Some believe the success OF the
free silver cause would be very detf1-
mental to the country.
ssThev OF course are earnestly OPP
Dosed to us. Others believe that there
can be no general return of prosper1-
ty to the people of the United States
until we stop the appreciation of mon
.ey by giving the people more stand
ard money. Tt is not for one man TO
say how another shall think or act or
vote. but / believe we have right 10
urge upon you the Importance OF stu
diving the question for yourselves and
not allowing any body to think Tor
you.
ST do not believe there is any class
of people who can safely be entrusted
with the right to think and act for
another class. The ballot is given TO
citizens in order that each citizen may
make his vote his representative, not
what anybody else may think and
want himself. / simply ask you, dur
ing the days which intervene between
now and election day, to study the
issues presented in this campaign and
when YOU have made up your minds
have the courage to vote as you please
and no one can question your right to
do it. I thank YOU" applause and
cheers
There was a loud cheer for the nom
inee when Mr.. Bryan had finished and
then some one proposed three cheers
for Mckinley and about half the
crowd gave them with will. These
were followed by return cheers for
the Democratic nominee which con-
tinued until the train pulled out.
A SPEECH AT KENosHE.
Kenoshe was the next stop and a
thousand people We're waiting for the
candidate. Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t is natural
that in a country like this, where all
power eminates from the people and
officers are chosen by the people, that
they should feel an interest in public
issues and campaigns through which
they pass. When a time comes when
some great question forces itself to the
front, the interest is deepened, and we
have reached such a time. Often it is
a matter of comparatively little impor-
tance whether an issue be for the peo-
pie to settle this year or next or a
few years in the future, but there are
times when great results depend on
one campaign and we have reached
such a time.
"The money question has been forced
upon the attention of the people by
those who are not satisfied with the
gradual appreciation of the dollar, but
have sought to hasten the issue. 1t
certainly has been too rapid before, for
the welfare of the people, but those
who were beneficiaries cf the apprecia-
ton of the dollar were not salts
fed and attempted ID hasten its rise
by action still more hostile to the
white metal. They have not been con-
tent to let the people have an increased
volume of money, but they secured the
repeal of the Sherman law and put
nothing in it's place and then began
to issue bonds because hard times had
made it impossible to invest money
in enterprises. Property was falling
and when property is falling people
DO not want to invest in property.
They want TO invest in money and then
money was idle and they could not
find profitable investments in enter
prlses, some wanted to draw good inter-
est on il and have safe investments. In
my judgment those who wanted a safe
investment and wanted government
bonds issued were, to a large extent
responsible for the result. In our
platform we have declared against the
issue of bonds in times Of peace. When
you come to consider these questions
the interest of the people who must
pay taxes which pays the bonds should
be considered rather than the people
who desire to profit by taxation, wrung
from people already overburdened.
We knew when we put the clause in
our platform against the issue of bonds