The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-08
BILLY BRYAN'S
INDIANA CAMPAIGN
Second Day Of the Crusade Opened al
NObIesville.
WHERE THE GOLDEN ROD GROWS
The Silyerite Greeted by Many Vel.
low FIowers..He Quotes from the
Report of Secretary Rusk and Ad.
vances the Usual Silver Arguments.

Logansport, Ind, Oct. Nv. j. Bryan
left Indianapolis at S.l3 O'CLOCK TINS
morning on Pan Handle special train.
He arose at $50 feeling fresh and rest
ed, and took breakfast with Mayor
Taggart and Private Secretary Davis.
A big crowd was in waiting at the
Grand hotel, and when the candidate
appeared he was greeted with cheers
He was at once driven to the Union sta
tion. where another big crowd assem-
bled. AS the train pulled out there'
was a round of lusty cheers.
Noblesville witnessed the opening of
William j. Bryan's second day of CAM
paigning in Indiana. Noblesville Is
banner Republican town In a stalwart
Republican county. The Republicans
there had announced that they would
have golden rod parade" at the Bry-
an meeting. When the train arrived,
just as the clocks were striking nine,
the parade was not in evidence. but the
number of people who wore golden ROD
in the crowd of 5000 gathered at the
station was sufficiently large to be no.
ticeable.
Mr. Bryan's sympathizers We're num-
erous. however, and chered frequently.
Hon. Theodore p. Davis, chief justice
of the Indiana appellate court, intro
duced Mr.. Bryan.
In his speech Mr.. Bryan brought in
ex-President Harrison and contrasted
his attitude on silver now and when
he was in the White House. He said:
SILVER LEGISLATION.
The report filed by Secretary Rusk
in 1895 shows the effect of silver leg
islation on the price Of product, and
also adds that the rise in the price
of silver has raised the price
of farmers products. IL ris..
ing prices with the farmer We're good
then, they are good now You did not
hear at that time, this talk about
rising prices hurting the laboring men.
You have a distinguished citizen here
in this state who was president during
the time when Mr.. Rusk sent in his
report and in the one of December.
lS93 President Harrison sent mes
sage to Congress in which he used
these words: The enlargement of our
currency by the silver bill undoubt-
edly gave an upward tendency to
trade, and had marked effect on prices.
But this natural and desired effect of
the silver legislation was by many err
roneOusly attributed to the tariff act. y
There he went 50 far as to put aside
those who attempted to credit the Nc
Kinley bill with the effect that had
come, and attributed that effect to sill
Yer. and yet when we say that legisla-
tion can affect the price of silver they
say we don't understand anything
about the subject. (Great cheeringD
If we had never known anything about
the subject we could find out a great
deal about it by reading those speeches
made few years ago by Republicans.
which they are sorry now they ever
made" loud cheering)
Cicero. heard the candidate for q
minute and the next stop was at Tip
ton, reached at $40, where between 5000
and 5000 people had assembled. To
avoid the, ,surging crowd the local COM
mittee had to take Mr.. Bryan through
On stable filled with horses to reach the
public square where the speaking took
place. Several hundred wagons and
carriages were drawn up on the out
skirts of the crowd gathered in an open
field where Mr.. Bryan delivered a
speech. At Kokomo the assemblage was
large, numbering probably 1000. Me-
kinley sentiment was strong, many
persons in the audience wore yellow
slips of paper similar to those Mr..
Bryan saw at places in West Virginia,
each bearing the name of the Republi-
can candidate. and there We're cheers
for Mckinley all around the route taken
by Mr.. Bryan from KokomO Junction
where the train hailed, to the speaking
ground. several hundred yards distant.
The audience was fairly enthusiastic.
Logansport, Ind, Oct. I'm his
speech at kOkOmO, he said:
Il want to submit for your considera-
tion few propositions which | think
are entitled to your careful study For
years We have been trying to obtain a
direct issue on the money question, but
we have failed until this year. This
year the money question is the para
mount issue and people are studying 1t
as they have not studied it before Let
me ask you two questions. if you are
Republicans, that you ought to think
over now from now on until election
day.
IF the gold standard is a good thing
for the American people why is it that
the Republican party have pledged
themselves to get rid of the gold stand
ard. If the gold standard is not good
enough to keep. then, my friends, is 1t
not bad enough for us to get rid of it.
If the distress which followed the gold
standard could not touch the hearts of
those Republicans who met at st. Louis
and wrote the platform, how do you ex-
pect your distress to touch the hearts
of people who live in foreign lands and
have no interest in our welfare
(Cheers) The fact is, my friends, that
the men who wrote the Republican
platform never intended that this III
tion shall have bimetallism.'