The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-13
Where He Yesterday Resumed His
Confidence Game n Gathering
of workinEmen.
INSIDIOUS, DELUSIVE WORDS
INTENDED TO CATCH THE WAGE.
GARNER AND AGRICULTURIsT.
Three Speeches at ST. Louis at Night,
and a Fall with "a Platform
Sportsman's Park.


arrived in Kansas City at $50. and at the
depot were gathered early a thousand
workingmen, who surrounded the car and
awoke him Immediately A reception COM
mttee met the train at Leayenworth, but
did not wake the nominee. The working
men were from the car shops and the
packing houses. and they demanded
speech from Mr.. Bryan. From the rear
end of the platform he addressed them
as follows:
"Fellow-citizens-Thi is earlier than I
usually commence my morning speaking.
| am glad to be able to speak to you even
for a moment. Some of our opponents tell
stead of nints: That reminds me of the
man who said his horse would go all right
| il he could just get the wagon started.
cart before the horse. w Fuse is there
for mills unless people G buy what mills
produce, and how can you start them 5
long those who produce the wealth CT
this country, particularly the farmers, are
not able to get enough out of what they
raise to pay their taxes and interest? ZAP
plause.) There is no more effective way of
destroying thesmarkets for. what the mills
products the farmer has raised, that
they will not bring him enough to pay
There a report once filed by Mr..
MCKINLEY in 1890 along with the Mckinley
bill and that report declared that there
while there was depression in agriculture
there could be no prosperity anywhere.
It was true then and it is true to-day
that while there is depression in
agricultural products, there can be
no prosperity tb anyThere You You must
up through the other classes. You
cannot commence your prosperity at the
an the classes of society (Applause) You
gentlemen who live in this city, surround
there IS NO way Of 6pingn 5aa
10 Kansas City until you first bring pros
perity to those tilers on which Kansas
City rests. (Applausel 1t does not re-
quire a financier, it does not require a
railroad attorney to tell you where your
can these men prevent you from exercising
the right of sovereignty as you please
(Applause and voice-'They are trying
My. friends, met a railroad man yester-
Gay VINO told me that while he did not agree
mad been raised greater than the silver
question, and that was whether he lived in
republic, where man had the right to
vote as he pleased, or whether his vote was
the property of somebody else to be used
as somebody else pleased.
voice here the the speaker was Interrupted One
majority, you betr' Another voice: Put
Kansas down for 400o0.' third voice:
And Arkansas did pretty we'll hersefr
MI. Bryan: THAT sounds very much like
one of those meetings where they take up
about the rolls of election the people
of various States vie with each other to
see who can make it the nearest to unani-
nous. My friends, there is one characteris-
tic about this campaign, and that is the
intense earnestness of the people. Some
times in a campaign you find men, luke
warm people, who do not know whether
they are going to be at the polls or not
and sometimes find it necessary to get car
less all signs fail. the people are going to
be at the polls before the booths open and
stay there until they close, and there won't
be a man who can get to the polls but who
will be sure to be there. What does it
mean? 1t means that the people are taking
the interest in the election that the people
ought always to take They are beginning
to understand the value of the ballot as the
means by which they can redress their
that the laws were bad and have allowed
them to remain bad. They have complained
that they ought to be better and have done
nothing to make them better. If the laws
are bad they themselves are to blame and
If they wish good laws they must secure
them themselves. And this interest means
something. 1t means that the government
is going to be made more nearly what gov
eminent ought to be, and that is a govern
ment which still protects the humbleSt
citizen in the land in his right to work and
enjoy the fruits of his toll" Great APP
piauSe.)
A big tallyho coach drawn by four horses
was in waiting for the Bryan party and the
members of the reception committee at the
veyed to Eleventh street and Grand ave.
nue., where. he was scheduled for speech.
The streets were crowded in spite of the
shown. Packed in the space formed by
II the juxtapositiona ,, Of Eleventh street and
were massed. They not only filled all the
roadway and sidewalks and extended a
every window of every building in the vi
entity was crowded to it's limit. A tenn
porary stage had been erected here, but
the crowd was 50 dense that it was deemed
best to have Mr.. Bryan address them
from the coach. Standing upon the mid
die seat Of the tallyho his overcoat collar
turned up about his throat he delivered
his address, which covered the same topics
he has discussed in preceding speeches
At the close of his speech Mr.. Bryan re-
sumed his journey toward ST Louis, max
ing several short speeches on the way.
Bryan Points Out Thieves.
ST LOUIS, Sept. 12.-When the train
stopped at Salisbury a gang of pickpock-
cts began to work the crowd but were
warned away. The light-fingered men were
not left behind at Salisbury, but made the
train, and when the 800 people of Hunts
vile gathered about the train they started
to work the crowd again. Mir. f5ryan saw
Martin, who in turn called the village mar
shals attention to them The men noticed
it and tried to work their way out of the
crowd. when Mr.. Martin called 10 the
farmers to stop them, and they were,
Twenty-Five minutes were allowed Mr..
Bryan at Moberly. He was taken to the
public park where a stand had been
stood and listened to his short speech. Six
hundred people at Turgeon were disap-
pointed, the train bearing the nominee
did not stop, and the only evidence Mr.
Bryan had of the intended demonstration
was the cheering.
Centralia turned out 1000 of its citizens
to hear the Nebraskan, but his time was
taken up grasping the hands of the crowd
and the train pulled out before he could
speak. a stand had been erected near the
railroad track. but the dense crowd packed
between it and the train prevented Mr.. Bry-
an from talking from it. He made a short
speech to the cheering crowd A crowd of
two hundred was at Welisvile when the
train made it's usual stop of minute.
A word two said by the nominee
to the eight hundred people at Mont gom-
cry, where Mr. Bryan asked if the free
silver sentiment was decreasing and was
told it was not. He cheered by the
crowd repeatedly. Another large crowd
had assembled at New Florence but the
train did not stop. At st. Charles Mr.
Bryan gave a short talk 10 nine hundred
people. and spoke a few words TO a small
crowd at Ferguson.
1t was els >. m. when the train rolled
into Union Station in this city. The spa
cious midway accommodated Il crowd of at
least Is 600 people, who chered wildly as
Mr.. Bryan stepped from the train. 1t was
with much difficulty that he made his way
TO a carriage that in waiting, accom-
panied by the reception committee. They
were driven to the Planters Hotel
AT ST. LOUIS.
Three Meetings. n