The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25
BRYAN STRIKES
SEVERAL SNAGS
All Is Not Smooth Sailing
in His Tour Through
Illinois.
EX-Governors of the Prairie State
Cause an Annoying Counter
Demonstration.
PLENTY OF GOLD MEN PRESENT.
But the Wandering Nebraskan Has
His Say and Pleads for Cheap
Money.

QUINCY, ILL, Oct 24-This has been
lazy, meandering day of campaigning
for William ]. Bryan. 1t is true he has
travelled 300 miles through his native
State and spoke more than dozen times,
but comparison with his recent work
makes the adjectives used applicable. He
began at Ottawa in the morning, made
some speeches in the Spring Valley coal
region, shot over the Mississippi at Rock
Island, and after making wide detour by
way of Monmouth, Macomb and Bushnell
went back to the Mississippi, concluding
the day at Quincy Late tonight he left
for Jacksonville, the town where Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan attended school and were
married, to remain there until Monday
afternoon.
The interview with Bishop Worthing-
ton, which contained some decided refer
ences to the free-silver agitation and the
education of the children of farmers, was
read carefully by Mr.. Bryan to-day, and
he made response to the Bishops state
ments in his speech at Monmouth this
evening.
Mr.. Bryan also took occasion to say
something at La Sale about the criticisms
passed by General Benjamin Harrison and
President ingalls, of the Big Four in his
advice to laboring men concerning their
right to vote. With Vice President Ste
venson seated near him on the stand from
which he spoke in a joint meeting held
Tor the benefit of Rock Island and its Sis
ter town of Moline, Mr.. Bryan made
curt reference to President Cleveland and
gave In other speeches indications that
the closing days OF the campaign will not
be devoid of warmth. Large crowds were
again the order to-day. Quincy, Rock
Island, Moline and Monmouth furnished
the largest audiences. That at Monmouth
was particularly enthusiastic and showed
considerable warmth. Several places not
On the railroad schedule of the candidates
special turned out good-siZed assem-
blages.
At one of these, Galva, some men in the
crowd shouted questions at Mr.. Bryan and
then would not let him answer, and for
minute or two spirited repartee between
nominee and audience was Kept up. The
5000 people at Bushnell went fairly crazy
over Mr.. Bryan and literally overwhelmed
him in his progress from stand 10 train on
the conclusion of his speech. The places
where Mr. Bryan made addresses during
the day are Ottawa, La Saile Spring Val
ley, Ladd, Bura, Kewanee, Rock Island,
M ID
nell, Macomb and Quincy.
KEWANEE, ILL, Oct. M-Mr. Bryan
began speechmaking this morning before
he had eaten breakfast. His first appear
ance was at Ottawa, where he addressed
1000 people at haif-past o'clock. At La
Sale he made another speech before 10
o'clock 10 an audience OF about 1900.
Spring Valley turned out crowd of 1000
including many miners, to whom Mr..
Bryan spoke briefly. He also addressed
crowds OF several hundreds at Ladd and
Bura. In his speech ut La Sale Mr..
Bryan replied to the criticisms by ex-
President Harrison and President Ingalls,
of the Big Four roads of his advice to rail-
road men about casting their ballots. he
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: There is a matter TO
which ! ask your attention for moment.
Two distinguished men have called me to ac-
count because OF advice which l gave 10 rail-
road employees. In speaking OF the attempt Of
the railroads to coeree their employees said
that in these hard times, when employment IS
so lfficult to find, 1 did not want TO advise
laboring men to do anything which would
lose them their employment, and added that
they should wear Republican buttons II neces-
sary, march in Republican rarades if they
were commanded to do so, and even con-
tribute To the Republican campaign fund IT
that was required by their employers, but
that they should vote according to their con-
victions on election day.
Mr.. ingalls,, the president of railroad, in
speech at Cincinnati, denounced me for advts-
ing employees to deceive their employers and
ex-President Harrison has charged me with
teaching immortality in giving the advice
which have quoted. Now, desire to justify
my position. The right to vote according
to ones conscience is law given
right. Coercion is q violation OF the law,
and when / advise employees TO vote as
they please, even though they must wear Ke-
publican buttons and march in Republican
parades, I am taking high moral grounds and
giving more patriotic advice than those who
countenance coercion and appeal TO employees
to vote the Republican ticket on election day,
merely because they have been compelled TO
wear Republican badges during the campaign.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, Oct. A.-Four or
five Thousand people, including large
numbers of farmers and their families,
drove In from the surrounding country
and heard Mr.. Bryan on the fair grounds
at Kewanee at noon. In his speech Mr..
Bryan said:
We have had 16 TO exemplifed and illus
trated in various ways as we have passed from
place to place. Sometimes We have been
greeted by sixteen little girls dressed in white
| and one little girl dressed in yellow; some
| times a carriage has been pulled by sixteen
white horses and one yellow horse, and In q
! number of places we have received flowers
| where the bouquet has been composed OF SIX
| teen white flowers and one yellow one, but
! understand that in this country you have the
| l6 TO l ratio represented IN much more prac-
| tical and effective way than We have found IT
| represented anywhere else
| You have one family in this county with
| sixteen persons who have heretofore voted the
| Republican ticket, all OF whom Will vote toI
] free silver this year at 16 to 1 [cheersl, and
| when the family has been Republican before,
why it counts, you know, at the bullion ratio,
because when we have vote from the other
| side il counts two, SO in this family it really
means the bullion ratio of 81 to l. [Great
| cheeringl Now I am not surprised that
! people who have been Republicans all their
| lives are this year deserting the Republican
party because the Republican party has taken
q new position.
They are standing by their convictions, and
| they say that they are not leaving their party