Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-13
BRYAN IN MISSOURI.
ur CROSSES THE STATE FROM
KANSAS CITY TO ST. LOUIS.
THREE TREMENDOUS AUDIENCES.


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one 10 the worlingmen Of the two Kan
e,s cities. in the packing house dis
,riet. the other. to a vast crowd OF peo-
,lc al the corner Of Eleventh street ana
Grand avenue uptown The Armour
people gave all their employees an hour
20 see and hear Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan was met at Lcavenworth by
n speclal committee 20 escort him 70 TINS
city. where ne arrived at 6%o O'Clock.
At o'clock ne addressed n crowd OF
1000 workmen I'm "the bottoms. lie
spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens. This is a little Garner
than I usually commence my morning 5
work Uauehter) / am very glad to
be able TO speak TO you. however even
for a moment. Some Of our opponents
tell us that tho thing 20 do Is TO open
the mills instead OF the minis. In"'
reminds me Of the man who said that
his horse would 20 an right II he could
fust get the wagon started tLausnlci
and applauscS 10 is putting the cart be-
fore the horse OF what use are lhe
mills unless the people can buy what the
mills produce. ara now can you stal'
them as long as those VINO produce .no
wealth Of this country. particularly the
fr-,ore e-o not able 20 get enough out
AZ voat they raise 20 pay their taxes ana
irforest2 lAuplausel There IS no more
c0r.flvc way Of destroying the markets
for what the mills produce than 20 lower
the prices OF the products the farmer
has raised so that they viii not BRING
him enough 20 pay him for raising them.
"There was "a report once filed by Mr..
Mckinley. in 1890. along with the NC
Kinley bill. ana that report declared that
there was great industrial depression,
and that while there was depression in
agriculture there could DE no prosperity
anywhere. 10 was true then, and II is
true to-day. That while there is depres-
sion in agricultural products there can
he no prosperity anywhere. You must
commence al the bottom and work up
through the other classes. You cannot
commence your prosperity M the top ana
cvrcct n 10 work down throush all the
classes Of society. (Applause)
RAILWAY COERCION.
"You gentlemen, who live in this clay.
surrounded by an agricultural country,
know that there Is no way OF bringing
prosperity 90 Kansas City until you first
bring prosperity 20 the toiers upon
whose success Kansas city rests. ZAP
ylause) II does not require fnanciers'
20 does not require a railroad attorney
to tell you where your prosperity lies
great applause); nor can these men pre-
vent you from exercising the right OF
t1.erciEntv MS YOU please. applause.
a voice 'They are trying 10 DO IT'D
My friends ! met railroad man yes
terday. who told me that while he did
not agree with me on the silver question,
an issue had been raised greater than
The silver question, and that was whether
to lived go a republic. where a man had
the right TO vote as he pleased. or
whether he Is the property OF somebody
else 10 be used as somebody else pleased.
CHEERS a voice. Missouri gives you
10000 majority. You bet Another voice
Put Kansas down for 6o O0O.' Another
voice, And Arkansas is all rightO"
Mr.. Brydn: THAT sounds very much
Ike one of those meetings where they
take up a collection When you talk
about the results OF the election. the pco-
pie from the various states vie with each
other 20 see who can make il the nearest
10 uuanimity.
"Nfy friends. there is one characteristic
rbout this campaign, and that is the
Intense earnestncss Of the people.
Fomotimes IN a campaign YOU find men
lukewarm, people DO not know whether
they are going TO the polls or not; and
sometimes YOU find IL necessary to get
carriages 10 take people TO the polls.
Unless an signs fail there viii be no
use FOR carriages this year. Unless all
signs fail. the people are going 70 be at
thu poling-places before the booths open,
snd stay there until the close. and there
won't be q man who can get 10 the polls,
but who VIII be sure 20 5e there. What
does 10 mean? IL means that the pe0-
Ie are taking the interest i'm the cleo
ton that the people ought always 10
take. They are beginning 20 under
stand the value OF the ballot as the
means by which they can redress their
wrongs. Sometimes people have COM
planned that the laws were had and have
allowed them % remain bad. They have
complained that they ought to be bet
ter. and have done nothing to make
them better II the laws are bad. they
themselves are 20 blame. and If they
wish good laws they must secure them
Themselves. And this interest means
something II means that the govern
meut is going TO be made nearly what
our government ought 10 be. and that is
"a government which viii protect the
humblcst citizen I'm the land I'm his right
o. work. and TO enjoy the fruits OF his
TOLL Great applause and chceringJ"
A PARADE
After the address on "the bottoms" he
was escorted 10 the COates-House for
breakfast. and there ne met a reception
committee from st. Louis. after which a
parade was formed and he was taken
O. the corner OF Eleventh street and
Grand avenue, where he spoke from his
carriage 20 an audience Of $500 people.
Aftor this address, which was enthu- |
s.laiclny received. he was driven 10 !
the Union station. where he took a spe- |
sal Wabash train in waiting for his !
Journey across tho State to ST. Louis. |
ths train leaving Kansas City at 9A5 |
o'clock.
Mr.. Bryan has made a change in his |
costume he has abandoned the white |
hat and coat and now wears a brown |
SLOUGH hat, dark oycrc0at and dark suit |
WHY HE Is TRAVELLING.
BRUNSWICK. MO. September p
Cons derable enthusiasm over the Demo- |
cratic candidate was shown by II fair |
sized crowd al Norbornc when Mr..
Bryan's train reached there The throng |
at Carroll. where "a stop OF five minutes |
was made. numbered 400 and the cam !
dilate was loudly chccrcd as he ascend |
cd a temporary platform erected close |
TO the train. Mr.. Bryan was introduced |
by ex-Congressman Champ Clark and |
made "a few remarks, in the course of |
which he said:
you can't tell much OF a man by look |
ing al him, and yet you have a right |
20 see those who are candidates for a |
public position. and In these hard times /
the people could not come down 10 LIN !
coin. and IL was decided that | might |
80 and see the people themselves"
The cry OF "All aboard" cut short the !