The San Francisco call., 1896-10-30
DARK CL OUDS HANG
OVER MR. BRYAN
Not Even a Silver Lining
Cheers the Journey
ing Candidate.
Rain Interieres With the Can
non Ball Campaign of
the Boy Orator.
MAKES PLENTY OF SPEECHES.
But the Nebraskan Cannot See ANY
Issue Ahead by Fifty.Two
Cent Dollars.

that lay before William ]. Bryan tonight
IN his rounding up in this city. A dozen
speeches in the outlying districts and nine
more here was the Democratic candidates
portion of the day and evening. When he
had said good-by to his last Chicago audi
ence he hurried to the Northwestern sta
tion and was off again on another flying
trip, this time through Wisconsin.
The clouds hung over Chicago this
morning when Mr.. Bryan, accom- panied
by Mrs. Bryan and q number of local sup
porters, started out on his visit to neigh
boring communities. He ran into a rain
storm before he had gone very far, but the
downpour ceased during the afternoon.
Great masses of threatening clouds hung
over the country through which he passed
for the rest OF the journey. They did not
break, however, and altogether the cannon
ball campaign he made was not seriously
interfered with by the weather.
Elgin heard the candidate first and then
Mainturn, Belvidere, Rockford, Freeport,
Foreston. Polo. Dixon. Rochelle, De Kalb,
Geneva, Wheaton and Manwood. The
rain did not keep the crowds away. The
people swarmed around the train where
ever it halted, and sea of expectant
faces looked up at the candidate at each
place scheduled for speech. while the
crowds cheered him, some with wild
heartiness, and the enthusiasm of few
audiences was tempered by shouts for the
Republican standard bearer and display
of yellow ribbons bearing Major McKin-.
ley's name. Nearly all the stops were
brief, and a speech was made at each,
with the exception of Freeport, where two
addresses were crowdt into half hour.
1t was raining hard when he arrived
there and the meeting was held indoors.
Both halls were crowded. and despite the
downpour large numbers of people were
at the station when the candidate and his
wife returned, and very pretty incident
happened. A gray-haired, sweet-voiced
old lady on whom the burden OF years
had fallen, managed to reach the car plat
form. and looking Mrs. Bryan in the eyes
said in trem bling tones: Madame, have
ridden twenty-three miles to see you."
Then she put her arms around the can
didate's vile and kissed her.
A brief stop was made at Foreston to
enable Mr.. Bryan to address about 500
people Ten minutes was the time al
lowed him at Polo, which was reached at
o'clock. He talked to 1000 or 1900 from
the rear of 1.-THE Idler," and from there
went to Dixon, where elaborate prepara-
tions had been made for MS reception. An
artillery company in uniform fired off
loud sounding cannon close to the train as
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan alighted to take car
riage for the speaking place, the portco OF
hotel, and more than 10000, literally es-
timated at $1,000, were there to hear
him. Some of them wore the orange, but
they did not attempt any counter demon
stration.
Running down to Rochelle. the next
stop, the train slowed down in passing the
station at Ashton TO enable crowd to see
and cheer Mr.. Bryan and his wife. Mr..
Bryan was rushed through the back door
of a store at Rochelle to platform facing
the open street. To the 5000 people there
he said:
They tell you that silver agitation has scared
gold out. Gold is a mighty cowardly thing if
it is scared by craze that is as nearly dead as
the Republic say ours is lCheers.1 Is it
sufficient to build up financial system upon
gold as base when you can't find gold when
you want it !? Do you build house on an
Vgsss Ms Would he sees in hosse
building like his party does in finance.
[Cheers.l Why is it that when man begins to-
advocate the gold standard he has TO forget
all that he ever learned IN ordinary business
transactions? Why is it that he refuses to ap-
ply to the money question the things that
govern him in his everyday life? How can
man chloroform him sell when he has to dis
cuss the money question so that he can be-
lieve in gold anyhow? lCheers.l Ask your
selves these questions before election day, my
friends.
The sun had gone down and twilight
was merging into darkness as Mr.. BRYAN
stepped from his car at De Kalb, where 25O0
people were gathered about stand erected
on q corner. The nominee was cheered as
he faced his audience. With his hat
iammed down on his head and his over
coat collar buttoned close to the throat, he
talked about the arguments advanced by
his opponents. He said:
They tell us we must so shape our policy as
to be able to get money from abroad for in:
yestment. say that as long as foreigners run
our financial policy we will always be bor-
rowers and never be able To pay our debts and
become money-lenders ourselves. [Cheers.]
Pickering oil lamps cast sallow glooms
on the candidates face as he stood in a
stand erected near the station at Geneva.
and talked to couple of thousand of men
and women. Wheaton came next and
crowd as large if not larger than that at
Geneva, was present.
Mainwood was the last stop. Cheers
for Mckinley followed the shouts of the
Bryan men among the assemblage of 5000
who heard Mr.. Br;an speak from the bal
cony of hot-l within sight of his train.
Notwithstanding the opposition ssnti-
ment the audience showed considerable,
enthusiasm. The rain had begun again
when the special drew into the North
western station at Chicago. About 100
people gathered about "The Idler" and
cheered the candidate as he alighted. Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan entered a carriage and
were taken to the Auditorium annex.
The distance covered in the flying trip
was 2S5 miles. Mr.. Bryan had scarcely
time TO eat a hasty dinner at the Audi
torium annex before he was in his car
riage, being whiried away to the North
Side. The first of his speeches was de-
livered at Stanislaus Hall, corner OF Brad
ley and Noble streets. Notwithstanding
he was over an hour late in arriving he
found the hall packed with people. The
disagreeable weather did not deter thou
sands from turning out to welcome the
candidate, and it was with difficulty that
a passage was made through the crowd
from the hall to the carriage
Social Turner Hall, on Belmont avenue
heard the candidate for few minutes at
ga. NJ. Lincoln Turner Hall was reached
half hour later and Hayes Hall. at CIV
bortrn and Southport avenues. at Ia
O'Clock. Mr.. Bryan was cheered bv
tremendous crowd in and around Garfield
Turner Hall, at Garfield avenue and lar
rabee street. He addressed them. briefly
and after another talk Of about the same