The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15

The City Park Had Been Engaged by "a Sem
ntorinl Candidate, and Mr.. Bryan Was
Compelled to Leave Early, After MAX
ing Speech.
CENTRAL1A, MS, July 15.--For some
reason the ovation that was TO hive been
given to William ]. Bryan here last night
was almost a failure. Scarcely BOO people
were at the station when the train beur-
ing Mr. Bryan and his wife pulled in. A
club Of Democratic voters arrived from
Nashville with band about Z 80, and a
few minutes Inter one came in from Fair
field, but they added scarcely 200 people 60
the crowd To make matters worse the
place selected for Mr.. Bryan 20 meet the
crowd was at the city park, which had al
ready been engaged by William E. Mason,
Republican candidate for the United
States senate from this state On this nc
count MIR. Bryan and his friends had to
vacate before o'clock. Governor Altgeld
was not there, and does not seem to have
been invited, though it was announced he
was coming.
1t was originally int ended by Mr.. Bryan
and his wife to quietly visit this place
where Mr. Bryan has many relations
There was to have been IA sort Of reunion
of the Bryan family of Marion county. 1t
was, however, decided by Mr.. Bryan to
give the visit and reunion up. The people
here heard that he was coming, and he
was urged not to disappoint them.
The train which brought Mr.. Bryan
here arrived at :45 o. clock. Mr. and Mrs
Bryan were hurried through the crowd 20
carriage In whiting. Captain ;. L..
Dwight met them and took them to his
home, Mrs Dwight Is q cousin of MIR
Brynn. At the home of Captain Dwight
there was an informal reception TO the
ladies of Centralin, who were presented to
the nominee and his wife There were
severnl hundred women there, and the nf-
falr wns decidedly pleasant
The visiting party was then taken to the
city park. Preceding the carriage in which
MIR. and Mrs Bryan rode WIS q brass
band, and following were several hundred
citizens on foot The procession Increased
In size as Il neared the park, and upon the
arrival of the carriage at the pavilion in
| the center there were nearly thousand
people there 1t WIS announced by Cap
| tain Dwight that Mr. Bryan would not at
tempt to talk as he had 50 little time, but
when 1t became known that Mr.. Bryan
was going TO stand at the foot of the pa
vilion TO greet the multitude there was
quiet, and every one began to crowd for
ward to shake hands with the distin-
guished visitor As time went by the
Bryan clubs from Nashville and Fairfield
nrrived, and then the clamor for Il speech
was renewed. It became so loud that Mr..
Bryan at length gave way 70 his first in
tentions. He said In part
~ trust that the issues involved in this
campaign will be clearly understood and
carefully studied Parties are not made
TO be worshiped They are merely the in
struments by which we serve our country.
| The people are made not for parties, but
parties are made for the people, and parties
can only claim the support of the people
when their parties are efficient instru-
ments in the hands of people of accom-
| plishing good And those who nre called
upon to vote have a right to consider the
platform utteranCes or policies advocated
| by the various parties, as well as the char
acter Of the candidates who are nominated.
1T matters not whether you believe in
the restoration of silver or in gold stand
ard You must admit that the settlement
of the money question is of the first and
| greatest Importance When that is done
other things can be considered On the
money question the two great parties have
taken positions directly opposite TO each
other. Four years ago the positions taken
by the Republican and Democratic par
ties on the money question were identical.
"As this campaign approaches the two
great parties line themselves up on this
great question. The Republican party at
St, Louis declared that the gold standard
should be maintained until it could be
changed by international agreement That
platform does not say that the gold stand
ard is good thing, because that platform
pledges the party to get rid of the gold
standard and substitute for it something
better as soon as 1t can be done. This
better substitute could not be received
until the world should help The Demo-
cratic party declared itself unalterably op-
posed to a single gold standard. We also
declared that the silver dollar should be
legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, and that such legislation should be
enacted as is necessary to prevent for the
future the demonstration of any kind OF
legal tender money.
"The issue is drawn, and we have our
choice in this campaign between an Amer
lean financial system for the American
people and an English financial system to
De forced upon us. IhOSe VINO believe In
running this government upon the Euro
pean plan should go and legislate with the
Republican party. If the gold standard
is a good thing why ought we to try to get
rid Of itY II it is a bad thing why should
we keep it until some other nation helps
us to get rid of it?
1--WE who stand upon the platform
adopted at Chicago do not come to you as
suppliants begging for your votes. Those
votes are your own. You are free men,
and no man should stand In the attitude
of petitioning for a free man TO do any
thing but what is according to his col
science, but we come before you standing
upon platform and pledging its enforce
ment if elected, and we beg you to study
the questions presented by the issues in
volved, and then let your ballots register
u free mans will"
There was tremendous applause when
Mr., Bryan ceased speaking. Even those
who had come TO hear Mr., Mason Joined
In the demonstration of apparent approval.