The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-24
MR. BRYAN IN ILLINOIS.
Monster Crowds Still Greet the
Democratic Leader.
THE GREAT CRUSH AT DECATUR.


speeoh-0reat Reception at Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. 24.-William J.
Danville at $50 yesterday morning, and
was wildly welcomed by IN audience of
5000 people, whom he addressed in Court
House square At Harris 1900 to 1900
people were on hand, and the enthusiasm
was repeated, as at all the other towns
through which the candidate passed.
A bowling, shouting, cheering crowd
welcomed the triple nominee to Decatur.
whero he was down for two speeches and
All hours stop. 1t was with difficulty
that Mr.. Bryan reached the conveyance
which WAS to take him to the places Of
speaking. Here motor cycle was brought
into use, and the candidate was conveyed
IN this horseless carriage When tho
platform at the Court House square was
reached 1t was impossible for the nominee
to gain it. The other carriages could not
get within 100 feet of that occupied by
Mr.. Bryan, and the crowd Of shorthand
mon with the party and for tho local pa
pers could not get near enough to report
the speech At the second speech 1t was
but repetition. The candidate did not
dare to leave the vehicle and the few po-
lice wero powerless. The return to the
station was continuous ovation, and 1t
was hard to Keep the excited admirers of
tho nominee from breaking over the po.
lice and doing bodily harm in their de-
sire to show their affection.
The capital city of the state welcomed
the Democratic nominee with niagnitl.
cent reception. Crowds that numbered
up into the tens of thousands listened to
him and noislly demonstrated their affec-
ton for him and their belief in the princl-
pies that he advocated. Mr.. Bryan de-
livcred two speeches in Springfield, one at
the court house and the other from the
front of the state capitol.
From the platform erected near tho
court house Mr.. Bryan said:
Greater issues arc ut stake today than
have been presented in recent contests.
This election will determine whether the
influence of this, the greatest nation on
earth, shall be cast on the side of gold as
the only standard money, or on tho s!do
of bmetallism. On your votes may de-
pend the contest. Free silver may triumph
without the vote of Illinois, but with tho
vote of Illinois free silver Is certain to sue
coed. We may have enough electoral votes
outside of Illinois, but we shall certainly
have enough if we secure the vote of this
great empire state of the west.
my friends, bimetallism is necessary for
the prosperity of this country. Our OPP
ponents have been appealing to various
array the laborng man against tho
farmer l want the wage earnors to re-
member that in all their contests, that in
all their efforts to better their conditions,
they have had to rely not upon the Wall
street f1nanciers, not upon the trusts and
syndicates and corporations. The laboring
man has found his best friends upon tho
farms, and upon the firns only.
"If you como toa contest Of endurance,
want to warn you laboring men that the
farmer can stand the gold standard longer
than the laboring man can. You may
continue your gold standard until you
foreclose the mortgage on the farmers
farm, but when that mortgage Is closed
the man who buys in the farm will not
work it himself He will want tenant,
and tho farmer can become tenant on
the farm. The farmer can burn his corn
for fuel when he cannot buy coal but tho
miner cannot eat coal when, ho fails to
buy wheat. say, my friends, that in II
contest of endurance the farmer will bo
the last to perish."
At the state house Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
II am glad to come back to Illinois,
for while Nebraska is the state of my resi-
dencc Illinois is tho state Of my birth. |
am also glad to come to Springfield, be-
cause it was here year ago last Juno that
the Democrats assembled and gave notice
to the Democrats of the nation that llli-
nois was still " Democratic state They
gave notice to the Democrats of the nation
that no matter how other states might
desert Democracy for plutocracy the Do
mocracy Of Illinois still prayed with tho
windows open toward Monticello and the
Hermitage.
II am glad that all those who have q
common purpose, although marshaled
under different banners, are uniting in
one grand charge, and / am glad to know
that you arc n single unit on your cleo.
toral ticket and nearly all your congre IS.
ional and nearly all your legislative tick
cts, and am glad you are united on your
state ticket also, and that you are going
to elect Altgeld governor Of this state.
There was stop of five minutes at Pc.
tersburg and one of fifteen minutes at Ha-
vana. Tho train arrived at Peoria shortly
before o'clock, 1t being the first time
during the week that 1t was not over three
hours late. At Peoria the greatest recep-
ton of tho day was accorded Mr.. Bryan.
The streets were crowded, and he was
given continual ovation from the time
he left the depot until he started to speak.
Three meetings were held, and thousands
were unable to get within sound Of the
speakers voice.
The train was taken out Of Peoria at
II 80 lasb night, and this morning at 4
o'clock 1t arrived in Ottawa, where q
speech was made to a big crowd at
o'clock. The party left that place ut s 30.
and visit this forenoon La Sale, Spring
Valley, Kewanee and Rock Island. This
afternoon Moline, Monmouth, Bushnell
and Macomb will be visited, and tonight
Mr.. Bryan speaks at Quincy. At mid
night .he train vii! pull out Of the latter
place for Jacksonville, where MI Bryan
will spend Sunday.