The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-02
on His Way.

-Four road ut 10:45 o'clock this morning,
escorted by II delegation of Capitol City
politicians who came here yesterday to
attend the meeting Before leaving the
city Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan held short re-
ception at the Hcllenden. The first per-
sons received were thirty or forty mem
bers of the Bryan club of Republicans
In that party were Judge S. c. Parks, n
delegate to the Republican national con-
vention of 1856, a lifelong friend of Lin
coin, who appointed him to the supreme
bench of Illinois in 1862; Judge j. II.
MacMath, who was appointed minister
to Morocco by President Lincoln; Col. J.
Il. Herrick and ex-senator w. p Hack
ney, formerly of Kansas. Big crowds
followed the party from the hotel to the
passenger station.
The train was delayed an hour, mainly
on account of the crowds which had
gathered around the car and insisted on
shaking hands with Mr.. Bryan. About
200 laborers employed in the shops about
the depot came over to grasp the hand of
the nominee and assure him of their sup
port. AS Mr.. Bryan stood on the rear
platform of tine train, the crowd cheered
him time and time again. One of them
called out: They can drive horse to
water, but they can't make him drinkn
and the others cheered and endorsed the
statement.
At every village through which the
train passed hundreds were gathered Mt
the depot in order to catch glimpse of
the nominee. There were but three stops
made and at these places Mr. BRYAN shook
hands with those assembled He spoke n
few words to the crowds mt Grafton, Crest
line, Shelby and Delaware and at each of
these places were chcered and applauded.
Shelby, o., Sept. 1.-The first stop
after the train left Cleveland was at
She little town of Shelby Junction. Here
700 laboring men had gathered to see
the nominee and hearty cheer went ND
as the train pulled in. There were loud
cries for speech from Mr.. Bryan, but he
excused himself on the plea that he was
too hoarse and that he wanted to save
his voice for the Columbus meeting
This would not satisfy the crowd, how
ever, and they still demanded that the
candidate should talk. Mr.. Bryan re-
piled that if he had time he would like
to give them silver speech, but owing
to the fact that he was unable to do so
he would furnish substitute.
81 will appoint each one of YOU to
make silver speech on election day
when you go to vote,'' he said you
might forget what | would say to-day.
but we will not forget what you will saw
when you come to make your speech
Then the crowd howled and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan shook hands with those near
them.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 1.-The free sill
YER campaign in Ohio attained it's high
water mark in Cleveland last night, but
the outpouring of people TO see and hear
the Democratic Presidential candidate Mt
the State capitol tonight was greater in
proportion to the size of the city than
that in the Northern metropolis had
been. Mr.. Bryan had the State capitol
grounds for his forum, and the memory
of local politicians contributed no little
part. The oldest inhabitants say that no
other attraction has ever drawn so
strongly in Columbus. A rooted and
flag draped platform faced the eastern
Bryan looked down from its height.
twenty feet above the plane of the faces,
he saw the steps and terraces packed in
solid rows with the gloomy stone wall
for the back ground, while about the
other three sides Of the stage across the
lawn of several acres to the street beyond
stood regiments, of which an accurate
estimate was an impossiblity. and which
a careful guess would place at 30 600.
Looking down from the roof of the CAPT.
tol building, an hour before the candi-
dates arrival, one saw the whole place
about its four sides swarming with men,
women and children, large part of the
city's population, reinforced by visitors
to the State fair now in progress. They
jostled and pushed about the grounds
and poured through the corridors of the
building cheering the sky-rockets which
popped in the air and the brass band
stationed on the steps for their entertain
ment.
From the Chittenden Hotel, half a
mile away, Mr.. Bryan came to the capitol
in n barouche, drawn by four white
horses, and under the escort of several
free silver clubs of Columbus and neigh
boring towns, enlivened by bands and
unique campaign devices, in which NAM
moth silver dollars shared conspicuously.
A shrill cheer marked his progress
along the street and multiplied in its in
tensity as it announced his arrival at the
platform. On account of the size of his
audience Mr.. Bryan adopted novel
method of speaking, talking to sections
of the crowd alternately from each of the
four sides of the platform; even then not
more than tenth of the people could
hear him. He was introduced by Hon.
Allen G. Thurman, son of the "Old
Roman" who has been fighting for free
silver in Ohio for several years.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the
largest audience to which | ever tried TO
speak. have had occasion to talk where
the audience filled the house, but never
had occasion to talk where the audience
filed all outdoors. If you all vote as you
are now shouting, | don't see how there
car oc any question about the triumph
of free silver in the State of Ohio