The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-08-14
BRYAN EULOGIZED
Three Cornered Party Has a Big Demon
StratiOn to Honor Their Nominee
for the Presidency.
Judge Palmer Of Sioux Falls Made the
Talk by Appealing to Passion and
Prejudice ofthe People.
THEY PLAYED BALL
A Female Ball Club Gives a Poor EXhi-
bitiOn Of the National Game in This
City Thursday Last.
THEY PLAYED BALL
THEY RATIFIED BRYAN.
The Amalgated Free Silver People Let
Loose Their Enthusiasm Last Night.

Monday evening was happy, glori-
GUS time for the men who espouse the
cause OF William ]. Bryan, whom they
declare to be the Moses to lead the free
silver people and everybody else into
the light of freedom, etc. That is the
supposition erected upon foundation
the weakness of which was apparent to
the principal speaker of the evening.
Through the efforts of Mr.. G. A.
Crane, the Western Union operator and
others, Bryan club was organized, of
which P. j. Danaher is president and
Mr.. Crane is secretary and the two
managers have done some excellent
work in organizing their club and ar
ranging for the ratification meeting.
1t was held Monday evening and after
the shades of night began to fall the
members gathered at their hall and
soon emerged with torches and transpa-
rencies, which latter were covered with
catchy and meaningless expressions.
One of these transpariences bore the
demo-pop trade mark in reference to
the cross and crown and which their
apostle now admits is not at all Bryan
esque. Well. the eprocession headed by
the Juvenile state band started down
street and they nearly forgot to let go
of their enthusiasm, but when Secre-
tary Crane passed the fire crackers
along the line the hurrahs could then
be heard. The procession returned to
the corn palace, where the exercises
were held and the building contained
an immense crowd of people. A. E.
Hitchcock, who was recently a republi-
can, was made chairman of the meeting
and consumed half hour in telling the
people why he was found in such pecul.
lar company, and declared the financial
problem was responsible for this par.
ty had left him. Mr.. Hitchcock paid q
great tribute to the free silver apostle
and then introduced Judge Palmer o.
Sioux Falls, who had been sent il
place of Senator Pettigrew, who was
presumed to be sick at home, having
lost his voice owing to having done SC
much talking recently. Judge Palmer
began his remarks by referring to hi:
flop but he did not make it particularly
plain that he was justified in Hopping
One thing Judge Palmer neglected tt
mention was the railroad plank in tn,
republican state platform, of which h
was the author, having written that i,
the hope it would be rejected so that h
would be justified in boiling the con
vention, but it was adopted and tn
Judge then left on general principles.
The judge appealed to the poor peo
pie who were being ground under tn
merciless heel of Wall and Lombard
street, appealed to them to strike bacl
and few more of such platitudes an,
he soon had his audience so they woul,
agree to and cheer any elaborate state
ment he might tmake. The arguments
tive portion of his speech was not give
, at this meeting but instead he whette
up their appetites with lot of compar
isons which he could not substantial
if called upon to do so. He stated tina
the price OF wheat auctuated with tn
price of silver and gave figures to shoy
such fluctuations and probably tn
, statement would be believed. The re
port made by the Chicago board Q
trade, in which report politics cuts n
figure, it is shown that two years be
fore the alledged crime of 1873 whea
was certain per cent. lower than TO
eight years afterwards when the whea
of this country brought figure tina