The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30

CHICAGO, Oct. ga campaign
sprint to a number of towns in north
ern Illinois and back again to Chicago
was not the best preparation for the
work that lay before William j. Bryan
today in his rounding up in this city.
A dozen speeches in the outlying dis
tricts and nine more here, that was
the Democratic candidates portion for
the day and evening. When he had
said goodbye to his last Chicago audi
etce, he hurried to the Northwestern
station and was off again on another
flying trip, this time through Wis
consin.
Threatening clouds hung over Chi
cago this morning when Mr. Bryan,
accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and a
number of local supporters, started out
on his visit TO neighboring commun-
tiles He ran into rain storm before
he had gone very far. but the down.
pour 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 al
made was not seriously interfered with
by the weather.
Elgin heard the candidate first and
then, in turn, Belvidere, Rockford.
Freeport, Foreston, Polo. Dixon,
Rochelle, De KaIb, Geneva, Wheaton
ard Haywood.
A SEA OF FACES.
The rain did not keep the crowds
away. People swarmed around the
train wherever it halted, and a sea of
expectant faces looked up at the candi-
date at each place scheduled for a
speech, while all the crowds cteered
him. some with wild heartiness. and
the enthusiasm of a few audiences was
tempered with shouts for the Repub-
lican standard-bearer and display of
yellow ribbons bearing Mckinley s
name. Nearly all the stops We're brief,
and a speech was made at each, with
the exception of Freeport, where two
addresses were crowded into a half
hour 1t was raining hard when he ar
rived there and the meetings were
held indoors. Both halls were crowded
and despite the downpour large num-
bers of people were at the station
when the candidate and his wife re-
turned, and q very pretty incident hap
;oened. Here a sweet-faced old lady on
managed TO reach the car platform,
and looking Mrs. Bryan in the eyes,
said, in trembling tones: Madame, 1
have ridden % miles to see vou.''
Then she put her arms around the
candidates wife and kissed her.
THOUSANDS MORE.
A brief stop was made at Foreston
TO enable Mr.. Bryan to address about
300 people.
Ten minutes was the time allowed
him at Polo, which was reached at 8
o'clock He talked TO 1000 or 500 from
the rear of The Idier," and from there
went on TO Dixon, where elaborate
preparations had been made for the
candidates reception. An artillery
company, in uniform. fired off loud
sounding cannon close to the train as
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan alighted TO take
a carriage for the speaking place, the
portico of a hotel, and more than 10000.
literally estimated at 1900 people,
were there to hear HIM. Some of them
wore the orange, but they did not at
tempt any ter-demonstration.
Running down to Rochelle. the next
step, the train slowed down in passing
? the station at Ashton to enable a crowd
TO see and cheer Mr.. Bryan and his
wife. Mr. Bryan was rushed through
the back door OF store at Rochelle to
a platform facing the open street To
the 5000 people there he said:
COWARDLY GOLD.
'They tell you that silver agitation
has scared gold out. Gold is a mighty
cowardly thing if it is scared by a
craze that is as nearly dead as the Re-
publicans say ours is. (Cheers.) Is it
sufficient to build up a financial sys-
tenn upon gold as q base when You
can't find gold when you want it2 DO
YOU build a house on an invisible
foundation? "a voice: "Yes.'D Well,
a Republican would If he acted in
house-building like his narty does in
finance (Cheers.) Why is ii that
when a man begins 10 advocate the
gold standard he has to forget all that
ne ever learned in ordir AIRY business
transactionse Why is it that he re-
fuses to apply to the money question
the things THAI govern him in his
everyday life? How can man chloro-
form himself when he has 10 discuss
the money question, so that he can be-
lieve in gold anyhow? (Cheers.) Ask
yourselves these questions before cleo
ton day. my friends
The sun had gone down and twilight
was merging into darkness when Mr..
Bryan stepped from his car at Dekalb.
where 1900 people were gathered about
a Stand erected on corner. The NOM
inee was cheered as he faced his audi
ence. With his hat damned down on
his head and his overcoat collar but
toned close TO the throat he talked
about the arguments advanced by his
opponents