Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-15

who tried to make IL appear that L
denied that / was a Democrat. (Cheers)
My friends. those OF you who were here
know that / not only did not declare
myself not a Democrat, but / have al
ways declared myself better Democrat
than any man who sought to undo what
Jefferson and Jackson did for the Ameri-
can people" Great cheering)
Fifteen hundred people were punched
around a speakers platform at McLeans-
boro', ILL.,, when Candidate Bryan's train
reached that place. at 1920 A. NJ. Nearly
everybody had an umbrella to keep off the
rays OF the sun. but the heat did not
hamper the crowd I'm its enthusiasm.
gangplank with one end resting on the
train platform enabled Mr.. Bryan TO
reach the stand without being obliged
TO fight his way through the throng, as
he had frequently been obliged 10 do,
and as he jumped nimbly across the mar
row bridge a resounding cheer went up,
and a brass band, it's members attired in
sailor costume, played vigorously. Mr.
Bryan delivered an earnest address, and
at the conclusion of his. remarks was en-
Enthusiastically cheered.
There was fair-sized crowd at Enfield,
H., and large crowd at Carmi. H., and
Mr.. Bryan spoke briefly at each place.
Soon after leaving Carmi the Bryan spe-
cial crossed the Wabash into Indiana, and
Mr.. Bryan received his welcome TO that
State from committees from Mt. Vernon,
Ind. and Evansville headed. respectively.
by Colonel a. ID. owen and John w. PEN
Ger. who had Joined the candidates party
at Carmi.
GREAT CROWDS AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY. September A.
t1,a INF Of
after fatiguing journey of fourteen
hours from St. Louis. his voice nearly
gone from the effort expended in score
OF speeches. Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived
at 1850 tonight in a special train over
the Louisville Henderson, and st. Louis
railroad. The day had been extremely
hot. and the wear and tear on the Demo-
cratic candidates system began to show
shortly after ne crossed the line into
Kentucky. He had not intended to make
many speeches, but the enthusiasm OF
the crowds at every station where stop
was made carried him away, and his
resolutions went for naught. As a con-
sequence. he had hardly voice and
strength enough left on reaching Louis
vile to comply with the requirements OF
his programme for the evening.
An enormous crowd cheered him on his
arrival at the Union Depot, in company
with Mr.. Woodson, Democratic central
committeeman from this State; Senator
j. :. G. Blackburn; Representative John
Allen. the Mississippi humorist, and
others of prominence.
A salute OF forty-five guns by Battery
A. OF the Louisville Legion told the peo-
pie OF Louisville that the young Nebras-
kan had reached the city. II was with
difficulty that the candidate and the
members of his party were pushed
through the bowling enthusiasts at the
depot and enabled TO enter the carriages
I'm waiting Chairman John III. Head
ley and the local Reception Committee
met Mr.. Bryan there. and under their
escort he was taken through the streets,
crowded with cheering people, 20 the VIII
lard Hotel Here there was n momen-
tary wait. and then the line Of process
sion, consisting of a score of carriages.
was taken to Phoenix Hill Park, where
the first speech was made.
Phoenix Hill Park is big summer
garden, and tonight 1t was jammed and
packed with many thousands of people
how many cannot be reasonably esti-
mated. Every seat in the enclosure had
been taken out to provide for the crowd.
The Democratic candidate began 10
speak at 8 o'clock. Mr.. Bryan's voice
present heard his words He paid his
compliments to the third ticket and
maintained that the issue was drawn be-
tween the Republican and the Demo-
cratic platforms, and .hat the boilers
party's expression of principles did not
figure in the campaign.
Another great demonstration took place
at the Haymarket, a spacious, open
square, where the second meeting was
held. The crowd there numbered at
least 1900. made up largely of excur-
sionists. who had been brought to Louis
Vile from the neighboring points Judge
Sterling Il. Toney. presented Mr.. Bryan.
Outside the willard, the third place
where Mr.. Bryan spoke, another con-
course of humanity was assembled. The
two last speeches were very brief, and
contained nothing new. Mr.. Bryan was
too tired to say much.
FIRST SPEECH IN INDIANA.
EVANSVILLE. IND, September H.
The first place stop was made in In
diana by the Bryan train was Mt. Yer
non. Five thousand people greeted Mr..
Bryan there. In his speech Mr.. Bryan
said:
They talk of food Of silver. Nothing
excites my compassion more than TO find
the man who has not enough money to
pay his debts, and does not know where
next winters provisions Will come from,
trembling in his boots for fear of a Hood
of money. and that IL will overwhelm
him 0.aughter) Where Is the flood COM
ing from? They say European nations
will send their silver here. IL VIII not
come unless somebody here will give
what those people demand in return. OF
the silver now circulating i'm Europe,
almost all OF it Is at a ratio more favora-
Bile 10 silver than here. You do not melt
the spoons worth a dollar and half
into money worth a dollar and twenty
nine cents. because it does not pay When
Won apply labor 10 silver. you make II
worth more than IL is at the mint but
some are afraid of a great increase In the
production OF silver and an increase In
money.
Mr.. BRYAN reached Evansville shortly
before o'clock. He was placed In a car
riage and taken to an open lot 100 yards
from where the train stopped, at the
corner OF Ohio street and First avenue.
The lot was crowded 10 its outskirts with
people. Two Bryan and SewaD clubs ar
rived after Mr.. Bryan reached the COW
cred stand, from which he made his
speech, and increased the gathering. The
candidate was very heartily cheered.
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On to Washington.
The Pickett Camp excursion TO Wash
ington on Wednesday morning. Septem-
Der l6th promises TO be quite success,
as this trip gives those who wish to go
not only an opportunity to visit Wash
hut can go to the battlefield of