The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-08
CHEER FOR
M 'KINLEY.
Bryan Interrupted at Burling-
ton By Mckinley Supporters.
Tells Them He Is Glad They
Are There.
SAYS THEY'RETHE MEN
He Wants to Reach With His
Arguments.
Soon Wins the Crowd BY His
Manner.

Burlington. IA. Oct S.-William J.
Bryan arrived in Burlington at 5-55
this morning in the private car. the
name of which sIdler' is somewhat of
a contrast with this campaigns record
of Mr. Bryan A local reception com
mittee of 200 headed by s. K. Tracy
had arisen early to meet the candidate
and waited about the car and in the
depot from $50 to $3.50, when Mr. Bry-
an arose He was then taken for
breakfast to the residence of John J.
Seerley, a colleague of Mr. Bryan in
congress. At 10 o'clock the procession
started from Main and Washington
streets to CrapO Park. where the Coli
scum, in which Mr.. Bryan spoke today.
is located.
The parade was an imposing one. 1t
was headed by a platoon of mounted
police and then came the Citizens band
followed by the carriage in which Mr.
Bryan was seated. Behind in regular
order followed an escort of women on
horseback, a cavalcade of horsemen,
and IL more bands, including the Iowa
state band sandWiched in between var
ious silver marching clubs At IL o'clock
the first speech of the day was made
1t was in the Coliseum building, a gl-
8antlc affair erected for the seni-Cen-
tennial of IOWa's admission to the un-
ion Of states
The crowd was limited to the size OF
q
sreat degree. There was several min
utes of cheering and applause on Mr.
ryan s arrival and when he started to
speak another great ovation was given
him
At the Coliseum Mr.. Bryan found
that there were Republicans present
and those Republicans did not hesitate
to applaud and cheer for Mckinley
MI Bryan said he was glad they were
there He wished to talk to those who
favored ms opponent After being in
he said
we are passing through campaign
Whlch means great deal to the Amer
lean people Aye. mOrn than that, it
means great deal to the people Of the
world There are crises in human af-
airs While every day is of equal
length with every other day yet into
some days vast Importance is crowded
and into the third of November vast
Importance will be crowded. Upon that
day the American people choose a pres
ident who shall occupy the White
House tCries of. Bryan, Bryan and
appIause.) for four years On that dav
they select q house Of representatives
and on that day they select legislatures
which Will choose United States sena-
tors. Much depends upon the result of
this election For the first time in the
history Of the United States appears a
platform which declares that the gold
standard must be maintained in this
country until foreign nations Join US
and permit US to abandon it, Neve1.
before have the American people been
asked TO declare in favor of q gold
standard. Every step that the gold
standard has taken heretofore has been
in the dark and without the consent of
the American people, and now for the
first time the advocates of gold ask the
American people to indorse the gold
standard at the ballot box
If it is right (Cries of No, nO.') If it
is good for the American DeoDle (AD-
plause( and if the gold standard will be
good for US We ought to have it. If the
gold standard viii bring blessings TO
our people, We ought to maintain it. If
it brings curses we ought to abandon
it. Great applause.) This is the ques-
tion submitted to the American people.
I stand upon a platform; yes, I stand
upon three platforms which agree on
one thing and that is that the gold
standard ought to be driven out Of the
United States Great applause And
ia its place ought to be substituted the
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver at the present legal ratio of Is to
l. (Applause) Without waiting for the
aid or consent Of any other nation.
prolonged applause.)
"Our platform has driven from us
some who have acted with US in the
past We cannot help it. We might
have retained their cooperation had
we been willing to pay the price they
asked. We might have been able to
keep those men with us had we been
willing that the Democratic party
should be made the instrument of plu-
tOcracy to overthrow q government like
ours. lGreat applause) Some have
left Us perhaps. I ought TO modify the
term, because if I should say that men
leave US, it might imply that they had
reasoned themselves out of the Demo
cratic party it might imply that they
had gone voluntarily will use anoth-
er term we have dragged out of the
Democratic party certain ones who
were more attached to the great cor
porate interests Of this country than
they were to the welfare of the people.
(Applause) In their place we expect
to find men who are willing to act with
us this time in order to make this gov
ernment worthy of the love of those
who live beneath the flag and come
today to submit for your consideration
some reasons why Republicans should
join with as upon the platform which
we have adopted"