Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-14
Old Sol Smiled Upon Him.

st. Cloud, Mimi, Oct. 13-Fur coats
that were so plentiful in the crowds ad-
dressed by Mr. Bryan in North Dakota,
South Dakota and parts of this state last
week were not to be seen in the audience
of 5O9e people addressed by the democrat
ic cardidate at st. Cloud, the little lum-
bering center on the banks of the Missis-
sippi.
Ths,v we're not needed, for the sun
shone strong and bright and not cloud
was ii, the sky. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan with
their travelling party were taken into the
town to a park where the people were
gathered. The candidate was received
with enthusiasm, when w. =. Remor, one
of the delegates to the Chicago conVen-
ton, introduced him.
Mr.. BRYAN spoke of the importance of
the money question, and said that this
campaign had witnessed such a revolu-
tion in politics as had not been seen since
the years just preceding the war. He
continued:
II think Prince Bismarck year ago
gave expression to very important sem
timent. Speaking to the farmers In Ger
many he said: The farmers must stand
together and protect themselves from
the drones of society, who produce moth
ing but laws You divide society into
two classes On the one side put the pro-
ducer of wealth and on the other side
put the producer, and you Will ma
that the non-producers produce more law
in this country than the producers of
wealth. (Applause)
"There is such thing as legislative
plow. The legislative plow runs deeper,
turns out more ground, Is operated at
less expense and raises crops less injured
by f1ood.and drought than any other plow
that was ever put into the ground.
daughter.) Just as long as the finan-
ciers are allowed to run the legislative
plow, while you keep at work following
LA mol r6 un
them at the summer resorts. Ny friends,
the success of the Chicago ticket does not
injure the man who wants a chance to
earn his living; it simply Injuries the oc-
cupation of those who want to monopo-
lize the opportunities for livelihood and
prevent others from enjoying the bless
ings that follow from their industry" I"
(Applause.)
While discussing the financial policy of
this country Mr.. Bryan was Interrupted
by man in the crowd who shouted,
"Hurrah for Englandw Mr.. Bryan then
quickly added: "There is the first repub-
lican have seen this morning. daughter
and applause). Let us have a magnify
ing glass, SO we can find him. Well, I
am glad we can find few of them left,
because you know that curiosity must
always be satisfied, and the men who
stand on the republican platform are
getting to be so few that they will draw
a high price when they are wanted for
the museum" Gaughter).
Mr. Bryan spoke of the necessity of
having congress that would send a
free silver bill to the president, and COM
mended Congressman Towne as being
"A Safe Man to Send to Congress.
Congressman Towne followed Mr.. Bry-
an briefly and at the conclusion OF his
speech the whole party returned to the
special train, which pulled out at IL :05.
The stop in St Cloud lasted fifty minutes.
At Rices there was hard working
brass band and a good sized crowd, and
Mr.. Bryan spoke again.
Fifteen minutes were spent by Mr.
Bryan at Little Falls. 1t was exactly
noon when the train came to standstill
a hundred feet from temporary stand,
about which thousand people and num-
erous vehicles were gathered. Judge
Shaw, local attorney, presented Mr..
Bryan, who spoke until the warning
whistle blew from the locomotive.
Mr. Bryan said: Some times ! find
persons who are in the condition of gen.
1 man down in Nebraska. A lady down
there said she had brother who was a
gold man without any gold. You talk to
a republican about bimetallism and he
will tell you he Is just as good bimetal-
list as any body, but you look at the color
of the paper they print their badge on
and you will find that 1t is yellow.
daughter).r When you find man who
talks about loving both metals and votes
for the pla form adopted at st. Louis you
will find mall whose yellow comes out
On all occasions But most of them are
In the condition Of the gold man in Ne
braska This lady said she could under
stand how a man could be gold man II
he had the gold. but che could only pity