The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-22
BRYAN IN INDIANA.
Given an Enthusiastic Reception

Given an Enthusiastic Reception Mt
Fort Wayne.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 1.-Wi1-
liam J. Bryan addressed three monster
meetings tonight in Fort Wayne The
first was at the Wayne hotel and when
Mr. Bryan spoke from the balcony,
the big double. block in front was pack
ed to such an extent that the windows
were broken in by the crowd. It was
several minutes before Mr.. Bryan could
make himself heard and when he did
get to talking, he was often stopped by
the applause. The next meeting was at
Princess Rink and that large ediflce
was packed to the DOORS. Here, too,
the crowd was demonstrative and three
minutes of applause greeted him on his
entrance. His vigorous attack on the
gold Democrats met with a ready re-
spcnse In the sympathies OF the aud
ience. The last speech was made at
Saengerbund hall, and here again he
was met with an enthusiastic recep-
ton.
Mr.. Bryan attacked the home Of the
enemy in Indiana this morning. Wayne
county is the banner Republican coun-
ty Of the state and Richmond is the
stronghold of Wayne county. There
were yellow badges at both of the meet
ings that Mr.. Bryan addressed, and
shouters for Mckinley were numerous.
There were, however, a great number
of sflverites in the crowds, and they
yelled loud and often for the Demo-
cratic nominee
The train arrived in Cambridge City
nearly an hour late. A five minutes
stop was to have been made there,
but Mr.. Bryan was taken in a carriage
to the fair grounds, where he spoke. and
as consequence, twenty minutes more
was added to the wrong side of the
a 11yo6c h.
nominee encountered a crowd which
numbered up into the thousands and
was unable to leave his carriage to
gain the speakers stand.
At Rushville. Mr.. Bryan spoke to
crowd of several thousand people for
fifteen minutes from a platform erect
ed in vacant lot near the center of
the city. For the first time during his
campaign in Indiana Mr.. Bryan at New
Castle, referred to ex-President Harri-
son stumping the state in the interest
of the Republican nominee.
He said that ex-President Harrison
was elected to the presidency on a plat
form that denounced Mr.. Cleveland's
administration on the ground that he
had tried to demonetize silver, and that
today the former president was stump
ing the state trying to get the Republi-
cans to indorse Mr.. Cleveland's finan-
cial policy, and that the policy of the
last administration was worse on the
money question that the first admins
tration, but such a change had come
over the Republican leaders that they
wanted the American people to submit
to the policy which they denounced
eight years ago.
Muncie was a hotbed of politicians
when Mr.. Bryan arrived there shortly
before o'clock this afternoon. Every
man. woman and child wore a badge,
shouted for his or her candidates.
There were counter demonstrations.
An hour after Mr.. Bryan reached the
town William D. Bynum was to speak
to the gold Democrats, and in the even
ing the Republicans were to listen to
w. J. Campbell, ex-president of the
glass blowers association. All three
meetings were widely advertised. On
either side of the street those who wore
the yellow Mckinley badges were lined
and they shouted for their favorite as
the carriage bearing Mr.. Bryan passed
by.
crowd in the city, and just as distinct
lively a Bryan crowd that listened to
the nominee at the ball park. There
he faced an assemblage of several
thousand, and nearly every person he
could see had the name of the candi-
date printed on slip of white paper
and fastened over the hat band, and
there was nothing to disturb the har-
mony of the meeting. On the way back
to the train the demonstration for Nc
Kinley was commenced, but was check
ed to a great extent by the showing of
the crowd of silverites who marched
about the vehicle.
A cheering mass of humanity to the
extent of several thousand people well
coined the candidate to Anderson when
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short stops at Alexandria, Summitville,
Marion, Button and Fairmount, and
at each place Mr.. Bryan received fiat
tering receptions.