The herald., 1896-10-20
S|LY[R'S CHAMPION
IS CHEERED IN OHIO
Buckeye Citizens Are Not
All Goldites
BEFORE dawn md after DARK
Great Crowds Gather to Chez r
the Leader
LITTLE TOWNS AND BIG ONES
Provide Audiences In Proportion to
Their Population
For the First Time in His Life Bryan Agrees
With Hanna
The Star Spangled Banner Should
Wave, but Not in Honor Of Gov
ernment by Syndicates and
for Syndicates.
LITTLE TOWNS AND BIG ONES
Provide Audiences In Proportion to
Their Population
For the First Time In His Life Bryan Agrees
With Hanna
The Star Spangled Banner Should
Wave, but Not in Honor of Gov
ernment by Syndicates and
for Syndicates.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
TOLEDO, O., Oct. 19.-At 4:25 today
the special car Idler, bearing the Bry-
an party pulled out of Detroit. At 6:30
Toledo, which some weeks ago gave the
nominee such a hearty welcome, was
reached. At Z o'clock Bryan made a
three minute platform speech at Per-
rysburg, and another at Deshler half
an hour later. Speeches of less than
five minutes were made by him at OF
tawa and Leipsic Junction. The train
today was in charge of Daniel McCon-
vile, chairman of the speakers nation
al bureau, with whom were W. r. Dur
bin chairman of the Ohio state CEN
trail committee, and Grant Holiday, a
member of the state executive commit
tee. AT Toledo Bryan stepped out on
the back platform of the car and ac-
knowledegd the cheers given for him,
with a few appropriate words. He told
the people they must not cheer him so
much, but save their voices to make con-
verts between now and election day.
This statement served to provoke more
cheers. Shortly after o'clock the first
speech Of any length was made at Lima,
expounded the free silver doctrine.
About the bandstand in the city park
at Sidney several thousand people had
gathered to hear Bryan. and gave DEM
onstrative evidence of approval. 1t was
q crush. The committee of arrange
ments were either powerless to protect
the party from the crowd or too inter-
ested in shaking hands with the presi-
Dental nominee to attend to the busi-
mes for which they were appointed
In his speech Bryan quoted the letter
of Mark Hanna calling on the people
who intended to vote the Republican
ticket to hang the American flag from
their windows October S1st. He said:
my friends, it is the first time have
ever agreed with the chairman Of the
Republican national committee, but !
want to sign my name to his letter, and
ask all who believe in the ideas set forth
therein to display the flag on the 31st
Of October, because there is nothing in
that letter but what we advocates of
free silver indorse. Now, note what he
says-that he wants the flag displayed
by all those who on the Sd of November
intend to vote for the preservation of
our national honor. We advocates of
free silver believe that by having
financial policy made by the American
people, for the American people, you
can support the honor of the United
States He wants those to display the
flag who are for sound money. We who
believe in the money of the constitution
are for sounder money than those who
want to change our currency into
I,;1v ,1O
believe in basis for our financial
transactions sufficiently broad for these
transactions to rest upon, believe in a
sounder financial system than those
who advocate the gold standard and
financial system based on gold alone,
when you cannot get gold to furnish
your foundation. We not only believe
in sound money, but we tell you what
we mean by sound money.
We do not play the hypocrite by talk
Ing about sound money and then refuse
to explain what the term means. He
wants those who are going to vote for the
advancement of our peoples interests in
general prosperity to display the Ameri-
can flag. My friends. we believe in
opening the mints to the free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation, and
this means the advancement Of the peo-
pie and the general prosperity, and there
fore we can join with these men in dis
playing the American flag, and let it be
known to the country that we are stand
ing by the flag, and that we are not ask
ing foreign nations what that flag shall
mean. join in the request for three
reasons: First, because everything that
he asks in that letter we believe in. and
therefore we have as much right to dis
play the flag on that day as any Repub-
lican has, and we believe we have a good
deal more moral right to do it in this
campaign. join in the letter for anoth-
er reason. l do not want them to mark
the advocates of free silver. for slaugh-
ter on that day. do not want employees
to go about over every town and through
out the country and find out who has a
flag in his window, and then threaten t.,
discharge any man who does not say he
is going to vote the Republican ticket.
My friends, If coercion is going to be at
tempted, for heavens sake, let it not be
attempted by using the flag as a means
Of pointing out men to be threatened If
they want to find out who shall be
slauGhtared. let them take some other