The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-11-05
BRYAN TO BADGERS
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE MAhLS
SPEECHES IN WISCONSIN.
He Delivers Addresses ut Arpic'"h'
Green Hay, Oshkosh, Fond du
Lac. Madison and Other Points
w. &. SiIyerthOrne, Ex-Gov Peek
and Several Other Wisconsin"
Act ns nryan's Escort

Appleton. Wis, Oct. 31.-The towns
visited by w. j. Bryan in he Badger
State were literally bedecked with
| yellow. Not since he left the ohio
valley has lie encountered crowds so
goniStic to his views. There were
n large number of white ribbons worn
by hearers, but the majority of people
addressed by him at the first Few
stops did not hesitate to show their
preference for the yellow metal.
The special train bearing the Bryan
party left Chicago an hour late
through the mismanagement of George
S%ternsdorf, who had charge Of the car,
and who was placed in that position
because some time or other he had
known the nominee. When ut hast the
train did leave the Northwestern de-
pot nearly half the party was left be-
hind to AXE another train. which would
overUke the candidate at Appleton.
Ab6SlSi the train. besides the regular
partys were Secretary Walsh. Of the
national committees: Judge Clinton
Babbitt, j. Il. Malone and George W.
Hilton.
At Green Bay w. &. SilyerthOrnc,
the Democratic nominee for governor;
tN-'rON- 'rtbl ~ W. L t'h. l. ~ a.
OreuX. Senator X. &. Mcclellan, j. \.
knipperS. John Smith. John Itueland.
Il. V. Wade Hewitt got aboard the
train and acted a. an escort for the
nominee. During the day Mr.. Bryan
spoke at Green Bay. Dcpcre. kau-
kauna. Appleton, Neenah. MenaSha,
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac. juneau. Water
town, Jefferson. Fort Atkinson. Milton
Junction. GAINESVILLE and Madison. At
Green Bay Mr.. Bryan spoke TO Il
crowd of several thousand people from
n platform erected in Whitney Park.
He Il introduced by cX-Gov. Peck.
Trouble mt GAINESVILLE.
The day "a without special incl
dents until GAINESVILLE was reached
when there was a disturbance which
at one time looked as if it might be-
come serious. This point was reached
about dusk and there was congregatcd
about the station Il large assembly OF
people. There was an almost COM
plete absence Of gold badges. He had
hardly begun speaking. however, when
a procession crossed the railroad
tracks in the ear of the audience. It
o % developed that the procession
was composed of Il uniformed MCl\in-
ley club, carrying banners and pic
lures of the republican candidates and
n large American flag. Immediately
after crossing the railroad the process
sion turned abruptly into the crowd as
If intending to cone directly to the
platform. There was Il disturbance of
w or three minutes duration which
caused such confusion as TO put Il
stop to the speech. The notices and
banners were made the object Of con-
tention and a scufiie enSued over their
possession. These gradually went
down with the exception of the por-
traits of Mckinley and the American
flag. which there was apparently no
effort to displace. 1t was asserted that
in the general scutIie there was some
resort to physical violence, but it was
impossible from the train to observe
all the details of the encounter. The
Mckinley procession gradually with
drew and order was soon restored.
Mr.. Bryan issued Il statement to-
day, declaring that he is o and never
has been n member of the i. L. A.,
or similar organization; that he ia in
favor OF public schools. but believes it
the privilege Of parents to send their
children to private schools if they so
desire.