The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-15
FROST FOR BRYAN
DEMONSTRATION IN HIS HONOR AT
CENTRALIA ALMOST A FAIL
URE.
ANOTHER KEYNOTE SOUNDED.
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN DIS
CUSSED AGAIN BY THE CHI
CAGO CANDIDATE.
But ONE QUESTION IS INVOLVED.
Silver Problem Must be Settled be-
fore Any Other Matters Can
be Given Attention.

reason the ovation that was to have
been given to Mr.. Bryan tonight was
almost a failure. Scarcely 300 people,
all told, were at the station when the
train bearing Mr.. Bryan and his wife
filed in club of Democratic voters
arrived from Nashville with a band,
and a few minutes later one came IN
from Fairfield, but they added scarcely
200 people to the crowds. TO make
matters worse the place selected for
Mr.. Bryan to meet the citizens was the
City park, which had already been en-
gagged by William f. Mason, Republt-
can candidate for the United States
senate from this state. On this account
Mr.. Bryan ard his friends had to va
cate before o'clock. The big major
ity Of the crowd that came to the park
appeared to be Republicans who had
expected to listen to Mr.. Masons talk.
There were frequent cheers for McKin-
ley and then the friends of Democracy
would shout for Bryan Altgeld and
free silver Gov. Altgeld was not there,
and does not seem to have been in
vited, though it was announced that he
was coming.
Bryan and his wife to quietly visit this
place where Mr.. Bryan has many rela-
tives. There was TO have been a sort
Of reunion of the Bryan family of
Marion county. 1t was, hovere, decided
by Mr.. Bryan to give the visit and re-
union up. The people here had heard
that he was coming, and he was urged
not to disappoint them.
The train which brought Mr.. Bryan
here arrived at 5:45 o'clock. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan were hurried through the
crowd to a carriage in waiting. Capt.
S. L. Dwight met them and took them
to his home. Mrs. Dwight is cousin OF
Mrs. Bryan. At the home Of Capt.
Dwight there was an informal recep-
ton to the ladies Of Centralia, who
were presented to the nominee and his
wife. There were several hundred
women there and the affair was de-
cidedly pleasant.
The visiting party was then taken to
the City park. Preceding the carriage
in which Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan rode was
a brass band and following were citi-
zens on foot. The procession increased
in size as it neared the park. The
stand had been draped with flags and
bunting for the Mason meeting. 1t was
announced by Capt. Dwight that Mr..
Bryan would not attempt to talk, as
he had so little time. This did not
please the crowd, but when it became
known that Mr.. Bryan was going to
stand at the foot of the pavilion to
.... GREET THE MULTITUDE
IN
to crowd forward to shake hands with
the distinguished visitor. AS time went
by, the Bryan clubs from Nashville
and Fairfield arrived and then the
clamor for a speech was renewed 1t
became so loud that Mr.. Bryan at
length gave way to his first intentions
and spoke. He said:
II did not come to make a speech.
The campaign is hardly opened yet.
But, coming back to Marion county
to attend to some businesses which had
to be attended to before 1 returned
to my Nebraska home, / was glad to
accept an invitation to spend two or
three hours with my relatives in this
city and while here to meet again the
citizens and friends 1 knew before. We
are entering upon a memorable cam
paign and the issues are being drawn
for the contest. The two parties de-
scribed as the two great parties, or
the two leading parties, have already
adopted their platforms and have al
ready nominated their candidates for
president and president of the
United States. and in short time the
campaign will be open fully and you
will be making up your minds as to
which ticket you will support
Il trust that the issues involved in
this campaign will be clearly under
stood and carefully studied. Parties
are not made to be worshiped. They
are merely the instruments by which
we serve our country. The people are
made, not for parties, but parties are
made for the people, and parties can
only claim theesupport Of the people
when they are efficient instruments
in the hands of the people, of accom-
plishing good And those who are
called upon to vote have right to
consider the platform utterances or
policies advocated by the various par
ties, as well as the character of the
candidates who are nominated
I'm this campaign believe that there
. will be less of personalities and more
of principles than in any campaign
which we have known in recent years.
{ The people are thinking about the
great public questions You must not
expect that any platform will contain
all you desire. No thinking person
finds in any platform an expression
Of everything in which he believes
Nor must you expect that any plat
5 form will be free from some objections
We select our party; we select our plat
form, not in the hope of something
+ that is absolutely In accord with our
opinion, but for that which gives the
fullest expression of all Of our homes
and aspirations, and we take that plat
+ form and join that party which. for
the time being, promises to serve MS
the
BEST OF LEGISLATION
on the most important questions Tn
this campaign it is conceded on all sides
that the greatest and most important
issue is the money question. 1t mat
tiers not whether you believe In the re-
storat1on of silver or in a gold stand
ara. You must admit that the settle
s nlent of the money question is of the
nrst and greatest Importance. When
that is done, other things can be con-
sidered.
s ON the money question the two great
parties have taken positions directly
opposite to each other. Four wears
ago the position taken by the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties, on the
money question. was identical. The
Republican party said the American
people from tradition and interest are
In favor of bimetallism. and the Demo-