The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-03
BILLY BRYAN'S BOSH.
The Efforts Of the Boy Orator Are Be.
ginning to SavOr Of the AuctiOneer.
Spectacle at Springfield.

Springfield O., Sept 1.-The train
bearing Mr.. Bryan arrived here at y.35
Il. IN. The booming of cannon an
nounced his arrival. The crush from
the steps of the car To the platform was
simply terrible. 10000 people being pres
ent.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
our opponent is trying to throw upon
Providence the faults for our conditions.
if a farmer complains he is not making
much out of his potato crop they tell
him ii Is due to the potato bug If he
Is not making much out of corn, they
tell him it is due to the chinch bug. II
he is not making much out of wheat,
they tell him 1t is due to the army worm
But let me tell you the gold bug is de-
stroying more crops than all of them.
Great laughter.) The farmer is the
most helpless victim Of circumstances
of all the producers of wealth. If q
man is engaged in manufacturing and
finds the demand is decreasing he can
close his factory and stop the expense
of production, but the farmer can't
When he plants his crop in the spring
he does not know whether there is go
ing to be "A Hood or a drought. Whether
it is going to he hot winds or cold hail.
He takes his chances and i assert
when he has taken more chances than
everybody else and survives all the pes
thence and calamities that visit the
farm. it is not fair to drive him between
the bulls and bears of Wall street and
let them take from him what is left.
wrcat laughter and applause) The
Democrats Of this state have done we'll
against great odds. In spite of great
Influences the Democrats Of this state
declare for the restoration of the money
of the constitution. You met your OPP
ponents in open conflict and by super
iority of numbers Overcame them. What
do they do? The very people who have
been calling all silver Democrats, Popu.
lists. who are trying to read us out of
the party for years, when they found
they could not read us out, instead of
going out to some other party and Civ
ing us the name we have proven our
right to, they try to go out and take the
name with them, and call us anarchists
because we don't go with them. CAD
plause.) ! understand these gold stan
dard Democrats, by resolution declared
their emblem should be the hickory tree.
We have heard about Satan stealing the
livery Of heaven, but we have never be-
fore seen men try to use the name of
that great hero and statesman. to undo
all he tried to do. (Cries of '.go on.D
Talk about Andrew Jackson belonging
to the gold bug Democracy. Laugh
teri Go back to the time of Andrew
Jackson and whom had he arrayed
against him? The very men who after
trying to use the Democratic party for
private gain and having failed, are now
trying to elect the Republican candi-
date for president by nominating gold
standard candidate. (Cries of they
can't do it')
They take hickory tree for their
emblem. Why don't they get something
appropriate? Why don't they put upon
their ballot the picture of an owl?
Uaughter.) Nothing could be more
appropriate. 1t looks wise and does its
work at night. Haughter.) Or if they
don't like the owl take the mole. 1t is
a slick animal and works under ground
all the time. (Great laughter and APP
plause.) But they ought to spare the
sacred memory Of the man who was the