The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-09

"a baggage truck was piacFu pcSAue tic N"i
and Mr.. Bryan mounted it and said
Ladies and Gentlenlen-When / started
East L knew our people out mere were all
right. but | did not know how they might
be down there. found, however tney
were about as much stirred up down there
as you are out here All over TINS country
those who tell and are engaged IN the
productive Industries are interested
in having enough money. TO do bus
mess with and those who nave money m
stead of property and want TO make dol-
ieVe We nave more people on our slae
than we have against us. / have the great
best hnancier is the man VINO attends 10
his own business and lets the people nave
something to say in the running OF the
government. If the finapcier has the eyes
to see how the question concerns him he
has the right TO use his vote as he sees
mt and and you have Just as as much .n;h right to to
means that the dollar will buy more and
more all the time and the prices will fall,
ana 1aillng prices mean hard times. De6ts
do not fall however, and consequently the
living expenses must be decreased and as
the living expenses decrease. so is the
prosperity of the merchant decreased, and
l know of no way to restore prosperity ex-
cept by increasing the power of the peo-
pie to consume. and the only way you can
do that is to enable them to get more for
what they produce than they have been
getting. (Applause.) Here is one Repub-
obliged. 1 will just put him down in the
place of one deserter As long as we get
sixteen SIX ee n silver votes to every one deserter
The first crowd to greet the nominee in
his own State was at Plattsmouth where
five hundred Nebraskans welcomed him
with hearty cheers and footing of horns.
A gaily decorated platform had been
erected south of the depot and the coun-
Bryan was introduced by the chairman of
the county central committee who, on be-
half of the citizens of Nebraska welcomed
MN home Mr. Bryan. in answering
thanked them for their cordial welcome and
SAID he hoped at some future time TO ad-
dress them at length and discuss the po-
litical situation with them. He was cheered
and applauded, and everybody crowded
about him at the conclusion of his brief
greet him home.
SPEECH AT OMAHA
At Omaha 600 people awaited the train
which bore the nominee. Mr.. Bryan had
said he would not speak at Omaha. but
the cordial greeting given him by the
friends assembled at the depot apparently
compelled him to tell them of his trip East
There were many personal friends in the
assemblage who knew the Nebraskan be-
fore his nomination, and the warm hand
clasps were not of such nature as to help
healing his already sore right hand Mr.
Bryan said:
While / am glad to come back, I want
TO say TO you that have felt just as much
at nome in other parts of the country as
mere. L thought it might be necessary to
take some of you down East to show them
how to cheer for free silver, but if I had
them back here to give you a few lessons
Qaughterl; because there is no question but
that the interest which is being manifested
IS national. tApplause) 1t is not confined
TO any section. L have not found any more
enthusiasm anywhere than in the neigh
borhood of New York city and all through
the States of New York and Pennsylvania
and the reports given not only by Demo-
Gratis but by silver Republicans are so en-
hpljpVp thew
are entirely true. (ApplauSe) l used to
think we ought to have a mourners' bench
at our meetings, SO those that We're under
conviction and about to undergo change
of heart might come to the mourners'
bench (iaughter); but instead of coming to
the mourners bench they come shouting
they are so glad. daughter and applause. }
Among the Republicans who have come
over, and their name is legion, there is as
much enthusiasm as there is among the
Democrats. CA voice, More. Laughter and
appauSe.) And / believe that for every
Democrat we lose because of the position
we have taken the money question we
are going to get sixteen who are not Dem
do not understand what 16 to l means, and
give various definitions, I believe that det-
ter and applause.) In one county in Ohio
where the vote was to / for the Re
speeches made by silver Republicans. and
they are going to carry the county cap
plause) and wherever have been men have
told me they were Republicans from the
time they first voted for Lincoln and some
even for Fremont and this is the first time
they ever bolted the Republican ticket.
Applause.) But they consider it as impor-
tant now to have their country govern it
self as ever before (applause) and they are
just earnest now in trying to release the
people from financial bondage as they had
ever been in advocating the principles of
the Republican party.
There were crowds gathered at Gretna
and Ashland, which gathered at the Win
doWS to catch a glimpse of the distin-
gushed citizen Of their State.
At Lincoln large crowd of his fellow
citizens f1ocked about the depot to shake
his hand and cheer for him. There were
about 5000 people at the train and two
bands of music headed as many Democratic
and free-silver clubs Cheer after cheer
went up, and the bands came in with their
share of noise The two silver clubs and
the citizens in carriages headed by the
bands, formed a procession which escorted
Mr. Bryan from the Burlington depot to
his home. There another crowd had gath
cred. and it was some time before the can
didate could get inside his house on ac-
count of the delay occasioned by the shak-
ing of hands with those present.