Evening star., 1896-10-24
DEPLORED BY Mr.. BRYAN
The Democratic Candidate on the Insult t6
Secretary Carlisle.
Fate Of Those Who Attempt to Oner
Indfsntties to Others-The Tour
Through illinois,

The reception given by Peoria, the second
city in Illinois. to Mr. Bryan, the demo-
cratic candidate, last night was marked by
continued cheering. An open trolley ca.
brilliantly illuminated and profusely deco
rated, conveyed Mr.. Bryan from the Union
station 10 the tabernacle, where he made
his first speech. rhe spacious building was
iilled TO overf1owing. Mr.. Bryan spoke for
more than an hour. concluding at 9:35 and
was then taken TO Rouse's Hall, with much
smaller seating and standing space This.
too. was packed. Concluding a brief speech
.nere, the candidate went TO the court
hcuse, where he addressed an open air
meeting composed OF about 1o,psa persons
In his tabernacle speech Mr.. Bryan re-
ferred TO the ind!gnities shown Secretary
Carlisle at Covington Thursday night, and
strongly deprecated them. He spoke i'm part
follows:
1t is only rarely have found that any
public speaker is intcrfered with or that
aLy act is done which can lie made the sub
ject of just criticism. | mention this now
because this mornings papers present two
very unusual incidents In the campaign 1
ma from the morning papers that some
Scld men disturbed a silver meeting and
that some silver men disturbed a gold meet
ing in Kentucky.
Il mention this because IL is not often
that these things have happened, and In
order that may appeal 10 the advocates of
Tree coinage to observe during the present
campaign The courtesy, the charity, the
liberation that has been almost unanimous
ly manifested UP to this time.
Il have found persons wearing the yellow
badges. indicating that they were opposed
10 silver, mingling in the crowds, and cheer
Ing sometimes where have gone. and hav.
been glad 10 know that these people so
radically differing in opinion, could mingle
together without clash without difficulty
want 10 say this. that L condemn the dis
thrbance offered al Mr.. Carlisie's meeting as
L condemn q la NO. off,
at a silver meeting.
Let each individual remember that no dis
grace can be heaped by him upon another
person. man cannot be disgraced by an
other. He must disgrace himself II dis
grace comes. And those who attempt TO
offer indie atty TO another iniurc themselves
iar more than they do the object of their
attack.
Il know that in this campaign there has
been resentment, because men who have in
the past advocated one doctrine now advo-
cate another. | know that these changes
have been made without sufficient excuse
being given to the public. But, my friends
leave these men TO history, because history
is just. II they have done wrong they shall
be punished. If they are right. We ought
not to punish them" CheersD
Enthusiasm of Bryan's Supporters.
A howlirg. shouting. cheering crowd well
coined the triple nominee TO Decatur where
he was down for two speeches and an
hours stop. When the train pulled in the
depot great crowd surrounded the car,
and 1t was with difficulty that Mr.. Bryan
reached the conveyance which was To take
him TO the places of speaking. Here the
enterprising committee went the Charles
ton committee one better and instead of
having the ordinary vehicle a motocycle
vas brought into use, and the candidate
was conveyed in this !Iorseless carriage
The crowd was the feature. 1t was
crush from start TO finish. and when the
platform at the court house square was
reached II was impossible for the nominee
to gain it. While the crowd was not so
large as at many places. the crush was
The worst experienced for many day
The other carriages could not get within
lov feet of that occupied by Mr.. Bryan, and
| the crowd of shorthand men with the parry
and for the local papers could not get near
enough TO report the speech. At th1 sec
ond speech /: was hut a repetition. The
candidate did not dare to leave the We
hicle, and the few police were powcrieSs
The press correspondents could not hear
one wcrd IN fifty, and they were lucky II
they did that. The return 10 the depot
was a continuous ovation, and IL was hard
TO keep the excited admirers of the nom
inee from breaking over the police and
doing bodily harm in their desire to show
their affection.
The capital city of the state of Illinois
welcomed TIE democratic nominee HI,h a
great reception. Crowds that numbered up
into the tens of thousands listened TO him
and noisily demonstrated their affection for
him and their belief in the principles ,nat
he advocated Mr.. Bryan delivered TWO
speeches in Springfield; one at the court
house and the other from in front of he
state capitol
There was stop OF five minutes at
Petersburg and one of fifteen minutes at
Havana.
The train arrived at Peoria shortly he
fore o'clock. il being the first time dur
ing the week that IL was not over three
hours late.
The regular train was taken out of
Peoria at ll:3o. and this morning al
o'clock arriN ed at Ottawa.