Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-11
BRYAN NABS A THIEF.
PROVES HIS RIGHT TO A POSITION
ON THE POLICE FORCE.
A FREE SPEECH AT ATcHIsoN.
HAD DONE SO WE'LL THIS WEEK
THAT HE COULD AFFORD 1T.
Took an Editorial I'm Yesterdays
Journal as the Text for His Adj
dress-Entertained by JAS.
Orr-Public Reception
Last Night.
A FREE SPEECH AT ATcHIsoN.

Atchison, ISas.,' Sept. 10.-(Special.) Ihe
feature of the Bryan meeting here to-day
was the boy orators capture Of pick
pocket. AS the people crowded up to the
stand after the speech, a pickpocket got
in his work through the crowd until he
had made his way up to Bryan. The light
fingered gentleman tried to "touch" the
boy orator while giving him the glad hand,
and was seized by his intended victim, who
sang out: Hold him. boys!" People by
the dozen discovered they had been robbed.
The first policeman to arrive found Bryan
hanging to the thief in regulation cop"
style. The man is a stranger in Atchison.
There were some 200 people at the Union
station this morning to greet w. j. Bryan
as the 9:35 train arrived from Kansas City.
There was not cheer as the train rolled
In, and not sound as Bryan alighted, ex-
cept the shufiing Of feet as the crowd
tried to get closer view Of the hoy ora
tor" Mr.. Bryan was piloted through the
crowd by James w. Orr. Chief of Police
riage. in which were Ex-Governor Click
and F. NJ. Baker, the grain man:
Baker Is an old schoolmate Of Mr.. Rry-
home M Of James Orr and MI. Orr's father
in-law. Governor Click, where he went
to bed until o'clock. as he was COM
o'clock in the morning to. take a train
from lola, and the night before he was up
nearly all night in the Santa Fe wreck.
h,s Mr sneesh srS1 in ' Atchison. but came on The
personal invitation of Messrs. Orr and
Waggoner, who are old acquaintances Of
Mr.. Bryan.
Loud cheers greeted Mr.. Bryan as he
neared the speakers stand in Forest park
at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
His first act. after entering the speak
and shake hands with Senator ingalls,, who
had q seat at the reportorial table. Mrs.
ingalls, seasa aso on tn By Ms Brvpn pa
Ex-Governor Click introduced Mr.. Bry-
an, whose speech differed considerably
from those delivered at Burlingame and
lola, The editorials in this mornings Jour-
nal set him onto new line OF talk.
products and dismissed the matter with
the remark: II don't know why there is
all this noise about the tariff on wool for
is an increase Of 1873 per cent in the price
of potatoes without any tariff. This Repub-
lican paper says there is an average In
party assumes the credit Of that increase.
Is not that reducing the purchasing power
of dollar? Last fall they said we were
crease prices and lessen the purchasing
price Of the dollar. Are they not repudia-
tionists?
1t last fall to be called repudiationist.
What will the Republican party do IL prices
go down again? If they are up on account
Of their legislation they can keep them up
Mr.. Bryan quoted again from The Jour-
nal and added: "This Republican paper
says it is not fair to go back to ~ for a
comparison Of prices. etc. Is it not fair to
take the prices after the Wilson bill be-
came a law ahifsthe time after the Dingley
bill went into operation?
Wilson bill or the Dingley bill, but to the
short crop. II the Republican party wants
the credit for the raise Of prices they must
other countries. + have heard Republicans
say that we must have the consent OF for.
eien countries before we can have financial
claim that our tariff had anything to do
with crop failures in other countries. We
want raise Of price without the penalty
We explain the raise Of the price of wheat
'The law Of supply and demand ss. governs
crop of money, dollars will raise. Nature
makes a short crop Of wheat. Man makes
short crop of dollars by law"
length and closed by talking Of the silver
commission, the tariff and the government
Strike: ST s'Dl'''''s' y -s
present, according to the estimates Of the
officers who handled the crowd. Mr.. Bryan
was in good form and spoke for over two
hours.
Parties who heard him at lola and Bur-
lingame, say it was the best effort on the
circuit.
At night public reception was given in
Mayor Baiiie P: Waggoner. general attor-
ney for the Missouri Pacific railway. A
great many ladies and gentlemen took ad-
vantage Of this occasion to shake hands
beau club made display. Mr.. Bryan went
to Lincoln on the II o'clock train tonight.