The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-10-24
BRYAN Kissed in Ohio.

was roundly Missed when he appeared
here tonight The demonstration which
marked the close II his second day 4
journey through the State occurred III
the Opera ii use. and was exciting to Il
degree which at enc time seemed e.
threaten seriously. The tremendous
crowd gathered in the city necessltAted
two meetings, as was the case at Ken
ton. and Bryan spoke first at the base
ball park and then at the Opera House
His entrance upon the stage of the lat
ter evoked applause, but above the
cheering the sound of hostile Kisses was
plainly audible
From that time there was a strugele
between the Democrats and the Repub.
licAns as 10 which could hiss or applaud
more Loudly, but amid the noisy con
flict Bryan stood his ground. AZ times
the kissing was so stormy as O. drown
his voice, and he was plainly dls'on-
certed, although he kept his temper
He began Immediately with singing
sarcasm against the "hissing Republl-
cans. as he called them, and dared
them to hiss the words Of Abraham
Lincoln. which he read TO them.
Once when p lice officer endeavored
20 erect one of the kissing crowd, Bryan
interpOsed / csn stand this for half
an hour il you have to live in this com
munity all your lives Finally Bryan ;
denunciation of the policy which he
claimed refuses independence and lib.
erty 10 the FilipinOs was 80 vehement,
imprisoned, and persistent that he
gained respectful attention, and the aP.
plause was greater than the hostile
demonstration. Bryan, however. after
his exciting experience was stlll trem-
bling when he reached his private car.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS AT LIMA.
Brysn's train was derailed at Lima
this afternoon, and for few moments
q serious accident was threatened The
train was run At high rate of speed
from Ottawa to Lima. and was being
shifted around curve on high en-
bankment The extreme length Of the
private car threw the engine of the
track at q switch, and the train Jared
o.ninously. The engineer fortunately
had his hand on the throttle, and quick
ly shut of the steam. SO that the tram
was promptly brought TO stAndstiil.
Bryan and Mclean, with the rest #
the party, hastened ont Of the car, aud
waited on the side Of the embankment
until another engine arrived IL seem
ed, indeed. 20 bs an unlucky Friday.
for when the train was later being
.A,T.oa ., rrr 10 Ctdpav apotbar angina
broke down and caused another delay
Despite these accidents. which threw
the days schedule out Of gear. Bryan
has travelled up and down Ohio today.
leaving a streak of free silver oratory
behind him In fact, al Ottawa which
is the county seat Of a strong Demo
cratic county, he delivered genuine
old-fashiOned silver speech Of the 1896
brand, denOuncing the goldbugs. A. he
called them. and assuring the farmers
that under the gold standard prices f
products have declined while the cost
Of living had risen. He asserted that
10 500. 600 people voted IN 1896 Tor in
dependent blmetallism and only 1872 O0O
for the gold standard Ii IL hsrdly
necessary however. to repeat his speech
At Ottawa, or 70 detail the arguments
which he presented at Nap leon. Lima
Sidney. Bellefontaine, Kenton, Tind.
lay, the other pliuts at which he spoke
today, for they are familiar enough
There was practically only one string
70 his bow today. To be sure. be did
condemn In unspairiug terms the in
crease Of the standing army At one or
two points where the German vote L.
quite large. and he appealed - the
Germans specifically not to fasten i'm
per'alism aud militaryism upon the re-
public This, however, was practical
ly the only diversion from the silver
theme.
NOT IN THE ENEMY's COUNTRY.
Bryan was perfectly safe in talking
silver in the section through which he
travelled today, for its loyalty TO him
and his idea was tested in 1896. and the
Democrats claim that the silver senti-
ment is strong as ever. The Nebra. kan
did not hesitate, however, to attach
Mclean to the tail Of his free silver
kite \ significant instance occurred
st Ottawa. in Putnam County. This
county gave Bryan large majority IN
the last Presidential campaign. and be
had thanked them for their votes. 1t
will help us in 1900. he added, IF
Ohio goes Democratic this fall and |
will trade votes in 1900 for votes next
month
THAT means Mclean queried a
farmer in the crowd.
Eyes" said Bryan, emphatically,
that means Mclean and everybody
else on the ticket with him -
Mr.. Mclean, on his part. has said
nothing more today than he did yester-
day. He has appeared on the platform
and has repeated without change, the
formula Of introduction he has adopted
You know" he says. 1.-THE man who
was nominated in 1896, and who will
be the leader Of the Democracy in 1900.
/ present Mr.. Bryan.
When Mr. Mclean disappears from
the platform, some times he returns
directly to his car, but today he circu-
lated more freely among the people. At
Napoleon he went out and talked Ger
man with some people in the crowd
He is cultivating bis German acquain-
lance, and will deliver speech in
German at Columbus next week, f1r
which imperialism and not silver will
be the next text. At several places to-
day. while Bryan was speaking. be has
spent the time consulting with the local
leaders. He was not upon the platform
at Sidney this evening when his posi-
ton on trusts was called in question.
AN ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
Mr.. Bryan had said a word or two
about trusts, when man in the crowd
sought permission to ask question
4 am one of the 30, 900 travelling men
out Of a job" he said, land | want
to know what Mclean thinks Of the
trusts.
''Mr. Mclean can answer for him
self, &" replied Mr. Bryan, but l can
say that the platform upon which he
stands declares against trusts, and that
his newspaper has done most effective
work against them q" This seemed to
satisfy the drummer, for he asked no
more questions.
The throngs which have greeted