The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-10-11
TALK TO THOUSANDS
Great Crowds Hear Both Bryan and
Roosevelt.

paign tour of Illinois, speaking in this
city to the largest audience assembled
here since the McKinley-Bryan cam
paign Of four years ago. Various re-
publican organizations Of this city and
st. Louis We'd with each other in doing
honor to the vice presidential candi-
date. Gov. Roosevelt betrayed no token
of WEAKNESS, Notwithstanding he had
made speeches at many towns in the
state en- route, the most notable Of
which was at Springfield. There the
governor refrained from discussing
f~inarce, trusts, and such topics, devot-
ing himself exclusively to the life
achievements of Abraham Lincoln.
At Jacksonville the crowd was the
largest that had greeted Gov. Roose-
Welt, owing undoubtedly to the fact
that Judge Yates, republican candi-
date for governor, who lives in Jack
sonville, was on the train. The party
was escorted to a tent in the public
square. There the procession halted,
and the crowd cheered while Judge
Yates introduced Gov. Roosevelt, who
spoke briefly, and hurriedly returned
to his train. On the arrival at Alton
the governor was greeted by a large
bouy of citizens and organizations
bearing fambeaux. A feature was
the presence of 60 marines and 30
former members of the regular army,
all of the latter having served under
Gov. Roosevelt at Santiago.
South 30 kha o;4, a. 4..s -
for orders. An incident of interest
transpired at this point. 1t was the
arrival and stopping of William Jen-
nings Bryan's special train north
bound Immediately alongside the
Roosevelt special. The Bryan train
also had stopped for orders. The can
didates did not see each other until
their respective cars were passing
slowly, but as they passed they rec
ognized each other in the dim light
from the car windows, and each lean
ing forward waved mis- hand in saluta-
ton. Col. Bryan and Judge Yates,
however, had held quite an extended
conversation, and the women of the
respective parties exchanged cour-
tesies and bouquets.
At Cairo, Ill.
st. Louis, Oct. EGYPT was well
represented in Cairo when the Bryan
train arrived there at 1918 o'clock.
There had been excursions from the
neighboring towns and villages, and
the result was a large crowd to well
come the democratic nominee. He
was driven to a stand erected near the
center of the city. His speech was de-
voted mainly to the trusts, although
the question of a large standing army
and the question of Imperialism each
received ONE attention 1T his hands.
At Percy Mr.. Bryan spoke for ten
minutes from a platform erected near
the train. There were also short
speeches at Red Bud and Waterloo.
The principal cities of IL of the
southern counties of the state and
three of the congressional districts
were visited during the day, and large
audiences addressed at the various
stopping places. Fourteen addresses
were made from seven o'clock in the
morning, when the first speech at
Salem was delivered, until the train
bearing the nominee and his party
pulled out of Alton at nearly mid
night. The addresses have ranged
from ten minutes to an hour in
length, and six hours would be a con-
~servative estimate of the amount of
time consumed by Mr.. Bryan in actual
fo1ly A IHogf CT Innig Mr. RryDn
and Gov. Roosevelt crossed each other.
AS Gov. Roosevelt had a meeting
there, Mr.. Bryan passed through and
went on to Alton.
The Prohibition Candidates.
indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 0.-John G.
Woolley, prohibition candidate for
president, spoke to 1900 persons at
Tomlinson's hall here Monday night.
The special arrived at $40 on the
way to Martinsville, where an hours
meeting was held. On the return to
indianapolis at $3.50 o'clock the party
was escorted to Tomlinson hall by
the Worries college band. An all-day
rally was held here, starting at 1920
in the morning. The first stop OF
the afternoon was at Paris, Ill, Wool
ley's former home, where a warm re
| ception was encountered. The nomi,
nee was the recipient of many ele'
CANT floral offerings from old ac
quaintances. The next stop after
leaving Paris was at Danville, which
was reached shortly after two o'clock
The meeting was held in the public
square, where a temporary speaker:
stand had been erected. Cushing
Woolley and Dickie spoke to an au
dience of 1000 persons. The specia
leaves indianapolis at 1920 o'clocl
Tuesday morning. Stops will be mad,
at Kokomo, Logansport and Elmer
in Indiana, ard Watseka, Chenoa anC
Gardner, in Illinois. The night meet
ing will be held at Handel hall, Chi
cago.
Need Not Contribute.
Washington, Oct. 9.-By direction
of Secretary Hay, the employees of tn,
department of state have been mott
fed, through Chief Clerk Michael, tina
they are under no obligation what
ever Dy REASON OF thelr pelhS III III
public service to make any contribu
tions or subscriptions for political o
other purposes, or to render politica
service, and that they will not b
molested OF in any way discriminate
against for failure so to subscribe
contribute OF TO serve, The circula,
conveying this notice ~recites the pro
vision of the civil service act bearing
on the subject of political contribu
tons, as well as a letter of warming
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