The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-02
BRYAN RETURNS TO OHIO
HIS TOUR YESTERDAY FORM TOLEDO
To CINCINNATI.
TWO SPEECHES IN LATTER CITY.
Stops Made at Several Towns Along the
Route-Good-sfzed Crowds at all the
Speakings and Great Enthusiasm.
Disturbance Created at Only One
Place Presented with Silver
Horseshoe by a German Society at
Dayton.

Toledo, O., October 31.-Colonel and
Mrs. Bryan arrived in this city at 8
o'clock this morning. coming direct
from Dunkirk, New York. They were
met at the railroad station by Mayor
and Mrs. Jones. Mr.. Bryan was es-
corted to the Body house by the may
or while Mrs. Bryan was conveyed to
the mayors residence for a brief recep-
ton
Beginning at 10 o'clock Mr.. Bryan
made a. speech of an hours duration
in Armory park here, leaving immedi-
ately after on his days tour of the
state. He was received by cheers from
a big crowd gathered about the depot
when he left his car and also found a
large number of people grouped about
the hotel when he reached it. They
cheered heartily.
Mayor Jones introduced Mr.. Bryan
at the Armory park meeting. In his
speech he gave considerable time to
the plea of prosperity.
Just before Mr.. Bryan began to
speak and while Mayor Jones was still
on his feet, ten or twelve young men
who were disturbing the meeting were
taken in charge by the police and car
ried out of the grounds. They had
brought to the meeting place a huge
| board representation of an elephant
which was labeled G. o. P, and which
they were parading about the outskirts
of the democratic meeting with much
glee and many hurrahs. The mayor
himself deprecated the idea of police
interference.
Napoleon, O., October 31.-In his
| speech at Wauseon, Mr.. Bryan charged
| the republican party with making
| specious pleas to the different classes
| OF people, and in support of his aSser-
| ton produced circulars addressed to
both the Catholic church and the Amer
| lean Protective Association. Referring
| to these circulars he said:
81 have received today two circulars
one being sent out to the members
| of the American Protective Associa-
| ton, asking them to vote the repubH-
| can ticket as a protest against Catho-
! lies, and the other asking Catholics to
vote the republican ticket as protest
| against the American Protective AS
| sociauon. Here you find the republi-
| cans having failed in their appeal to
people to support republican principles
on any broad grounds, have now sent
| out circulars appealing to religious
prejudices.
Il thank God that the democrat par
| ty is a party to which people can be-
| long, no matter of what church they
| are members, no matter wha.tEheir oc-
| cupation may be. We believe III religious
and civil liberty and men come into the
| democratic party, not in order 10 ad-
vance their claims against other peo-
| pie, but in order to protect the rights
| OF all people under the American flag" "
| Cincinnati, o., October 31.-The dem
| ocratic presidential candidate, William
| Jennings Bryan, made his first speech
| here tonight for the present campaign.
| He arrived on a special train at
o'clock tonight and went direct to Mu-
| sic~hall, where he talked for an hour
Hon. Judge Harmon, formerly attorney
| general under President Cleveland
| presided at the meeting and there were
| many other leading democrats present
The doors were opened at o'clock p
m, but more than enough to fill were
present before o'clock.
The day was spent entirely in this
| state and the itenerary covered the
country between this city and Toledo
| With exception TO the Toledo speech
none of the others of the day exceeded
twenty-five minutes in length and siz
of them were of only five minutes du.
| ration each.
A majority of the places where stops
| were made were small towns, and as q
rule crowds were not large. There were
however, fine audiences at Toledo
Wauseon, Piqua, Dayton and College
Corner as we'll as here.
Cincinnati. O., October 31-When Mr.
Bryan's special train rolled into the
depot at Dayton about sunset, there
was a crowd Of several thousand peo.
pie assembled at that point. Mr.
Bryan had been notified that there was
a desire to present him with a silver
horseshoe from the Harugari Lieder-
kranz Society. When the train came
to a full stop and Mr.. Bryan appeared
on the rear platform he was greeted by
prolonged and tumultuOus applause
A committee Of three ladies, represent
ing the society, then pressed their way
to the front Of the crowd and handed
TO him a box containing. not only the
horseshoe, but a colored portrait o1
himself, a gold mounted badge, and q
letter explaining that in a contest IL
the society for the horseshoe Mr.. Bryan
had received 1880 votes, against "a
cast for President Mckinley. Mr.. Bry.
an responded briefly, saying:
'T desire the ladies who presented
this horseshoe to bear my greeting.
to the members Of the Harugari So
ciety, and to say to them that whil,
1 cannot make them a speech in Ger
man I can sayIch danke linen. Tel
them I am glad to know that the re.
publican appeal to the Germans ha,
been in vain. and the republican ap
peal has been in vain in other portion.
OF our population, for while the Ger.
mans want good money they wan
good government also. I am obliged
to the Germans for this horseshoe and
am grateful for the large majority BY
which It was voted to me. / believx
that II We succeed in driving every
trust out OF the United States, reduc:
ing the standing army to its former
size. and in saving this country from
the menace of imperialism, the bless.
ings Of democratic policies will be 81
universally recognized that the people
win never take the horseshoe from ths
White house door,
Mr. Rryau received a very cord;o