Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24
BIG DEMOCRATS AT A
BIG DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
VIM. j. Bryan, Gov. Dockery, Champ Clark and William ]. Stone
Talk Democracy to Thousands of Demo-
Gratis at Macon.

Macon, Mo-, Oct. 20.-If the weather
man had been working ON the job a
year he couldn't have produced a bet
ter day for the democrats, and to
show their appreciation of it they
have been coming in from neal and
far on railroads and in vehicles of all
sorts since daylight.
Mr.. Bryan, Gov. Dockery and Mr..
Clark came in on night trains, and
were up bright and early circulating
among throngs of citizens. Former
Gov. Stone came in from Moberly at
10 a. m, on a crowded special.
A committee of citizens, Joseph
Heifner, editor of the Macon Times
Democrat; Prosecuting-Attorney Ben
F. White, Harry NJ. Rubey, cashier
of the State exchange bank, and for
mer Sheriff James White went over
to Paris yesterday to escort Mr.. Bry-
an to Macon. After the speaking at
Paris; a telephone message was re-
ceived from Monroe City requesting
him to speak there while waiting for
the train from Macon. Although it
was nearly II o'clock at night when
Mr.. Bryan and his Macon friends ar
rived at Monroe City, they found a
large crowd awaiting them with car
riages.
At ten this morning a procession
was formed in front of the Jefferson
hotel, and the guests were driven to
the park, where the speaking took
place. Capt. hurry Edwards, with a
detail of five tours from the First
troop, Blees military academy cadets.
acted as guard of houor for the gov
crnor. Cadet Lieut.. Thomas Velie
rode beside his carriage as personal
aide. One of The features of the pa
rade was a wagon load of pretty girls
representing the 16 to L idea, 16 being
dressed in white and 1 in a yellow
gown.
Long before the advertised time for
the speaking every seat in front of
the grand stand was occupied, and
many yer struggling for places in
front. When the carriage stopped at
the stand, MI. Bryan jumped lightly
out, and good-naturedly elbowed his
way through the crowds of men and
women who were trying to grasp MS
hand. He smiled broadly, and re-
sponded to every salutation.
Mr.. Bryan INDUCED IN H~andshaking.
Mr.. Bryan looked the picture OF
health and remarked that he believed
he could shake hands with 10000 peo-
pie, and was willing to do it if neces-
sary. In fact, he acted so much like
he would enjoy an undertaking of
that kind hat the committee decid-
oil - lor4n0DA fhn rnaa1ysn~ NATL
after dinner, and Mr.. Bryan took up
a station near the stand while the
thousands filed by and shook his
hand.
Among the prominent personages
on the stand, in addition to the four
visiting statesmen, were Adjt.-Gen.
W. l.. Cameron, Robert H. Kern, St.
Louis; Rhodes Clay, representative of
Audrain county; John F. Camp
bell, representative from Macon coun-
ty; Thomas l.. Rubey, senator from
the Eighth district of Missouri; Maj.
B. r.. Dysart and Capt. Ben Eli Guth-
RE, of Macon: Col. Henry NJ. Powell,
of Bevier, and representatives of the
democratic press of the First district.
Governor Introduced Mr.. Bryan.
1oS. boChC1y liz ShdIiP Sldi N
were the first of the speakers to reach
the park this afternoon, and they as
cended the stand and surveyed the
crowd with satisfaction. Mr.. Clark
has a system of measurement of
crowds, and after a critical survey he
gave it as his estimate hat there
were $4,000 people on the ground, but
he didn't see the hundreds behind the
stand, on top of it and filling the trees
like blackbirds.
After completing the handshaking
of the forenoon and enjoying ahearty
dinner, Mr.. Bryan looked fresh and
vigorous enough to make a five-hour
address when he arrived with Mr..
Stone and took a front seat on the
platform. There was not much time
lost in music or introductions.
The crowd wanted to hear the
speaking, and they cheered the ora
tors until Gov. Dockery arose to in
troduce Mr.. Bryan. The governor
said his acknowledgements were due
the democracy of the county for the
honor of choosing him as presiding
officer on such al important occasion.
1.-THE great attendance to-day" he
said, shows that the old guard of the
Missouri democracy has still the bat
tie spirit, and it presages another
glorious triumph in the campaign of
1902
He introduced Mr.. Bryan as the idol
of the Missouri democracy, as well as
the great leader of the national de-
mocracy.
Mr.. Bryan's Address.
Mr.. Bryan waited until the cheering
quoted and then, glancing at the gov
ernor and the two senatorial aspir-
ants, said he was glad he was not