The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-14
81 Am as Much interest
ed as When Standard
Bearer" Says He.
GREETED WITH CHEERS
He Tells Hearers That All Who Voted
For Him Can Support Ticket
as Earnestly.
Samuel G. Blythe in n. v. World

Samuel G. Blythe in n. Y. World.
Indianapolis Oct. 12.-William
Jennings Bryan took the plunge today
assionately. with his hands raised
high above his head, the first words
he said to his first Indiana audience
at Rockville were:
II am i'm Indiana in tive hope ,Iiaf
1 can contribute to the success of our
party i'm this State. You have voted
for me and YOU probably assume that
l ann interested in the result OF this
election. 1 am as much Interested to-
day as L was when held the standard
o. oar party. Some OF the Republic
cans have tried to make il appear that
my support Of the national ticket i
PcrfunctOry and that l ann speaking
for regularity's sake and have NO deep
interest in the result. Before | leave
Indiana no Republican will be SO ig-
ROrant as to suppose ] am not inter-
c-ied vitality i'm the success of Parker
and Davis
"Biffi bangi' these sentences came.
State Chairman O'Brien and The other
Democratic State leaders who We're or;
the platform jumped up and shouted
The 1000 people in the court house
square shouted too. Bryan had fairly
and squarely declared for the Parker
and Davis ticket for the hrst time and
they were iubilant Indiana is a great
Bryan State. SO good an authority as
John Kern, the Democratic candidate
fCr Governor this year, has said that
fully 80 per cent. of the Democratic
voters in the State are Bryan men and
Bryan Democrats.
Bryan Men Will be in Line.
Bryan was brought here to swing the
disgruntled Bryan men into line
Chairman O'Brien said tonight after
the meet ng in indianapolis that he
had no doubt that nearly every Bryan
man. following the old leader, after
today's speeches will vote for Parker
and Davis
The keynote of Bryan's five speeches
today and the keynote of the fifty
more he is to deliver i'm this tour of
the State, was in the Rockville speech.
AT Veedersburg at Charlottesville. at
'Brownsburg and at the TomlinSor Hall.
meeting here tonight he declared that
his support of the Parker and Davis
ticket is sincere and he dwelt on the
fact that in his opinion the paramount
issue Is Imperialism. He made no ex-
cuses for his speeches and actions at
the St. Louis convention. He said he
went there to do the best he could
according to his lights: that he made
his fight and that he is content to
stand by the result.
He said that he thought it far bet
ter to support Parker who is a gold
Democrat than to vote for RooSe-
welt. who is a gold Republican, and
he urged all his hearers to go out and
vote the straight ticket
Bryan was in great form. His
speeches today reminded those who
heard him of the speeches he made
in the campaign of 1896 His voice
was clear and full. There was no
trace of the WEAKNESS that marked
his effort at 81. Louis He was active
energetic, fu.l of life and as vigorous
work. He talked beyond his sched-
uled time at each of his stops, and
was so gratfied at the size and char
acter of his meeting that he beamed
on everybody during the trip.
Bryan Dressed IS Usual.
He wore his usual campaigning out
fit, short black coat, pair of baggy,
striped trousers, a black SLOUGH hat
and the grey striped overcoat that has
stood him in such good stead for
these many years. He is balder than
he was when he camDaigned four
years ago. Indeed, it seems that he
has lost lot Of hair since the St
Louis Convention. The locks on his
neck are just as long and just as curly.
but on the top of his head is a woeful
sparcness. He felt that lack Of hair,
too. In the old days he would talk
in the open air for an hour with no
hat on. Today he produced little
gray golf CAP and put it on each time
he talked out of doors. He looked
like round-faced boy with that cap
on pulled down to his ears.
1 went through Indiana four years
ago with Bryan. The crowds at the
meeting places were just as large and
just as enthusiastic as the> were then.
To be sure, Bryan lost Indiana four
years ago. but then al the Bryan men
were with him. This time his task
is to get the Bryan men to be with
Parker and he says he thinks he can
do IT.
His argument followed that of his
speeches four years ago and AL his
speeches. since that time. He said that
Judge Parker stands for indepen lence
Tor the Philippines and urged every
Democrat to vote for him. He dis
oussed the election of United Stales
Senators by the direct vote of the DO
pie at length. Then he took UP ne
money, question, saying:
am going to prove to YOU that "a
man who believed in the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of rs TO I as
l did i'm 1896 and i'm 1900. and as I do
now. can vote for Parker and Da.is
as earnestly as he voted for me-
he declared that he did all he could
at 81. Louis to get a candidate in har-
lnony SWlth every plank in the Kan
sas cry platform and having failed
it is the duty of every Democrat to
supportS the ticket nominated there.
He said fhe money question is not the
paramount issue. and that imperialism
is. He said this about the race cues
ton:
REVIVAL OF RACE ISSUE.
WHO would have supposed i'm 1896
that Republican administration
could have brought the race Issue into
national politics again? Who would
have thought in 1896 that one Rem,b-
lican President could have done as
much as President Roosevelt has done,
to arouse antagOniSm between the
races and TO hang over one section of
this country the peril of race is