The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-21
Candidate Given Unprecedented
Ovation at Louisville.
Only With Difficulty Could En-
thusiasm Be Checked.
HE MADE 3 SPEECHES
Talked in Hall and Then in Park
Outside.
He Also Addressed a Delegation
of Railroad Men.

Louisville. KY, Oct. 21.-Passing in
review before thousands of people
along the line of march, followed by
a parade of many hundreds of march
ers and speaking to more people than
the sound of his voice could reach.
w. ]. Bryan last night made brief
sally south of the Ohio river. The
rally in Louisville was for Mr.. Bryan,
| the elimination of one of the busiest
days of the campaign and the out
pouring here equalled and possibly
/ surpassed anything in the way of a
demonstration that the candidate has
met with since he was notified of his
| nomination.
From the time he left New Albany.
Indiana, just across the river, until he
spoke his final word of farewell. Mr..
| Bryan was the recipient of a con-
/ tinuouS ovation. Arriving at Phoenix
Hill park, Mr.. Bryan was cheered for
| fifteen minutes and it was only with
! difficulty that the crowd could be in
! duced to check the enthusiasm long
enough to allow him to speak. He
! found it necessary to deliver three ad-
! dresses, one to an audience that pack
i ed Phoenix hail. another to an even
larger crowd In the park outside, and
a third to the paraders massed in an
open space near the park. He also
made a short speech at two other
places one of them being addressed
to a delegation of railroad employees.
In beginning each of his three
speeches. Mr.. Bryan devoted consider
able attention to the welcome given
him.
Tour a Notable One.
The tour today of Mr.. Bryan
through Indiana was a notable one.
4 Accustomed though he Is to large
crowds and lusty cheers. the demon
/ stration accorded him today was COM
mented upon by the candidate as be-
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| ing feature of the trip was the re-
peated calls for Mrs. Bryan who
shared in the handshaking with her
| husband. She was overwhelmed with
attention at every point where stop
was made. and was the recipient OF
many handsome floral pieces.
The Democrat candidate delivered
| his first Of sixteen speeches of the day
at Hammond. at 1880 O'Clock. His
voice was in splendid shape and he
commanded the strict attention of his
many audiences. His ravorite themes
today were the planks of the Demo
crat platform relating to labor. the
guaranty of bank deposits and the
| publicity of campaign contributions
and he frequently aroused his audi
tors to a high pitch of enthusiasm
He appealed for support of the Demo
crat party on the ground that it was
nearly to the people and pledged him
self, if elected, to devote all his
| energies to the fulfllment of the
| promises contained in his platform
He denounced the banker who would
| gamble on the stock market and
thereby place in jeopardy the funds in
| trusted to his care. To the laboring
man he pointed to Mr.. Taft as their
| enemy, and to the farmers he said
that Mr.. Taft had nothing to offer in
the way of relief. President Roose-
welt was scored for the part he has
played in the campaign. The whole
| journey was made in a special train
and the route traversed was almost in
a straight line south of Chicago.
Campaign Contributions.
In his principal remarks here Mr.