The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-30
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
SPEAKS IN CITY
SATURDAY A. N.
Great Crowd Expected to
Hear Famous NebraSkan in
The Two Speeches to Be
Made by Him While Here.
LEADERS EXPECT
A ROUSING RALLY.
Republican Committee Urges
All to Treat Commoner With
Respect While Here-Last
Speech Saturday.

William J. Bryan will be greeted by
an immense crowd tomorrow morning.
He will speak first at the corner OF
Eighth and North E streets from a
platform for twenty minutes beginning
about 8 o'clock. Following this ad-
dress he will be conveyed to the coli
scum and spreak for half an hour The
democrats have made great prepara-
tions for these addresses and are bank
ing upon them. During the past week
the republicans have brought into
Wayne county the leading orators of
the state. They have been greeted by
packed houses and the democrats feel
as if it is their turn now for rousing
time. They know there is one man in
their party who never fails to attract
crowd and he has been sent
1t will not be the first appearance
of Mr.. Bryan in the city. He has
spoken here twice while making cam
paign. tours of the country, and also
has appeared as a number on the chau
tauuua lecture course Always he has
been greeted by large crowds. AL
though many of the crowd will be re-
publicans, no trouble of any nature is
to be expected. The hospitality of the
city will be extended and nothing of
the kind that has marked recent re-
publican meetings in this city, when
speakers were interrupted by cheers
for their opponents, is anticipated. The
republican committee urges that no
one will permit himself to be carried
away by the political emotions as to
treat the visitor with any diseourtesy.
Comes on Special.
Mr.. Bryan arrives in the city on
special train.> He will come over the
Pennsylvania lines and leave by the
same route. Mr.. Bryan has made an
extensive tour of the United States,
and it is probable that when the cam
paign closes next Monday night, he
will have delivered more speeches than
any other presidential candidate ever
did.
Democracy has made a strong cam
paign in Wayne county. although the
county normally is republican. Prac-
ticalIy no hopes are entertained by the
party leaders for Bryan majority
over Taft, but as to state and county
tickets the expectations are high.
Prominent. men of the party are free
to assert their belief the gubernatorial
candidate stands a chance to carry the
county. A fight is being waged for
every county office. also, which is
rather unusual in Wayne county. It
, is not forgotten that on one occasion
in recent years a democratic county
auditor was elected and the party
members are hoping for a repitition
of similar success this year. though
| not for this office. on that occasion
court house split the republican party
The democratic county speakers has
| brought to this county during the
| campaign, the strongest speakers it
could obtain. Of course none is to be
ranked with Mr.. Bryan. Probably
next in importance to Mr.. Bryan was
John Sharp Williams. the former
congress. Henry L. Johnson, formerly
republican congressman from the
| Sixth Indiana district, has taken an
active and aggressive part in the
speech-making. Samuel Gompers, pres
| iderrt of the American Federation of
Labor. has been among those to
speak. The others have been of less
prominence. but some of them have
set forth arguments that seemed to
| influence their audiences.
The local campaign will close for
democracy tomorrow evening, when
| the Rev. T. H. Kuhn speaks at the
| coliseum. The Rev. Mr.. Kuhn is the
candidate for congress from this dis
| trict He made the race two years
ago against James E. Watson and was
defeated.