Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1907 — BRYAN’S SPEECH AT FOUNTAIN PARK [ARTICLE]

BRYAN’S SPEECH AT FOUNTAIN PARK

Williams Jennings Bryan, twice the Democratic candidate for President and again in a receptive mood for the nominatibn,~ attracted a good sized crowd to Fountain Park, Remington, Wednesday, and entertained all who heard him by a description of his recently com pleted tour of the old world. The former “peerless leader” was met at the depot in Remington by Attorney E. P. Honan and Editor Babcock o.” the Jasper County Democrat, and under their escort was taken to the park, where in a short and well-received speech Attorney Honan introduced Mr. Bryan. After a few jokes of a political nature in which the speaker admitted the fallacy of his 16 to 1 silver and gold parity, and accused President Roosevelt of having ridden to popularity and steered the ship of state to prosperity by the adoption of Bryan policies, he entered upon an interesting description of his trip to foreign countries, and of his visits to several royal potentates. He employed many original witticisms thruont his speech which lasted for 1 hour and 36 minutes, and madj great sport of the bigotry that constitutes the royalty us many foreign countries. His speech was heard by probably 1200 people, among them about 100 from Rensselaer Mr. Bryan took the east bound train at Remington that afternoon, changed cars at Reynolds and Monon and went to Chicago thru Remselaer on the 6:32 train that evening.