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Show Bryan gampaf nn in tf)c State of Ohio Greenville, O.. Oct. 19. William J. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan, and the newspaper men who accompanied the party through Kentucky, crossed the river from Covington last night and boarded the special train provided for a three days' tour of Ohio, and ran to Dayton during the night, where the private car of John R. McLean was attached. To. rlay at Greenville, Darke county. Mr. Bryan delivered his lirst address in Ohio. There was an immense crowd. The visiting party was escorted to the court house square. John R. McLean, Mc-Lean, the Democratic candidate for governor, introduced Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan put on a skull cap, which provoked good natured laugh, in response re-sponse to which he said: "My hair is not as much protection as it used to be and you ought not tb complain if 1 am getting a little bald. In 1M6. they said I was too young to be president. Then I had to depend upon j the constitution to protect me. low 'I can depend upon my baldness. (Laugh-j (Laugh-j ter and applause). j "I am glad to be in a county, which I though Darke in name is bright in political po-litical principles, a county which gave a Democratic majority in 1896 of 1.700. ' Y'ou want to increase that majority this j fall. (Cries- of 'we will do that'. I "If there was one reason for your vot-1 vot-1 ing the Democratic ticket in 1S9G there ! are sixteen reasons to one why you ! should do so this fall. There was nothing noth-ing complained of in 18!lfi that cannot be I complained of now. The same vicious I principles advocated by the opposition j in 18. are advanced today in this cam-j cam-j paign." |