The Portland daily press., 1896-09-30
TALKS TO TAMMANY
Candidate Bryan Speaks in the Wig.
wan.
ATTENDANCE THE LARGEST FA-
NOUS HALL EVER KNEW.

ATTENDANCE THE LARGEST FA.
NOUS HALL EVER KNEW.
Pays His Respects to the Democrats who
| Are Not Identified With Cause He
| Represents-Effects of Overwork
Plainly Noticed in Candidates. Voice.
Jersey City, September 90. Twelve OF
fifteen hundred people assembled In the
Academy of Music here this afternoon to
hear William J. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan reached the Academy at
3l5, accompanied by State Senator VIM.
u. DAILY, of New Jersey, Representative
MCMILLAN of Tennessee, and Representa-
tive Williams of Mississippi. A couple OF
thousand people outside tho building
cheered him as he entered. When Mr..
Bryan came on the stage he was wildly
oheered. When the chairman presented
the candidate, there was more cheering.
At the conclusion Of his speech Mr..
Bryan addressed the gathering outside,
and then crossed to New York and went
to the Rartholdi hotel. Mr.. Bryan, II
the course of his speech at the A cadem-
OF Music, said: We are not blessed as on
opponents are, with large number ci
daily newspapers tosspread our canse be
fore the people and defend our plans. and
because We arc not equipped M well as
they are with daily press, we have to
rely more upon public meetings and dis
cussion.
| One OF the reasons why in this cam
paignl have departed somewhat from
precedenI, and have gone over the
country myself. is because IL enabled me
to reach the people themselves, whereas
II we had more great daily papers, We
could reach the people through them.
/ make NO apology for presenting my
self before those who are called upon to
vots. because they have . right to know
where I stand on public questions, and
| to know the reasons which inhusnce me-
| and they have right TO suoh aid as they
can obtain from personal acquaintance.
II my going around results to my dis-
advantage it is better for the people 20
ind me out before election, than after.
(Great applause.) If on the other hand,
| by my going before the people it results
| In an advantage TO our cause, it is an ad-
vantage we are entitied to and our oppo-
| nents cannot criticize us for taking that
| advantage.
New York, September so.--It has gi.sen
| many dscade since the Tammany X ig-
wan has held such a compact me- OF
humanity as that assmbled there tor snt
to hear William Jennings Bryan nd
| Others speak. Alsh9rvk eight was - q
hour gar for tTa y,rneonOin ~ tars3s
three hours earlier the dooFs of the hail
were beseiged by a oiamorous throng. At
six when the doors were thrown open,
there were enough people assembled in
| the vicinity of Tammany to fill the Wig
wan twiue over.
There is but one gallery in the hall,
and In very short space Of time this
moved from the orchestra floor, for the
purpose Of economizing space, and the
| crowd was compelled to stand through
out the meeting. 1t was one solid mass,
| enthus iassio from the start.
Tho hall had been but sparsely deco
rated with fags and bannerettss. Over
| the platform were portraits of Byran and
the candidates. In the gallery was
stationed a brass band, and the patriotic
tunes rendered AROUSED the exuberanoe of
the crowd. A liberal supply of small
American flags had been passed around
These were kept continuously waving by
the enthusiastic shouters. Tammany was
determined that every word uttered by
Mr. Bryan should be heard by those in
the ball, and had erectsd a sounding
board, in the shape of n canopy, directly
over the speakers position on the plat
form, the candidate standing under 1t
while speaking.
The meeting was called to order by
John W. Keller. the presiding officer OF
the evening, at 7.45 p. IN. At that hour
over 60o0 persons were in the hall. Mr..
Keller delivered short speech, laudatory
of Mr.. Bryan and Tammany Hall. and
in denunciation of Mr.. Mckinley. Reso-
lutions wore read by John B. Nc
Golderiok, endorsing the platforms
| adopted at the National convention in
Chicago, and the state convention at
Buffalo and the Democratic national and
state candidates. The resolutions were
adopted amid rousing cheers. Immediate
ly after the adoption of the resolutions,
Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by Mr.. Sewal1.
Senator Grady, Senator DAILY OF New
Jersey and George Fred Williams Of
Massachusetts,, appeared on the platform.
great outburst of applause greeted
Mr.. Bryan's appearance. Hats, nandker-
parts of the hall. Cheer after cheer rent
the air. The cheering and applause con-
tinued eight minutes, and at the con clu-
sion Nh. Bryan was introduced by the
chairman.
He said: thank the Tammany society
for the privilege 1t has afforded me Of
speaking to the people assem- bled here.
acknowledge the value of an organization
like this, great, compact. ready to do
effective service in any cause wbloh the
society espouses. I am sure the Tam
many society is in dead earnest in Its
efforts to give it's support, not only to the
Chicago ticket, but to the Chicago plat
form upon which the ticket stands. Cap
plause.) l am not surprised that tue Or
ganizntion which reads every year the
Declaration of American Independence
gives enthusiastic support to platform
which declares for commercial inde-
pendsnce.
There is nothing in the Chicago plat
form that menaces constitutional govern
ment. There is nothing in the platform
that would make an executive of the
United States feeble in enforcing all the
laws of the nation. TherA is nothing in
that platform that assails the integrity
or questions the honesty of the Supreme
court of the United States. Our
.-.l..;.,, of tho Suprama court 10 not ono