The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-28
Yet He Holds a Buffalo Audi
ence of Thousands.
HE QUOTES CARLISLE.
Carlisle's Prediction of Awful
Results of Gold Standard.
The Mexican Dollar "Object
Lesson" Is Shown Up.

footsteps last night toward Music hall,
where Candidate Bryan addressed A.
900 people, as many as could be packed
within the four walls, while unnUm-
bered thousands hocked the neighbor-
ing streets. The Buffalo meeting has
been the greatest ovation Mr.. Bryan
has received in the enemy's country
and the night meeting which ended it,
attracted almost, if not quite as many
would-be auditors as the notihcationin
Madison Square garden.
Upon their arrival in the city from
Erie at $3.50, Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were
escorted to the Genesee hotel. There
they were Quartered in apartments
which had been occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland just before the election
of the president to his Office and upon
the walls of which hung the portraits
of the president and his wife. A recep-
ton was held for two hours in the no.
tel parlors in the afternoon, where Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan shook hands with a
constant line of callers, who still
stretched along half a block outside the
building when the doors were closed
upon the last corners. Mr.. Bryan was
escorted to the hall by the Cleveland
Democracy, the city's oldest party or
ganizatiOn and by ward clubs bearing
torches.
The line of march was along half a
mile of Main street. crowded almost as
thickly as was the hall, and red fire
and a cannon announced his coming.
In the hall a big crowd was in watt
ing. When a banner was borne down
the aisle bIazoned with the words: a
Public Office is a Public Trust the
Cleveland Democrats in Buffalo were
cheered. When Mr.. Bryan appeared
upon the stage the police were power
less to control the audience and, swarm
ing down to the front several hum
dred men took possession of the seats
reserved for the clubs which escorted
Mr.. Bryan.
Chas. F. Tabor was chosen president
of the meeting and when the list of
vice presidents was read the name of
Mr. Norman E. Mack, editor of the
only free silver paper in Buffalo, was
cheered almost as enthusiastically as
Mr.. Bryan had been. Mr.. Tabor made
g speech in which he said there was no
need to disguise the fact that OPPOSE
ton existed among New York Demo-
Gratis as to the endorsement of the Chi
cago ticket and platform. But he did
not believe the opposition affected the
great mass of voters in the state.
Mr.. Bryan was received tumu1tously
when he declared his advocacy of free
silver. Although almost exhausted
by the weeks campaigning and the
days travel and reception and his voice
was far from being in good form, he
held the entire house to the end of his
speech.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
7 cannot express to you the graft
tude which I feel when I see the in
terest the people of this state are TAX
ing in this campaign upon which we
are just entering. I can carry back to
the people of the west the news, Cnot
newsO that the Chicago platform is
supported not only by the west and
south but by all the toiling masses of
the east. (Applause.) I am aware in
the writing of a platform it is mpos-
sible to suit the opinions of all; I recog-
nize that people who think will differ
and We often find in platforms things
with which we cannot agree and we
fail to find in platforms sometimes, at
tention to policies which we regard as
important. But platforms are not
written by all of the party; they are
written by a majority of a party. Gap
plause.) And when a majority of
party writes a platform the others in
the party must either stand upon it or
get out of the party. CApplause)
There is no other plan known except
the rule of a majority or the rule of
minority, and it is better for major
ity to be alienated than for the voice
of majority to be suppressed.
(Great applause.) You can support
those who stand upon the Chicago plat
form, although you may dissent from
some parts of it. But I stand upon the
Chicago platform because I believe in
it from beginning to end every word.
while a platform covers a great
many questions, necessarily because
there is no time when there is but one
subject before the people. But while
there are various planks and various
policies there must be one supreme
and in this campaign there is a SUI
preme issue. the issue is made between
those who believe in a gold standard
and those who oppose q gold standard.
There is no middle ground. Those who
are not with US are against US. There
is no place between the lines for people
to stand in. CAppluase,O
''Our opponents tell US that they will
try to secure an international agree
ment and that hey simply want to
maintain a gold standard until other
nations will help US to let go of it.
CLaughter.) Can you trust the people
who wrote the st. Louis platform to
restore bimetallism? Never, until you
wipe out the scriptures and gather
grapes from thorns and figs from thist-
ties CApplause.) Those wha are re-
sponsible for the gold standard are not
the ones to whom We look for deliver
ance. AS well might you have asked
Pharaoh to lead the children of Israel
out of bondage as to ask the Republi-
can party to break the shackles of a
gold standard. CApplause-)
1.-The Democratic party is opposed to
a gold standard not only opposed to it.
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