The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
THE NEBRASKAN SPOKE TO
LARGE CROWDS AT THREE
DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
he ARRAYED CLASS AGAINST CLASS
Said Il Was Contest of the Masses
Against AIoncy-G rabbcrs-Bond
Issues Denounced Gold
Editors Remembered.


of the city to large crowds constituted
5he nights work of William j. Bryan in
7ihis city. The first of these speeches
was at Phoenix hall. where the candidate
81 three parties addressed nm audience
wariously estimated mt from l5,OOO to
10000. There were at least 1000 people
in the asscmhlagc that listened to nm
nj the hay marker and double that num-
Bier at Wizards hotel
In the first speech Mr.. Bryan took
occasion to indirectly pay his compli-
mcnts 10 the national democratic nomi-
necs by advising his audience to either
vote the republican ticket or to east their
ballots in favor of the Chicago ticket
The other two speeches Of the nominee
were short and have been covered, to II
great extent, by other addresses Of Mr..
Bryan.
The train bearing the Bryan party ar
rived in Louisville at $40, quarter OF
an hour ahead of the schedule time. The
nominee was driven Immediately to Will
lard's hotel, and Il quarter of an hour
later was on his way to the first meet
ing Of the evening. The whole drive
was CONTINUED ovation to the candidate,
which the party drove there were con
tinucd cheers for Mckinley.
At Phoenix hall the carriage was i'm
mcdatcly surrounded by a bowling mob,
and it took the combined efforts of
twenty policemen to force passage way
to the platform for Mr.. Bryan. His APP
pearance on the speakers stand was the
signal for uproarous applause and
cheering. lie was introduced to the as
scmbagc by eXCongressman Caruth and
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gcntlcmen-We are enter
ing upon campaign and as we have
nothing to conceal, | tell you frankly
that | have come to Kentucky because
want the electoral vote of Kentucky
in November. applause and cries OF
you VIII get IT'D As the regular nomi-
nee OF the democratic party Ia cry of
you bet you areO | might appeal to you
'on the ground of the regularity of my
nomination. | might call your attention
TO the fact that the Chicago convention
was regularly called by the regular aII-
thority and that all over this Union dem
'ocrats assembled in the regular way to
select their delegates to that convention
a might call your attention to the fact
What no convention ever held in his coun-
Sry more accurately reflected the scnti-
lment of the party which selected the can
uidlte IMAM did the Chicago conventions
tApplauseD In no convention within
inns generation have the voters them
selves taken so active and so influential
- part as did the voters of the demo |
cratic party Ia kc in the Chicago convcn-
tlon. IT you have regard for the will of
majority of your party, then. my
friends, can appeal to you on the
ground that | am the nominee of the |
democratic party in the regular way zap
plauscl. but | shall appeal for your sup |
port on higher grounds than party rcgu- /
hrity. CHEERS and applausc) | eX-
prcSSly release, so far rs | am concerned, |
from the support of the Chicago ticket. |
every democrat who believes that the
success of that ticket would impcril our
country. tApplauSc and cries of good, |
good.l shall not ask any man to vio-
Gate his conscience or be false to the voice
tof his Judgment. | shall ask no false
1ealty TO party above love of country.
tApplauscD | would not do il myself:
I Wil ask nobody to do what | would not
do. applause and chCCrng)
u believe, my friends, that the Chi
cage platform presents the policies which
will b" hest for the people of this coun-
Try. believe those policies, put into
law, would bring blessings to the people.
and call your attention TO the fact that
in this campaign the lines are drawn he
tween plutocracy and democracy. Cap
plause.) They that are not for us are
against us. More than that | beg of
YOU, my friends to remember that the
ballot is not given to the individual
merely as matter of personal compli,
ment. 1t is given to him as Il sacred
trust 10 he used rs he thinks best for
the protection of himself, for the adj
vancement of the welfare of his fellows
and for the good of his country and no
nan has q right to throw that ballot
:way III time of danger. Great APP
plause.( The Bible tells us of man
who hid his talent in the earth and he
was condemned. Why? Because he
neglected to improve that talent. | say
10 you, my friends, that in campaign
like this, on one side are arraycd the
Syndicatcs trusts and combinations of
money grabbcrs of this country and in
Europe and on the other side are the
tollin% masses, and no man has II right
TO throw away his ballot. (ApplauseO
If the SUCCESS of the Chicago ticket will
be bad thing for this country. every
one of You who believe SO ought to vote
the republican ticket and save our coun-
try from distress. If the election of the
republican ticket will he Il bad thing for
Your country you ought to vote for the
Chicago ticket and save your country
from distress. applause and cries of
we are going to- The Chicago plat
form does not present any new doctrines.
The Chicago platform presents to the
American people the principles and poll
7cles that have received the support of
The great leaders of the democratic party
down to the time when the republican
leaders have more influence with some of
our democratic leaders than the dead
democrats of the past. Our platform de-
clares against the issue of bonds in times
of peace and against tralicking with the
syndicate which has been draining our
country ut so much per foot. Great
applaUse.) Let me tell you what one of
your citizens once said on this subject.
In 1878 Hon. John q. Carlisle (hisses
and applausc) used the words which |
shall quote (hisses and applausc). Let
me read those words:
This trouble now going on can not
cease until all the industrial interests of
The country are fully and finally enamel
patcd from the heartlcss domination of
Syndicates. stock exchanges and other
great combinations of money grabbers in
1his country and in Europe (Applause.)