The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29
BRYAN'S BIG FIGHT
IN COOK COUNTY
Harrangues TO Residents Of Various
Nationalities in Chicago.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM DENOUNCED
The Boy Crater Declares Document
a Fraud and Says That Men Who
Framed II Intended to Deceive the
Peoplc..He is Presented with
Silver Horse Shoe.

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-The second day OF
William j. Bryan's fight for Cook coun-
ty began at 10 o'clock this morning by
an address to a crowd OF people VINO
have no vote. Women composed MS
audience and they cheered him with a
will in their own way. This first meet l.
ing took place in the Polish distrlcs
and was exclusively for the female resi-
dents of the neighborhood. Polish
Danish, Swedes, Germans and W omen
of other nations composed the gather-
ing in ST. Stanislaus hall at Bradley
and Noble streets. Mr.. Bryan maze
them a short speech about the relation
OF the female part Of the household TO
the money question and then Went
away to address noon-day meetlns
at Battery d armory, on the lake front.
Before the time set for the appearance
of the nominee the building was pack
ed with eXpectant, perspiring human
ity, while a great crowd outside clam
ored for admittance. The meeting was
intended for business men and ticket
was necessary to obtain entrance.
General c. p. Howard, formerly a
Republican, veteran of the late war
and a brother of General o. o. Howard,
Y. S. A., who IS one of the generals en-
gagged in stumping the country for the
Republican national ticket, presided at
SS.
little speech before presenting the can
didate. "Mr. Bryan asks one question:
he said: "are these all business men?"
Yes" came in chorus from the audi
erce, intermingled with shouts land
workingmen." Mr.. Bryan jumped on
chair and tried to quell the noise by
shaking his hands. Quiet was finally
restored and he began speech that
lasted an hour. Among other things,
Mr.. Bryan said:
SAYS IT is A FRAUD.
I believe that that policy Is best for the
country which begins with those who toll
and gives them first the inspiration to
work and then protects them in the en-
joyment Of a rightful share Of the pro
ceeds Of their toll, and proceeds from them
up to the other classes of society which
rests upon them. (Cheersl.
/ say to you that the Republican plat
that it was intended as fraud. (Cheersl.
! say that the men who wrote II wrote 1t
TO deceive the people and to secure an adj
vantage by deception that they could not
remember that that phrase in the Repub-
hcan platform pledging the Republican
party to promote bimetalism was offered
as a solace to the Republicans of the
west, with no idea that the Republican
party would ever use any effort to change
the gold standard. Great cheering).
l notice that some of our critics are
very much excited because the Chicago
to secure such legislation as will, in the
future, prevent contracts for particular
kind OF money. Why, they say that we
are not letting people contract. We are
against public policy. We do not intend
that they shall demonetize by private con-
tract what this nation makes money by
universal laws. l want to say to You that
We, who believe in enforcing the laws
against all classes of society, are better
friends of government than those who
would make scapegoats of little criminals
ana then let big ones run at large and
run the government itself. (Applause)
The very men who would suffer most from
the enforcement of the law are the ones
who seem to be most terribly alarmed for
iear there Will be a lax enforcement of
law. They are not afraid that | will en-
courage lawlessness but they know that.
II L am elected, the trusts will not select
the attorney general who will administer
the law. applause and wild cheering;
cries or Altgeid would make a good at
torney generally
WOMEN AGAIN.
Mr.. Bryans third address was deliv-
cred before an audience composed
mostly OF women. 1t was a we'll dressed
gathering. Nearly all the ladies who
attended came in gowns suitable for
N"iio. hty CToWutu INTO the
building as soon as the doors were
opened, filled the limited number of
chairs on the floor and took possession
of all available standing room and
every chair in the gallery. Several
thousand who were unable to gain en-
trance stood on the outside to see the
candidate when he arrived. 1t was in
tensely close inside the armory and a
dozen women succumbed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan reached the ar
mory at 3 o'clock. AS they came on
the stage where a ,quartette of young
women had just finished singing a pa
trlotic song, the audience rose en-
masse and cheered with vigor, the deep
tones of the male portion drowning the
shrill cries from the ladies. Mrs. Dun
canson, president of he Womens club,
introduced Mr.. Bryan who made very
brief speech similar to those delivered
on his tour before other gatherings Of
women.
Leaving Mrs. Bryan behind, the cam
didate proceeded to the Transit House
in the Stock Yards district The stand
from which he spoke was erected on
the south side of the Transit House,
and In the narrow street just in front
of it, a great throng, estimated at 25.-
600, were assembled, waiting for Mr..