The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 22.-Wil-
liam J. Bryan left Wilmington. Del. at
1905 o'clock This morning, and reached
Chester, Pa, at 1928. He made the trip
in special car attached to a regular
train provided by the Chester reception
committee. Senator Gray of Delaware,
one of Mr.. Cleveland's main supporters
in the Senate, was on the train and at
Claymont came into Mr.. Bryans car.
The candidate and senator chatted to-
Sether upal Chester was reached.
A large crowd received Mr.. Bryan at
the station. At Turner and Woodrow
Park, MIR. Bryan was cheered by
good-sized audience and made a brief
speech. From the stand Mr.. Bryan
went TO the COlonnade hotel where he
held reception, leaving there in time
TO take the 11:43 train for Philadel-
phia.
About 500 people were awaiting Mr..
Bryan's arrival at the Broad street STA
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad,
which he reached at 1905. AS the can
didate came down the platform with
Chairman Curley and the city commit
tea
THE CROWD CHEERED HEARTILY
and Mr.. Bryan bowed his thanks as he
Nbrried towards his carriage. Mr.. Bry-
y
which viii be his headquarters while
here. Awaiting in front Of the hotel
was a small crowd of people who cheer
ed him as he drove up At the hotel
was a delegation of about thirty from
the New Jersey state committee. Mr..
Bryan was introduced TO the delegation
and then went To luncheon.
At 1852 Mr.. Eryan was taken by boat
to Washington Park, a summer resort
on the New Jersey side of the Della
ware river, where he spoke this after
noon.
Hon. T. Wright introduced Mr.. Bry-
an, who said, in part:
Il met a prominent man yesterday
who said that until the Chicago conven-
ton acted on the subject, he had never
investigated the money question and
never supposed there was anything in
it; that the papers did not seem to con-
slider it worth thinking about. They
regarded it as a craze and he did not
have time, as a business man, to pay
attention to craZes. But when a great
national party adopted platform max
lng the money question the paramount
Issue, he began to think about it. That
was only a few weeks ago.
Z HE GOT TO BE A CRANK.
He said to me: IF we don't win this
fight it is going on until we do win, and
l don't care how many years it takes
(Applause.) L can appreciate the feel
ing of that man. I went through the
same experience myself. Until six years
ago, l thought any man who talked
about money was 4 harmless crank. L
did not listen TO his arguments. They
had no weight with me. 1 studied the
question. I read books on both sides
and compared them, and the more [
read the deeper became my conviction,
until I became so firmly of the opinion
that there could be no prosperity in
this country until free silver was re-
stored that l was willing to risk all L
had or hoped to have on the correctness
of that conclusion. Great applause.)
we have gone through in Nebraska
the same process that people have gone
through in other states. We began the
fight in Nebraska. 1t is the pioneer.
The platform adopted at Chicago on
the silver question was first adopted
On Nebraska by the silver Democrats
had boilers, too, as they have had since.
We had men who claimed to be Demo-
Gratis who would not agree to our plat
form. They called themselves better
Democrats than we were, and voted
the Republican ticket to prove it. Great
laughter.) We believe the Democratic
party, which owes its success to
THE TO1LING MASSES,
must still stand by them in their fight
against the few if it deserves to con-
Sfn1e its existence. We organized in
Nebraska a Democratic Nee sill
yer league. The members Of
shat league made an open fight.
They did not go around in the
clark wearing a mask. They said
10 the Democracy of the state: We
are going 20 take possession OF the ma
cl1inery OF the party IL we can; we are
going TO submit this question TO the
voters. We went out ana presented
the questions. When OFT state conven-
tina met. we mad three GO one. and we
adopted that platform which has been
rend6pfed by the national Democratic
couE- enriou.
'srnere was not q fiercer contest ever
eAged Them we organized a Bime-
tallic Democratic National league
which went out 10 do in the nation
what the free silver Democrats in Ne
baaska. had done in that static We
carried the question 60 the primaries
and the voters instructed the delegates
TO the county convention and from
there TO the static convention ami from
there TO the national convention. When
tFae- got down there, some people came
from New York TO instruct the dele
gates. who had already been instructed.
Naughter.) A distinguished man who
used 20 call himself a Democratic
voice: 'Hiil"')-no, Mr.. Whitney, went
down and said as soon as the people
of the west found CUT how the people
CT the east felt about this subject ne
did NOT think there
WOULD BE ANY TROUBLE
in carrying the convention against sill