The Sauk Centre herald., 1896-08-27
Mr., BRYAN At ALBANY
Democratic Candidate Enter
tanned at the Home Of
Senator Hill.
Said to Be Purely Social, but
Politics May Have Been
Discussed.
Addressed Ten Thousand Per-
sons on the Issues Of the
Campaign.

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ALBANY, Aug. 27.--The second day OF
William J. Bryan's trip westward from
the seclusion of Red Hook was an
eventful one, crowded with variety Of
incidents of travel, including Q pictur-
esque reception at summer hotel, a
stirring speech to q crowd Of working.
men at the town of Kensington, and
eliminating in great meeting at AL
bany, where the candidate spoke to q,
crowd estimated at from 1000 to 200,
packed in the city hall square. under
the shadow Of the state house.
Before the demonstration Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan sat down to a dinner with
Senator Hill and prominent Albany
Democrats at the senator's magnificent
home, Woolferts Roost, whittier they
were driven directly from the depot.
Those who met the Democratic candi-
date and his wife at
Mr.. Hill's Much Discussed Dinner
were Supreme Court Judge Herrick
and wife Louis w. Pratt, collector of
customs, and wife, and Horton Chase,
chairman of the city Democratic COM
mittee, which, with other local organ
izations, had the meeting in charge.
For nearly three hours Mr.. Bryan was
the guest of the New York senator,
and, although every participant in the
dinner averred that it was purely
social affair, their descriptions were
taken with grain of salt, it being the
general impression that an understand
ing was reached which will insure to
Mr.. Bryan the support Of the party or
ganization in the state.
The crowd began to gather in the city
hall square two hours before the meet.
ing, and when Mr.. Bryan faced them,
the people were
Packed in Solid Masses
over several acres of pavement and sod.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Chair
man Chase of the Democratic city COM
mittee and spoke with more than his
customary oratorical force, and, consid-
ering the size of the crowd, he was
listened to with the most flattering at
tention. Once the speech was marred
by small knot of Republicans, who
interrupted with struggling cheer for
Mckinley. Before the speech was fin
ished darkness came on, and red lights,
,kindled on the outskirts Of the crowd,
threw crimson glare over the field OF
heads. At the close of his speech Mr..
Bryan shook hands with the people who
climbed upon the platform. He was
driven to the station, preceded by a
band and crowds Of citizens, who
formed in line and marched along
cheering.
The Overshadowing Issue.
In the course Of his speech Mr.. Bryan
said:
1t is proper, aye, more, it is necessary,
that the candidate who stands upon a
platform shall endorse the utterances of
his PLATFORM and endorse every word
and every syllable of the platform at Chi
cago. But while do SO, expect, in this
campaign, the support of many Demo
Gratis who are not willing to endorse all
that the platform declares for. In a cam
paign there is always some overshadowing
issue, and in this campaign we appeal
with confidence to those people who are
opposed to longer continuation of the
gold standard policy in the United States.
Our opponents have at last taken def
mite position upon the money question.
The Republican platform adopted at st.
Louis declares that the gold standard
must be maintained in this nation until
other nations
Shall Consent to Its Abandonment.
We believe that that declaration which
commits us to a gold standard until other
nations come to our relief is equivalent to
declaration in favor of a permanent con-
tinuation of the gold standard, because
we do not believe other nations will take
pity upon us before we'take pity upon our
own people. We then have to consider
this question: Ought the American peo-
pie to submit longer to a gold standard?
The Democratic party has begun a war of
determination against a gold standard
We ask no quarter; we give no quarter
We shall prosecute our warfare until
there is not an American citizen that
dares to advocate the gold standard policy
You ask why. We reply that the gold
STANDARD is q. conspiracy against the hui.
man race, and that we would no more
join it than we would join an army
marching to despoil our homes and de-
stroy our families.
An Accident at Utica.
UTICA, n. Y, Aug. William J..
Brvan's eyentful day ended with an ac-