Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-07

Governor Matthews, Mayor Taggart and
John w. Tomlinson of Alabama, mem
ber of the national democratic advisory
committee, who will accompany him
through the west. Mr.. Bryan was cheer
ed almost continually along his route to
the hotel by the thousands of people who
thronged the streets and sidewalks.
At 3.o'clock Mr.. Bryan went to the state
house again under the escort of the politi-
cal organizations and delivered an open
address there to an audience that was
nearly, if not quite equal to that he spoke
to a Columbus, o., and on Boston COM
mon, the banner crowds of his campaign.
Another tremendous throng awaited
him outside Tomlinson hall, where he
spoke from the balcony at 430.
Tonight he addressed two more great
gatherings, one inside and the other out
side Tomlinson hall. There is no doubt
that the number of people who heard him
here today exceeded by far the aggregate
of his audiences in any other city since
the campaign began.
Estimates of the size of the crowd be-
fore which Mr. Bryan appeared at the
state hou1e go as high as $4,000. A very
conservative estimate is $4,000. The peo-
pie who were packed in a solid mass,
tightly wedged together and movement
was absolutely impossible. From the
temporary stand erected in the state
house yard Governor Matthews intro
duced Mr.. Bryan. bedlam of enthusi-
asm broke forth from the gathering, and
ii was some time before Mr.. Bryan could
proceed. His speech was frequently in
terrupted by wild cheering.
His Speech at the State House.
He said:
This city enjoys the unique distinction
of being the birthplace and the death
bed of so-called party. Great and pro-
longed cheers and laughter). II calls it.
self the national democratic party,
when 1t does not expect to carry single
county in the whole nation. 1t calls it.
self democratic party when 1t is or
ganized for the express purpose of elect
ing republican candidate for president.
Great cheering).
If it was big enough to justify a name
l would call it stupendous fraud Qoud
laughter), but it is too small to be called
stupendous. I will call it transparent
fraud. (Cheers) 1t was the first politi-
cal convention ever held in this country
where the members of the convention
nominated ticket that they did not ex-
pect to vote for and the first place where
men have received a nomination and
don't want to be voted for. Cheers and
laughter) The minority plank at Chi
cago opposed free coinage on the ground
that it would interfere with international
bimetallism. There could be no clearer
evidence of intended deception than is
found in the fact that the minority at
Chicago, when they had things all their
own way repudiated the planks they
stood on there and came out in favor of
gold standard instead of international BIZ
metallism. Continued cheering)
MY friends, I am willing to meet an
open enemy in an open field and concede
to that enemy all the rights and privil-
egeS of open warfare, but when our op-
ponents call themselves advocates of
sound money and want to fasten upon
us an unsound financial system; when
haD 10 cal lJrnC 10 ar n
honest money and then deal dishonesty
with the American people; when they say
that they are members of a democratic
party and yet employ speakers and open
ly say they are going to vote the republi-
can ticket that party does not deserve to
be treated like an open enemy in this
campaign. Great cheering)
my friends, / have no criticism to
make of any man who believes that the
election of the Chicago ticket would de-
stroy this country and who in that belief
votes the republican ticket, but, my
friends, to find a man who wants to elect
the republican ticket and then has not
the courage to bear the odium of advo-
eating it, is an entirely different matter
"Give it to Bynum," cried voice.
"If you want to know what that dis
tnguished citizen" continued Mr.. Bryan,
"Extinguished," came from the crowd.
Mr. Bryan-"The gentleman suggests
extinguished citizen great cheering and
laughter) but / will say distinguished,
because he has a past, whether he has
any future or not. daughter and cheer
ing) If you want to know what he said
about the gold standard let me read from
his speech in favor of silver in 1885:
again the advocates of gold approach
us with open hands and smiling coun-
tenance, but | fear with dagger con-
cealed beneath their coats (Cheers.)
"Ah, my friends, he understood the
nature of the animal before he begun to
associate with it. He is right in his de-
scription. The gold standard never
fought an open fight. My friends, in
stead of saying now that we will adopt
bimetallism and drive other nations to 1t,
he says that we will stand by the gold
standard and allow other nations to 6rive
us away from 1t. l might quote to you
what Mr.. Bynum quoted in that speech
from Mr.. ingalls,. Now note the language
quoted from Senator Ingalls,"
Mr.. Bryan quoted several paragraphs
from Mr.. ingalls,. beginning: mo endur-
ing fabric of national prosperity can be
builded on gold,' and followed the quota
tions with these remarks: "Those are
the words of the distinguished republican
senator, and those words are true. Gold
is arrogant tyrannical in times of peace,
and 1t deserts any nation in time of war
and never is friend when friend Is
needed. (Cheers).
"And yet our opponents are insisting
that we shall maintain this gold standard
until foreigners come to our relief"
The rest of the speech was devoted to a
discussion of the silver question ON lines
familiar to readers of his previous adj
dresses.
The six black horses that drew Mr..
Bryan's carriage from the state house to
Tomlinson hall cavorted In excitement all
the way past the cheering people on the
sidewalks. About $1,000 were in the audi
ence there. They were quite as enthusi-
astic as the vast throng at the state