The Portland daily press., 1896-09-30


are not sufficient to meet this evil, II
elected will recommend such laws az
VIII. II the Constitution of the United
States Is SO construed as to prevent any
interference with the operation of trusts,
snail recommend such amendment to
1he CONSTITUTION as will permit OF the
punishment of these men.
n understand the Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew thinks = my election would be
dangerous to the country. daughter.
Ihere 1s some consolation in having Mr..
DepeW against me, and that is If eleoted
NJ Will not come down and tell me that
as ne helped to elect me, he wants me to
get of that plank that declares in favor
OF arbitration.of ar the differences between
railroads and employees. (Great cheering.
III | am elected, he will not come to
washington, and en- the ground that he
elected me, ask me to use tho executive
influence against that bill that passed
the Senate. which is attempting to pro-
tect the people from government by In
junction. There is one great consolation
l lind, in the opponents that have ar
! rayed themselves against me, that not
having their support In the campaign.
do not have their domination after the
campaign is over. (Applause.)
I notice the Repu blican papers are al
ways suggesting that at our meetings
certain prominent Democrats are absent.
hose Democrats who have received
Whatever notoriety they have, from the
people whom they have now betrayed,
must feel graceful to the Republican
press for its kind words. II we shall miss
In this campaign those to whom the
people have given them distinction, we
may have consolation of knowing that
the people in this campaign will give
distinction to Democrats who are still
Democrats. (Applause.)
few fnenoiers are able to control the
amount Of gold and by sending it out of
the country are able to run down stocks
and reap a. rich profit. Then by bringing
1t back. they are able to raise stocks and
make rich profit again. Our financial
system has been turned over to stock
gamblers. With the present gold policy,
fhe American people are unable to have
foreign policy, suoh as they have a
right to have.
When the Monroe doctrine was dis
oussed, gold began to go abroad. With
the slightest prospect Of a foreign war
we suspend gold payments.
The strain Of the long string of
was plainly evident in his husky voice.
1t had none Of its. characteristic ringing
qualities. 1t was with much apparent
effort he made his speech.
Lord Russell, chief Justice of England,
Lady Russell and Lady Lockwood ocou-
pied seats on the platform during Mr..
Bryan's address.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky was
the next speaker. He bitterly arraigned
the Republican party and defended and
justified the Chicago platform, declaring 9
1T was not the work OF politicians. but
OF the people. He predicted that in next
Novem Der Bryan would receive more
votes ethan any candidate since God
made this earth.''
Senator Blackburn was followed by
Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts. After
making q STRONG attack upon the gold
Democrats for what he termed their
treachery" he briefly discussed the
Issues of the campaign. He declared that
Mr.. Bryan was not second to Jefferson.
that he had the qualities of jackson and
thu heart OF lincoln. de concluded by
asking his h-Grers sc vote for man whn
was the equal Of any leader given to thls
country. After addresses by local leaders
the meeting adjourned.
Several overflow meetings were held In
the vicinity of the Wigwam and bhese
were to have been addressed by Bryan,
but owing TO the fact that he was ex-
hausted by his Tammany Hall effort,
weather, he merely went on the stands
erected outdoors and bowed his thanks TO
the crowds that surrounded them.
MIR. Sewall appeared Oh Que Of the
stands with Mr. Bryan. and was also
cheered. At least 10000 parsons were
packed about the hall and various stands.
Among those who spoke at the outdoor
meetings were Judge David Callahan of
New Haven, Williams of Massachusetts,,
Cummings and Sulzer of New York,
Livingston of Georgia snd John Quincy
Adams.
After leaving the outdoor meetings,
Mr.. Bryan was driven to the Hotel Bar
tholdi, where after a change of clothing
be had lunch. He denied the rumor that
his strength had given out. He volun-
teered If an audience could be got to-
gether, to make speech then and there.
At II 26 Mr.. Bryan entered carriage
and was driven to the Liberty Street
Ferry to catch the train for Washington.