The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-28
BATTLE FOR CHICAGO BEGINS.
Continued from First Page.)

cheering, and voice: wen be with you
Tuesday.'O
Three political parties have declared
that the money question is the paramount
issue. and the boiling democrats who are
helping the republican ticket without
having the courage to come out and say
So have declared that this money ques-
ton is the paramount issue, and the lead
ing republicans have admitted it. And yet,
when our opponents are driven to the
wall on the money question. when they
have failed in their attempt to defend
themselves. before the American people,
thy attempt to turn the discussion of this
campaign off from the money question
on to other issues. (Cheers.) But l give
them notice that for one week more they
will have to march up to the money ques-
ton and tackle 1t. (Great applause)
I'm the past the gold standard has gain
ed every advantage which 1t has thus far
gained under cover and in the dark And
in this campaign the gold standard haV-
ing failed before the people, is seeking
to secure it's hold upon the American peo-
pie by going into power under the cover
that the nation is in danger II those who
believe in the ChicagoP latform are elect
ed. (Applause) l am willing to trust to
the intelligence of the American people
to decide whether this government is safe
in the Lands of those who believe in tho
ability of our people to govern themselves,
Gates that have been bleeding the people
of this country. Great cheering) I an,
willing to let the American people decide
whether our government is safer in the
hands of those who believe in our form
of government and would die to perpetu-
ate it, or whether it is safer in the hands
of few financiers, who cannot think or
the money question until they cable to
London to find out what they think (Great
cheering)
Now, my friends, I only came here
this afternoon to greet you and receive
your words of welcome, and l must go
now, in order to be ready for the evening
campaign. 1 simply want to ask you this
| afternoon to put one question to every
gold bug who comes and talks to me, that
question is, you ask him Why it is if the
gold standard is a good thing, that he
talks about sound money instead of
gold when he talks. (Cheering) Tell
him that so long as he is ashamed to use
the word gold when he talks that he need
not expect you to believe in the beauties
| of a gold standard" Great cheerng).
| Mr.. Bryans first evening speech was
| delivered at Arcade hall, SiXty-fifth
| street and Wentworth avenue, at Z
! o'clock. Long before that hour the large
| hall was crowded with enthusiastic sup
| porters of the silver candidate, and by
| o'clock the number unable to obtain adj
mission, but who waited to catch
| glimpse of the candidate as he left the
hail. was fully as great as the crowd in
| side.
Mr.. Bryan spoke briefly, explaining the
| chief issue of the campaign and closed
| with the assurance that the advocates of
free coinage did not desire to coerce any
one, but only wished each voter to study
| the question for himself and vote as his
conscience should dictate.
| Il do not want your votes as per-
| sonal tribute" he declared. IF 1 have
! your hearts 1 am satisfied that your votes
will be cast as you believe is for the best
| interests of our country, and l am con-
! tent to abide the result"
| Mr.. Bryan reached Boulevard hall, at
| Fifty-tifth and Halstead streets, at 7:90
| o'clock, where he spoke to 1000 people,
who had managed to crowd in. There was
| not a chair in the room, and the stlna-
| ing audience was packed like sardines
from the windows at the rear of the hall
| to the walls back of the platform. The
| streets in the neighborhood were jammed
| with people and it was with great diff
Guilty that the police made way for Mr..
! Bryan's carriage. When the candidate
| was finally pushed to the platform and
quiet restored, he was allowed to proceed
| with his speech without interruption.
| Money was his topic.
! The Polish school hall, where Mr.. Bryan
| delivered his third speech, will hold prop
ably 1000 people when filled as it was TO.
| night, but early in the evening the doors
! were locked to prevent overcrowding and
! another great mass of people gathered
| in the yard adjoining, and they were
! only appeased by the assurance that Mr.
Bryan would show himself there before
! going on his way Inside the hail. even
the rafters were lined with clinging men
| and boys when Mr. Bryan appeared. and
| the greeting was of the most enthusiastic
| Kind. A large maturity of fhfc
was made up of Poles. Here also silver
| and gold were the chief burden of his
| speech.
| Mr.. Bryan spoke against allowing for
| eign influences to predominant, and said
the people of Poland. many of whose sons
| were in the audience, knew the effect of
! foreign domination. (Cheers and cries of
"good.'O In conclusion Mr.. Bryan warn
! ed his hearers against allowing employers
| to influence their votes saying the en-
! ployer had no more right to dictate to
them how they should vote than they had
to dictate TO the employer how he should
vote. The fact that some employers are
/ resorting to coercion shows that they have
| lost faith in the justice of their cause.
and are afraid to trust the wisdom of the
| people.
| Inside and around the mammoth tent t
| Twenty-ninth and Halstead streets about
| 1000 people were massed when Mr.. Bryan
ana MS escort arrived at J.lo. The n0Tni-
| nee was cheered heartily.
So great was the rush of the crowd in
his direction as he left the tent to 60 to
! Tattersalls that several of the outer poles
were carried away and for a minute there
seemed to be danger that the immense tent
ed structure might collapse. Quick work
on the part of the police kept the crowd
until the nominee had gone and the danger
| was averted.
Twenty-Five thousand people were pack
ed in the pit and gallery of TattersalPs
| this evening when Mr.. Bryan emerged on
| the small platform after a brief but ex-
citing struggle with a crowd outside the
! building. This great audience was COM
| posed mainly of men who had physical en-
durance and party spirit in sufficient guam
titles to contend for seat or standing space
| and then remained sweltering in the half
suffocating atmosphere until Mr.. Bryan
| arrived.
The great iron arches which spanned the
sea of human faces were fringed with
men who waited for the nominee in a
| perilous position. The enthusiasm upon
the arrival OF Mr.. Bryan and at frequent
intervals during his speech was intense,
but Of not long duration. II Mckinley