The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-26

People in the city Hail SqUarC-scuatu /
HiH Was Not Present During the Adj
dress-Mr. Bryan at Utica.
ALBANY. Aug 2s-The second day of |
William J. Bryau'S "trip westward from
the saclusion Of Red Hook was an event
ful one, crowded with variety of Incl
dents Of travel, including IA picturesque
reception at d summer hotel, a stirring
speech to - crowd of workingmen at the
town Of Kingston. and culminpting in a
great meeting at Albany, where the can
didatc spoke to n Gro vd estimated at from
/ 1909 to l0,OD) people, packed in the city
/ hail square under th3 shadow of the state
/ h)u e.
before this demonstration Mr.. and Mrs,
! Bryan sat down to Ia dinner with Senator
| Hill and prominent Albany Democrats at
| tn senator's magnificent home, titled
| Woolferts Boost whithnr they were driven
/ directly from the depot where strong
lunged crowd came near mobbing them
on their arrival. Those who met the
Democratic candidate and his wife at Mr..
| Hills much discussed dinner were: Su-
prems Court Judge ID. Cady 'Herrick
and wife, Louis w. Pratt, the collector Of
customs, and wife, Norton Chase, chair
man of the city Democratic committee,
!
the meeting in charge. For nearly three
hours Mr. Bryan was the guest Of the New
York senator, and although every partici-
pant in the dinner averred that it was
purely a social affair their descriptions
were taken with grain of salt, it being
the general impression that an under
standing was reached which will insure to
Mr. Bryan the support of the party organ
ization in the state.
The crowd began to gather In the city
hall square two hours before the meeting,
and when Mr.. Bryan faced them the peO-
pie were packed i'm solid masses over sew
5ral acres of pavement and sod, with ad-
vanturOus men clinging like boquets in
the branches Of trees and climbing tele
graph and lamp posts. His appearance as
he stepped upon the flag draped platform
kindled fierce shout, which swelled into
cheers with hundreds of hats and hand
kerchiefs in the air. He was escorted by
Messrs Chase and Pratt, Recorder James
Mathews, Postmaster Woods and Collec-
tor John p. Masterson. Senator Hill was
not there. Mr. Chase introduced the orator.
Mr.. Bryan said, in part:
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens; 1t
is proper, aye more, it is necessary, that
the candidate who stands upon platform
p shall indorse the utterances of his plat
p form, and | stand before you to declare in
your presence that indorse every word
and every syllable of the platform at Chi
D cago. But, while do so, l expect in this
campaign the support of many Democrats
: who are not willing TO indorse all that the
I platform declares for. In n campaign there
is always some overshadowing issue, there
is in a campaign always one great para
, mount question which more than any
/ other will determine the allegiance Of
n those who support the ticket, and in this
?. campaign we appeal with confidence to
4 those people who ale opposed to "A longer
= continuation Of the gold standard policy
j. in the United States
. Il assert that behind the gold standard
> in this country the only potent force CON
y sists Of those who hold fixed investments
. and those who as brokers profit the greater
: by more bond issues. They tell the labor
ing man of this nation that they ought
to support a gold standard. The laboring
: men have never found the financiers of
this nation the men who have eXerted
themselves to improve the condition of the
laboring man.
AS a rule the men who have spent their
time trying to break down labor organi-
zations-the only protection that the la
boring man has had-these are the men
who now come to the help of the laboring
man. ask you if you ought to expect
blessings from those from whom you have
only received cursings in the past? l no.
tce that one of our opponents the other
day said that the old soldiers would be
J opposed to free coinage. They gave the
impression that the flnanciers are very
much interested in maintaining a gold
standard for the benefit of the soldiers
but, my friends these men forget that all
Of the soldiers lived during the war, and
that during the war the soldiers knew
that the financiers made their bonds pay
able in gold and left the soldier to offer
his life upon the battlefield. More than
that my friends, do not believe that the
- soldiers who are willing to offer their
lives if need be in behalf of their country
are today going to join in "A conspiracy to
enslave seventy millions of free people by
lettering them to gold standard"
The crowd which followed Mr. Bryan 5
escort to the depot rushed through
. the strong force of police which had been
. thrown about the building and yard, and
closed in upon the carriage, so that the
candidate and his wife had "a hard struggle
to get to the car. At Sl5 the train mo we'd
out toward Utica where the party decided
to spend the night. While Mr.. Bryan was
speaking mt Utica about half of the plat
form fell sending fifty men to the distance
of ten feet. None were seriously injured,
although several We're cut and bruised.
Bold Postofic6 Robbers in New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-A telegram re-
cpiyed fran the United States marshal al