The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-26
The Nebraska AEitator Makes n
Speech and then Introduces the
Pine Tree State Appendage.
ADDRESS At SPRINGFIELD
FROSTY RECEPTIONS AT SOME OF
THE SMALLER TOWNS.
shouts for Mckinley Not Infrequent
-Bryan's Picture Pasted
Red Flag at Worcester.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
| BOSTON, Sept. 25-The head of the Popo-
| cratic ticket and one of it's tails met on
| historic Boston Common tonight, where
probably 10000 people had gathered to see
them. The crowd that surrounded Messrs.
Bryan and Sewau tonight was large, but
| it did not number 10000 the managers
of the meeting estimated it. Boston is a
big city, and it has many Popocratic voters,
! so, when it announced that the free
| silver candidates were to speak here, q
| large audience was expected. But although
| Mr.. Bryan received ovation here, he
| was not as warmly received at all places
| to-day as his managers wished. A few peo-
| pie assembled at the Hartford station when
/ he left that city at IL o'clock this morn
| ing, and to them Mr. Bryan made a speech
on dear dollars. Nobody applauded and not
| a cheer was given as the train left. AT
| Windsor small crowd with Mckinley
and prosperity banner Cheered for the
| Canton statesman. By this time Mr.. Bryan
was evidently feeling the effects of the
| frost" for at Windsor Locks, where there
| was a little show of enthusiasm, he merely
| said, Il am glad to see YOU when called
on for a speech. At other stations the
| crowds of curious people were not large
or particularly demonstrative. When
Springfield was reached Mr.. Bryan was
conducted to the courthouse square, where
several thousand people had gathered.
George Fred Williams acted as one of the
masters of ceremony. At Worcester Mr..
Bryan had a good audience, but the en-
ployes Of an underwear factory treated him
discourteously. The speakers stand was
near the factory, and from one of the win
dows was hung a red flag with Bryan's
mi ALONGSIDE
a portrait of Mckinley on an American
flag.
Immediately after the Worcester speech,
Mr.. Bryan started for this city. Mr.. Bry-
an, his party and the committee We're half
an hour late, and the crowd had become
very impatie Candidate Bryan, with his
running mate, vice-presdential candidate
Arthur Sewall, and members of the recep
ton committee occupied temporary plat
form in the center of a broad campus, and
the crowd entirely surrounded the little
spot Hon. James II. Mellon, of Worcester,
Introduced the speakers. The first speaker
was Joseph E. . SulIiVan. of Lawrence,
Governor. He criticised the Worcester per
sons who paced Mr.. BryanS picture on a
red flag.
organs Boston Speech.
Mr. Bryan appeared at 730 with bou-
quet of roses in his hand, and was at once
introduced. The enthusiasm was greater
than Boston Common had ever seen before,
and it was fully seven minutes before he
was allowed to speak. He said, in part:
Though far from my Nebraska home 1
am glad that ! greet you as fellow
citizens of common country. shall not
attempt to make mys9lI neard 70 an VINO
are assembled here have spoken to q
number of audiences. CHEERS in distance
and great applause.) But never spoke to
an audience that seemed to reach SO far
away into the distance as this one does.
(Applause) | will speak TO those who are
nearest TO me here, and those VINO are in
Rhode Island and Maine can hear ne when
l visit those States. applause and laugh
ter.)
II came down to Massachusetts to pre-
sent to your people the gospel Of Democ-
racy as l understand it. That is the way
we do. I do not claim to have any author
ity. except that conferred upon me by the
Democratic convention. IL you doubt my
Democracy l can point to that convention
as better certificate than any boiling
Democrat can find. tApplause) We lay
down this proposition-that the more
money there is in the country the easier it
is for any person who has something to sell
to get his share of that money. (Applause.)
Our opponents plant themselves upon the
pie have the more money each individual
will have. daughter and applause) That
Is a mathematical proposition which you
cannot find in any arithmetic, but it seems
to be the proposition upon which Repub-
lican financiering is based.
1--WE say that. while the dollar goes up.
property must go down, and that falling
PROPERTY and falling prices mean hard
times. If you ask us how this gold stand
ard affects the farmer tell you that
the gold standard lowers the price Of the
products he sells without lowering his
the gold standard affects the laboring man
reply that it destroys the opportunity
for labor. mutipies the number of idle
men. The gold standard finds our streets
with men who are anxious to work but find
no opportunity to work, (Applause)
The gold standard by increasing idle
briOpS n those WI CHI y
have enough and to spare. and when you
bring people into poverty, when you take
you make tramps of men who under Just
conditions, would be self-supportng and
greatness. (Applause) And. last of ali.
when you drive men to hunger and despair
and desperation you make criminals out of
men who under just conditions would be
law abiding citizens. (Applause)
THE gold standard has nothing to defend
it except the misery which has followed it
wherever it has been tried The gold stand
ard is a failure if you will accept the tas-
timony of those in every land who had it,
add to the national productiveness. We
have commenced warfare against the
US now. (Cries of We will") II you don't
join with us now. and are defeated this
year, We will come again and extend the
invitation until majority of the people in
this country do join with us. (Applause)
We have not many great daily papers
with Us; but; my friends, the lime will
-
to furnish editorials that the people of
this country want. (Cries of They will
you bet!D Having been connected for a
short time with the newspaper business
myself do not underestimate the influence
of newspapers, but, my friends in times
like these people go ahead OF the newspa-
perS when the newspapers refuse the peo-
pie. l beg you to recognize the importance
of this issue TO YOU If it shall result in
eievating to office those who believe IL the
free coinage OF silver the reform viii cCtne
now. If IL results in their defeat ii vii
simply postpone FOR four years more tne
bringing of real relief to the people OF thi.
eoantry."
BRYAN INTRODUCES SEWALL.
With this last remark MIR. Bryan CLOSED
lis address and changed his position TO til
other side of the platform as he had beer
obliged TO do as many as eight times during
his address, facing the portion of the Grove
which seemed largest. He called his cam
panion on the Democratic ticket to hi,
side and both stood upon chairs. In intro
ducing his running mate. Mr. Bryan said:
My fellow citizens, / introduce TO you
man who away up in Maine was willing t
stand for free coinage when his neighbors
were against ii. {.applause and yries G-
Hurrah for Sewaili) / introduce to you
man who was in favor OF income tax
although he had 10 pay it--a man who dis
not bow the knee to Baal or worship tn
golden calf-Arthur Sewall, the Democrats,
ca ndiaate for Vice President" Tremendous
cheering for Sewau)
Mr.. Sewall said:
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