The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20
BRYAN BRAVES A BIG BLOW.
s,r,txs TO 10000 AT WASHINGTON
IN THE FACE OF A STORM.

noc1aratiOn That Silver Dollars
.,,ust Be Redeemed in Gold If Nee
.sorv to Maintain Their Present
Parity.
washington. Sept. 19.-The journey of
,so candidate from Fredericksburg was
r,tbout notable incident, except at Alex
,,dria seven miles from Washington. At
orortico 200 people cheered Mr.. Bryan
toortilv The crowd at Alexandria num-
bored fully 5000 persons, and expressed
enthusiasm without stint. During the ten
minutes the train remained there Mr..
Rrvan made a speech, punctuated by
,beers and reports of a cannon.
Arriving at Washington at 4:05, the train
,o,rg twenty-five minutes late, Mr.. Bryan
,liohted amid the cheers of his fellow pas
,ongers. at the far end of the train shed
,f tbe Baltimore and Potomac station.
The 800 people. who were wedged in be-
hind the bars of the train shed, took up
The cheers and their echoes were heard
from the throats of fully 5000 people, con-
rregated in the streets outside. 1t was
,nlv with the utmost difficulty that the
noIce force was able to keep back the
enthusiastic crowd, every man of whom,
and many women, sought to reach and
shake the hand of the candidate. Sur
rounded by the local committee and the
delegation of the congressional commit
Tee. Mr.. Bryan was conducted to his car
rage and hurriedly driven to the Metro
q
lunch. carriages were again taken, and
the party proceeded to the old base ball
mark where it had been preceded some
Two or three hours by a crowd estimated
at 10000.
Early in the day the weather bureau is
sued a special bulletin predicting thun-
derstorm during the afternoon. AS early
as o'clock the evidences of this storm
began to be apparent as ominous clouds
gathered in the west. This, however,
did not diminish the enthusiasm Of those
who were determined TO see and hear Mr.
Bryan. and when he ascended the plat
form, the crowd was so dense that it was
apparent to all that the candidates voice
would be tested to it's utmost. His ap-
pearance on the platform was the signal
for prolonged cheers.
Mr. Bryan began his speech by saying
'Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
am grateful to you for the very cordial
welcome which you have extended to me
as I return to the city in which four years
of official life were spent"
Here ona Of the crowd. catching on to
the words -four years" shouted -four
years more" and the point was quickly
taken up and cries of good" and cheers
4 were given.
Mr. Bryan proceeded: Il see before me
the faces of a great many who are known
as young men. 1 am glad to speak to the
young because we who are young and who
In the course of nature, must live under
our government for many years. are in
terested in making that government good
enough to live under (Applause0 1 desire
to call your attention to two planks in the
platform adopted at Chicago, before touch
mg on other matters connected with the
campaign. l speak of these two planks
because they concern the people who live
IN the District of Columbia The Chicago
platform contains this plank: We favor
the admission of the territories of New
MeXlco, Oklahoma and Arizona into the
union as states, and we favor the early
admission of all the territories having the
necessary population and resources to en-
ute them to statehood, and while they
remain territories we hold that the Off
aals appointed to administer the govern
ment Of any territory together with the
District of Columbia and Alaska should
ue Dona ide residents of the territory or
district in which the duties are to be per-
formed (Applause) The democratic party
neAeVes IN home rule and that all public
lands"
have finished, however the part
y%hlcn refers to the District of Columbia.
! desire to emphasize these words, The
uehocrauc party believes in home rule
IAppiause) I believe in that platform
SHu III mat plank of the platform, and
~ mat portion OF the plank, which l have
sHphaSlzed And when l say 1 believe
n 81 nome rule l do not mean that there
sudll De a home in the district or in the
eIlIorles after the rulers commence to
.ule, nut that they shall live there before
10y are appointed. (Applause) Let me
Lea iitau another plank: We are opposed to
~ tenure in the public service CAD.
r-"uSe) we favor appointments based
opoH merit hXed terms of Office and such
a.. m alIulinlstration I, Of the civil service laws
ci.. NN afford equal opportunities to all
tTt1ens or ascertained fitness, except as
- wise provided by the constitution of
me United States
fo."e are In favor of a civil service re.
attn l' 'hat means something, and not n
s,.I ,n service that permits President to
b.Hu 90. blHu the civil service until he can
\ ssr,.41 ',S friends into office, and sustain the
loo, IL JUST as he is going out, so as to
=. iu.ls ms friends in (Applause)
4 M, DeHeVe in appointments based upon
as e.ls .,, ana such method of appointment
tain,a' open the offices to men of ascer-
" 1r,,s1 Hlhess.' AT this point in Mr..
tbroS speech the weather looked very
n peo'gilhg, me- and clouds of dust COM
tprr.i,geu 70 blow over the audience, many
'Inrnng to leave.
. Mr. pr,..
\ corti. hryan, however, after brief pause,
eve5 5'.ueu as follows: I'VE are in favor of
ner..' ms OF office in the several depart
tbot Ol lhe government. We want 1t so
n lore len q man goes in we will know how
f rois ne is going to stay and when he is
. An an out' We don't want to build up
n for ,,t holding class and fill the Offices
\ ne ..,g so that when a man gets an office
CON- nave no more concern about his
h W. tly lhan to draw his salary. (Cheers).
lev. HeNe that the life tenure which re-
etr,a.a man from all further care is de-
Shin 1--WE or the highest forms of citizen
tr,,p nv, ,ld ana is not to be tolerated in a coun-
ny IKE ours.
he a. opponents are doing as much for
/ for lnls campaign as we are able TO do
In SslselVes. Iaughter). OF all the pub
Elnnge.t uments recently issued, the most
H. 'ont one is the letter just given to
Il ba TruDHc' written by the Secretary OF
4 |ops teasury from which ! desire to quote
eHtence. 1t Is the duty of the Sec
|bubilS oI the Treasury and Of all other
Ia l.