Evening journal., 1896-08-26

Dy Juinping-The West bound Trip.
ALBANY, Aug 2e.-The second day of
Bryan trip westward from the seolusion
of Red Hook was an eyentful one crowd.
cd with variety OF incidents of travel,
including IA picturesque reception at a
summer hotel, a stirring speech to crowd
of workingmen at the town Of Kingston
and eliminating IN a great meeting at Al
hany, where the candidate spoke to q
crowd estimated at from 1000 to 10000
people, packed in the City Hall square,
under the shadow of the statehouse.
Before this demonstration Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan snt down TO dinner with Senator
Hill and prominent Albany Democrats at
the senator's magnificent home, titled
Wolfert's Roost, whittier they were driven
directly from the depot on their arrival In
this city. Those who met the candidate
and his wife at Mr. Hills much discussed
dinner were Supreme Court Judge d. Ca
dy HerriclS and wife, Louis w Pratt, the
collector of customs, and wife; Norton
Chase, chairman of the city Democratic
committee, which, with other local organ
izations, had the meeting in charge For
nearly three hours Mr.. Bryan was the
guest of the New York senator and party
leader, and, although every participant in
the dinner ayerred that IL was purely a
social affair. their descriptions were taken
with grain of salt, it being the general
impression that an understanding was
reached which will insure to Mr. Bryan
the support of the party organization 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 in solid masses over sew
eral acres of pavement and sod with adj
yenturous men clinging like bouquets in
the branches of trees and climbing tele-
graph and lamp posts. His appearance as
he stepped upon the flag drapod platform
with the familiar strains of Hail to the
Chief" clamoring in his ears, kindled a
fierce shout, which swelled into three
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 Collector
John p Masterson. Senator Hill was not
there. Mr.. Chase, IN introducing the ora
tor, had but few words, saying:
This is plain meeting for the plain
people, where there is to be no fuss and no
feathers There is but one man you wish
to see, but ono man you wish TO hear 1
have the honor to Introduce him to you
tho Democratic candidate for president
Of the United States, the Hon. William J.
Bryan of Nebraska -
Dir. Bryans Speech.
Mr.. Bryan spoke with more than his
customary oratorioal force, and, consider
ing the size of the crowd, he was listened
to with most hattering attention. He
said, In part:
I'm the presence Of this Immense audi
enoe it is hardly necessary to announce
that the presidential campaign is open for
business. 1t gives me great pleasure to
be permitted 10 address even for short
time the citizens Of Albany and this vicin-
ity. esteem it privilege to be able to
defend in your presence the policies which
believe will bring prosperity and happi-
ness TO the American people. In this land
OF free government people express them
selves through party organizations. 1t is
the only way in which we can give effect
i've force to our convictions. Without par
ty we fight without hope of success. Par
ties meet in their conventions, adopt their
platforms and go forth to tho people ap-
pealing for the suffrages of those who be-
lieve that through that patty and by the
policies expressed In the platform they can
best serve their country and protact their
rights. The Democratic party at Chicago
met in convention, and there the majority
of the Democrats of the United States,
speaking through their legally chosen rop-
resontativos, laid down a platform and
nominated a ticket. 1t is not to bo expect
cd that a person will always find in any
platform all that no desires and nothing
which he does not like But when a citi-
zen comes to vote he acts with that party
and indorses that platform which gives to
him the best assurance of securing tho
most important things which he desires.
1t Is proper, aye, more, it is necessary
that tho candidate who stands upon plat
form shall indorse the utterances Of his
platform, and l stand before you to de-
clare in your presence that 1 indorso every
word and every syllable of the platform at
Chicago. But while I do so / expect in
this campaign the support of many Dom
ocrnts who are not willing TO indorse all
that the platform declares for. In cam
paign there Is always some overshadowing
ISSUE there is in campaign always one
great paramount question which more
than any other will determine tho allie
gianoe OF those who support the ticket
and in this campaign we appeal with con
4A''A'o " NAAJoo liJDlt VIII AIt opposed To
longer continuation of the gold stand
ard policy in the United States. Our op-
ponents have at last taken a definite posi-
tion upon tho money question The Re
publican platform adopted at St. Louis
declares that the gold standard must be
maintained in the nation until other ma
tions shall consent to its abandonment.
'Gold Standard n Conspiracy"
We believe that that declaration which
commits us to gold standard until othor
nations come to our relief is equivalent to
a declaration in favor of a permanent con-
tinuation of the gold standard, beoauseNye
do not believe that other nations will take
pity upon us before we take pity upon our
own people We have then TO consider
this question, Ought the American people
TO submit longer to a gold standard? The
Demnoratio party has begun a war Of ex-
termination against the gold standard.
We ask no quarter; we give no quarter.
We shall prosecute our warfare until there
is not an American citizen that dares to
ndvocate gold standard policy You ask
why' We reply that tho gold standard is
a conspiracy against the human race, and
that we would no more join it than we
would join an army marching TO despoil