The herald., 1896-09-13
MEETINGS $ HELD IN PARKS
Yet Hundreds Are Unsble to Find Stand.
ing Room
Unbounded Enthusiasm Shown by the Llstens
ing Thousands
In One Evening Thlrty-fve Thousand Pee,
pic Testify Their Appreciation ef
Bryan's Argument in Favor
Of Free Silver
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.-Mr. Bryan ar
| rived in Kansas City at $3.50 this morn
ing. At the depot were gathered nearly
a thousand workingmen from car shops
and packing houses, who demanded
speech and Mr.. Bryan addressed them
from the rear platform of the coach.
The Bryan party and members of the
| reception committee boarded the tally
ho at the Coates house and were driven
to Eleventh street and Grand avenue,
where fully $4,000 people were massed.
A temporary stand had been erected,
but the crowd wasjso dense that it was
deemed best to have Bryan address
them from the coach. His remarks
were received with the utmost enthu-
siasm.
At three great mass meetings held
here tonight the Democratic and Popu-
list party nominee addressed between
10000 and $4,000 people. At each Of these
meetings he was greeted with prolonged
cheers and at frequent intervals during
his three speeches the enthusiastic crowd
gave vent to uproarious applause. The
nominee was met at the train by an Inn
mense crowd. He was escorted to the
Planters hotel where he had dinner and
| then went to Concordia park, the Audi
| torium and Sportsman's park, and at
| each place in turn he made a speech. So
! great was the crowd that hundreds were
turned away at each place.
When Mr.. Bryan stepped upon tho
platform at Concordia park the great
throng arose and for several minutes
shouted and cheered.
Upon being introduced, Mr., BRYAN
said in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We are enter
Ing upon a memorable campaign, a cam
paign which means great deal of good
or Ill to the people Of this country. and
In that campaign there is one great over
shadowing issue and upon that issue
people are divided. There are some who
believe that the maintenance of a gold
standard UNTIL foreign nations come to
our relief is an absolute necessity for
the welfare of this country. There are
those on the other hand who believe
with us, that the immediate restoration
of the free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio of 16
to 1 without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation, is absolutely
essential to national prosperity. (Great
applause)
l desire to submit a few argumnets to.
night in behalf of the restoration of free
coinage. (applause.) Now, 1 want to
submit for your consideration two or
three propositions and 1 believe that
they are so clear and so plain that every
one of you can recognize the force of
them. In the first place call your at
to 70 OF hot tln
party in it's platform and through its
public men, is making no effort to sup
ply the people of the United States with
sufficient amount of money to do busi-
ness with. If I were to tell you that a
grown person could wear the clothes OF
a child you would think me foolish. If
were to tell you that grown person
could live on the food necessary to sus-
tain life in a child you would call me
foolish, and yet they call those men
financiers who assume that the people
growing in population can survive on q
money decreasing in its amount.
Senator Sherman on June 6, 1890, said
that we needed an increase of something
like fifty millions every year, andyet in
stead of having an annual increase of
fifty millions, in the last two years we
have had a decrease of about S155, 600 GOO.
tapplause,) making deficit of about
$255, 900, 900 in the currency of the coun-
try Now, If Mr.. Sherman did right in
1890 in saying that the people needed
new money every year, then, my friends.
L want to ask why is it that the Republic
can party, in the face of the constant de-
crease in the circulation of money has
made no provision whatever to satisfy
the needs of an increased population?
(Great applause.) When we talk about
these matters our opponents tell us that
we do not understand financiering.
daughter and applause.) My. friends,
we understand mathematics and a man
1oes not have to understand much about
to know that nation that
requires an increase in circulation must
suffer if, instead of an increase, it has a
decrease in circulation. (Applause.) Not
,nly does the Republican party make
10 provision for an increase of the cur
'ency to meet the needs of the people
out the Republican party has been ST.
ent in regard to the manner in which
his currency has been contracted. II
he Republican party succeeds we have
very reason to believe that the Repub-
lean administration will follow the ex-
lmple set by previous administrations
Ind followed by the Democrats -