Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-08-13
BRYAN AT CHICAGO.
Makes Speech to an Immense Crowd Be
fore his Hotel.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-The demonstration
given William J. Bryan in this city last
night excelled any ever before given n
presidential candidate in this or any
other city. Thousands of people
thronged the streets and greeted the
candidate with hearty cheers.
Long before the hour arrived which
had been announced for the coming of
the Bryan party, the street in front of
the Clifton house, from the balcony
Of which Mr.. Bryan was to deliver his
brief address to the people, was crowd
ed with dense throng. The open
windows of adjacent buildings were
filled and even the superstructure OF
the az" road on the Wabash avenue
side of the hotel was lined with rows
Of spectators.
At last when S:35 had arrived, Mr.
Bryan finally appeared and was greet.
ed with immense cheering from the
multitude. The party had been escort
ed to the hotel by the Cook County
Democratic Marching club. and the po-
lice, with great difficulty, made way
for the carriage drawn by four white
horses, to the entrance Of the hotel on
Madison street.
After brief interval Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared upon the balcony.
Mr.. William ]. Strong. chairman OF
the reception committee, appeared with
Mr.. Bryan and delivered brief well
coming address.
When the applause had subsided,
Mr.. Bryan said:
"Mr. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentle
men:-I have no language. fellow citi-
zens. that will express the emotions
excited. by this. the most remarkable
demonstration that I ever witnessed.
In no other country is such scene pos
sible. In no other country can the peo-
pie take up private citizen and make
him their instrument to accomplish
their will. When l see this assem-
blage tonight and when I remember
what the newspapers say. 1 am re-
minded of what one OF our friends said,
that there was nobody on our side ex-
cept the people, and as look into the
faces OF these people and remember
that our enemies call them mob and
say that we are menace to free gov.
ernment, I ask who shall save the peo-
pie from themselves? I am proud to
have In this campaign the support OF
those who are proud to call themselves
the common people. II l had behind
me the great trusts and combinations,
I know that would no sooner take
my seat than they would demand that
I should use my power to rob the peo-
pie In their behalf.
.'But having. rather, the support Of
the great toiling masses. I know that
when they give to them their ballots
they shall unite In saying this one
thing: DO your duty and we are re-
paid These are the people who ask
no favors of the government. These
are the ones who simply say let us OBJ
serve equality before the law. Give
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none. I am glad to have the
support OF these people because I
know that when the nation Is i'm.
pcriled every ablc-bodied man of them
will shoulder muskct to save the
country and these who are good
enough to offer their blood on the altar
of their country In time OF danger nre
good enough to trust In the quiet hours
of peace. I am simply on my way
from my Western home to the great
metropolis OF the nation to accept
there, at the Atlantic seaboard. the
nomination given In this city but n few
weeks ago.
"T ain glad that rs go I can take
them your greetings, so kindly eS.
pressed In the words Of your chair.
man. who though Republican hereto
fore. is n patriot to-day. And to those
Of your brethren who. like you. arc
the bone and sinew OF the nation, I can
take greeting and tell them that you
are their friends and that you will
stand by them and help them to eman'
cipate themselves from the domination
from which they suffer. I can go to
them aud tell them that you draw your
Idea of what this nation ought to be
from one of the greatest philosophers
Of the East. can repeat TO them, ns
repeat to you. the language Of Ralph
Waldo Emerson. He says.
~ will have never noble:
No lineage counted great:
Fishers and choppers and ploughmen
Shall constitute u state
"Upon this enduring foundation can
be reared government like ours.
can take to your Eastern brother greet
Ing. and. I'm the language Of Abraham
lincoln, can say that the people of the
West and South are ready to Join with
the people OF the East In declaring
that n government of the people,. by
the people and for the people shall no,
perish from the earth"
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Brynn's
speech there was an uproarious demon
stration from the crowd that fairly
made the building trcmble. The people
shouted and cheered and blew horns
and made every sort OF noise to demon
strate their approval Of what had been
said. And long after the speaker had
left the balcony the throng fingered In
the street and called for him to come
out again. The speech seemed entirely
too brief and they were hungry for