The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
DEMOCRATS TALK SILVER
Mass-Meeting in Metropolitan
Hall With Budd in the
Chair.
His Excellency Is Received With Great
Enthusiasm and Speaks in a
Happy Vein.

Metropolitan Hall was crowded last
night on the occasion of a Democratic
mass meeting to whoop-up silver.
When Governor Budd appeared he was
given hearty reception. He said he ap-
peared to testify his appreciation of the
services of Judge Lawler, who did so much
for him, and also for the committee over
which he presides. The Governor said
81 was asked why ! presided over silver
meeting. My answer was: I would pre-
side at Salvation Army meeting 1T was
for silver
The band played a National air and J.
w. Wright was introduced as Bryan Re-
publican, while the house gave three
hearty cheers for Governor Budd.
Mr.. Wright read something from one of
Bryan's speeches, which he called "a mes
sage from our next President"
a quartet sang free-silver song at 16 to
l. and for an encore gave little melody,
which was warmly applauded.
James FL. Barry of the Star was intro
duced, and the audience went wild with
enthusiasm in its ovation to him. He
beg an by saying he was glad to see such
an audience before him. an audience that
showed its love of liberty.
1.-THE last National Democratic Conven-
tion, he said, twas the greatest one ever
held; it boldly declared for silver at 16 to
l; it criticized the Supreme Court of the
United States; it declared for civil and re-
llgious liberty, and particularly it declared
against the A. z. A, and what is of great
est interest to this coast it declared against
the funding bill.
SIT is objected that the free coinage of
silver will Hood this country. The mints
of this country can coin but $50, ,000, 600 a
year. Now, l would like to know what
fear there is of infationP l know we
would be able to carry little more silver,
and be glad to carry all we can get. =,
1--WE say equal rights to all, special
privileges to none; but there can be no
sucn thing as equal rights when men are
refused the opportunity to earn liveli-
hood by their labor. With free silver we
will take the stronghold in which special
privileges are entrenched. William J.
Bryan, if you do your duty, will be the
next President of the United States. In
the American Federation of Labor, which
has mem pership of l, ,250, 600 men, do
not believe that one single member Will
vote for Mckinley. OF all the pilgrimages
to Canton / do not believe that there has
been one union man among them, nor
one labor union. have this from Henry
George. that the workingmen in the East
are without exception almost solid for
Bryan"
w. Hoos0 Dcs,oh Wy slubih6 tdns wv
years ago he stood on the same platform
speaking for a gallant young statesman,
Governor Budd. 1.-THE time looked dark,
but we elected our man." he continued,
land l am on the same identical mission
tonight, to speak for another gallant
young statesman, William J. Bryan, and
we will elect him. Ihave been introduced
as an anarchist. If supporting the Demo
cratic National platform makes me an
anarchist then am an anarchist, and you
can make what you like of me-"
The speaker turned mis- attention to the
Southern Pacific Company and declared
it has done more to debauch legislatures,
courts, regulations than all the other evil
| influences of the State combined. The
railroad should be made to pay its debts
according to the letter of the law. One oi
the best speeches made in Congress
against the funding bill was one made by
young Congressman from Nebras ka-
William Jennings Bryan. The railroad
knew that If Congressman who fought
the funding bill were elected President the
funding bill would be in still graver dan.
ger.