The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-23
BRYAN In JERSEY.
introduced by Duke"
Thompson He Talks at
Washington Park.
ONLY SIX YEARS A slLyERITE
he Is Convinced That Free Coin
age Alone Can Restore
Prosperity.
Snscial to The Jerssu CITY Neaus.

l ttOTfitl4ky 2lORRtI6 @itCGkS
made a short speech, arriving in Philadel-
phia shortly after noon. A crowd of
about 500 people gathered at the Broad
street station of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and eheered Justify as Mr.. Bryan
passed hurriedly to his carriage. escorted
by the Democratic City COMMITTEES. At
the Hotel Lafayette, Mr.. Bryan's head
quarters, a Sewall crowd had gathered
and eheered as he drew UP. After being
introduced to the members of the New
Jersey State Committee he went TO
luncheon. AIT 1:s0 Mr.. Bryan took a car
rage and wa driven TO the ferry, where
he took a boat for Washington Park, a
resort on the New Jersey side of the Della
ware river below this city. Arriving
there, Mr.. Bryan found a large crowd
assembled in the grove. He was escort
ed to the stand by Ex-Assemblyman Will
lam ]. Thompson, the owner of the park.
An acre and a quarter of people were
gathered in the Washington Park to see
and hear the Boy Orator of the Platte
make his first appeal in New Jersey.
Those who went from Philadelphia by
steamboat found other hundreds from
various sections of New Jersey waiting
patiently under a threatening SKY. Jonn
T. Wright, who is the Popoeratic candl-
! QdltI OI AOllSICSI III LDC aAtAS
called the meeting TO order and by way
of keesing the crowd in good humor, m
trcGuced Lawyer Atkinson, of Mount Hoi-
ly, who was in the midst OF a silver arsu-
men1 when way was made through the
crowd for the carriage which brought the
chief attraction of the occasion.
The cheering which followed when the
mobile features of the P~opocratic -candi-
dates were recognized, was neither loud
nor long. In fact it took a good while
for the recognition to reach the fringe
Of the concourse. A band struck up.
Hail to the Chief and William Jennings
Bryan made his way to the speaker, es--
corted by Harry Paul, Eckert Budd and
Senator William D.. Daly Of Hudson.
Before the band had finished, Senator
Tillman, in a battered straw hat and a
ngnJ H. oversee nas;oad a n too. at tbs f pu. ssaf
provided for him.
When the Boy Orator had Invested him
self of his overcoat, he took his place 70
speak without formal introduction, but
amid cheering that came from sections
rather than from the whole of the audi
ence. 1t ceased when he raised his hand
side of the multitude. His voice was SO
hoarse at first that cries of louder
came up. He smiled again and remarked
"Ill make you hear me in a few mo-
ments.
Il lave been taught to regard politics
as a very serious question" he began.
the laws they are privileged to suffer
it they fail to make right laws through
negleeting their opportunity. (Applause.)
They have Only themselves to blame.
IF the financial policy is What you
want it, then 1t ought ITO remain un-
changed. But we have been trying that
why are not We ali right? Applausse.5
Ifrthe gold STANDARD is u a good thing
Why do so many of us fail to appreciate
ss far olss reafized its Rn' Sleas fnw psaoees n Mho
nave profted by it. (~Applause.)
"a speaker went from Philadelphia to
Tennessee s and told them the gold stand.
we had had it for twenty years, and
when he got through a gentleman said
s spo dsa5af IS sI r; yGa to say syet that tt the sa gold
" Do ! understand you to say we have
had it for twenty years?'
He said more than twenty years
right?' Qaughter.)
IF the gold standard is a good thing
and we have he'd it these many years,
blessings?. I will tell you-because its
blessings have only reached a few people
who like it. (~Applause.) Lincoln was
once asked what he thought of a certain
mans speech. He said:-T think a man
who. would like that sort of a speech
would be pleased qaughter.l That is
who likes that sort of a thing is very
much pleased with it, but the number
who Ike It Is growing less every day.
My friends, this Is a campaign of edu-
cation, in which the newspapers are not
doing their share of the work.
Z met a prominent man yesterday who
acted on the subject he had never inves-
tlgated the money question and never
supposed there was anything in it: that
worth anything. They regarded it as
a craze, and he did not have time, as a
business man to pay any attention to
adopted a platform making the money
question the paramount issue he began
to think about It. That was only a few
said to me:-If we don't win this fight
It is going on until we do win, and
don't care how many years it takes Gap
u can appreciate the feelings of that
s5ef,s5 myself until six years ago |
was q harmless crank. aid not listen
to his arguments. They had no weight
with me- Six years age I began to study
right, because i was taught "a be1ieve
that If a man would ground himself an
what was right he would wait for other
believe that no man could afford to he
wrong no matter how many he had IN
his company studied the question. I
them.and the more I read the deeper he.
game my conviction, until / became 50
iirmly OF the opinion thai there could be-
n sIlvapr ro was 1ss. IN shls country until real
risk all ! had or hoped to have on The cor1
Tectness OF that conclusion. Great an
Your people are producing manufae-
turing proqticts here largely. Where IN
you get your consumers Wine o,1t 4he
FARMING population, and where Will va,,
sell, the goods you produce? You viz
tually wipe out the farmers as eons.1mars
when you drive down the price AZ fha;r
products, so they only realize enough "a
pay taxes and interest. Great Applause
You awe many truck farmers. Wren
they take what they have 10 SCH intn
town they find the market is rather dnl;
and whA they get is small as compared
with VIVA it used to be. Does II soea 4
the people of Philadelphia are not As hun
cry as they ever were? I venture the as
sertion that there Is more hunger today
in Philadelphia than there was 1--WE wears
ago. Great applause.1 Is ii besaI1se
they have lost taste of the good things
which you producer
No.. There Is as much taste as ever
II they could get a chance to try II IN
something. ~(Laughter.) How are you 70
fng to increase YOUR Nv IN
creaSing the number OF people able Ii buv
what You produce. VIII you do that 81
making dollars dearer? Mo-. Dollars a.
not eat. Aau8hter.3 They deFour s Great
deal, but they do not eat. Qtanr6ferl
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