The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-18
BILLY BRYAN SAILS
ON THE HUDSON
The First Experience Of the Boy Orator
on Americas Rhine.
MAKES REMARKS AT PoUdnKEEPsIE
Will Make No More Speeches While
ON His Vacation, but NAV Possibly
Talk ON the Issues Of the Day When
Pressed by Fellow Citizens. .Mr.
Sewall Returns 10 Maine.

Poughkeepsie N. Y, Aug. 17.-Mr. and
Mrs. William j. Bryan took a train from
Irvington this morning for Yonkers
where they boarded the steamer AL
bany on their trip up the Hudson.
Yonkers shouted a hearty farewell as
the steamer left her wharf The wharf
was crowded with the people who gave
three cheers for the nominee and three
more for his wife and yelled again as
the Albany cast off her lines Several
hundred persons were on the boat and
nearly all of these pressed around Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan with hands out
stretched when the boat had started up
the stream. A state room was placed
at the disposal Of the candidate and his
wife by the steamboat officials and in
this Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan received a
number of passengers. 1t was their
first experience on the Hudson and they
were delighted with their trip. The
weather was perfect and everything
tended to make the short voyage de-
lightful.
At Newburgh the dock was crowded
with people anxious to get glimpse
of Mr.. Bryan. When the boat arrived
Mr.. Bryan was at dinner, but in re-
SI,oHSc ~ CdiIS lLoIIl tic CioWu hC S0hS
out on deck and bowed.
1t was 1.2O when the Albany reached
Poughkeepsie. Fully four hundred peo-
pie were gathered on the wharf and a
cheer was given as Mr.. Bryan walked
over the gang plank. The crowd fol-
lowed him the two blocks he and Mrs.
Bryan walked to the Central station
where Mr.. Bryan was surrounded In
the waiting room and finally forced
out on the platform. Here he mounted
on a truck. he made little speech, the
first since his appearance at Madison
Square Garden. Mr.. Bryan said:
BRYAN'S SPEECH.
81 am coming up here into this Sec
tion of the state for a rest and there
fore am not going to make speeches.
! do not expect to be able to see you
again and l take this opportunity of
thanking you for the interest you are
taking in the campaign. From read
ing some OF the New York papers it
would seem that there is no silver sem
timent in New York. but the great daily
papers are not able to suppress the sem
timent Of the masses of the people.
(Cheers). I believe that this campaign
will be characterized by more intense
feeling than any in which we younger
men have been engaged. In this cam
paign the people are thinking and when
the people think they decide and when
they decide they act. (Applause.)
The so-called financiers believe that
they have the right to use the ballot
to protect their interests. Why have not
the rest of the people the right to set
the ballot to protect their interests?
Here Mr.. Bryan paused but in re-
sponse to more. more, he asked
how many of you have been studying
the silver question. Hold up your
hands, A number of hands were
raised. "Now let me ask each of you to
consider this question:
A voice interrupting How are you
for the working classes?"
Mr.. Bryan: You take what have
said and what I have done and let the
thinking people decide" (Applause).
1T is not for candidate to tell you
how to vote" said Mr. Bryan, continu-
ing. Il have too much respect for the
rights of individuals to attempt to tell
anyone how TO vote. I can simply de-
fend the policies for which stand and
let Tic pcopic CHOtSc uelWSeU
ponent and myself. do desire to urge
you to find out what your duty is and
then have the courage to do It," Gap
plause).
Mr.. Bryan held short reception and
took the New York Central train for
Tarrytown at 1:50 p. m.
The ride from Poughkeepsie to Tar
rytown was short and was made in an
m
reached at 2:So. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
We're met by Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Per-
rine and after some of the two score
of people at the little station had
shaken hands with them they were
driven off by the Perrines to their home
at Upper Red Hook, six miles distant.
Mr.. Sewall returned to New York from
Yonkers and will return to his home in