The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-29

progress, and to which an admission
fee was charged. In consequence, the
audience was small. the crowd that us
tened to the overflow meeting on the
outside being much larger. Mr.. Bryan
was three-quarters of an hour late IN
arriving. and made a very brief ad-
dress, speaking mainly of the BisL,SreiS
letter, as of the greatest interest 10
the German-Americans who formed the
mass of the audience. The fact that
after years OF experience under the
gold standard in Germany, Prince Bis
marck should express his belief that
bimetallism was better for the people,
and that America was in a position TO
lead the way to general use of both
metals, was good evidence that the use
of gold alone was not q success. Wher-
ever it has been tried it had been found
to- receive the support of the money
holding and money lending classes,
while the producers found il injurious
to their interests.
A SWELTERING MASS.
The number of people who heard Mr..
Bryan at Bohemian Turner hall, ASH
land avenue near Eighteenth street,
was only limited by the capacity of the
large hail. Probably 5000 people
squeezed into the hall and stood in a
sweltering mass for perhaps three
times that number filled the streets
outside.
The storm of applause and cheers
which greeted Mr.. Bryan lasted several
minutes and seemed to be joined in by
every one in the hall.
The vast throng that gathered in and
around the mammoth tent in its new
location at Harrison and LOOMS streets
waited more than an hour beyond the
scheduled time for Mr.. Bryan to APP
I pear. 1t is impossible to give anything
like an acurate estimate of the num-
Der of those who came expecting to
hear him. The tent holds about 5000
people standing. 1t was damned with
human beings early in, the evening,
While outside was another dense as
semblage that stretched beyond the
circle of light. The heat was some
thing remarkable for this time of the
year, and many people were carried
out in a fainting condition. Mr.. Bryan
appeared just before 10 o'clock. an hour
and fifteen minutes late, and received
an ovation. He spoke about rs minutes.
TEN THOUSAND MORE.
Ten thousand people turned out to
hear or see Mr.. Bryan in the Twelfth
ward, the banner Republican ward of
Chicago. Only $500 of them could
squeeze inside the Peoples institute,
but the corners of the streets adjoin-
ing and vacant lots were packed with
men and women, who had to be con-
tent with other speakers. The perspir-
ing audience inside patiently awaited
the arrival of Mr.. Bryan, who was an
hour late, and when he did come the
thousands on the streets and in the
building gave vent to their feelings
with great and continued shout. The
seated people rose en- masse and waved
flags frantically and gave repeated
cheers for the nominee.
1t was 11:40 o'clock when Mr.. Bryan
reached the Second regiment armory.
where 5000 people awaited him, many
of whom were women and boys under
age. Notwithstanding the fact that
the audience was weary with waiting,
the speaker being an hour and halt
late, he was received with the same
enthusiasm which characterized the
meetings addressed earlier in the even
ing.
Although Mr.. Bryan announced that
he had merely dropped in to say good
night, he talked until midnight, when
he was wheeled away to his hotel, very
hoarse after his hard nights work,
having spoken to- nine different gath.
erings in nine different places.