, 1896-08-26
nR. HILL and MIR. BRYAN
NEW YORK'S DEMOCRATIC LEAD
ER BNTERTAINS THE LAT
TER AT HIS HOME.
Have Presumably Reached an Under
Y standing and Hill Proposes to Ex-
Z ert Every Effort for Bryan in the
d Empire State-The Democratic
x Nominees --latest Speech.

II Albany. N. Y. Aug. 25.-The second
fday CT William j.. Bryan's trip west
ward from the seclusion OF Red Hook,
was an eventful one. crowded with a
variety of incidents Of travel, includ-
Sing a picturesque reception at Summer
hotel, a speech to a crowd of working
men at the town OF Kingston, and cul-
minating in a great meeting In Albany
where The candidate spoke to a crowd
! estimated at 1000 to 10000 people
packed in city hall square under the
shadow of state house.
Before this demonstration Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan sat down to dinner with
Senator Hill and prominent Albany
democrats at the senator's magnificent
home, "Woiferts Roost.'
For nearly three hours Bryan was
the guest OF the New York senator and
although every participant to dinner
averred it was purely a social affair.
it is the general impression THAT IN un-
Outstanding was reached which will
insure Bryan the support Of the party
organization in the state. A crowd be-
gan to gather in city hall square two
hours before the meeting and when
Bryan faced them, the people were
packed in solid masses v several
acres. His appearance as he stepped
upon the flag that draped the. platform
brought forth a great shout. He was es.
corted by Hessrs. Chase and Pratt. Re-
corder Matthews, Postmaster Woods
and Collector John P. Materson. Sem
ator Hill was not there. Chase intro
duced the orator. Bryan spoke with
more chan his customary %oratorical
force and considering the size of the
crowd he was listened to with the most
fiattering attention. Before the speech
was finished darkness came on. At the
close of his speech Bryan shook hands
with the people who climbed upon the
platform. He was driven to the station.
proceeded by a band and crowds OF citi-
zens who formed In line and marched
along cheering.
Bryan said in part:
"In a free government the people ex-
press themselves through party organ
izations. 1t Is the only way In which
we can give effective force to our con-
vtctions. Without party we fight with
out hope of success. 1t Is not to be ex-
ipected that a person will always fnd
in any platform all he desires. and
nothing which he does not like. When
"a citizen comes to vote he acts with
that party and endorses that platform
(which gives him the best assurance Of
securing tUhe most important things he
desires. tits necessary that a candi-
date who stands UPON a platform shall
1ndorse the utterances OF his platform.
and l stand before you to declare in
your presence l endorse YER word
and every syllable Of the platform at
Chicago. (Applause.) But while I do
"a. l expect In this campaign the sup
port Of many democrats not willing to
endorse all that the platform declares
for. (Applause.) In a campaign there
is always some overshadowing issue,
there ts in a campaign always one
great paramount question which. more
than any other. will determine the al
legiance OF those who support the tick
ct; in this campaign we appeal with
confidence to those people who are op-