The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-28
BRYAN AT BUFFALO.
lilo Receives n Zig Ovation uni Makes His
stock Speech.

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Ifo Receives n IIig Ovation nnti Makes His
stock Speech.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Aug. 2I-Apparcnt-
ly tho entire population OF Buffalo. the
home OF Grover Cleveland, turned its
footsteps Tonight toward music hail.
where Candidate Bryan addressed 1000
people, as many rs could be packed
within the -four walls, while unnumbcred
Thousands filled tho nclEhborinG streets
The day In Buffalo had been the great
est ovation Mr.. Bryan has received In
the cnemy'S country" and the night
meeting which ended II attracted almost
IL not quite as many wOuld-bc auditors
as the notification in Madison Square
garden. Upon their arrival In the city
from Erie at $50 Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
were escorted TO the GcncSee hotel.
There they were 1uaCtcred In apart
ments which had been occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland just before the cleo
tlon OF the President to his office. and
upon the walls OF which hung portraits
of the President and his wife. \ re-
ccptlOn was held for two hours In the
hotel parlors In the afternoon, when Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan shook hands with a
constant line OF callers which stlll
stretched along half block outside OF
the building. when the doors were closed
upon the last comers.
Mr.. Bryan was escorted 10 the hill by
the cleveland Democracy" the clty's
oldest party organization. and by ward
clubs bearing torches. The line of march
was along half Il mile OF Main street,
crowded almost as thiclily NJ the hall.
the red fire and cannon announcing the
candidates coming. In the hall the
crowd had amused itself listening to an
eccentric gentleman from the gallery
who read an original poem having the
refrain:
Bin Bryan, dear Bryan, stand first in
the fight"
When n banner was borne down the
aisle. bazened with the words. "a pub
lie Office Is n public trust" the Cleveland
Democracy, Of Buffalo, was cheered.
When the candidate appeared upon the
stage. escorted by State Committeeman
John c. Cunecn. the police were power
less TO control the audience and. swarm
ing down 10 the front, several hundred
men took possession OF the seats re-
served for the clubs which escorted Mr.
Bryan.
Hon. Charles F. Tabor was chosen
|, president or tn" meeting. and when the
list of Vice presidents was read the name
Of Mr.. Norman z. Mack. editor OF the
only free silver paper In Buffalo, was
-checrcd almest Us enthusiastically as
Mr.. Bryan had been.
Mr., TIbor made speech In which he
said there was no need to disguise the
fact that opposition existed among Dem
Ocrdts to the endorsement OF the Chicago
ticket and platform.
In the course OF his speech Mr.. Bryan
said:
plrn for Votes.
81 am aware that In the writing OF 4
platform it Is Impossible to suit the Opin-
ion Of all. recognize that people who
think will differ. and that We often find
IN platforms with which we cannot fllly
agree, and We fall 10 find In platforms
sometimes 4 mention OF policies which
we regard MS important. But platforms
are not written by all Of the party; they
are written by 4 majority of the party.
(Applause.) And when Il majority OF n
party writes platform the others In the
party must either stand upon II or get
out OF the party. (Applause.) There IL
no other plank now except the rule OF the
majority or the rlllr OF n minority, and
1t Is better for minority 10 he alenat4l
than for the voice OF I majority To be
suppressed. (ApplauSe) You can sup
port those who stand upon the Chicago
platform. although you may dissent
from PARTS Of II. But stand upon the
Chicago platform becnuSl. | believe In 1t
from beginning to end, every word
The Republican platform does not
say that gold standard Is good thing.
There are those who are supporting the
Republican party who believe that the
gold standard Is good thing, but they
have not the courage to risk the ISSUE,
before the people who have suffered from
gold standard. Applause)
This Is not True.
I'VE must judge people not by their
words, but by their acts. Our opponents
tell US that they will try 10 secure an
international agreement, and that they
simply want to maintain n gold stand
ard until other nations will help us to
let go OF It. daughter and applausc)
Can You trust the people who wrote th-,
st. Louis platform to restore bimctall-
ism? Never, until You Gun wipe out the
scriptures and gather figs from thOrng
and grapes from thistles. (hpplause)
Those who are responsible for the gold
standard are not the ones TO whom We
look for dellveranCr AS we'll might YOU
have asked PharOah tn lead the children
Of Israel out of bondage as TO ask the
Republican party to break the shaclileI
Of gold standard. Npplausr)
"'rhc Democratic party Is opposed to
a gold standard: not only opposed TO It,
1t Is unalterably opposed 10 Il; II Is so
much opposed to Il that 1t will not permit
the American people TO he bound by Il
though every nation on earth shall de-
mand, 1t. -(Applausc) We did not
achieve Independence for the purpose of
bowling 10 the yoke of any foreign power.
(Applausc.)