The herald., 1896-10-29
HALLS ARE FILLED
70 SUFFOCANON
By People Anxious to Hear
Bryan
THE Citizens OF CHICAGO TESTIFY
To the Tremendous Growth of
Silver Sentiment
TEN SPEEcNES DELIVERED
To Ten Times Ten Thousand Supporters
Of Silver
While StiIi More Thousands Fail to Gain Ad.
mission
The Peoples Candidate in the Western
Metropolis Given a Reception That
Presages Success When the
Yofa AroG fod
TEN SPEECHES DELIVERED
To Ten Times Ten Thousand Supporters
Of Silver
While Still More Thousands Fail to Gain Ad.
mission
The Peoples Candidate in the Western
Metropolis Given a Reception That
Presages Success When the
Votes Are Counted
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CHICAGO, Oct. 2S.-Twice this after
noon the largest hall in the business dis
trict was filled literally to suffocation
with people to hear William j. Bryan.
Outside on the lake front and streets ad-
joining. unable to gain admission, were
crowds that would have filled the hall
twice again. Eight other large meet
ings were addressed by Mr.. Bryan before
midnight in various parts of the city.
The most important gathering of the
series was the big MONDAY meeting of
business men at Battery D armory, on
the lake front, and probably next in
point of interest was the great meeting
Of the women in the same place couple
of hours later.
BUSINESS MEN LISTEN.
big monday meeting of business
men at Battery A armory claimed Bry-
ans attention as soon as he could be
hustled through several miles of streets
from Stanislaus. Long before the hour
for the meeting Battery d was packed.
The seats had been removed from the
body of the hall and the audience stood
that support the roof furnished seats for
a number of venturesome admirers and
the galleries were packed. The hall was
crowded to the utmost limit. General c.
H. Howard called the meeting to order.
Bryan received an ovation lasting
more than five minutes and which bid
fair to continue indefinitely. General
Howard obtained the attention of the
audience, however, by saying that Bry
an asked one question, whether all those
present were business men. A thousand
voices answered "yes," and in the lull
that followed one mans voice clearly
rose as he said: 1--WE mean business"
(Cheering) Bryan said: II am glad this
meeting Is presided over by one who un-
til this year has been Republican, and
by one who was a soldier, because in
this double character of ex-Republican
and soldier he illustrates the depth to
which society is stirred in this cam
paign. AS an ex-Republican he stands
as representative of that large and in
creasing number of our citizens who are
willing to burst asunder party ties and
leave party associates and make their
party affiliations suit the convictions of
the heart. (Applause.) And as for
mer soldier he stands as a representa-
tive of those who, having willingly Of
fered their services to make this nation
one, are willing today to engage in this
great contest to keep this nation which
they helped to save an independent ma
tion rather than a province of foreign
empire. (Applause.)
1-1o 20 <o11 a.
have said those who so often assume
to be only business men sometimes
make great mistake in assuming that
the prosperity of our nation rests upon
them, and I am coming today to talk to
business men, and say to them that
In pleading the cause of the farmer and
laborer, am trying to lay a substantial
foundation upon which the business Of
this country can be done. (Applause.) }
IF you are engaged in merchandise,
engaged in the exchange of wealth, and
suppose the prosperity of producers de-
pends upon you, you deceive yourselves
Wealth must be created before it can be
distributed. Those who create wealth
could live though you all went out Of
business. You could not live il the pro-
ducers Of wealth go out Of business.
(Applause.) l believe that policy is
best for this country which begins with
those who toll and gives them first, in
spiratlon to work, and then protects
them in the enjoyment of a rightful
share of the proceeds of their toll and
proceeds from them to the upper classes
of society, who rest upon them.. And
I challenge you to find in the pages of
recorded history single instance where
prosperity came down from the upper
crust Of society 1t always comes from
the masses, the foundation of society.
(Applause.) I want to talk to you busi-
ness men for another reason. 1 believe
many business men are being tyran-
nized over by financial influences "a
voice, You are right.D You point back
to the times of the war to find your he
roes. I tell you 1896 has developed the
heroes Of this nation. (Applause.) 1
know business men who have been sum-
moned before their bankers who told
them that IL they insisted upon talking
for free silver their loans would not be
extended. l know one man who was
summoned into bank and told IL he
did not stop talking for free silver he
would have to look elsewhere for accom-
modations. and that man told the bank
er that he realized that he was In his
power, but he said, Sir, you may do it
Il you viii. ! believe humanity is in