Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-24
CHEERS FOR BRYAN.
StrOne Silver Sentiment Develops In
The Boilers Big Meeting.
COLONEL FELLOWS FAILS TO CONE.
His Absence Causes disappointment, and
the Audience Is Cold.
MISSES ron GOVERNOR OFERRALL
some Of His Jtternnces Received
with Disapprovai, While the @oid
,t,ocutc. Cbccred Hin Loudly
Cen. nucI.ner Also interrupted.

The meeting held at the Academy Oh
Music last night by the bolters was us
appointing in many respects.
colonel John r.. Fellows. OF Nc" ~
who was TO have made the principal au-
dress. was not present; there was '.'0H
of the great enthusiasm that mas MAJ
all of the big meetings heid h'i0 ~
the Democratic many Of the utt'r"''o''
Of both Governor O'Ferrall OF N'lsiria'
md Ex-Governor BucNer, Of hen'ueNS,
,,.-e received with marked eVidehoes u
d,sonnroyal on the part OF a large DOT
$50, Of the audience. and the SILVER sem
timent was shown 10 Doe much s''o's.'
than those who arranged for the meet
t,,. had any idea that IL would be.
In point of numbers the meeting was a
a,,i1ed euccess The academy, Whlch
seats some fourteen hundred OF more
porsons. was packed from pit to dome
and from the stage to the iroht uooi9'
aud many who came were not "Die ~
..t, od,pittaucc. Had the capacity ol
,to huudirr been less the promoters
~ ths meeting would have found more
comfort I'm its results, as there Woulu "o'
have been so much room for DemocI'lu'
ofer the "7OJ" and the boilers CLUBS
bal been seated, and, on the other hahu'
had there been space TO accommodate an
or the supporters Of William j. Bryan
who came. these would have been in alb
soluto control
.sit uas the sentiment seemed 20 be
about evenly divided. It is believed that
there were really as many Democrats IN
the house as there were boilers. ana
many think there were more. Inc leau-
cr- in the third-ticket movement ana tne
,,.r,hars of their clubs filled the greater
uorton Of the main floor of the Acaoeny'
-hough there were weil-lnown iree-
silver Democrats epriuklcd here ana
there. and Republicans were not scarce.
Th. centre part o. the dress circle ana
tine rear portion OF the lower hoor ap-
pearod 10 De the stronghold Of the ad-
voeates OF .bimetal.ism.
The bolters. therefore had the ad-
vantage of position in the matter OF
making themselves heard when applause
was considered in season. but every men-
ton of Bryans name provoked cheers
that could not bo suppress cd. 1t mat
te,ed not whether the ailusion 70 the
Democratic nominee emanated from one
of tho speakers on the stage on was
made by am enthusiast i'm the audience.
the response was spontaneous ana
hearty. AT times one would have thousht
"a ringing Bryan speech was peins maue'
FELLOWS DID NOT COME.
General Simon Bolivar Tuckner Of
kentucky. the decoy nominee for wee
president. who was one OF the speakers
last night arrived here on the fast mail
Yesterday. lie was met at Ashland by
"a committee Of gentlemen from this city
and upon his arrival here was escorted
10 the Jefferson. Colonel Fellows. who
was 10 have accompanied the Kentuckian
and make the principal speech, did not
come. for reasons explained by General
Wise toward the close OF the meeting.
Tho fact that Colonel Fellows failed TO
come was kept pretty quiet, and very
fcw Of those who went TO the Academy
uurposoly 10 hear him knew it until
after they had gotten there. Fellows is
q fine orator, and people were curious to
hear him.
The speakers were Governor O'Fer-
rail- and General Buckner. and both
spoke under difficulties. The Governor
has not vet fully recovered from the ef-
fects OF his runaway accident of a few
weeks ago. and the strain Of speaking
for considerable length OF time seemed
to tell upon him. He was very earnest
in his uttcrances. but his manner ana
movement lacked the usual dash that
marks his appearance on the hustings.
Then. too. ne was repeatedly hissed.
very sr.e portion Of HIS hearers evil
acrty not being in sympathy with his
utfcrauces ana with his position
I'm aylug himself with the bolt
ing element of his party The Governor
did not pay any attention TO the inter
ruptions TO which h. was subjected
though Sc was apparent that this an
moved him. and confined himself strictly
20 tho line OF his prepared address, though
he elaborated ON many OF the points
made in his written speech. which the
Dispatch prints from his manuscript
General Buckner suffered in IKE
manner from interruptions. He was not
Missed SO frequently or so vigorously
pcrhaps as Governor O'Ferrall was, but
toward the close of his speech there was
some disorder. and he was heard with
Jlnrultv. General Buckner is "a digni-
fled earnest speaker. but makes no pre-
tension 90 eloouencc or oratory.
The meeting was not an enthusiastic
one when lts size IS considered. Ihere
was frequent applause, 10 be sure ana
the er-dcmonstrations were some
what noisy. bat there was a noticeable
lack of Chat helriiness that has marked
h- big Iouocrdtic meetings. \ con-
suicuous feature Of the gathering was
tnr large proportion Of railroad officials
and attaches brokers bankers ana
bank officials. who occupied seats on the
platform.
TIE MEETING OPENED.
While the crowd was assembling a
band Of music discoursed patriotic airs.
The Academy was artistically decorated
with flags and shields. Immediately
over the lo0tishts were immense pic
lures of Palmer and Buckner. the gold
candidates. and also one Of Cleveland,
who came Boo for good deal OF praise.
ON the stage were Major JOnn i.
Branch. Joseph Christian. Decatur Ak
tell Wcc-presilcnt Of tho Chesapeake
and Ohio railway: Colonel Archer Ander-
son. president OF the Tredegar Works;
Joseph Bryan. proprietor OF the Rich
. uond Times. John l.. Williams, Of John
l.. Williams q Sons. bankers and brokers;
Thomas Potts. OF Thomas Potts q Co.;
Augustus Minhisor. OF the NJ Millhiser
Company: Colonel John Il. Cary. Fritz
Siticriinr Adiutant-Geucral Charles j.
Anderson J. +. Parkinson, Il. W. Pow
crs Rev Dr. Hartley Carmichael NJ.
Mllhiser. H. c. Burnett cashier of the
First National Bank: r. c. Mayo, s. G.
Wallace. president OF the Citizens Bank;
Carter ". Branch. OF c. w Branch x
CO. stock brokers. Ex-Governor William
d. Cameron. Barton II. Wise Colonel II.
W Maury. Captain A y. Guigon: w. Il.
'rrsg. president Of the Richmond Loco
motivo- and Machino-W Works; Nirginius
Newton, OF Davenport q Co, financial
agents for the city OF Richmond: W. X.
Meredith. r. Y. Yarbrough. George ID.