Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-28

Crowd at the Meeting Limited by
the Four Walls, While Thou
sands Uncountable, Thronged
the Streets, Disappointed Because
They Could lot Get In.
Buffalo. \. Y, August 27-Apparent-
ly the entire population Of Buffalo, the
home Of Grover Cleveland, turned its
footsteps tonight toward Music Hall,
where Candidate Bryan addressed 4,C0O
people, as many as could be packed
within the four walls, while unnum-
6ered thousands filed the neighbcring
streets. The day in Buffalo had been the
greatest ovation Mr. Bryan has received
in the enemy's country" and the night
meeting. which ended it, attracted al
most, if not quite as many would-ba
auditors as the notification in Madison
Square Garden.
Upon their arrival in the city frorl
Erie at half pas three, Mr.. and Mrs.
bryan were escorted 10 the Genesee hO-
tel. There they were quartered in apart
men,s which had been occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Cleveland just before the
election of the President to his Office,
and upon the walls Of which hung por-
traits of the Prssiden, and his wife. IA
reception was held for two hours in
the hotel parlors in the afternoon,
when IIr. and Mrs. Bryan shook hands
with a constant line Of callers, which
still stretched along half a block out
side Of The building when The doors were
closed upon the last comCrs.
Mr. Bryan was escorted to the hall
by the Cleveland Democracy, the city's
Oldest party organization, and by ward
clubs bearing torches. The line Of
march was along half mile OF Main
street. crowded almost as thickly as the
hall. the red fire and cannon announc-
ing the candidates coming. In the hall
the crowd had amused itself listening
TO an eccentric gentleman from the gal
Iery who loudly read an original poem
having the refrain:
Bill Bryan, dear Bryan, stand first
in the fight
When a banner was borne down the
aisle bIazoned with the words, " A pub
lie office is a public trust" the C,eve-
land Democracy, Of Buffalo, was cheer
ed. When the candidate appeared on
the stage. escorted by State Committee
man John C. Cuneen, the police were
powerless 10 control the audience, and
swarm;ng down to the front several
hundred men took possession Of the
seats reserved for the cubs which es-
corted Mr. Bryan.
Hon. Charles f. Tabor was CHOSEN
president Of the meeting, and when the
list Of vice presidents was read the
name of Mr.. Norman E. Mack, editor
Of The Only free silver paper in BuEaIo'
was cheered almost as enthusiastically
as Mr.. Bryan had been.
Mr.. Bryan said in part;
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Clti-
zeps-I canno. express to you the graft
frde which l feel when l see the interest
.ne people of the Empire S,a,e are tax
ing in the campaign upon which We are
ius- entering. an grateful TO me gen
Tlrmgn who has presided at th-s meet
ing and TO those who have galnereu 10
lend their enthusiasm 10 the cause.
shall carry back 10 the people OF the
.vvesr the n5ws-not the news, either, pc
cause il is no longer news-tnat the
chicago platform is supported. endorse -d
no- bv the West and South alone, nut
bv All The tOiling millions oil the E2s-
as well. Great appl2use)
I am aware that in the writing OF
Dla.fcrm il is impossible 10 SUI the
opinions of all; l recognize that people
who think will differ and that We often
find in platforms things with which we
cannot fully agree, and we fail 10 ma
in platforms sometimes policies which
we regard as important. But platforms
are no. written by all the party; they
are written by q majority Of a parry
Cappl2use). and when q majority OF
parry writes q platform. the others IN
the parry must either stand upon 1t or
90. cut of the party. (Appiause). There
is no o-her plan now except the rule o.
majority or the rule Of minority
end t. is better for q minority 10 be
alier3.ei than for the voice Of a ma
ior,ty TO be suppressed. tApplauseJ
You can support those who stand upon
-be Chicago platform, although you may
dissen. from parts Of Il. But / stand
r,on the Chicago platform because 1
beIiye in it from beginning to end,
every word.
While a platform covers a great many
oues-ians necessarily, and while there
are various plsnks and various policies
,bsre must be OnesUDreue n his
cqmpaign there IS supreme issue.
The issue : made between those who
bsl:eve in gold standard and those
who oprose a gold standard. There IS
M middle ground. Those who are not
wi n us are agalnS- us
There is no place between the lines
for The people 10 stand. ApplauSe).
The Republican platform does not
saw that a god standard is a good
fbing. There ere those who are sup
n9r-5nq the Republican party who be-
i.eve that the god standard is a good
hing but they have not The courage 10
r'sk The issue before the people who
Aeva suffered from a gold standard.
(App,ause9 -.