Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-17

Hon William Jennings Bryan.
{ voice for the trio of speeches here, and
: his vocal organs were consequently in
pretty good condition. Reaching St.
Louis from Kansas City at Oils in com
pany with Gov. Stone, Lon;V. stephens,
F.. the democratic candidate for governor
of Missouri, and other prominent pol
iticians. Mr.. Bryan was greeted at the
! Union station by a crowd of several
thousand people. who made the spa
cious train shed ring with their shouts
/ After quick supper at the Plant
er's hotel, Mr.. Bryan, at eight o'clock,
! started out on his round of speech
making, doing the jumping from place
to place in special trolley car.
/ Concordia park. the Auditorium and
/ Sportsman's park were the places
where he spoke Concordia park has
a great open amphitheater.i its terraced
sides forming the seats for the multi
tudes that had gathered there. Last
, night every bit of space on the floor
( and on the terraces was taken by
spectators. and when the democratic
/ candidate arrived he found an audi
, ence of between Is, 900 and 20. 600 peo-
pie. The scene was picturesque, with
/ the solid lines of humanity along the
( sloping banks OF the arena, each
slightly highly than that below, while
/ Chinese lanterns suspended from many
trees threw soft light over the as
( semblage.
Slr. Bryan was received with round
( after round of applause and after an
/ Introduction by H. J. Brady, char
man of the state central committee,
I do ID =,
! The distance between Concordia
/ Park and the great Auditorium, where
| Maj. Mckinley was nominated by the
/ republican convention, is more than
| three miles, and when Mr.. Bryan ar
/ rived there he found the interior
packed from floor to ceiling with peo-
I pie anxious to hear him talk 1t is
/ stated that $1,000 chairs had been
! placed in the hall. and last night not
! only did every chair have an occupant
/ but at least 1--WE thousand people
! crowded stage, aisles and the spaces
/ back of the galleries. The heat was
| enervating and several women tainted.
| Private John Allen. congressman from
Mississippi, entertained the vast audi
/ snce until Mr.. Bryan arrived and kept
them in roars of laughter by his sal
/ lies, particularly those about Gen.
| Palmer, the gold democratic nominee
| for the presidency.
! 1t was intended that Mr.. Bryan
/ should be introduced by Virgil Rule,
| but Mr. Rule could not still the tumult
I of enthusiasm that ragged when the
( democratic candidate appeared. Men
1 and women stood on chairs and waved
! hats, handkerchiefs and fans. The
| applause lasted ten minutes and ceased
only when Mr.. Bryan, taking matters
into his own hands, waived the intro
ductiOn and began his address.
1t was the same story over again at
Sportsman's park, which Mr.. Bryan
REACHED ut IO:l5. The crowd there
was equal to that at the Auditorium
and was quite as enthusiastic. The
introduction was made by President
Wickard of the Travelling Mems club
Mr. Bryan's most important speech
was that at Coneordia park, while
that at the Auditorium had a local
significance in Mr.. Bryan's remarks
about a statement of st. Louis banks
published in the afternoon papers as
10 why they do not pay out gold.
Mr.. Bryan reached the Auditorium
st 9:l5 p. ID. and following an inter
esting address by ex-LisHt-Gov. John
son, said:
II the republican party had declared in favor
of gold standard its orators might have
gone before the PEOPLE and advocated the gold
standard as good thing To have done 50
they would have had 30 close their ears TO the
cry Of distress which comes up everywhere.
But had they declared for gold standard they
would a. least have had something to advo-
cate But they did not do il
The advocates OF gold standard did not de-
clare for 4 gold standard Why2 Because
those who favored . geld standard never fought
an Opea fight in their lives Gold Is a coward
II viii not meet its enemies in open field,
ard those who advocate q gold standard have
2-1sr been willing 70 face their enemies before
the American people Let me give you an evil
1eEce OF the fact that our opponents are not
willing 20 take the American people into their
confidence and declare before them the policy
which they desire
Tz4s night recalls my last visit to this halls
littIe less than ,hree months ago. attended
a natfeEaI convention held in this ball Isaw
here aSssted The TirSt platform ever adop-ed
By a uE.fonal convention in ali the history of
the C.1ted States. which declared that the
United States must depend upon foreign ma
lions for permission 70 DO what our people de-
sired 20 do
Isaw adopted in this hall platform which
pledged the republican party TO get rid Of q
gold standard and substitute biractallisrn as
soon as the leading nations Of Europe would
help Us TO Co so Before an audience that did
not equal this saw this platform made and
am delighted that an audience greater n
size gathered not from all the Crion- but from
single city Eas met in this same hall 70 pro-
Douoce condemnation upon that platform
Politics. my friends. Is at times serious bush
ReSS- and politics This rear is more serious
business than in any through which we who ara
assembled here have ever passed Whenever
great party sOleEluly declares that the con-
troll OF our sDanCial policy shall be transferred
from the American people over into the hands
OF fcFetZa nations il r4ises n serious Issue
which must be settled By the people. tA2-
plzuSe-
Why. my friends. in country like ours All
tatioa IS tie only means ny which the people
Fan seizure relief And IL these men had their
way about il, they would make il n penal Of
tense for man raise hts voice against the
financial system which they would fSsten apon
ne Americas people IApplause-l They lay
q 20 agitation. and what do they tell yea
WHY. In their Judgment. IL there can be . cor
rect SeEtlemeut OF the financial difficulties
thea gold viii be free again
I reDeat that these nen Who tell you that