The herald., 1896-10-04
SILVER SENTIMENT
SHOWS Strength
Along the Route Which
Bryan Travels
1HE FOURTEEN SCHEDULED STOPS
Find Enthusiastic Crowds at
Every Station
DOUBTFUL MIDDLE STATES
Seea 70 Have Passed Beyond the Doubt.
Y. log Stage
DOUBTFUL MIDDLE STATES
tee0 to Have Passed Beyond the Doubt.
Y. log Stage
he citlseas Of the Enemy's Country Seem
Very Friendly
The Middle West Seems to Regard the
United States as Great Enough
to be an Independent Ma
tion-Political Notes.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-An audience ap-
palling in its dimensions greeted Mr..
Bryan at the auditorium this evening"
Before the afternoon session of the Dem
ocratic clubs had completed its work
people began to assemble and crowd in
at the doors, requiring the utmost eff
forts Of the sergeant at arms and his as
lice, to keep the crowd within bounds.
By o'clock every seat in the galleries
was taken and the auditorium was
packed to suffocation. 1t was S:20 p. m
when Senator Money, the chairman,
called the convention to order.
, When Mr.. Bryan appeared he was
( greeted with storms of cheers. He
looked as fresh and healthful as though
for some months past he had spent in
quiet home life instead of almost con-
tinuous succession of speaking and
travelling. While removing his over
coat the crowd kept up continuous
roar. The ladies on the platform be-
came affected with the enthusiasm, and
at last standing upon their chairs, each
seeking to out-shout and -out-wave the
Bryan began to speak, After stating
that it was his purpose to address few
words to the members of the assem-
}bled Democratic clubs, Mr.. Bryan said
in part:
1.-The club can be Of more service In this
campaign than any previous cam
lpaign, because in this campaign the
work is being done by the people them
selves. These clubs have adopted
button which presents a likeness Of
Thomas Jefferson. If you had searched
through all history you could not have
found a man more worthy of being taken
as your ideal statesman, because in the
history of the human race there has
never been but one Thomas Jefferson. OF
fall the constructive statesmen whom the
world has ever seen Thom1> jefferson
Stands first. At a time when repub-
1ican government was an experiment, he
wrote that immortal document which
declared among the self-evident truths
that all men are created equal; that they
sare endowed with certain inalienable
rights; that governments are instituted
TO preserve those rights and that gov
fernments derive their just powers only
from the consent of the governed.
My friends, elections by the people
are the safety-valve in a republic. 1t is
here that all discomfort can expend it.
self; 1t is here that all criticism can find
Its outlet. Stop elections by the people
and you dam up discomfort until it
breaks its dam and foods mankind JEFF
ferson did not say that we should pre-
eerVe with jealous care elections by
few syndicates or few trusts or even
by a few bank corporations. He said
elections by the people and he meant all
he people.
You tell me that we believe in lawless-
ness; tell you that, with Thomas JEFF
ferson, we are the preservers of public
order, because We believe in absolute
acquiescence with the will of the ma
jority.
"A we'll disciplined militia is the best
reliance In peace and in the first mo-
ments Of war, until the regulars may
relieve them"
An, better this form Of domination
than the form Of q standing army
maintained by the toiling labor of the
people.
1.-THE supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority. economy in the pub
lie expense, that labor may not be bur-
dened; the honest payment of our debts
and the sacred preservation of public
faith"
My friends. if the followers of Thomas
Jefferson stood as squarely on that
llank as they do upon the other planks
}have read. it would be better for the
eople. The honest payment of our
sbts. the sacred preservation Of the
iblic faith-and that does not mean
at you shall contract debt which is
the time lessening the value of your
operty and driving up the value of
dollar, and then compel people to
~ In larger dollars Both house of
,ngress In 1873 declared that it was not
violation of public faith to pay debts
ontracted in coin in silver as well as
gold coin. We believe in the payment
our debts according to contract, and
It according to the will Of those who
I'D the contract.
THE encouragement of agriculture
commerce and commerce is the
Of government"
Heuon recognised that Agriculture