The record-union., 1896-09-30
William ]. Bryan Receives Warm
Welcome in New York City.
The Wigwam Packed as It Has Not
Been in Many Years.
The Building Besieged by a Clamor-
ing Throng to Hear the Democratic
Nominee for President Speak-The
Hall Not Half Big Enough to Hold
the Concourse of People Who
Gathered There.

NEW YORK, Sept. CIT has been
many a decade since the historical
Tammany Wigwam has held such a
compact mass of humanity as that as
sembled there tonight to hear William
Jennings Bryan and others speak.
Although o'clock was the hour set for
the proceedings to begin, three hours
earlier the doors of the meeting place
were besieged by a clamorous throng.
1t kept growing in numbers until 6
O'Clock, when the doors were thrown
open.
There We're then enough people as
sembled in the vicinity of Tammany to
NIL the WigWam twice over. A liberal
supply of small American flags had
been passed around, and these were
kept continuously waving by the en-
thusiastic shouters.
The meeting was called to order by
John w. Keller, the presiding officer of
the evening, at 7:45 p. m. At that
hour there We're over 6,000 persons con-
gregated in the hall
Resolutions were read and adopted
irdOrsing the platform adopted at the
Chicago Convention and the State
Democratic Convention at Buffalo, and
the candidates nominated on those oc-
caSiOnS
Immediately after the adoption of the
resolutions Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by
Mr. Sewall. Senator Thomas f. Grady
and George Fred Williams of Massa-
chusetts, appeared on the platform. A
great outburst of applause and cheer
ing greeted Mr.. Bryan's appearance
The moment the audience caught sight
Of him. hats, handkerchiefs and Ameri-
can flags went up in all parts of the
hall. Cheer after cheer rent the air
The cheering and applause continued
for eight minutes, and at the conclusion
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by the
| Chairman. He said:
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen and
Ladies': / thank the Tammany Society
for the privilege which it has afforded
me of speaking to the people assembled
here. I am sure the Tammany Society
| is in dead earnest in it's efforts to give
it's support not only to the Chicago
ticket. but to the platform upon which
the ticket stands. Applause) Before
addressing myself on the paramount
issue of the campaign, l desire first to
city by the ex-President of the United
States, Hon. Benjamin Harrison
| CHisses) 1 quote his words, because
words coming from SO high a Repubi-
can source ought to be considered even
| if you cannot agree with them. Let me
read you what he said: In my opinion
there is no issue presented by the Chi
cago platform more important and
Wit hn which tbaIr
have raised of protecting the power
and duty of the national courts and
national executive. The defense Of the
Constitution and Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States and of the Presi-
dents power to send troops of the
! United States into any State without
the call or consent of the Governor, is
an important and leading issue in this
campaign
My friends, 7 call your attention to
the fact that ex-President Harrison as
serts that our platform raises a ques-
ton which puts our Government in
danger If that We're true we might
we'll turn from discussion Of any other
question to consider anything which
menaces the continuation of consti-
tutional government. There is nothing
constitutional government. There is
nothing in the Chicago platform which
would make the Executive feeble in en-,
forcing the laws Of the nation, and
there is nothing in the platform that
assails the integrity or questions the
| honesty of the Supreme Court of the
United States. I challenge you to read
that platform and find in that platform
e,;,, tbof i1,cfi IN Il,
guage used by the ex-President Our
criticism of the Supreme Court is not
one bit stronger than that used in the
platform upon which Abraham Lin
coin was elected in 1850.
"And nothing that I have said has been
stronger than the language used by
Abraham Lincoln, both before his cleo
ton and after
my friends, in so far as the Republic
ans and former Democrats have criti-
cised my action as against law and or
der I want to say that their fear is not
that / as an executive might be lax in
the enforcement of law. Their fear is
that, as an executive, I would not re-
spect persons. Applause.) Who is it
that is afraid the law will not be en-
fored? Those who are most fearful
that there will be lax enforcement of
| the law are the very persons who would
suffer most if law was enforced. (Ap-
plause.)
IF Mr.. Harrison was to debate the
question of the survival of our institu-
tions, 1 will tell him that the great
trusts which are supporting the Repub-
lican ticket are a greater menace to
our Government than anything else
we have ever had. (Cheers.) The vari-
ots trusts of this country, by their rep
resentatives. are collecting tribute from
the people, and when we protest against
it they call US disturbers of the peace
and anarchists. (Cheers)
Il am opposed to the trusts. (Great
cheering) AS an executive, shall use
what power have to drive every trust
out Of existence. cloud cheering) If
| the Constitution of the United States
| is construed so as to prevent any inter-
| ference with the operations of trusts, I
shall recommend such an amendment;
| to the Constitution to permit of the
punishment Of these men. (Applause.)