The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-26
Bryan Makes an Address
to People of Albany.
Again Reiterates His Faith in
the Chicago Platform.
He Declares that Gold Standard
Must be Exterminated.

Albany Aug. 26-The second day of
Bryan's trip westward from the seclu-
sion Of Red Hook was an eventful one,
crowded with a variety OF incidents OF
travel, including a picturesque recep-
ton at a summer hotel a stirring speech
To a crowd of workingmen at the town
OF Kingston and eliminating In q great
meeting at Albany, where the candidate
spoke TO crowd, estimated at from 1000
10 10000 people, packed in City Hall
square. Before this demonstration, Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan sat down 10 a dinner
with Senator Hill and prominent AL
bany Democrats at the senator's mag
nifcent home, titled "Wolfert's Roost,"
whittier they were driven directly from
the depot. where strong-lunged crowd
came near TO mobbing them on their
arrival. For nearly three hours Mr..
Bryan was the guest OF the New York
senator and party leader, and although
every participant in the dinner ayerred
that ii was purely social affair their
declarations were taken with a grain of
salt, IL being the general impression that
an understanding was reached which
VIII insure TO Mr.. Bryan the support Of
the party organization i'm the state.
The crowd began to gather in City
Hall square two hours before the meet
ing, and when Bryan faced them, the
people were packed In solid mass with
adventurous men clinging in the
branches of trees and climbing telegraph
ana lamp posts. His appearance, as he
stepped upon the fiag-draped platform.
kindled fierce shout. which swelled
into three cheers. with hundreds OF
hats and handkerchefs in the air. He
was escorted by Messrs. Chase and
Pratt, Recorder Matthews, Postmaster
Woods and Collector Msnsterson. Sena-
tor Hill was not there. Mr.. Chase in
troduced the orator. Mr.. Bryan said:
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
In the presence OF this immense au-
dience II Is hardly necessary to an
nounce that the presidential campaign
Is open for business. / esteem il privi-
lcge to be able TO defend. in your pres
ence, the policies which / believe will
bring prosperity and happiness to the
American people. In this line OF free
government people express themselves
through party organs. 1t Is the only
way In which we can give effective
force to our convictions. Without party
We hight without hope of siacess. Par
ties meet in their conventions, adopt
their Platforms and go forth TO the
people appealing for the suffrages OF
those who believe that through that
party, and by the policies expressed in
the platform, they can best serve their
country and protect their rights The
Democratic party at Chicago met in
convention, and there the majority of
the Democrats Of the United States.
speaking through their legally chosen
representatives, laid down a platform
and nominated ticket. 1t is not to be
expected that "a person will always
lind in any platform all that he desires
and nothing which he does not like
But when citizen comes To vote he
acts with that party and endorses that
PLATFORM which gives to him the best as
surances OF securing the most important
things which he desires.
IL Is necessary that the candidate who
stands upon platform shall endorse
the utterances Of his platform, and /
stand before you 10 declare in your pres
ence that / endorse every word and
every syllable of the platform adopted
at Chicago. But while | do so, / expect
In this campaign the support of many
Democrats who are not willing to en-
dorse all that the platform declares for.
In campaign there is always some
oVershadowing issue. there is in a cam
paign always the great paramount uues-
ton which more than any other Will de-
termine the allegiance OF those who SUD-
port the ticket; and in this campaign we
appeal, with confidence, to those people
who are opposed TO a longer continual
ton OF the gold standard i'm the United
States. our opponents have at last
taken definite position on the money
question. The Republican platform
adopted at st. Louis declares that the
gold standard must be maintained i'm
this nation until other nations shall
consent 10 its abandonment. We believe
that that declaration, which commits
us TO gold standard until other nations
come to our relief, is equivalent to a dec
laration In favor OF a permanent con-
tinuation of the gold standard because
we do not believe that other nations will
take pity upon US before we take pity
upon our own people. We have then TO
consider this question: Ought the Amer
ican people 10 submit longer TO a gold
standard?
The Democratic party has begun a war
OF determination against the gold stand
ard We ask no quarter; we give no
quarter. We shall prosecute our war
fare until there is not an American citi-
zen VINO dares TO advocate Il gold stand
ard policy. You ask why? We reply that
the gold standard is a conspiracy against
the human race, and that we would no
more join it than we would join an army
marching TO despoil our homes and de-
stroy our families. l ask you not TO take
my word for the evils OF the gold stand
ard. l ask you 10 read and reflect upon
the language used by John @. Carlisle
in 1878. In speech made in congress he
said:
According to my opinion, the con-
bpiracy which seeirs 90 have been
formed h~c aud IN Europe 60 destroy,
by legislation ana otherwise, from three
seVenths 70 onc-half the metallic money
OF the world il the most gigantic crime
O. this or any other age. It's consumma-
ton would ultimately entail more mis-
FRY upon the human race than all the
wars, pestilence and famiaes that ever
occurred I'm the history OF The world"
That Is tho language of John G.. Car
Isle. ] believe ne spoke tic truth. and
81 IL was true then. * IS true TO day. and
will be true no matter who may change
his opinion or his course upon this ques-
ton. Truths only uttered VIII live. no
matter what may become OK those who
uttered those truths.
We believe that prophecy was true. We
believe tina; no language can overstate
the infinite distress that the sold stand
ard means 20 the human race We believe