The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-26
SPRINGFIELD TOLD OF SILVER.
MIR. BRYAN TALKS FOR AN HOUR
TO 10000 PEOPLE.

His Assertion That the People
Hold Of-The People who Like
the Gold Standard Alleged to BE
Growing Fewer Every Day.
Springfield, Mass, Sept. 25.-People who
saw William J. Bryan yesterday would
hardly know him to-day. The long flow
ing locks had been closely clipped, and
the od-fashioned broad cloth coat, which
helped make him seem older, had been
superseded py new cutaway of mod
ern fashion. Mr.. Bryan looked nearer
his real age than he has at any time
since the campaign began. A hundred
or more people gathered at the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
station, in Hartford, this morning to see
Mr.. Bryan leave for Springfield. They
cheered him as he appeared on the plat
form of the special car secured by the
Springfield committee. and demanded
speech. Mr.. Bryan told them something
about the money question, and had just
finished as the train drew out. at Ills
o clock.
Bryan car at Windsor, Conn, the first
stop. A colored man marched up to the
train bearing piece of brown paper with
the names of Mckinley and Hobart
chalked on it.
At Windsor locks several hundred peo-
pie saw Mr.. Bryan. He was cheered
and responded with few words.
Thomsonville was the last stop in Con-
| necticut The crowd was about equal
to that at Windsor. Mr.. Bryan spoke
briefly. Mr.. Bryan was accompanied
from Hartford to Springfield by Edward
A Hall, democratic state committeeman,
who had charge of the candidates party,
Col. J. l.. Rice and other members of the
Springfield reception committee, and
Mayor ]. J. Curran of Holyoke.
An audience mum bering about 10000 peo-
pie heard MIR. Bryan deliver an address
half an hour long in the court house
square this afternoon. Mr.. Bryan reach
ed Springfield at 1905 o'clock. The first
| person who greeted him at the station
was George Fred Williams of Boston, his
former colleague in congress, and his
most active supporter in Massachusetts.
| Arm in arm they forced their way
| through a big crowd, and entering car
| riages We're driven to court house square.
| followed by members of the board of al
| ueTLHeu anu OL lil6 lOCd1 ieCtpllOli COiH-
mittee. Mr.. Bryan was cheered as he en-
| tered the square He was introduced by
| Mr.. Winter. At the conclusion of the ad-
! dress Mr.. Bryan was taken to Hotel
Worthen for luncheon, followed by a run
ming crowd of men and boys. At lis
! O'Clock he left for Worcester.
| Mr.. Bryan was applauded enthusiastical-
ly when he appeared before his Spring
| field audience. He spoke as followh:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Before enter
ing upon a discussion of the great para
mount issues of this campaign, | desire
in this city to pay tribute to independ-
ent journalism. (Applause). My friends,
/ have always respected an honest and
earnest and able opponent. 1 have never
criticised the right of any one to speak
his sentiments and present his ideas as
clearly as forcibly, as eloquently as he
can l believe with Jefferson that error
is harmless where reason is left free to
combat it. (Great applause). And if any
man has an idea, / am willing for him to
launch that idea and trust to the merits
of that idea to make it's way into the
minds and into the hearts of men.
and respect the Springfield
Republican for the high (great applause)
plane upon which 1t discusses political
questions l respect 1t for the tolerance
which is shows to political opponents ana
without censuring those who substitute
abouse for argument, l can commend
those who use argument instead of abuse.
(Great applause) / can commend also
to every citizen the words of that dis
tinguished editor who was the founder
of this paper. l am told that he is the
author of the expression that a man who
is not willing to die for a cause he be-
lieves in, Is not worthy to live. (Great
applause)
my friends, it is willingness of people
to stake their all upon the correctness Of
L. l.. IL
to spread from person to person, untn
at last 1t overcomes the opposition. And
in this campaign we have as good an illus
tration as was ever given before of the
depth of conviction and the intensity OF
earnestness in the presentation OF the
cause.
II challenge you to find in all the polt-
ical contests which this country has pass
ed through a single contest which arous-
ed more earnestness than this contest
through which we are now passing. I
challenge you to find among all the hosts
who have defended a cause more ear
nest men than find to-day among the ad-
vocates of the right of this government to
legislate for itself without regard to other
nations (Great applause). 1t will not do
to say that there is no cause for such feel
ing as is manifested now. If you read the
dispatch which appeared in yesterday
mornings paper from London you will
hnd that a great meeting OF dSFlCulLufdl-
lists was held in Buda-Pesth, and in speak
ing of that meeting the dispatch said that
practically all Of those representing agri-
cultural societies were in favor Of the res
toratlon of bimetallism. My
friends, our opponents sometimes
tell us that this movement
in favor Of free coinage Is started by the
mine-owners and kept up by the mine
owners. 1 want them to understand that
they cannot explain this great uprising Of
the people on the theory that 1t is insti-
gated by man who owns bullion and
wants to sell 1t at a higher price. This
great uprising comes from the masses of
the people who do not produce bullion, but
they produce property, and they realize
that the gold standard has been driving
value out Of the property which they pro-
duce. (Applause). The opposition press
may well afford to pause In their ridicue
of the advocates of free coinage, in their
denunciatlon of them as lawless charac-
ters. to find out whether there Is a well
founded reason for this advocacy of biz
metallism among the farmers OF the United
states, of England, Of Germany. Of
France. and Of every nation which has
been cursed by the gold standard. NY