The record-union., 1896-10-11
Was Given Flattering Reception on
His Arrival at st. Paul.
Delivers Four Addresses Last Night
at the Twin City to Large Audi
ences - The Nominee Presented
With a Gold Pen With q Silver
Holder on Behalf of Labor Club of
St. Paul.

500 - AOAA6 5PCCSACo COuSllluEu Will
lam j. Bryan's tribute tonight
to the fight for free silver
that is being waged In Minnesota.
After a number of brief talks to peo-
pie at many stations along the line Of
the Great Northern between Fargo and
st. Paul. he reached here this evening
at 6:3O o'clock, accompanied by MEM
bers of the State and local Escort Com
m1tteeS and was taken to the Hotel
Ryan. A delegation of old soldiers from
Minneapolis and this city met and
cheered him there.
AT o'clock Mr.. Bryan, Ignatius Don
nelly and other speakers, Democratic
and POpulistic, were escorted to the
Auditorium, large structure capable
of holding about 1000 people, seated
and standing. 1t was crowded to the
doors, and the candidate received
fattering reception, cheer after cheer
being given on his appearance.
Mr.. Bryan made his most important
speech Of the evening there. His audi
ence did not warm up to his remarks at
| first, despite the greeting it had given
him, but toward the conclusion of his
address the enthusiasm became ram
pant.
He spoke next at the West Side Opera
| as enthusiastic and tightly packed as
| at the Auditorium had waited some
| time for his appearance.
| He next spoke briefly at Market Hail.
| 1t began to rain hard while Mr.. Bryan
was addressing the enthusiastic crowd
| at Market Hail. and the Open-air meet
| ing at Rice's Park, the last on the
programme, was abandoned. Mr. Bry-
| an returned to the Hotel Ryan at II
o'clock and went to bed.
Chairman King introduced Mr.. Bryan
| after Louis Nash had presented him
with gold pen with a silver holder in
! pehalf Of the organized labor Bryan-
Lind Club of st. Paul. Mr. Bryan said.
MI. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
| men: II gives me a great deal of pleas
| ure 10 be permitted to defend our causa
In the presence of an audience in this
| great city, and before addressing INV.
| SELF to the subject in hand desire to
express to the organized labor of this
| clty my grateful appreciation of the
| GIT which they have presented. It is
a gold pen with a silver holder. and n
| l snail be elected by my countrymen to
| 'he Chle1 Executive Of the nation that
pen and holder shall be used to sign a
i,ee coinage Dill at the earliest possi-
pie moment. Applause.) 1 am glad
lhat the pen with which my signature
snaii De afhxed Is the gift Of the laboring
| men, because, my friends, l believe that
the laboring men of this co,,ntrv-nav
| more than that-the laboring men of
all this world-are interested in tho roc
| toration OF silver to its ancient place bv
the side of gold. Applause.)
| would not favor the free coinage of
siiVer ala not believe that it would be
| peHehclal 10 those who toll because
| my irlendS, my political philosophy
/ teacnes me that there can be no nros-
| perlty IN this nation unless that nros-
perlty begins first among those who
| create wealth and finds it's way upward
10 the other classes Of society. IAN
piause) More than that. l believe that
the nation itself rests upon the great
mass or the people, and it is onlv by car.
| rylng the great mass of the peopIe nm
waro ana onward that you can secure
any advance In civilization There can
oe no civilization where a few in a land
Aa'e more than they can use, and the
many nave an insufficient amount
- sNe ior the comforts of life. CAP
piause,) Nor do l believe that thasa
great inequalities can exist in . nation
Where the Government observes the old
maxim OF equal rights to ali ana s,,a-
cial privileges to none. (Annlarsa,
w hen Government is properly adminis.
lerec tnere will be no representative NJ
coai trust sitting by every fireside to
exact trlpute from those who desire to
oe projected from the cold Of winter
| tAPpiauSe) When Government is
properly administered, there will be no
synd1cates fattening out of the Gov
ernments adversities after thev have
brought those adversities on the CO..
ernment for their own benefit IAN
plause.) 'Ap
w men government is properlv
administered there will be no cornora.
tlons Which assume greater author;ty
than the power which created them
tApplause) When government is nron-
eriy administered it will recognize those
fundamental principles set forth in the
Declaration of Independence that all q re-
created equal; that governments are in
stltuted 10 preserve the rights. and that
governments derive their just powers
from the consent Of the governed. (Ap-
piauseJ When these four PRINCIPLES
are applled then government will be
what it ought to be-
Jackson has well said thai +horo
no necessary eVlis In government that
1 NNAio ~NASS oAiis III us ABUSE. and
| friends, 1T is not government tbat wo
raise our hands against. No man who
understands society or the necessity
for government will raise his hand
against government. 1t is against the
abuse OF government that we rebel
| (Great cheering) 1t Is against the
abuse of governments, and we SHAH NOT
be driven from our purpose to eradi-
| cate these abuses"
I Mr.. Bryan referred to the failure of
the Republican platform to declare that
the gold standard was desirable and
said that no party in the history of the
Nation had ever declared that the gold
standard was good thing.
/ A man In the audience inquired how It
| would be any easier under free coinage
to get silver from the silver kings than It
is to get gold from the gold kings.
Mr.. Bryan replied: rs that all the
| difficulty that my friend has or Is there
some other that I can explain at the
1 cov