Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-03
A GREAT MASS. MEETING.

A GREAT MASS. Meeting.
Called to Order by J. Med. Trimble-
Prominent Gold Democrats Talk
for Sound Money.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 2-Although the
Democratic convention proper held no ses-
sion tonight. as much interest as attached
to the convention centered upon the mass
meeting held at the convention hall. Some
of the most popular orators in the coun-
try, who are delegates to the convention.
were billed to speak. and their names drew
q brilliant. we'll dressed audience, one
which filled the galleries and the floor and
Many delegates were in their seats under
their state guidons. The speakers were
late. SO that the band filled the waiting
Trimble. of Kansas City, called the meet
ing 10 order. in place of Hon. W. D. By
num- who was detained. The selection or
himself. he said. was intended as com
pliment to the Democrats of Missouri. He
declared that the addresses to be deliv.
cred would become part of the history OF
ing new organization to maintain old
doctrines; enlisting new army to raise an
old flag. Not a lower standard of money.
but a higher standard of integrity and pa
trioti.m was needed, he said. '.and the
government should neither aid nor encour-
age its citizens 10 pay one-half their debts
| in money and the other half in fiat legis-
lation.''
The chairman was ex-consressman John
R: Fellows. of New York, and the SPEAKERS
| rado: David W. Lawler, of Minnesota: ex<
Congressman w. c. p Breckinridge. of
Kentucky: Edgar H. Farrar. Of Lo9isiana; ana,
speech, was in his customary eloquent vein
and was frequently cheeIed. The enthusi, nth, J,
ahe meesnE was loud Voiced I and frequent
After Mr.. Ehrich's speech. which he cut
eiows ssr rspied cali al viii viii eny
YOU have in certainty
After Mr.. Farrar had finished there were
| more cries of Breckinridge. The audience
was not to be satisfied. however. in its de-
sire to hear the silver tongued orator Oh
| Kentucky the announcement OF whose ap-
| pearance had brought many to the hall.
Colonel Fellows, advancing to the front
| of the platform, raised his hand command
ing silence. and said: 'Mr. Breckinridge
has declined to speak on account 90. OF I'M, .nH
| for his hotel''
This announcement brought down howls
of disappointment and there was mucn snicn
| grumbling while the galleries were Deing
emptied. The hour was II o'clock; Colonel
Breckenridge had not been visible IN the
h at any time during the
circumstances Of his failure to appear.
One of the evenings strongest speeches
was made by Hon Hon ,'aan9n Ghspl,on IL rntnoWa % to to
many of the audience. won great favor py
the strength of his eloquence. When. to,
that ':for ali the elements Of greatness
for wisdom, strength and opportunity-.n
greatest man in the world to-day Is Grover
feet With a shrili burst Of cheering. and
waved hats and handkerchief.
Colonel Fellows spoke as follows:
/ ovn1
Gratis, the splendid enthusiasm which char.
acterizes this gathering tonight Is but tne
visible expression OF the sentiment MhicI y
| is surging in the breasts OF hundreds ol
thousands of Democrats all over this re.
| public We are called upon to confront
peril which the action Of the Snsaso com snG
purpose, constituting menace which Sc;
riously imperil Individual prosperity and and
have assembled in convention to declare
that that peril shall never become real
ity (Cheers) Our Justification in assem-;
that to sustain the action Of the Chicago
convention is treason to Democracy.
deny the right Of any asSembiage OF meL
prescribe for me new forms and new
teachings of Democracy. Democracy wa:
born before national conventions: H,e ans
never held. (Cheers) I believe that De
| mocracy is something more than q name
END say let them sSe wi
1
orat 1cheers.)
When this eonyention & 81 shall al nave ;,9sSe aseo =
20 into very many of the states OF thi
union and repeat that I repudiate abso
utey in all its Its .he
and the candidacy Of the Chicago conven
ton tremendous cheering. the meeting
moeracy. then all my life have been de
ceived, and I am willing now In my oil
age to confess that have gone wronl
and kneei now on a penitent knee. declar
ing 'mea culpa' in the presence OF Altgel'
and Tillman; Tremendous applause? g.
principles should be murdered upon an
kind Of scaffold. I am not SO esthetic II
my tastes as the gentleman from re hsehass Nsbsas
1 care but little for the embellishments o
, the instrument with which the slaughte
takes place; Cheers and iaushter2 1 ~. be
my somewhat aristocratic tastes If l ar
: killed at all. to have it done upon a eros
ar and sq,a Saser metal aaushter and cheers
Rut II is the fact of the crucifiixion at al
of that party against which stand here
; | protest 1 am unwilling to be crucifed be
tween the twin thieves of sectionalism an
reputation. tremendous applause0
/ "Under the doctrine of those who rule
cents worth of silver in our dollar and 4
: cents OF actual lying. and above It Is to b
5 placed the legend. In God we Trust
E Laughter and cheers.l The only meanin
, Of that is that the silver in the dollar
worth but So cents in the markets Of tn
| aarth' and we are to trust to God for tn
other T. Gaughter2 S;sse hes c1Mntry men who Hnsf az
10 turn back to the one from whom the
3 got their first lesson in betrayal. He neve
e would have stood by the Chicago ratit
e He knew better the market value Of silve
1 He required thirty pieces OF silver for on
= hetrayal. and they are willing to do 1t fo
|; sixteen. We have right to ask this c,
i rions thing with Populist head and a ia
: divided into two sections. one labeled Sew
ali and the other Watson Gaush,ter)I daughter
: have right to ask Mr.. Bryan whether
}, indorses the action of this other conventio
which has nominated him. Does he adoI
!, its doctrines?
t The heart of the American people is sount
: What they desire is what is right. an
e then they will do right. The Chicago pla,
d form decries the action of the president
: the matter of the Chicago riots The Ch
l. caeo platform declares that crime, put
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