Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-29
NO TROUBLE OVER SPEAKERS
They Car. Be Drafted From the
Common People.
THE STORES AND THE SHOPS
The Mines and the Fields Teen With Takers
for Democracy
THEY THINK AND ACT FOR THEMSELVES
Mr. Bryan Is Confident That the New York
State Convention Will Indorse
tie Platform as Well
as the Ticket.
THEY THINK AND ACT FOR THEMSELVES

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Aug. 28.-That
wonderful voice of William ]. Bryan was
in bad condition for oratory this morn
ing at Tonawanda, twelve miles from
Buffalo, where he had the first opportuni-
ty of using it. He spoke with an effort
and showed plainly the effect on his vo-
cal organs of the last few days of long
speeches The democratic candidate,
Mrs. Bryan and party of Erie county
supporters left Buffalo shortly after
o'clock on a special car of the Buffalo
and Niagara Falls Electric railway, ten
dered by Capt. j. M. Brinker, president
of the Gorge Railroad company. Leav-
ing the Genessee house in carriage,
Mr.. and Mrs Bryan were driven to the
car and were there joined by the other
members of the party that accompanied
them to Niagara Falls. Those in the
party were Norman I1. Mack John Cum
neen, Judge Robert G. Titus of the state
supreme court, w. F. Mackey, United
States district attorney; C. B. Matthew'S
prominent populist; A. j. Elias, Judge
Jacob Stern of the Erie county surro-
gate court and Simson Brownwell of
Lincoln, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and
the others in the car were the guests of
Games A. Hanlon of Medina, collector of
internal revenue during Mr. CleyelandS S
first administration. TonaWanda, the
scene of the great strike three years ago,
was reached just before 8 o'clock. In the
crowd of 800 people gathered at the reg
ular stopping place for the electric cars
workingmen predominated. Cheers were
heartily given as Mr.. Bryan appeared
on the rear platform. He made a short
address, speaking with considerable effort
to make himself heard An enthusiast in
the crowd waving folded newspaper,
cried out: Were fig hting the plutocra-
cy of gold" Immediately responsive to
the cry, Mr.. Bryan said:
And in the fight no one will be nearer
to the enemy's line than the one who
carries the standard" (Cheers)
Fellow citizens" Mr.. Bryan went on,
''the Chicago platform when it was writ
ten and adopted by the democrats of the
west and south does not raise any sec
fional question; it simply reasserts the
democracy first taught by jefferson and
afterwards defended by Andrew Jack
son. and the democracy on which the
Democratic party must always stand un-
less it decides to abandon the principles
which have been it's principles
from the beginning and substitute the
plutocracy which some have falsely
callsd modern democracy. The Chicago
platform simply relterates those funda-
mental principles on which our form
of government must rest. The keynote
of the Chicago platform is found in the
declaration of Independence that all men
are created equal and that therefore no
class of men, no class, of citizens, has q
right to appropriate to itself the bless
ings which the Creator intended for all
the people of this country Cheers; that
laws shall not be made so that the many
shall toll and the few shall enjoy the
fruits of the toll of the many good; that
every man shall be defended in the en-
joyment of that which he earns. and
that no man shall be permitted to &C
quire what somebody else has earned
and which has been taken from him by
vicious gsa tion. The reason they use
abusive epithets and apply hard names
to those who support that platform is
because they know that the platform
is a menace to the wrong doer-not the
smaller wrong -doer only, but also to the
larger transgressor who attempts to use
the government and its instrumentali-
ties to wrong others. (Applause) ] do
not think it Is going 10 require great
deal of talk in his campaign; we are not
going TO have any difficulty to find
speakers. We can go out in any of the
stores, the ma chine shops, to the farms
or to the men who work and find there
men who know enough about the prin-
ciples of this government to be able to
discuss these questions and apply to
themselves. The great common people
do not need any particular class TO tell
them what they shall do. They can
think for themselves, and l trust that
when November comes they will act for
themselves" (Great applause)
At the town of Niagara Falls, reached
shortly after 10 o'clock, there was no
demonstra ton People gathered on
street corners and looked after the car
as it went through the streets, and at
places where 1t halted knots of men gath
cred around it and shook hands with the
nominee A reception committee met
MIR. Bryan, and the candidate and his
party wsre taken in another trolley car
to view the whirlpool rapids, then the
lower rapids and the other sights below
the big cataract.
After viewing the big falls Mr.. Bryan,
at Ills, left for Medina by the Central
road.
To a repres sntative of the Southern AS
socated Press Mr.. Bryan said this morn
ing: II am more than gratlf1ed with the
demonstration of last evening. 1t more
than surpasses anything which had ex-
pecied l am also pleased TO ma SO
unanimous a sentiment in FAVOR OF the
Endorsement Of the action OF the chicago
convention From what | have seen in
New York, and the sentiments expressed
by members of the state organization,
am satisfied that the state convention
will indorse the platform as well as the
ticket Some of the democrats may op-
pose parts of the platform, but 1t is the
national platform and will be ace pted
as a whole.
81 will visit Columbus" said Mr.. Bry-
an, when told of a report that he would
not carry out his intention to appear in
that city. He added that he knew Of
nothing that would cause change in his
programme with regard to making
speech there, and could not understand
how the report originated.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Senators Teller, Dubois and Marion Butler
Are on 1t.
Chicago. Aug. Ex-senator Jones this
evening appointed the advisory commit
tee among the silver advocates and or
ganizations outside the democratic party