The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-28
BIG CROWD TURNED OUT.
LARGEST AUDIENCE SINCE THE
NoTIFTCATION MEETING AT
MADISON SQUARE.
OLD. OLD SILVER STORY REToLD.
ihe Greater Part Of the Candidates.
Address Devoted to His s.Domi-
nant ISSUE"

entry the entire population of Buffalo
the home Of Grover Cleveland. turned
It's footsteps tonight toward Music
hall, where Mr.. Bryan addressed 1000
people. as many as could be packed
within the four walls, while unnum-
Dered thousands filed the neighboring
streets The day in Buffalo had been
the greatest ovation Mr.. BRYAN has
received in the enemy's country, and
the night meeting which ended 1t. at
tracted almost if not quite as many
Would-be auditors as the notification
IN Madison Square garden.
Upon their arrival in the city from
Erie at half-past three, Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan were escorted to the Genesee
hotel. There they were quartered in
apartments which had been occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland. Just be-
lore the election of the president to
MS Office. upon the walls Of which
nung protraits Of the president and
MS wife. A reception was held for
two hours in the hotel parlors in the
afternoon, when Mr. and Mrs. BRYAN
shook hands with a constant line Of
callers which still stretched a. long
half block outside Of the building
when the doors were closed upon the
last corners.
Mr. Bryan was escorted to the hall
by the Cleveland Democracy" the
c1ty>s Oldest party organization. and
by ward clubs bearing torches. The
line or march was along half a mile
OF Main street, crowded almost as
tnlckly as was the hall, and red fire
ana cannon announced the candidates
coming. In the hall the crowd had
amused itself listening to an eccentric
gentleman in the gallery who loudly
read an original poem, having the re-
fraln, Bill Bryan, dear Bryan, stand
nrst in the fight" When a banner
was borne down the aisle, blazoned
with the words "A public office Is a
public trust the Cleveland Demo-
cracy of Buffalo was cheered. When
the candidate appeared upon the
stage, escorted by State Committee
man John G. Cuneen, the police were
poWerless to control the audience. and.
sWarming down to the front several
hundred men took possession Of the
seats reserved for the clubs which es-
corted Mr.. Bryan.
Hon. Charles f. Tabor was chosen
president of the meeting and when the
list OF vice presidents was read the
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the only free silver paper in Buffalo.
was cheered almost as enthusiastically
as Mr.. Bryan had been. Mr. Tabor
made speech in which he said there
was no need to disguise the fact that
opposition existed among New York
Democrats to Endorsement Of the Chi
cago ticket and platform.
Mr.. Bryan, who was received tumul-
tuOusly, struck out boldly with the dec
laration Of his advocacy Of free silver.
Then he asserted that he stood upon
the Chicago platform because he be-
neVed in every word of it from begin
ming to end. Although the candidate.
almost exhausted by the weeks cam
pa1gning and the days travel and re-
ception, was far from being in his best
form, and spoke with husky tones, he
held the entire house clear to the end
or his speech. Mr.. Bryan said:
BRYAN's ADDRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Citizens I
Teei when | see the interest the people of the
Empire state are taking in the campaign In
which we are just entering. l am grateful
meeting, and to those who have gathered rs
lend their enthusiasm to the cause / shall
carry back to the people of the West the
news that the Chicago platform Is supported
Endorsed not by the West and South alone
but by all the toiling millions of the East
as well. (Great applause.) 1 am aware that
IN the writing OF platform 1t is impossible
to suit the opinions Of all; recognize that
people who think will differ and that we
OFTEN IND in platforms things with whirh
we cannot fully agree, and we fail to find in
platforms sometimes attention to policies
which we regard as important But platforms
are not written by all Of the party; they are
p ma11sen y Hnd vh majority Of party ZAP
writes platform the others in the party
must either stand upon 1t or get out Of the
party. (Applause) There Is no other plan I
know except the rule Of majority or the rule
OF minority, and it is better for minor
1ty to be alienated than for the voice of a
majority to De suppressed (Applause) You
cago platform, although you may dissent
from parts OF 1t. But stand upon the Chi
cago platform because I believe in If from
beginning to end, every word.
While platform covers great MANY mes
tlons necessarily, because there Is no time
when there is but one subject; but while
th are various planks and various policies,
tnere must pc one supreme, and in this cam
paign there is a supreme issue. The issue ia
made between those who believe in a gold
s srd rd ana those who oppose a gold stand
ard mere Is no middle ground; those who
are not with us are against us. There is M
place between the lines for people to stand
tAppiause.l The Republican platform does
not say that gold standard is a good thing.
There are those who are supporting the Re-
publican party who believe that a gold
standard is good thing, but thew have NOT
the courage to risk the issue before the neo o.
pie who have suffered from a gold standard.
Applause) :.
We must judge people not by their words.
but by their acts. Our opponents tell us thai
they will try to secure an INTERNATIONAL
agreement and that they simply want 10
m ma, IAN gold standard until other nations
viii nefp us to let go of it. daughter and
applause) Can you trust the people who
wrote tne st. Louis platform to restore BIZ
Gn ns.a Never until you can wipe out the
grapes from thistles. (Applause.)
Tnose VINO are responsible for the gold
standard are not the ones to whom we look
asked Pharaoh to lead the children of Israel
out of bondage as to ask the Republican mar
ty to break the shackles Of a gold standard.
Applause.) The Democratic marty Is onn
posed to a gold standard, not only opposed
to it, it is unalterably opposed to it, 1t is
SO much opposed to it that It will not per-
though every nation on earth shall demand
it. (Applause.) We did not achieve indie
pendence for the purpose Of bowling to the
yoke OF any foreign power. (Applause)
Our opponents tells us in their platform that
this nation cannot undertake to open its
mints to silver without the concurrent aid of
we must continue for an indefinite duration
Of time. What is this thing that we must
endure? All, my friends. when the Ameri-
the gold standard when they at last. dis
cuss 1t from all sides and understand its
results and the motives that lie behind it:
verdict. The Republican party has pledged
itself to join In
CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY
this money unless other nations come and
help us save our people. Great applause.l
Who are the anarchists? Are they the ones
who want to restore the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution? Are they the ones
who want TO reinstate the financial system
which had the Endorsement of all the states
men from Washington and jefferson down to
In Wa find he f~+o