The morning times., 1896-08-27
Candidate Bryaa Finds Hearers
and Rain in Pennsylvania.
WAS GREETED BY CROWDS
Voice Is Husky and He Was Very
Part OF the COntrnct-At Each Hall
He Was Loudly Cheered-His Days
Itinerary.

| tired OF body, after a large and hard day of
campaigning, william Jennings Bryan
| found himself confronted on his arrival
/ in Erie tonight with program calling
for three more speeches before he could rest
from the WEAKNESS that this day of rail.
road travelling and speech making had
brought to him.
But he carried out the part ofthe contract
as signed by the local committee on arrange
ments and performed his tripliCate duty
with vigor that spoke well for his oonsti-
tuition. HIS reception at the railroad sta
ton was hearty in the extreme. Rain was
falling when his train arrived at O'Clock,
but the two thousand or more people wait
ing his coming stood their ground and gave
the candidate royal welcome.
THREE SPEECHES AHEAD.
Accompanied by Hon. Joseph Sibley and
| other prominent Democrats of Erie, Mr..
Bryan started out at S O'Clock to perform
| The contract which h ad been made for him.
| The three gatherings he addressed reIaid
him In the potency of their applause for
his sacrifice of comfort and rest In their
behalf. Schlosser's Hall was the scene OF
his first speech. Itseats 800 people, and
| tonight it was Gro wded and hundreds were
turned away.
Today the annual meeting of Erie county
| farmers was held near the city. The gather
ing is always large. 1t was expected that
many OF these who were in attendance at
| the celebration, known as the Harvest
Home Picnic. would lie at Schlosser's to
| hear the Democratic candidate. Whether
they were there or Rot, Mr. Rryan made a
| stirring speech suitable to an audience
| of farmers and others WHO work with their
| hands, and was well received.
From schlossers Hall, Mr.. Bryan was
whirled Off TO st. Patrick's Auditorium.
Here he spoke with an effort. The effect
OF his two long addresses at Syracuse and
Rochester. and his short speeches at a num-
Der OF places along the route to Erie had
begun TO STOW, and Mr.. Bryan's vocal
organs appeared to be in much the same
weakened state as they Were on his arrival
in New York.
WERE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Like the crowds at the first Erie meet
ing, the 2 SEQ mcl and women assembled
in the auditorium, were orderly. but on
the whole more enthusiastic than those
at the former place. The three cheers they
gave when the young nominee concluded
fairly shook the rafters.
Again the thoroughly fatigued candidate
was wEirled away, this time TO the Park
Opera House, where the eighth annual
State convention of Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic Clubs was in session. This was
the most demonstrative meeting OF the
evening. 1t was meeting seemingly
thoroughly in sympathy with the candidate
OF the party. Some dozen oil paintings of
the nominee were suspended from various
points about the hall. The house was
Well illed, and the audience was one that
suggested refinement and culture.
Everybody rose. and the cheering ,punctu-
ated with vigorous blasts from the band,
handkerctae ef waving, hat thrO wing crowd
OF Democratic sympa atbiZers made Mr..
Bryan know that he Was heartily welcome.
When the prolonged shouts of welcome
had ended Mr. Bryan was Introduce.
and made his most important speech o + the
evening. 81
After he was through the nom inee held
Misunderstanding reception and went back to
the Reed House ,and to bed.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: !
esteem IL great privilege TO he permitted
10 meet tonight with the members of the
clubs assembled here from all over the
state OF PENNSYLVANIA because / know
what these meetings mean. / know the
inspiration that they give and of the enthu
siasm carried back by those who
20 forth to pro secute the work OF this
campaign.
III my judgment, we are entering upon
Campaign which Will be memorable in
the history of the country for many reasons;
not only because of the issue involved
hat II
i'll the history of nations there are
other reasons. This campaign denIon-
strates as no campaign has doGe within the
last generation the capacity of the people
for self-governIncnt.
Is there man in this land who doubts
that the American people can rise to the
requirements Of any emergency? IL so,
bid him TO cast his eyes upon seventy mil
lion of people thinking their own saliva
ton. Is there man who believes that
party machinery can govern the people:
bid him look until he sees the great COM
mon people breaking every machine that
stands in their way.
Is there man who believes that the age
of oratory is gone? / point him to every
precinct in this nation where he will find
a modern Demosthenes Great applause
oratory will live so long as there a re causes
which appeal TO the human heart Oratory
is the speech ofthe person who knows what
he is talking about and means whath says,
and in this campaign you will find the
orator everywhere.
OUT IN NEBRASKA
Come to my State and will show you
a banker and noneyloaner who will
go forth to preach the gospel of BIZ
nietallism and he never preached auy
other gospel in his life. I will show you
hriefiess barrister who, armed with
right, will meet the attorney OF the cor
porations aud crush him before any audi
ence.
l will show you the business man who
never came from behind his counter, but
he, feeling that the welfare of his fairly.
the welfare or poste1ity, depends uprr
the settlement of the cause, eau come f;e!n
his store and rise before an au,lie;ce
and make speech that cannot he a rs wereG
by any man who would fasten the shack
les upon 20 ,cO0,O free men.
l will take you to the railroad shops and
I will show you men who know more
about the money question than the pres
dent OF the road knows about the subject.
l will take you to carpenter who, as he
works at his bench, will revoive in his
mind these questions and come neare find
ing out what is an honest dollar than the
man who represents a syndicate and bows
to the dictation OF Lombard street.
Ah, come with me to the farm and will
show you the man who follows the plow
and who has studied this money question
and who knows that IL the dollars 20 I'd.
his ,L;eat comes down, and you cannot
ansWu. the logic of that argument at all
WANT MORE MONEY.
1t is not more taxes the people want
1t is more money to pay the taxes they
already have to pay. l want you to go
home, and take with You the determinstis n
to leave no effort undone to carry out TIE
principles W hfcli YOU est ouse We have n