The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-23
Greatest Outpourning in the
HIS ory of Phila delphia.
THE CRUSH WAS AWFUL
Spoke in the Academy of Music
to 5000 People.
FULLY $4,000 ON TIE STREETS
During the Day He Made His First
Speech in New Jersey to a
Large Crowd at Wash
ington Park.

ington Park.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 22.-Mr.
Bryan was greeted in Philadelphia
tonight by a crowd which, according
to the police and other authorities, eX-
ceeded any outpouring of the people
on a similar occasion in the history
of the city.
He spoke at the Academy of Music
which has a seating capacity of about
5000 Every available inch of space
in the house and on the stage was oc-
cupied two hours before Mr.. Bryan ar
rived and experts estimated the au-
dience at fully 5000.
Gathered in the street outside the
Academy were fully $4,000 people who
stood patiently until 10:30 p. m, hop
ing to see the candidate. The crush
was something awful. Many of those
who succeeded in getting inside the
Academy had their clothing almost
torn from them. Several more or less
serious injuries were reported to the
police Hundreds of policemen were
powerless to keep the crowd in check.
Mr.. Bryan made his headquarters
at the Lafayette Hotel, two blocks
above the Academy on Broad street. In
front of this, over 5000 people gather
ed, desirous of getting at least a glance
of Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan was compell-
ed to go through the basement and
kitchen of the hotel and out of the
rear of the A street, through which he
walked to the Academy. He managed
to make his way to the stage entrance
and got inside after an experience with
the crowd that he will long remember.
When he appeared on the stage his re-
ception was tremendous, the cheering
lasting several minutes,
SPEECH AT PHILADELPHIA.
Mr.. Bryan in opening said:
THE gold standard papers ask why
| come to Pennsylvania. / have moth
ing TO conceal. / viii tell you why
/ come. | come, first, to secure, if pos
sibe, the electoral vote of the State
of Pennsylvania. applause and
cheers.) If you deny that, If You will
not give me that vote, and we are de-
feated in this campaign, then ] come
upon another mission, and that is to
tell the people of Pennsylvania that
the agitation for free coinage viii
never cease in this country until the
gold standard is driven back to Eng
/ land. Great applause.)
Your city is called Philadelphia, the
City of Brotherly Love. ] come to pro-
claim to you the gospel that is desig
mated by the name of your own city, and
yet you say you will give a hundred
! thousand majority against the doc
trine. (Cries of mo, never.") / come
TO proclaim financial independence in
a city which saw the Declaration of
independence signed more than a hum
dred years ago. eatapplause.) Do you
say that this city, in which the fore
fathers gathered when they were will
! ing to defy the foreign powers and de-
clare their independence, you say this
! city is afraid to have financial inde
pendence?
|This issue which is raised now was
I raised before. There were people then
tfwho said that we could not obtain I'M
( dependence unless some foreign nation
would help us. There are those who
say it to-day, and those who say it to-
day stand in the same position
as those who said it then. (Applause.)
"0ne of the papers said that 1 lacked
dignity. My friends, l have been look
/ ing into the matter, and do you know
had rather have ib said
that / lacked dignity than have it said
that | lacked backbone to meet bhe
enemies of this government who con-
spire against this nations welfare in
Wall street Great applause) 'S
''Now, it might be more dignified if
| would stay at home and have people
come to see me. (Long applause and
cheers) But you know that j said
as not going to promise to give any
body an office, and therefore, a great
many people who might come to see
a candidate under some circumstances
woul dnot come to see me at all. Great
applause). And then all our people
don't have money to throw at the birds.
applause and laughter). Why, our
people want more money, and if they
could come all the way to Nebraska to
see me, it would show that they had
money enough now (Applause).
MY platform sets forth certain poll
cies and it states that the money ques-
tion is the paramount issue, and then
two other parties, to neither of which
/ belong, two other parties, in Ma
tional conventions, declared that the
money question is paramount, and
they nominated me and every man who
is supporting me is willing to say so,
and he says why he does it. In that
respect | have the advantage over
some. daughter and applause.) There
is one party-no it is not a party-it
claims to be party-which put up one
ticket in order to elect another. C9isses
and groans.) 1t is more diginfied to
nominate one ticket for the purpose of
voting for another ticket"
Mr. Bryan then entered into a review
of the records of the two great parties
on the money question and speaking
of the Democratic party said:
"0ur decord is clear. The Democrat