The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-01

of Major Mckinley. From the tima he
reached Cleveland until he had said
good night to his last audience, Mr..
Bryan was given one continuous round
OF emotional welcoming.
Arriving at the Lake Shore station,
he found packed as closely as anything
short of actual suffocation would allow,
in and about the station, thousands of
people, whose impulse seemed to be to
CHEER AND SHOUT
with all the power of their lungs in
honor of the Democratic candidate.
All day long the interest of the vast
crowds that tfronged the streets had
been whetted by political meetings on
street corners addressed by regularly
assigned speakers and the arrival of
Bryan contingents from Canton and
other places had augmented the al
ready overcharged feelings Of political
interest. Fifteen sections composed one
excursion train that brought enthusiast
tic silvertes to see the show, and it
is claimed that 1000 people came from
Canton alone, and included in this was
the Canton Bryan and Sewall club.
numbering 1000 men. Many othC
other Bryan and Sewall clubs came
from towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
nearly all bringing bands of music.
Ten thousand people had gathered in
and about the lake shore station to
await the arrival of the nominees
train, and when it arrived they shouted
with vim that showed their earnest
ness. An open carriage drawn by four
white horses was in waiting for Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan, and in this they were
conveyed through streets crowded with
cheering people to the Hollenden hotel,
followed by more than a score of other
carriages containing members of the
local committee and escorted by silver
clubs from many of the Cleveland
wards. A national salute was fired
by Battery A. Ohio National Guard as
the train came in, and fire works were
displayed all along the route to the
hotel. More than 1000 cheering,
YELLING MEN AND BOYS
chung close to the nominees carriage
from the depot to the Hollenden. and
refused to fall back, despite the efforts
of the police. When the carriage
reached the centennial arch, erected
in commemoration of Cleveland's one
hundredth anniversary as a settlement,
the magnificent structure burst into a
flood of light, furnished by myriad Of
electric globes After a haSty dinner
at the Hollenden, Mr.. Bryan was es-
corted by many of the local and visit
ing silver clubs through highways
packed closely with people to the Cen
trail armory, an immense structure,
capable of seating more than 5000 peo-
Pile. But double that number were
crowded into the Auditorium AS the
Democratic candidate entered he was
given such an ovation as men rarely
secure. Cheer after cheer went up
and the people forgot their suffocat-
ing positions in their desire to shout.
After some time Mr. Bryan was al
lowed to speak.
There was nothing new in the ad-
dress delivered by the young orator,
but he pat a fervor into his words and
gestures that gave the audience every
opportunity of venting its enthusiasm
The speech there was the principal one
delivered by Mr.. Bryan during the
evening. Most Of the crowd left the
armory when he had concluded, leav-
ing comparatively small number to
hear Hon. NJ. A. Fornan and Thomas
G.. F'itzsimmons.
1t was the same scene of enthusiasm
over again at Music hall, where Mr..
armory. Ten thousand more people
were there and they cheered him as
heartily and as frequently as those at
the armory had done.
Back to the Hollenden hotel the can
didate was hurried from Music hall
and from the balcony he delivered
A THIRD ADDRESS
to the vast concourse of people gather
ed In the open streets. When he con-
Guided and stepped back the crowd
pressed into the lobby of the hotel and
managed to corral the candidate who
shook hands with so many that he was
fairly exhausted when he made his
escape.
AS stated, the speech at the ar1nory
was the principal one of the evening.
Referring to the immense audience that
filed the armory, Mr. Bryan said that
no ordinary reason could produce such
a scene. In the present campaign
there were two great parties engaged,
having two distinct policies. The one
stood for the interest of the f1nanciers,
the other for the masses that produced
the wealth of the country and paid the
taxes The struggle thus going ON
could not cease until the industries and
interests of the country were fully
united For the last twenty years." he
continued, "the struggle has grown
more intense. The question is, Are the
American people to govern themselves
or must the government be turned over
to syndicates to be carried on by them
for their own profit? 1t has been GUS
tomary in the past for the two great
parties to write platforms and to go
before the people and tell them about
the planks in the platforms, but their
language was ambiguous. Not so in
the present contest. The two parties
have taken their positions without any
attempt to deluie. The gold standard
was placed on the statute books of the
country by fraud. There never has
been an open fight about it in all this
generation 1t wore
THE MASK OF A ROBBER
and the knife of an assassin when it
was adopted in 1873. The American
people knew nothing of this. The Re
publican party at st. Louis had such
an opportunity as seldom comes to
party. The present administration has
advanced the gold standard and forced
it upon the people by whip and spur,
passing the law which repealed the
purchasing clause of the Sherman pur-
chasing act. What an opportunity that
presented for the Republican party.
Why did it not in convention declare
the abandonment Of the financial policy
of the Democratic party? Why did it
not declare an abandonment of the gold
standard and a restoration of the BIZ
metallisrn of the constitution? Be
cause the financiers of New York wrote
the Republican platform. The farmers
and workingmen of the country were
looking and longing for relief, but the
Republican party was deaf to all sound
and blind to all cries save that of gold
(Applause.)
The Republican party in writing its
platform did not dare to advocate the
gold standard, but said that it must be
maintained until other nations come to