The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-23
BRYAN AMONG THE oUAKERS.
THREE SPEECHES AT PHILADEL-
PHIA AND ONE AT CHESTER.

Times VIII Vote For Mckinley.
The Afternoon Speech Delivered
on the New Jersey Side of the Del
aware and the Claim Made That
the More People Think About Free
Coinage the More They Favor Its
Adoption.
Chester. Pa, Sept 2G--illiam ].
Bryan left Wilmington. Del, at 1906
o'clock this morning. and reached Chester,
Pa, at 1923 o'clock. He made the trip in
a special car, attached to a regular train.
The. car had been provided by the Ches-
ter reception committee. Senator Gray of
Delaware, one of Mr.. Clevelands main
supporters in the Senate, was on the
train, and at Claymont came into Mr..
Bryan's car. The candidate and senator
chatted together until Chester was reach
ed. The special car was crowded with
members of the reception committees from
Philadelphia and Chester There were no
incidents on the short run except that
those in Mr.. Bryan's coach were shaken
about by quick stop of the train at the
station here. shattered pane Of glass
was the total damage. MIR. Bryan ad-
dressed a large audience here and left for
+ nllduelpHld at IL. 40 o CLOCK.
A large crowd received Mr.. Bryan at the
station on his arrival here and many
of those composing 1t followed his
carriage through the streets to Turner and
Woodrows Park, on Madison avenue, near
the Young Mems Christian Association
building, where a speakers stand had been
erected. Mr. Bryan was cheered by
good sized audience there and made a
brief speech While he was talking, 1t
hpu ~ In, httt ,AN hop terf 10
cause the audience to dlsperse.
Hon. Frank B. Rhodes intro
duced Mr.. Bryan, who spoke
as follows: "T shall not keep you
standing long In the rain. I simply de-
sire to appear before you to assure you
that If elected l shall to the best of my
ability carry out the policies set forth
in the Chicago platform. (Cheers and
a voice, That's what we want.') Your
chairman introduced me as the nominee
of a great political party. ! am the nomi-
nee of three parties, all agreeing that
the money question rises above all Others,
and must be settled first We have
reached a crisis in monetary affairs where
our financial policy has been run by a
few syndicates in their interests, and the
question now is whether the people shall
take charge and run the government in
their interest. The republican platform
declares In favor of the present financial
policy, and that means the manner In
which 1t has been maintained. The pres
ent system means hard times. All those
in favor of continuing hard times Will vote
for my opponent. / am satisfied to have
them do so If all those opposed to hard
times will vote for me-" (Applause)
From the stand, Mr.. Bryan
went to the Colonial hotel,
where he held a reception, leaving in
time to take the 11:4S o'clock train for
Philadelphia. A special oar had been
placed at the disposal of the candidate by
the Philadelphia city committee, who ac-
companied him on the short trip.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. PA crowd of
about 500 people were awaiting Mr..
Bryan's arrival at the Broad street sta
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad. which
he reached at 1906 o'clock. AS the can
didate came down the platform with
Chairman Curley aPd the city committee,
the crowd cheered heartily, and Mr..
Bryan bowed his thanks as he hurried
toward his carriage. Mr.. Bryan was
driven to the Lafayette hotel which will
be his headquarters while here. Awaiting
him in front of the hotel was a small
crowd of people, who cheered Mr.. Bryan
as he came up. At the hotel was a dele
cation of about thirty from the New Jer-
Sey democratic NedQeQ Col.
Johnson Carnish and Postmaster Harry
Paul of Calden. Mr.. Bryan was intro
duced to the delegation and then went
to luncheon. At 1875 O'Clock Mr.. Bryan
was taken by boat to Washington park,
a summer resort on the New Jersey side
of the Delaware river
When Mr. Bryan reached Washington
park he found about 1000 persons collect
ed about the stand facing the bicycle
track. William j. Thompson, prominent
South Jersey politician and owner of the
park escorted Mr.. Bryan to the front Of
the stand. A burst of cheering greeted
the nominee as he came forward.
Hon. j. T. Wright introduced Mr.. Bry-
an who spoke as follows: "Mr. Chairman
and Ladies and Gentlemen: / have al
ways been taught to regard politics as
very serious business In country like
this the people make the laws, or at least
have a right to, and IL they don't improve
the opportunity they generally enjoy the
privilege of suffering, because they have
neglected the opportunity. (Applause). II
the laws are not good, the people them
selves are TO blame. In this campaign
one great issue Is presented TO the people.
If everything is all right and what you
wish 1t to be then II ought not be changed.
IF the gold standard is a good thing,
and we have had II these many years
why is 1t so many fail to appreciate its
blessings? ] Will tell you because Its
blessings have only reached a few people,
who like 1t. (Applause.) This is cam
paign of education, in which the newspa-
pers are not doing their share OF the work.
applause and laughter.) There is one
thing about truth, that IL commends itself
TO those who receive It, who examine It.
who investigate. There is one thing about
error that It is discarded by people when
they get acquainted with II, and the reason
why, every day finds more advocates Of
free coinage is explained by the fact that
free coinage OF silver Is based upon solid
rocks and Is defended by arguments which
appeal to the heads OF those who think
and the hearts OF those who feel-argu-
ments which are only useless when d.
rected TO the pocketbook. (Applause) l
met prominent man yesterday. who sad
until the Chicago convention acted on the
subject, he had never Investigated the
money question and never supposed there
was anything In #; that the papers did not
seem to consider II worth thinking about.
They regarded It as a craze and he did not
have time, as "A business man, to pay any
attention TO crazes. But when great ma
tlonal party adopted a platform making
the money question the paramount issue,
he began to think about IT, That was only
a few weeks ago. He got to be a crank,