The San Francisco call., 1896-10-07
National Democrats Called a
Fraud by the Silver
Candidate.
MR.. BYNUM ALSO AssAILED.
Plenty of Words by the Young Elocu-
ZIONIST to Bo ster Up the Chicago
Platform

pOrterS OF w lii1am Jennings bryan IN the
series Of remarkable demonstrations
given the Chicago nominee to-day. The
outpouring of people was extraordinary.
From the time Mr.. Bryan reached this
city early in the afternoon until he con-
cfuded his last address to- night he was the
center of the great enthusiasm INDUCED
in by countless thousands OF Indianans.
The committee in charge of the arrange
ments gave Mr.. Bryan an opportunity to
test his physical ability to its utmost, for
it had provided for no less than four
speeches by the candidate in various parts
Of the city.
The first meeting was at the hall where
the State Legislatures hold their meet
ings, at 3 o'clock, and was followed by
meeting in front of Tcmlinson Hall. Mr..
Bryan begged off from making a third
afternoon address, as arranged by the
committee, compromising by promising
. to give two speeches in the evening in
stead of one.
Mr. Bryan's arrival from Louisville was
the signal for the beginning of the con-
tinued ovation. Excursionists from many
parts of the State helped swell the crowds
on the streets along the line of his
progress from Meridian street where he
left the train to the Grand Hotel, his abid-
ing place while here. The Bryan and
Sewall Travelling Mems Club and many
other political organizations were in the
escort procession. The Cleveland Club of
indianapolis acted as Mr.. Bryan's per-
sonal escort and marched throughout the
day beside the carriage drawn by six
white horses, in which he sat with Gov
ernor Matthews. Mayor Taggart and John
w. Tomlinson of Alabama, member OF
the National Democratic Advisory Com
mittee who will accompany Mr.. Bryan
through the West. Mr.. Bryan was
cheered almost continuously along his
route by the thousands of citizens who
lined the streets and sidewalks.
At O'Clock the candidate drove to the
State House and delivered an open-air ad-
dress to crowd that was nearly, if not
quite, equal to the crowd to which he
spoke at Columbus, Ohio, and on Boston
common, the banner crowds of his cam
paign. Another tremendous throng
awaited him outside Tomlinson Hall,
where he spoke from the balcony at 4:3e
Tonight he addressed two more great
gatherings, one inside and the other out
side Tomlinson Hall. There is no doubt
that the number of people who heard him
here to-day exceeded by far the aggregate
of his audience in any other city since the
campaign began.
All along the route to Indianapolis the
demonstrations were repeated. at Sey-
mour 1000 or 5000 people heard Mr.. Bryan:
throag between 5000 and 10000 was at
Columbus; Edinburgh turned out $500 and
Franklin nearly if not quite 5000.
Estimates OF the size of the crowd be-
fore which Mr. RrUan qnnnarpd al the
State House go as high as $4,000. A very
conservative estimate is $1,000. The peo-
pie were packed in a solid mass tightly
wedged together and movement was abso.
lutely impossible. From the temporary
stand erected in the State House yard
Governor Matthews introduced Mr..
Bryan. A bedlam of enthusiasm broke
forth from the crowd and it was some
time before Mr.. Bryan could proceed. His
speech was frequently interrupted by
wild cheering. He said:
This city enjoys the unique distinction of
being the birth place and the deathbed of a so
called party. [Applause.l My friends, know
that am not obeying the Bible Injunction.
''Let the dead bury their dead" when ! speak
of this so-called Democratic party. [Cheers.l
] speak OF II as / would not speak OF any
bona-fde organization of men. But this party
occupies peculiar place in history. 1t calls
itself the National Democratic party when it
does not expect to carry single county in the
whole Union. [Cheers and laughter.l 1t called
itself democratic party when it was organ
lied for the express purpose of eleeting Re-
publican candidate for President. lGTeat
cheering.l If it was big enough to justify the
name 1t would be q stupendous fraud loud
laughterl, but 1t is too small to be called
stupendous. Laughter and cheersl L will
call 1t q transparent fraud. [Cheers1 1t was
the first political convention ever held in this
country where the members OF the committee
nominated ticket that they did not expect to
vote for, and the first place where men have
received nomination and don't want to be
voted for. ICheers and laughter.l
The minority plank in the Chicago platform
opposed free coinage, on the ground that il
would interfere with international bimetaf-
ism, and when they failed to secure. the adop-
ton OF that plank they assembled in conven-
ton here and forgot all about international
rimetallism. lApplause.l
There has been no clearer evidence of in
tended deception than is found in the fact
that the minority at Chicago, when they had
things all their own way, repudiated the
planks they stood on there and came out in
favor OF a gold standard instead of inter-
national bimetallism. [Cheering.l My friends,
! am willing TO meet an open enemy in an
open field and concede to that enemy all the
rights and privileges of open warfare, but
when our opponents call themselves ad dyocates
of sound money and want to fasten upon us
an unsound financial system; when they call
themselves the advocates of honest money and
then demolish honesty; when they say that
they are Democratic party and yet employ
speakers and openly say they are going to vote
the Repu blican tieket-that party does not de-
serve 10 be treated like an opponent in this
campaign lApPlause.l
Ny friends 1 have no criticism to make of
any man who believes that the election of the
Chicago ticket would destroy this country and
who votes the Republican ticket but nv
friends, TO find man who wants to elect the
Republican ticket and then has not the cour-
age TO bear the odium of advocating it is an
entirely different matter. T"Give it to Bynum' -
cried a voice.l If you want to know what that
distinguished citizen ["Extinguished,' - came
from the crowdl The gentleman suggests ex-
tinRuished citizen tgreat cheering and laugh
teri, but will say distinguished because he
has past, whether he has any future or not
[Great cheering and laughter.l If you want to
know what he said about the gold standard let
me read from his speech in favor of silver in
1886: "Again the advocates of gold approach
us with open hands and smiling countenances,
but fear that the dagger is concealed beneath
their coats" All, my friends, he understood
The nature Of the animal before he began to
associate with 1t.
He is right in his description. The gold
standard never fought an open fight 1t car.
ries the knife of the assassin and does its work
behind the mask of a burglar. 1t is not an
open enemy, never was, and never will be
[Great cheering.l Now, see how well he un-
derstood them. He said: "Oh, they say.
we want silver we are blmetallists, but we
want an honest dollar. Suspend coinage and
we will drive England. Germany and other ma
tions to bimetallism and then the price OF 81
yer bnllion will appreciate and our dollar