The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-01
IN NJ M'KINLEY'S STATE
Bryan Received the Greatest
Ovation Yet Accorded Him. 4
AT CLEVELAND. LAST MIGHT
Made Three Speeches and 3d.
900 People Heard Him.
moRklNeMEh I'M THE MAJORITY
Besides the Three Cleveland Speeches
He Addressed Large Crowds Dur
ing the Day at Three New
York Towns.

ing the Day at Three New
York Towns.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 31.-Candidate
Bryan has been the object of no demon
stration so vociferous and so spectacu-
lar as that which the city of Cleveland
gave him tonight, and nowhere else,
with the possible exception OF New
York, have so many attempted to hear
him talk. Two great meetings listened
to Mr.. Bryan, the first in Central Ar
mory, where 10000 people were pack
ed. the second in Music Hall, which
held 5000, and afterwards he spoke to
several thousands from the balcony
OF the Hollenden hotel. Bands and
marching campaign clubs were numer-
Gus about the streets, and with thou
sands of strangers within its gates, the
city bore a holiday aspect. Special
trains brought out-of-town clubs in
during the afternoon; 500 came on one
train from Canton, the members of the
Bryan club of that city, with their
friends: two trains came from Akron,
and others from Lorrain, Cuyahoga
and other Ohio and Pennsylvania
points.
There was q parade to escort him to
the hotel, and another after dinner
from the hotel to the armory, the lat
ter, headed by the Democratic clubs of
Cuyahoga county, followed by several
ward organizations and out-of-town
clubs.
The armo1-y doors were thrown open
at z o'clock, and fifteen minutes after
every foot of space was filled TO the
doors. Not only were the aisles cram
med, but men were cllnging to the
window sills high up, and hanging in
all sorts of impossible places. In both
of the Cleveland halls, as in most of
other cities where Mr.. Bryan has spo-
ken, the police arrangements were ut
terly inadequate. The crowding to-
night was almost as great as at the
Jamestown assembly Saturday and
any sort of stampede would have pro-
duced disaster.
1.-THE FRIEND OF LABOR"
Workingmen were in large ma
iority at both meetings. They were
free and easy, peeling off coats, singing
and disporting themselves generally
in a good natured, turbulent way.
An arm holding a hammer, surmount-
ed with the words, 1The Friend of La
bor," was blazoned across a big trans
pareney in the armory. Two of the
first comers were General Coxey,
late of the commonweal army, and his
lieutenant and son-in-law, Carl Brown,
whose appearance upon the platform,
where they pre-empted front seats,
brought down a tremendous howl, in
response to which the General rose
and bowed. f nH
The shirt-sleeyed crowd attempted
to persuade Mr.. Coxey TO speak, but
failing, listened to the music of the
sGlee club, and sang 'The Star Span
gled Banner" and Marching Through
Georgia in many thousand voiced
chorus. When Mr.. Bryan came down
the stage, escorted by Mr. i. E. Holden,
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he in
spired fierce cheer which continued
for three minutes with waving hats
and handlerehiefs, and continued all
the time the temporary chairman was
trying to work in his speech.
The armory audience was the larg
est Mr.. Bryan has addressed indoors,
except the one at Madison Square
Garden. The Music Hall crowd was
half as large and none left the hall.
Chas. p. Halen introduced the candi-
date at the armory meeting, and
Arnold Green at the Music Hall. Be
side that of the candidate, speeches
were made at the former place by Hon.
M. A. Foran and Judge AIcMath.
In his speech at both places Mr..
BRYAN devoted himself mainly to the
financial question.
n 1T lara Hon m
BRYAN made a speech at Chautauqua,
Mavyille and Ripley, at the last place
talking to 1000 farmers gathered for
the picnic.
SPEECHES AT CLEVELAND.
At the Music Hall Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
Ladies' and Gentlemen: This cam
paign illustrates thatthe American peo-
pie are Indifferent to geographical
position or to age or to anything else
provided they believe in the platform
upon which the man stands and that he
will carry out that platform if elected
/ believe that the Chicago platform
appeals to the hearts of the people I
believe that the reason why the people,
with an enthusiasm seldom seen before,
are fiocking TO the standard raised at
Chicago, is simply that the American
people believe that they are able to
govern themselves without the aid of
the syndicates, foreign or domestic.
'They tell you that if we had the
free coinage of silver that gold would
go into hiding, but / believe that if we
have the free coinage of silver the gold
dollars viii run a race to see which will
get invested first. Whenever dollars are
such that it is more profitable to hoard
money, men will hoard it. Laws make
conditions. DO you want to make con-