Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22

only called for renewed applause.
wiped his face from which the
spiration was streaming. with a W
handkerchief, and held up the sheet
manuscript containing his speech.
the audience only screamed lcudv
Bryan hung his hands at his sides and
stood still, half closing his eyes, while
the flag still waved over his head. The
enthusiasm of the audience had only
half vented itself, however. Hats were
waving on sticks. men IN their shirt
sleeves were threshing The ar with their
coats. hats were in the air.
Would Not BE Quiet.
Chairman Danforth came up and
spoke to the candidate, and he sat for
Il moment. Still the cheering continued.
Senator Jones came to the front and adj
dressed the meeting. His lips were seen
to move. but no sound from them could
be heard.
Bryan! Bryan! three cheers for
Bryant" shouted the audience, then
Jones laid down the gavel and turned
appealingly 10 Danforth. Bryan again
arose and held his hand before his great
audience. There was no elimination OF
applause. Chairman Danforth got up
and pounded with the gavel. still the
cheering continued.
When the audience was again tired
out. and Mr.. Bryan was able to make
the words, "Mr. Chairman and Gentle
men of the Committee" heard, a hush
fell upon the great assembly. Mr.. Bry-
ans voice was so low when he began
his address that the audience feared
that the rumor that the muscles of his
throat had become relaxed were true,
but he had scarcely spoken a hundred
words when the tones rang out over the
garden. His voice grew in power as hi
spoke. till every tone and sentep/
reached the rematest corners of the
auditorium.
1t cannot be denied that the audience
was disappointed by the circumstance
hat Bryan read his speech. Never
theless he was listened to with the
deepest attention, and the salient points
of the speech were received with tumul-
tuous applause.
No Apology to Make.
There was an uproar when the speak
er declared thai he had no apology to
to make for the income tax plank Of the
Chicago platform. The phrase &c to /"
was received with enthusiasm, as was
the statement hat the decreased de-
mand for the dearer metal will lower
its price and that the action of the gov
eminent of the United States will make
silver bullion worth $1.29 per ounce in
gold throughout the world.
Mr.. Bryan's voice continued clear and
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reaching every corner of the hall. The
effort seemed to make no strain upon
his oratorical powers. He held his man
uscript in the left hand, and with his
right turned over page after page. his
resonant voice sounded clear and dis
tinct from end To end of the garden.
Governor Stone sat at the front Of the
platform, the manuscript of his own ad-
dress under his arm, listening with pro-
found interest.
Senator Jones and Mr.. Danforth sat
behind Governor Stone. each appearing
to hang upon the words of the candidate
with absorbed attention, as he unfolded
his views upon the financial issues at
present before the country.
Laid Aside His Manuscript.
1t was not until the latter end of his
that Mr.. Bryan reused his hear
ers to the height of enthusiasm. He
aside his manuscript and spoke with
utmost deliberation and solemnity
when he said:
This generation will never subscribe
TO the doctrine that money is omnipo-
emit"
His audience testified its appreciation
If the sentiment with a roar. The en-
.husiasm was unbounded again when
le declared that the people of the west
trasting cooffSsmInfsdla to build up and not
appealing for assistance beyo ~
seas, TO the statue of Liberty En-
ing the World in the harbor q
York evoked the widest applala
his concluding sentence, in when ne
pictured the United States as leading in
every movement that has for its object
the uplifting of humanity, brought
about pandemonium. Everything else
was anti-climax after Bryan took his
seat.
When Bryan concluded, after speak
ing an hour and forty minutes. there
was another demonstration, but il was
brief, for the crowd had shouted itself
into the same condition as the voice Of
Mr.. Bryan.
Governor Stone, at the conclusion OF
the cheering. turned to Arthur Sewall,
the vice presidential candidate, and in a
few words formally notified him of his
nomination.
Governor Stones remarks were not
audible even to those who sat very near
the speakers stand, owing to the fact
that people continually broke out again
into cheers for Bryan, who stood in plain
view, shaking hands with prominent
democrats.
Mr.. Sewall was received with great
enthusiasm. 1t was some minutes be-
fore he could be heard, the entire audi
ence cheering.
Mr.. Sewall's voice is not Of great car
rylng power. His enunciation is very
indIstinct, and owing to the cheers.
which began Immediately after he
stepped forward, 10 accept the nominal
ton, he could not be heard more than a
few yards.
Immediately Mr.. Sewall ceased speak
ing the meeting was adjourned. and the
o%utpouring to the streets began,
Fully $1,000 people who were unable to
gain admlttance were entertained by
political orators, who spoke from wag-
ons and carts scattered all over Madi-
son Square, T~wenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets md Fourth avenue At
one time there were nine meetings with
in five blocks.
MIR. Bryan's Speech.
Mr.. Chairman, Gentleman of the Com
mittee and Fellow Citizens: l shall, at
a future day and In a formal letter, ac-
cept the nomination which Is now ten
dered by the notification committee, and
| shall at that time touch upon the issues
presented by the platform. 1t Is fitting.
however, that at this time, in the pres
ence of this assemblage, / speak at some
length In regard to the campaign upon
which we are now entering. We do not
underestimate the forces arrayed
against us, neither are We unmindful of
the importance Of the struggle in which
we are engaged, but relying for success
upon the righteousness of our cause, We
shall defend with all possible vigor the
positions taken by U party. We are
not surprised that some OF our oppo-
nents. in the absence Of better argument,
resort to abusive epithets, but they may
rest assured that no language. however
violent, no invective, however vehement.
will lead US to depart a single hairs
breadth from the course marked
out by the national convention.