Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-13
GUARDED BY OLD SOLDIERS Bryan Veterans Club His Escort
 at Minneapolis. A SPEECH TO THE LADIES Was the Unique Feature of the Day at the
 City of the MIers. HAD FUN OUT OF SENATOR WASHBURN That Gentleman, Like Fir. Blaine, Probably Wishes He Hadn't Written the Let
 ter-Four Speeches to Four
 Big Crowds.
A SPEECH TO THE. LADIES
HAD FUN OUT OF SENATOR WAsHBUR

| Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 12-Perfect h. l dian summer weather, neither too cool
 nor too warm, aided the Minneapolis sup porters of William J. Bryan tonight to 1 outdo the efforts of their brethren of St. | Paul in giving a rousing reception to the l democratic standard-bearer. Like their | political friends of their sister city, they l had arranged for no less than four l speeches by MT. Bryan, and fortune was l with them again in this, for the Chicago | nominee felt strong of voice and body af- | ter his two days rest, and was able to l sptaEwth his old-time vigor
 | Minnesota women do not have the right | of suffrage except in school elections, but a special meeting for as many of them as | could crowd into the Lyceum theater was 1 addressed by MT. Bryan. That was the
 unique feature of the Minneapolis demon 1 stration.
 | The principal address by the nominee, l however, was delivered at the exposition l building and the others in the open air l at Bridge square, on the Mississippi river | front, adjacent to the exposition hall, and again at Yale place. The hot fight being | Waged for free coinage in this state has served to intensity the interest in MT l Bryan's coming, and the ardent silver | men of Minneapolis did thelr utmost to | make themselves felt and heard rom the l time he entered the city until he went to | bed on the special car in which he will | travel to Duluth tomorrow to give aid to | Congressman Charles A. Towne, silver | man and protection republican, Who IS making a fight for reelection.
 | MT and Mrs. Bryan reached the west hotel in Minneapolis, accompanied py | Congressmp Towne, John w. Tomlnson | of Alabama and others prominent Tn the silver cause, at 4 o'clock. A pig croWo had gathered in front of the west, ana MT. Bryan was cheered to the echo. He and Mrs. Bryan went almost immediaSely to the home of State Senator $. B. How ard editor of the Penny Press, and had dinner there with "a small company;
 Crowds began to gather about the ex- position building couple Of hours pe- | fore the hour set for MT. Bryan,s appear uTee there at 7:30 o'clock. The people came in fiocks and droves, and every seat in the big auditorium was soon filled. No overcrowding was allowed ana sUoi, after the $500 seats in the hall were iilled the doors were closed, not quickly enough, however, to keep out about iooo of those who were willing to stand if they could see and hear.
 Two Hundred Old Soldiers composing the Veterans Bryan clup or Minneapolis formed the escort or the candidate from the West hotel 10 the auditorium. When they arrived at the
  charge an exciting scene was taking place there. Those who had been unable to obtain admittance had become strus- gling. excited mob. Women were shrlek, ing and men were shouting. They could neither move out nor in, and for While a panic seemed imminent. It was only by the combined efforts of the police and those with them MT. Bryan was forced through the crowded masses of humanity and enabled to enter the building.
 rnff fnt nr1f Mayor Winston called the meeting to or
 der and introduced E. c. March, who pre- scented to the candidate an ink stand SIX teen parts of silver and one or gold on behalf of the laboring men of Minneapo- lis. When MT. Bryan rose to reply an other demonstration occurred ana
 throughout his speech there was frequent
 ou1bursts of applause. It was supposed
 that he would have something to say about Archbishop Ireland's letter against
 mace no reference to 1t He did, however,
 talk about another distinguished Minne-
 sotan. Hon. M D. Washburn, on the ba-
 sis of a letter received from the ex-sena-
 tor and groans and cheers were frequent
 during his reply to the wealthy miller
 The emotional, excited throng outside
 the exposition building had become tired
 of pushing, showing and elbowing, and
 had drifted off into segments to the ad-
 jacent bridge square to join the great
 crowd already gathered there. It was 10
 these that MT. Bryan delivered his second
 address from balcony of the exposition
 building. His audience was estimated at
 15,000.
 The ladies meeting at the Lyceum came
 next Nine o'clock was the hour set Tor
 Mr Rryan,s appearance but he was more
 than an hour late. Mrs. Bryan was there.
 The meeting was presided over by Mrs.
 c. M. Shaefer, whose husbands father
 was the law partner for twenty one years
 of MT. Bryan's father at Salem, III. When
 she presented the candidate the ladies
 shrieked and waved an emotional well
 come
 The last address was at Yale place
 where another big crowd had gathered.
 The Speech of the Evening
 was delivered at the Auditorium. There
 was little new in 1t except the answer
 to Senator Washburn.
 After returning thanks for the ink
 stand presented to him, MT. Bryan said
 that he advocated bimetallim because he
 believed it was a good thing for the la-
 boring men of the country, and continued as frllows
 "In going over the country often re- ceive. letters asking me to answer certain
 questions. do not always pay attention
 to them, because desire to make my own speech instead of having 1t outlined for me by some one who may not have as much interest in the cause as I have
 Qaughter); but I received a letter today from so distinguished citizen that I thinkI am justified in making some refer ence to it. I have received letter, dated October 12. and signed by w. D. Wash burn, who Is, understand, an ex-senator from this state. (aisses and groans). Now my friends, please refrain from any
 manifestations of i'll will. This is an educational campaign, and those who ad- vocate free silver are prepared to meet any argument that Is presented by ad- veTsaries. (Applause). ., {
 se1n the letter ile asks me certain ques-
 tfons about my vote and action in the house of representatives on the tarif bill, for which refer him to the Congress sional Record But when he asks me to