The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-11
CROWDS WILD
TO SEE BRYAN.
immense, JOstling Crowd Meets
Il Him at Pittsburg.
hundreds of Police Had to Pro-
tect the Party
BRYAN TALKS TWICE.
Saws the Wild East Has Super
seeded the Wild West.
Bryan Made a Short Speech at
McKinIey's Home.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE Bryan
meeting in this city proved a fitting cap
sheaf for the days trfumphs. 1t excl
ted the people of Pittsburg and the joy
that it afforded Mr.. Bryan and the
redoubtabIe Silver Dick manifested it
self in their beaming features from the
time they struck the city limits. The
exceptionally long train on the Penn
sylvania Central which is was almost
impossible to traverse during the last
hundred miles because or numerous
committees and enthusiasts who had
boarded it and spread themselves out
everywhere ran to P1ttsburg at 6;SO p
m.
It was Immediately surrounded by
acres and acres of frantic people When
Mr.. Bryan emerged from the train IN
spite Of efforts Of the large local COM
Inittee to carry out its programme,
the crowd closed around him and it was
q free fight from that time on for every
person in the Bryan party except Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan and Mr.. and MIS-
Bland When they entered their car
riages the relentless thrOng closed
around them and seemed to bear them
along at its viii Through the various
streets traversed no available space
could be diseerned. Every foot of
ground along the way was occupied by
enthusiasts.
When the Central hotel was reached
a Gordon of police was stationed at the
main entrance and formed a narrow
passageway leading to the staircase
No one was allowed to tread it except
he could show unmistakable creden-
tials. There We're police on the stairs,
police in the halls. police at the dining
room door and everywhere else men
and women might seek to go and even
at the door of Bryan's room. When
Mr. and Mrs Bryan were sUpping with
a committee of ladies and gentlemen
the street resounded with the clamOr of
thousands of threats.
The evening meeting had been an
nounced to occur at O'Clock in the
Grand Opera House and the Avenue
thester, kindred halls side by side and
owned by the same parties. Each hall
viii seat between $500 and 5000 and
meetings were to be held in each.
A corps of about 100 policemen was
on duty at the various entrances and
in the course of the evening there was
an incipient riot in which one person
was severely beaten and some officers
had their brass buttons torn off. When
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and members Of
their party rode around from the hotel
and entered the first hall both of them
were packed to their full standing room
capacity and many Of those who an
piled had not been admitted. The
crowd fingered outside, singing, cheer
ing and burning red fire and a tolerabIe
rain that came soon after the speaking
began diminished it but little, the
street remaining full until the meetings.
closed.
At the first meeting Mr.. Bryan was
introduced by James Mills of the Pitts
DuiS Z OSls anu spoke as IOllOWS-
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men, Fellow Citizens: I thought it
might be necessary in coming SO far
east to bring some of our people to
stir up enthusiasm in the Democratic
platform which I represent Cloud
cheering). But after I had seen a few
audiences like this L wondered whether
1 might not take back a few of you to
set an example of enthusiasm to the
people of the west. daughter and
cheers)- There is no more wild west.
it is the wild east. Tremendous cheer
ing and laughter and catcalls. A voice:
You are a brick" Cheers and renewed
laughter). Mr.. Bryan resuming:
II am not expected to enter into
discussion of the campaign because it
is not considerable to discuss the cam
paign until the candidate has been
formally notified of his nomination.
therefore am going to leave to those
who come after to discuss such ques-
tons as may be pertinent at this time
We are prepared to defend our plat
form It presents as we believe those
policies which all the people want and
our enemies have sought to apply to US
epithets when they find it impossible to
oppose the positions we have taken.
CApplause.) They shall not be permit
ted to put US in the attitude of oppo-
nents to government but we shall show
them that there is a difference between
defending a government and defending
the vicious legislation inaugurated by
the government for private individuals
tremendous cheerin%) Andrew Jack
son was the man VINO Sa1Q. 1nerG are
no necessary evils in government, its
evils exist only in it's uses
1T is true, my friends that we attack
the abuses of the government and not
the government itself.
MY friends, in this campaign there
Is only one great issue. If that is set
tied it viii not give US a government
perfect in all its details but the one
question must be settled first before 9th
er questions can be settled. A nation that
IS, not able to adopt its own financial
currency is impotent.
we DO not say that our opponents
ere insecere; we do not say that they
are less honest than We but we do say
that when they attempt to say to the
american people that we must depend
upon the legislative act OF some other
government, it matters not how honest
they be, we dare not trust legislation in
their hands. / have said that in this
contest we have repetition of 1776 and
IN this campaign as in that, the line will
be drawn between the patriot and the
Tory and when say it, I do not saw if
my friends, to criticise the man who be-
Heves this nation is not great enough
to leglslate for itself. He believes it
honestly. But if you go to the cemeter-
les you will find no monument reared
by grateful people to commemorate
the names of those who thought Eng
lish domination should continue. CAD
plause.) There are today those who be-
heve this nation is not strong enough
to leg1Slate for OUR people and there are
those who believe that an attempt to
do so would bring distress and many
evils We may respect their honesty.
But must not talk. (Cries of go on
Yes you must Yes, go on.) desire to
thank you for the interest you have
shown in the very beginning of this
campaign, have no fear that your in
terests will be allowed to die-not a bit
believe that the tOiling masses of this |
country, those who have achieved and
who viii achieve its greatness are will |
ing to risk their al in this republic and