The herald., 1896-09-05

Chairman Flint Of the Mckinley club
called the meeting to order at 8 p. m.
George II. Stewart, bond and money
broker, was made chairman of the meet
ing, and James T. Van Rensselaer,, whose
occupation, according to the city direc-
tory, is that of q journalist, was elected
secretary.
Before any attempt was made to for
mally organize as league or club. j.
r. Newberry moved that an executive
committee should be appointed by the
chair, with power to act; also a COM
mittee on finance. The motion was
adopted. and at the prospect Of money
being raised for use in the campaign,
President Flint of the Mckinley club,
who Is likewise a member of the Re-
publican state central comrsittee, moved
that the executive committee of the
Sound Money club be instructed to CO.
operate with the state central commit
tee in the matter of ways and means
for conducting the Republican or Sound
money" campaign.
This motion brought the venerable
Zach Montgomery to his feet, and that
able politician and statesman created
mild sensation by protesting against
the proposition of making the sound
money league tail to the Mckinley kite
He stated that he was there because
he had received a copy of a call urging
all voters and friends of sound money
to be present to assist in organizing
such league.
Il am firm advocate of sound money,
such as we would have il silver were re-
monetized and admitted to free coinage,
and l shall therefore insist that If this
league, in which claim right to men,
bership under the call, Is made tributary
to any political party, it shall be the
party led by Mr.. Bryan"
At this there was an outburst Of ap-
plause. which was prolonged as the
speaker moved toward the rostrum as
though he intended to make a speech.
For few moments 1t looked as though
Mr.. Montgomery and his friends would
capture the meeting. Chairman Stew
art, however, headed him off and de-
clined to hear him speak. Mr.. Mont
gomery then offered q set Of resolutions
which he desired read and adopted.
but c. E. Day made motion to proceed
with the regular order Of business and
hear the set speeches. Mr.. Montgomery
desired to know whether he would be
allowed to speak, also, but the right was
denied him. This ended the incident,
and the regular speech making COM
menced.
The first speaker was a Mr.. Courtney,
who has spent several years in Mexico.
The drift of his remarks was to show
the alleged direful effects Of free silver
coinage in that country.
w. G. Patterson next made short
speech in which he described the disas-
trous effects that free coinage would
have upon the business interests of the
United States.
A. H. Naftzger made a forcible ad-
dress, and the name Of Bryan when cas-
ually mentioned by him, was a sign for
applause. This led him to remark ia
cetiously that now was good time to
laud Mr.. Bryan, as there would be little
chance to shout for him after the Sd Of
November. His little sally brought
forth tumuH Of applause.
The next speaker, Will A. Harris,
stirred up the audience more than any
of his predecessors with his fiery elo-
quenec. He especially paid his respects
to the Populist statesmen and leaders
who know 1t all. Mr.. Harris defended
old John Sherman against the charge of
being criminal in any sense and said
1t was infamous to detract from his
fame.
The audience was weary before the
last speaker, Colonel A. de Leur, was
announced, and he was not given very
close attention, as many were leaving
the hall. He nevertheless spoke enter
tainingly to those who remained. When
he had concluded three cheers were given
for Mckinley and three feebler ones for
McLachlan, and the meeting adjourned.
The executive committee to be ap-
pointed by Chairman Stewart will per-
feet organization and undertake the
raising of money for campaign pur-
poses in due time.