The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-26
BRYAN At ALBANY.
Meets Senator Hill at Dinner In
New York's Capital.
TIE RESULT NOT MADE PUBLIC.

He Afterwards Addresses Ton ThOuaand
People in the City Hall square-senator
Hill Was Not Present During the Ad.
dress-Mr. Bryan at Utica.
ALBANY, Aug. 26-The second day Of
William j. Bryan's trip westward from
the seclusion OF Red Hook was an event
full one, crowded with a variety Of Incl
dents OF travel, including picturesque
reception at summer hotel, o stirring
speech to C rowd Of workingmen ct the
town Of Kingston, and eliminating In
great meeting at Albany, where the can
didate spoke to q crowd estimated at from
1000 to 10000 people, packed in the city
hall square under the shadow OF the state
house.
Before this demonstration Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan sat down to dinner with Senator
Hill and prominent Albany. Democrats at
the senator's magnificent home, titled
Woolferts Roost, whittier they were driven
directly from the depot, where strong
lunged crowd came near mobbing them
on their arrival. Those who met the
Democratic candidate and his wife at Mr..
Hills much discussed dinner were: SUI
prems Court Judge D. Cady Herrck
and wife, Louis W. Pratt, the collector of
customs, and wife, Norton Chase, chair
man Of the city Democratic committee,
which, with other local organizations, had
the meeting in charge. For nearly three
hours Mr.. Bryan was the guest of the New
York senator, and although every partici-
pant in the dinner averred that 1t was
purely social affair their descriptions
were taken with grain of salt, it being
thot
standing was reached which will insure to
Mr.. Bryan the support Of the party organ
ization in the state.
The crowd began to gather in the city
hall square two hours before the meeting,
and when Mr.. Bryan faced them the peo-
pie were packed in solid masses over sew
eral acres of pavement and sod, with nd
venturous men clinging like boquets in
the branches of trees and climbing tele
graph and lamp posts. His appearance as
he stepped upon the flag draped platform
kindled fierce shout, which swelied into
cheers with hundreds of hats and hand
kerchicfs in the air. He was escorted by
Messrs Chase and Pratt, Recorder James
Mathews, Postmaster Woods and Collec-
tor John P. Masterson. Senator Hill was
not there. Mr.. Chase introduced the orator.
MF' bryan StiIu, Ill piFt'
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: It
is proper, aye more, it Is necessary that
the candidate who stands upon platform
shall indorse the utterances of his plat
form, and stand before you to declare in
your presence that indorse every word
and every syllable of the platform at Chi
cago. But, while do so, expect in this
campaign the support of many Democrats
who are not willing to indorse all that the
platform declares for. In campaign there
is always some overshadowing issue, there
is in a campaign always one great para
mount question which more than any
other will determine the allegiance of
those who support the ticket, and in this
campaign we appeal with confidence to
those people who are opposed to Il longer
continuation Of the gold standard policy
In the United States
II assert that behind the gold standard
in this country the only potent force con-
sists of those who hold fixed investments
and those who as brokers profit the greater
by more bond issues They tell the labor
ing man of this nation that they ought
to support gold standard. The laboring
men have never found the financiers of
this nation the men who have exerted
themselves to improve the condition of the
laboring man.
"As a rule the men who have spent their
time trying to break down labor organi-
zations-the only protection that the la
boring man has had-these are the men
who now come to the help Of the laboring
man. l ask you If you ought to expect
blessings from those from whom you have
only received cursings in the past? no |
tcc that one of our opponents the other
day said that the old soldiers would be i
opposed to free coinage. They gave the |
impression thaS the ananciers are very
much interested in maintaining q gold
standard for the bsGefit of the soldiers |
but, my friends, These men forget that all
Of the soldiers lived during the war, and
that during the war tho soldiers knew
that the tinanciers made their bonds pay
able in gold and left the soldier to offer
his life upon the battlefield. More than
that, my friends, do not believe that the
soldiers who are willing to offer their
lives if need be in behalf of their country
are today going to Join in conspiracy to
enslave seventy millions of free people by
lettering them to gold standard"
The crowd which followed Mr. Bryan's
escort to the depot rushed through
the strong force of police which had been
thrown about the building and yard, and
closed in upon the carriage, so that the
and his wife had hard struggle
to get to the car. At Sl5 the train moved
out toward Utica, where the party decided
to spend the night. While Mr.. Bryan was
speaking at Utica about half of the plat
form fell, sending fifty men to the distance
of ten feet. None were seriously injured,
several were cut and bruised.