Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-27
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Albany, N. Y, Aug. 26.-The second day
of William ]. Bryan's trip westward from
the secusion of Red Hook was an event.
full one, crowded with variety of moi
dents of travel, including picturesque
reception at summer hotel, a stirring
speech to crowd of workingmen at the
town of Kingston and eliminating in a
great meeting at Albany, where the can
didate spoke to 10000 people. Those
who met the Democratic candidate and
his wife at Senator Hills much discussed
dinner were: Supreme Court Judge O..
Cady Herrick and wife; Louis W. Pratt,
the collector of customs, and wife; Nor
ton Chase, chairman of the city Demo-
cratic committee. For nearly three hours
Mr.. Bryan was the guest of the New York
senator.
Tho Eager Crowd.
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 ad-
venturous men clingipg to the branches
of trees and climbing telegraph and lamp
posts. His appearance as he stepped
upon the fag-draped platform with, to
hln the familiar strains of "Hail to the
Chief" clamoring in his ears, kindled a
fierce shout which swelled into three
cheers with hundreds of hats and hand
kerchiefs in the air. He was escorted by
Messrs. Chase and Pratt, Recorder Mat
thews, Postmaster Woods and Collector
Toh In int
Bryan, Chairman Chase said
"This is plain meeting FOR the plain
people, where there is to be no fuss and
no feathers. There is but one man you
wish to see, but one man you wish to
hear. have the honor to introduce him
to you-the Democratic candidate for
president of the United States, William
j. Bryan, of Nebraska" prolonged
cheering.
Mr.. Bryan spoke with more than his
customary oratorical force, and, consider
ing the size Of the crowd, he was listened
to with most fattering attention.
MIR. Bryan's Speech.
Mr.. Bryan said in part: "Mr. Chair
man and Fellow Citizens:-In the pres
ence of this immense audience it is
hardly necessary to announce that the
presidential campaign is open for bust
ness. 1t gives me great pleasure to be
permitted to address, even for short
vicinity. I esteem it q privilege to be
able to defend in your presence the poll
cies which believe will bring prosperity
and happiness to the American people.
In this line of free government people
express themselves through party or
CARNATIONS. It is the only way in which
we can give effective force to our convic-
tions. Without party we fight without
hope of success. Parties, in their con-
victions, adopt their platforms and go
forth to the people appealing for the
snffrages of those who believe that through
TINT party and BY the policies expressed
in the platform they can best serve their
country and protect their rights. The
Democracy at Chicago met in convention
and there the majority of the Democrats
of the United States speaking through
their legally chosen representatives laid
down platform and nominated ticket.
It is not to be expected that person
will always find in any platform all that
he desires and nothing which he does not
like. When citizen comes to vote, he
acts with that party and indorses that
platform which gives to him the bAst as.
surance of securing the most important
things which he desires. II is proper,
aye, more, it is necessary that the candi-
date who stands upon platform shall
indorse the utterances of his platform, and
Istand before you to declare in your pres
ence that indorse every word and every
sentence. (Applause) Butwhile doso,
expect in this campaign the support of
many Democrats who are not willing to
indorse all that the platform declares for.
(Applause.) In a campaign there is al
ways some overshadowing Issue, there ie
in a campaign always one great para
mount question which, more than any
other, will determine the allegiance of
those who support the ticket; in this
campaign We appeal with confidence to
those people who are opposed to longer
continuation of the gold standard policy
in the United States.
Republican Platform.
Our opponents haveat last taken def
mite position upon the money question.
The Republican platform adopted at st.
Louis declares that the gold standard
must be maintained in this nation until
other nations shall consent to its aban-
donment. We believe that the declara-
tion which commits us to gold standard
until other nations come to our relief 10
equivalent to q declaration in favor of a
permanent continuation Of the gold
standard because We do not believe that
other nations will take pity on our own
people. We have then to consider this
question: Ought the American people to