The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-02
CBEELMAN AND BRYAN.
First Day in Chicago Described by the
sWorld' Correspondent

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James CreeIman. the New York
World cores pOndent who accOmpa-
MES William J. Bryan thus relates the
incidents of Bryan's first day in Chi
cagO last week;
Chicago. Oct 2s.-An through this
hot, GREATNESS day and far into the
night, Mr.. Bryan has moved from one
audience to another in Chicago, fighting
for the presidency with a power, per
sistence and eloquence that place him
foremost among the political cam
paigners of the age.
He has stirred the depths of the
great city and alarmed the Republican
managers No man who witnessed to-
days scenes can doubt that the young
leader is the hero Of the Chicago work
ingmen-
The spectacle at the stoclyards this
afternoon was thrilling Fully $4,000
men were assem- bled in a solid mass
The sun was sinking like a red flame
beyond gigantic black masses Of drift
ing smoke that blotted out everything
but the strange solar glare, and the
last rays shOne upon the figure of the
orator where ne stood, high above the
shouting multitude. like one inspired.
Every man in that frenzied crowd was
a 1ab0rer-
When Mr.. Bryan arose this morning
there was a throng Of politicians wait
ing in his hotel to see him. He soused
himself in cold water and rubbed him
self with a rough towel until the masses
of muscle on his breast and back We're
pink 1t was his only preparation for
the great battle He drank no stimu-
lants.
The most wonderful thing about this
wonderful man is that he has endured
the strain OF this campaign and kept
himself fresh without the aid Of doe
tors or tOnics. He sleeps the deep
sleep of a child and eats with the APP
petite of a plOughman- The members
of the party accompanying him are eX-
hausted by the mere effect Of travel,
but Mr.. Bryan seems to be as strong as
ever.
The extraordinary endurance he has
shown justifies me in giving the public
some idea of the food he lives on. Here
are the meals he ate today
Brea kfast-A big sirloin steak. a ba-k-
ed potato. a dish Of sliced tomatoes
sprinkled with vinegar, two mullins
and a cup of coffee.
Lunch-A plate Of gumbo sOup,a slice
of cold ham and a slice of beef tongue,
sliced tomatoes and a cup of coffee
Dinner=A half dozen of Saddle Rock
oysters two plates of mock turtle soup,
a large slice of roast beef. potato sal
ad, pear and a cup of coffee
Midnight Supper@A bowl Of bread
and milk and a bunch of grapes.
After breakfast Mr. Bryan was
whirled away in a. carriage to STAINS
laus hail, where he addressed an audi
ence of Polish women, delivering speech
No. 514
The Polish vote of Chicago is over
Whelmingly Republican this year and
night and day for Mckinley. Tt is a
large vote and the free silver men are
making desperate efforts to turn it
back into the Democratic party.
Mr.. Bryan made his greatest effort
of the day at the business mems meet
ing in the ArmOry of Battery D. The
huge hall was packed and a crowd of
bout 10. O00 waited outside. There were
business men on the platform. but the
audience was made up largely Of work
ingmen- The business men of Chicago
are almost a unit against free silver
So great was the crush IN the build
ing that scores of men climbed UP the
pillars supporting the roof and perched
themselves like sailors in the iron rig
ging.
Mr.. Bryan had announced in advance
that he would make a speech that
would hurt. When he came into the
hall the great audience seemed to go
mad But before he had left the build
ing he had learned something.
Early in the campaign he refused to
make the antitrust idea prominent, be-
cause ne feared lit would lessen the inn
portance Of the money question. ct he
saw a sight there that must have as
tonished him
The crowd applauded his attacks on
the money power and the gold stand
ard. 1t rOared its approval of free sill
YER but when he uttered threat
against the trusts the response was ter
rife.
That moment dwarfed everything
else. Tt showed plainly that the ha-
tired of trusts was deeper than the love
of free silver.
They tell you that I stand for law
lessness, he cried. clinching his fists
and stamping his foot. Il want to say
to YOU, my friends. that I stand not
only for the enforcement Of every law
but I stand for arbitration as a means
of adjusting difficulties by peaceable
means.
The audience Numbered. There was
a feverish red spot on each of the ora
tors cheeks His eyes burned in his
head.
~Our opponents" he continued. '.be-
heve in allowing the railroads to en-
gage in controversy with the labor
organizations and then call out the
standing army tie preserve order. I be-
heve in compelling them to submit
their claims to boards Of arbitration
and adjust by peace what our oppo-
nents would adjust by force.
You business men have been told
that an era of laWIessness would pre-
vail If 7 am elected I want to tell you
that. until we ind some means Of adj
justing the difficulties which arise be
tween labor and capital some system
that cOmpals both to come before inn
partial tribunals you can expect in
creasing disorder instead of increasing
confidence
There was another wild outburst of
sound.
They tell YOU that viii not enforce
the law. Ny friends the fear sof these