The herald., 1896-10-14
An Able Speech by Hon. T. e. Gibbon.
Several Interesting Features.

LONG BEACH, Oct. 10. Especial Cor
respondence)-Th silver meeting at the
tabernacle Monday evening was top
notcher" The floral decorations, which
were supervised by Mrs. Wilhort and
Miss Bessie Bailey, were simply superb
in effect. The flags, which were used by
the Mckinley club at the Republican
mass meeting of the Saturday evening
previous, were kindly left by the men,
bers of that organization for the use Of
their Democratic adversaries, who thor
oughly appreciate the courtesy. The
Long Beach band, whose services are
indispensable in this campaign, was out
in force, and the music was irresistible.
The stream of people which followed
nearly filled the large tabernacle.
The speaker of the evening, Hon. T.
e. Gibbon, who is a great favorite with
all our people, was heartily applauded
as he was escorted to his seat on the
platform by officers and members of the
Long Beach Bryan Free Silver club, of
which the chairman of the evening, Hon.
H. c. Dillon, is president. After some
patriotic music by the band, process
sion of sixteen young ladies, dressed In
white, with silver bands around their
waists and necks, accompanied by
good-looking young man. rugged up to
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the left and, following a silver banner
carried by their leader, to the music of
the Bryan Silver march, played by the
band, and amidst the enthusiastic ap-
plause of the audience, marched to their
seats on the platform, mounting 1t from
the side opposite to that from which
they entered.
A few happy Introductory remarks
and humorous campaign story, in
which the hit was obvious, by Chairman
Dillon, and the inimitable singing of
the campaign song, Democrats Won't
Stay Down. NY the Bryan Silver quar-
tet, filled the large, good-natured audi
ence with laughter, and the auditors
were in the best OF humor when the
president, in courteous terms. introduced
Hon. T. E. Gibbon, who, for full two
hours, held the attention Of his audi
ence by his comprehensive and analyti-
cal discussion of the issue. particularly
the financial side of the impending pres
idential campaign. Mr.. Gibbon was
loaded with facts and made a great
speech. His showing up of the double
headed hypocrisy Of the Republican
leaders, state and national, Estee and
Irving M. Scott in particular, was COM
plete. He compared the utterances of
the Republican platform Of 1860, severe
ly denunciatory of the decision of the
United States supreme court in the
Dred-Scott case, with the mild protest
INDUCED in by. the Chicago platform
amen its reversal OF itself on the income
come tax cases. The great difference
in favor of the peon labor of Mexico, and
even Of China and Japan, countries on
purely silver basis, as compared with
that of the laborers of Egypt and Tur-
key, countries on a purely gold basis,
was complete refutation of the gold
bug orators stock in trade, that the
free coinage Of silver would ruin this
country as it had every country that
had ever tried II. There was no question
that escaped the gentleman's attention,
and he was loudly cheered as he closed.
many crowding forward and extending
their congratulations.