The herald., 1896-09-29
SYNDICATE GOVERNMENT
Continued from First Page.
ALONG THE ROUTE

at o.O2 To-Day. lie was accompanied by
a committee from Tammany hall, who
had gone to Bridgeport, Conn.,, to meet
him. About 200 persons cheered him at
the hotel entrance and he tipped his hat
and smiled in recognition. Mr.. Bryan
was evidently nursing his throat, his
coat collar being turned up tightly. He
went direct to his room and there later
dinner was served.
Arthur Sewall, vice. presidential can
didate, arrived at the Fifth Avenue ho-
tel short while before Mr.. Bryan reach
ed the city. He parted company with Mr..
Bryan at New London, Conn.
Mr. Sewall will stay in town for sever
al days at least and will speak at the
Tammany ratification tomorrow night.
He will go west from this city to attend
the convention of the National Demo-
cratic clubs which meets in st. Louis
on October Sd.
William J. Bryan returned late tonight
from his New England tour and after
spending about thirty minutes at the
Hotel Bartholdi, Immediately repaired
to Northern New Jersey, escorted by a
committee of New Jersey Democrats
where two of the biggest meetings of his
eastern tour were held. The party en-
tered carriages at the Hotel Bartholdi
and were rapidly driven to the Jersey
City ferry where they took boat across
the river and then a train for Patterson
N. ]. The train was suburban and was
loaded with commuters, who made the
trip a lively one for the nominee by
cheering him and everything associated
with his cause.
AT PATTERSON.
At Paterson, the crowd was so great
that the police had to fight to make a
passageway to Bryar's carriage. A
stand had been erected on Colts hill, the
site of the new postoffice, an open space
covering an area of several square
blocks. The crowd packed into the space
was tremendous and when the candidate
appeared there was great applause and
fireworks shot into the air, company of
local militia doomed their cannon and
red lights blazed on different parts of the
hill. After great effort Mr.. Bryan fin
ally reached the stand, but just as he
was about to begin his address, the cleo
trio lights suddenly went out and the
vast throng wns plunged into darkness.
and the nominee threatened to leave the
stand, but while the hubbub was at its
height the lights were restored, the po-
lice relieving the creaking stand of some
of it's freight and Mr.. Bryan spoke. He
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: My idea of
politics is that the issues shall be pre-
sented by party platforms. All parties
have had their conventions They have
adopted their platforms; they have nom
mated their candidates and the candid
dates stand for the principles embodied
in the platforms and you, the sovereigng
of this land, are now discussing the
questions in order to decide upon which
side your influence shall be cast.
The paramount question of this cam
paign is the money question and the
kind of policy we shall have is to be de-
tion. Upon that issue the parties are
equally divided. The Republican party
is in favor of maintaining the present
financial system until foreign nations
shall join in relieveing us of it. Ths
Democratic party declares in favor of
the immediate abandonment of the gold
standard and the substitution of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver. Bimet-
allism can only exist where two metals
are admitted to the mnts on equal terms
and coined into the money of legal ten
der at a fixed ratio by law, and our plat
form not only declares for free coinage,
but it fixes the ratio of 16 to l, the pres
ent ratio Not only do we declare in favor
of bimetallism at the legal ratio but for
fear some one might misconstrue that
platform and postpone the advantages
of bimetallism, we'declare that this ma
ton shall open it's mints without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation. If we are right in the position
we have taken we are entitled to the
support of the people. If we are wrong
and our enemies are right then they are
entitled to the support Of the people. We
are not seeking success under false
colors nor are we attempting to use am
biguous phrases in order to mislead the
people. I say to you now that my cleo
tion means that this nation will open its
mints to the free coinage Of both metals
at the earliest possible moment. But not
only that; my election means that this
nation shall treat the silver dollar just
as it treats the gold dollar and that we
shall not issue bonds to buy gold in
order to furnish an opportunity for those
who want bonds to draw upon the gold
reserve.,If we had taken milder course,
If we had adopted platform which was
meaningless and capable of double con-
struction we might have possibly the
support of those who do not agree with
us in this position, but my friends, when
we took decided stand for those poll
cies which we believed were best for the
American people, we arrayed against
us the great influences which surround
wealth and especially corporate wealth.
1t is not strange that the head of all the
trusts in the country are opposed to the
Chicago ticket because the Chicago
ticket is opposed to all the trusts of the
country.
Mr.. Bryan closed his speech with an
appeal to the voters to study the issues
and vote according to their judgment.
Great applause followed
AT NEWARK
The Patterson speech had to be cur
tailed to enable the candidate to catch
the train for Newark, which left the
station at S:35 o'clock. A fife and drum
corps accompanied them to the train
and there was another big crowd in
waiting at the station. More carriages
were utilized and a procession was start