The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-23
BRYA! At PHILADELPHIA
Received With Enthusiasm Alb.
solutely Unparalleled
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE
~ ..-.,l,a
Attempt to Enter Hall Seating Three
Thousand
The Gold Standard People Ask Why He
Came to Philadelphia and Get q
Forcible Answer

came TO Phtladelphia and Get
Forcible Answer
Associated Press Special Wire
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.-Mr.
Bryan was greeted in Philadelphia to-
night by a crowd which, according to the
police and other authorities, exceeded
any outpouring of the people on sim
liar occasion in the history of the city.
He spoke at the Academy of Music,
| which has seating capacity Of about
5000. Every available inch in the house
was occupied two hours before Mr..
Bryan arrived. and experts estimate
the audience at fully 5000. Gathered in
the street outside of the Academy were
fully $4,000 people, who stood patiently
until 10:30, hoping to see or hear the can
didate. The crush was something aw-
full. Many Of those who succeeded in get
ting inside the Academy had their cloth
| ing almost torn from them. Many cases
of more or less injury were reported,
one man with broken arm being taken
to the hospital. Hundreds of policemen
were powerless to keep the crowds in
| check.
Mr.. Bryan made his headquarters at
the Lafayette hotel, two blocks above
the Academy on Broad street. In front
of the hotel over 5000 people gathered,
desirous Of getting at least a glimpse
of the distinguished visitor. Since 1t
was not possible for Mr.. Bryan to make
his way down Broad street to the Acad-
emy in his carriage, he was conducted
through the basement and kitchen of the
hotel and out the rear door to side
street, up which he walked to the
| Academy. He managed to make his
way to the stage entrance and gotinside
after an experience with the crowd that
he will long remember. When he ap-
peared on the stage his reception was
tremendous the cheering lasting sew
eral minutes. He said in part:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies, Gentlemen,
Fellow Citizens-The gold standard pa
pers ask why come to Pennsylvania.
have nothing to conceal. I will tell
| If possible, the electoral vote Of the
state. If you deny that. If you will not
give me that vote, If we are defeated in
this campaign, then come upon an
other mission, and that is to tell the peo-
pie OF Pennsylvania that the agitation
for free coinage will never cease in
this country until the gold standard is
driven back to England.
| They say the craze is dying out.
| care not what they call the silver cause,
you may apply to it such epithets as you
will, but I know the silver cause will
not die, because truth never dies. Gap
| plause.)
One of the papers said that lacked
dignity. I would rather have it said that
I lacked dignity than that lacked back
bone to meet the enemies who conspire
against this nations welfare in Wall
street. What other president did they
ever charge with lack of dignity? (Cries
of "Lincoln.") Yes, my friends, they
said it Of Lincoln and jackson, too.
| (Cheers.) Then Jefferson lacked dig
nifty also. believe a man ought not
to be too dignified, but not lacking in
dignity. They say I am begging for
votes. Not at all. I never asked a man
to vote for me. In fact, I have told
some people to vote against me, and that
is more than the candidate generally
does. (Applause)
My platform sets forth certain policies
and 1t states that the money question
is the paramount issue, and then two
! other parties, to neither of which !
| belong, in national conventions, declared
the money question is paramount and
they nominated me and every man who
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to say why he does it. In that respect
I have the advantage over some.
| daughter anu applause.)
The nominee then attacked the finan-
cial plank of the Republican party. He
said the Republicans were arguing that
free coinage of silver was simply in the
interests of mine owners. Yet he said,
their platform declared for internation-
al bimetallism. Uproarious applause
followed when he asked whether inter-
national bimetallism would not help the
mine owner just as much as independ-
ent bimetallism "And would not in
! ternational bimetallism," he added,
"help the debtor class just as much as
independent bimetAllism?"
He insisted that the Americans were
free and independent and capable OF
making their own laws of finance.
Continuing he said that no political
| party ever went before the country on
gold platform. He cited the platforms
of both parties since 1884, and said:
"The Democratic party never declared
for gold standard and no man in office
ever advocated a gold standard after he
was elected until he betrayed the people
who elected him. (Applause.) deny
!! the right of any public servant to secure
office upon platform and abandon the
platform.
my friends. I am a conservative man.
I am a believer in law and order. be-
lieve in the enforcement Of law. Idonot
believe that any man, whether he be
small or great, should defy the law.
III would say that am in favor Of
enforcing law against the small, would
be a good man. When say that am
J in favor Of enforcing the law against
the great, then become dangerous
man,
Mr.. Bryan concluded his remarks with
a reference to Prince Bismarcks letter,
the mention of the name of the German
statesman being loudly chered.
] Mr.. Bryan did not attsmpt 70 speak