Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-26
WAgHEARD WITH GENERAL ATTENTION
He Discusses the Question Of the
Money Standards.
DINED BY SENATOR HILL

mer hotel, stirring speech to crowd OF
workingmen at the town of Kingston, and
eliminating in a great meeting at Albany,
where the candidate spoke to a crowd es-
timated at from 1000 to 10000 persons,
packed in the city hall square. under the
shadow of the state house.
Dfncd With Hill.
Before this demonstration Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan sat down to a dinner with Senator
Hill and prominent Albany democrats at
the Senator's suburban home, Wolfert's
Roost, whittier they were driven directly
from the depot, where a strong-lunged
crowd met them.
Those who met the democratic candida e
and his wife at Mr.. Hills uch-discussed
dinner were Supreme Court Judge D. Cady
Herrick and wife, Louis w. Pratt, the COL
chairman Of the city democratic commit
tee, which, with other local organizations,
had the meeting in charge. For nearly
| three hours MIR. Bryan was the guest of the
participant in the dinner averred that it
was purely social affair." their descrip-
tons were taken with grain of salt, 1t
being the general impression that an I'M
Outstanding was reached which will insure
to Mr.. Bryan the support Of the party or
ganiZation in the state.
The Albany Mass Meeting.
The crowd began to gather in the city
hall square two hours before the meeting
and when Mr.. Bryan faced them the people
We're packed in solid masses over several
acres Of pavement and sod, with men climb
ing telegraph and lamp posts His appear
ance as he stepped upon the fag-draped
platform. with the TO him familiar strains
of Hail to the Chief clamoring in his
ears, kindled fierce shout, which swelied
INTO three cheers. with hundreds of hats
and handkerchiefs in the air. He was
escorted by Messrs. Chase and Pratt, Re
corder James Mathews, Postmaster Woods
and Collector John Z. Masto, SON Senator
Hill was not there.
Mr.. Bryan's Speech.
Mr.. Chase briefly introduced Mr. BRYAN
who spoke with more than his customary
oratorical force, and considering the size of
the crowd he was listened to with most
hattering attention. Once the speech was
Elarred by small knot of republicans
VINO Interrupted with a struggling cheer
LOT Nick inley. Before the speech was fin
lShed darkness came on and red lights kim
dled on the outskirts of the crowd threw a
CRIMSON glare over the field OF heads, and
Then an alarm of fire just as the orator was
ending created a diversion. Mr. Bryan
spoke follows
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens: In the
presence of this immense audience it is
hardly necessary to announce that the
presidential campaign Is open for business
II gives me great pleasure to be permitted
10 address even for a short time the citi-
zens of AlbaI y and this vicinity l esteem
1t privilege to be able to defend in YOUR
presence the policies which 1 believe will
bring prosperity and happiness to the
American people In this land of free gov
ernment people express themselves through
party organizations. 1t Is the only way m
" hich we can give effective force to our
convictions. Without party we fight with
OUT the nope or success. Parties meet in
thelr convention, adopt their platforms and
go forth to the people appealing for the
ST frages of those who believe that through
that party and by the policies expressed in
the platform they can best serve their
country and protect their rights. The DEM
Ocratic party at Chicago met in convention
and there the majority of the democrats of
the United States, speaking through their
legally chosen representatives. laid down a
platform and nominated ticket. 1t is not
to be expected that a person will always
nothing which he does not like. But when
a citizen comes to vote he acts with that
party and indorses that platform whic h
gives to him the best assurance Of securing
the most important things which he de-
SircS.
IndOrses the Chicago Platform.
1t is proper, aye, more. 1T Is necessary
that the candidate who stands upon a plat
form shall indorse the utterances of his
clare in your presence that 1 indorse every
word and every syllable Of the platform at
Chicago. But while I do so, I expect in
this campaign the support Of many demo-
Gratis who are not willing to indorse all
that the platform declares for In a cam
paign there is always some overshadowing
issue; there is IN campaign always one
great paramount question which more than
any other will determine the allegiance of
those who support the ticket: and 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.
Our opponents have at last taken defin-
lite 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 ma
lions shall consent to it's abandonment.
We believe that that declaration which
commits us to a gold standard until other
nations come to our relief is equivalent to
declaration in favor of a permanent con-
tinuation of the gold standard, because we
do not believe that other nations will take
pity upon us before we take pity upon our
own people. We have then to consider this
question, Ought the American people to
submit longer to gold standard? The
democratic party has begun a war Of ex-
termination against the gold standard.
We ask no quarter; we give no quarter.
We shall prosecute our warfare until there
is not an American citizen that dares to
advocate a gold standard policy. You ask,
Why? We reply that the gold standard is
a conspiracy against the human race, and
that we would more join it than we
would join an army marching to despoil
our homes and destroy our families.
Carlisle Quoted.
I ask you not to take my word for the
evils of the gold standard. call as wit
ress a gentleman whose voice has been
heard in the councils of the democratic
PARTY. I ask you. If you are inclined to
accuse US of using extravagant language
ask you to read and reflect upon the Ian
guage used by John G. Carlisle in 1878.
Ii speech made in Congress he said:
According to my opinion, the conspiracy
which seems to have been formed here and
in Europe to destroy by legislation and
otherwise from three-sevenths to one-half
the metallic money of the world Is the
most gigantic crime of this or any other
age. Its contamination would ultimately
entail more misery upon the human race
than all the wars, pest!lences and famines
that ever occurred in the history Of the
world"
That is the language of John G. Car
Isle. 1 believe he spoke the truth, and If
it was true then 1t Is true today and will
be true, no matter who may change his
opinion and his course upon this question
Truths once uttered will live, no matter
what NAV become Of those uho ,,ttarod