The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-18
THE PENSIONERS.

Brown of the supreme court" Great
cheering)
THE PENSIONERS.
Mr.. Bryan said that fear had been es-
pressed by the go.dbugs that the PEN
sloner would suffer If he were elected
he conteaded that the interests of the
soldier could be better trusted to those
VINO believe that this nation is big enough
10 nave financial policy of its own,
tnan TO those who believe that foreign
creditors must shape our financial policy
and foreign influences control the legtsla-
ton of the United States.
Baskets full of Colonel Ingersoll's recent
chicago speech attacking the Democratic
platform had been distributed among the
crowd, waiting Mr.. Bryan's return to his
train, which was in waiting at the gate
OF the fair grounds, and the people there
were engaged in a vigorous mimic battle
the nominee and his wife appeared In
the excitement that prevailed Mrs. Bryan
was forgotten. and the train started
without her She was caught in the crush
and could make no Roadway. He disap
pearance was discovered almost immed-
lately, however, and as the train halted
about a hundred yards down the track
she was discovered emerging from the
throng on the arm of her excited escort,
with policeman on the other side.
AT vASSAR.
The stop at Bay City lasted fifty
TO about 1900, and heard q few remarks
A blaze of fireworks marked Mr.
Bryan's progress from the train to the
city hall at Port Huron. The municipal
building was handsomely Illuminated,
Mr.. Bryan made q very short address
from its balcony TO 5000 people and con-
tinued his journey at $40. Clemons
the last stop before Detroit, gave him a
rousing reception.
Mr.. Bryan made three speeches here in
Detroit tonight, and the aggregate of his
audiences equallcd. If it did not exceed,
the greatest crowds that saw and heard
him in any city he has visited. He made
his first address 10 a mighty concourse of
people that completely filled the spacious
Washington boulevard in front of the
Hotel Cadillac. and Tapped over into the
adjoining Michigan avenue, State and
Grand River avnues.
WAS WONDERFUL
The enthusiasm was something wonder
full. So solidiy massed was this audience
that movement in or out was practically
impossible. Of the numbers packed there
as tightly as so many tooth picks bound
together by rubber band, estimates run
very high, but $1,000 is a reasonable and
conservative figure.
Mr.. Bryan began to speak at o'clock
Immediately after his arrival at the Cadil-
lac from his special train At one time
the people to his left began to sway back
and forth and the excitement among those
who were buffeted about and resistance
became so intense that panic seemed
imminent Women tainted and had to be
carried out, brawny men fighting passage
for them. This increased the confusion,
and in the shrieks, screams and shouts
that came from the helpless throng. the
candidates voice could not be heard. 1t.
was probably on account of the threat
ened danger that he cut his speech short
and proceeded Immediately to the Audi
forum to receive another great demon
stration.
So admirable We're the police arrange
mentS there, as everywhere else tonight,
that the nominee had no difficulty in get
ting into the structure and was able to
begin his address promptly on time.
A WILD SCENE ENSUED.
Everybody who had a seat rose to his
feet and yelled with might and main.
The shouting was Ccafening for five
minutes and it began again when Daniel
J. -Campau, national committeeman OF
of Michigan and chairman of the Demo-
cratic national executive committee, pre-
scented Mr.. Bryan as .Nebraska's glorious
SON.
Mr.. Bryan delivered his longest and
principal speech of the evening there. de-
voting his attention mainly to the Palmer
and Buckner ticket and platform. One
man, Isaac Adams, a fruit dealer, died
in the excitement.
Equally as enthusiastic as the others
was the third meeting to which Mr.
Bryan spoke. Like that at the Cadillac,
it took place in the open air in front of
the city hall. The city hall gathering
was equal to that at the Cadillac hotel.
As stated, Mr.. Bryan's Auditorium
speech was the most important of the
evening.