The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-26
HE D|NEO WITH HILL
BRYAN Entertained by the New
York Senator.
AT WOOLFERT'S ROOST
Later He Spoke to 10000 Peo-
pie in Albany.
AN UNDERSTANDING REACHED
1t is the General impression mat tne
Silver Leader Will Receive the
Support of the State
Organization.
AT WOOLFERT'S ROOS7
AN UNDERSTANDING REACHED

OrSdniZduotf'
ALBANY. n. Y, Aug. 25.-The second
.aav of William j. Bryan's trip west
ward from the seclusion of Red HOOK
was an eventful one, crowded with
variety of incidents of travel, including
a picturesque reception at summer
hotel, a stirring speech to CROWD Oh
worlxingmen at the town OF hlngstoi'
and eliminating in great meetlBg at
Albany, where the candidate spoke 10
a crowd estimated atfrom 7,00et TO 10000
people. packed in the city hall square,
under the shadow of the State House.
Before this demonstration Mr.. and
Mrs. BRYAN sat down to dinner with
Senator HiH and prominent Albany
Democrats at the Senator's magnlfl-
cent home. titled '.Woolfert's Roost,
whittier they were driven directly from
the depot, where a strong-lunged
crowd came near to mobbing them on
their arrival.
Those who met the Democratic can
didate and his wife at Mr.. Hills much
discussed dinner were: Supreme Court
Judge ID. Cady Herrick and wife; LOUIS
w. Pratt. the collector of customs, and
wife: and Norton Chase, chairman OF
the CITY Democratic committee which
with other local organizations, had the
meeting in charge.
For nearly three hours Mr.. Bryan
was the guest of the New York Senator
and, although every participant IN the
dinner averred that it was purely So
.cial affair. it is the general impression
that an understanding was reached
which will insure to Mr.. Bryan the sup
port of the party organization IN the
State.
The crowd began to gather in the
city hall square two hours before the
meeting, and when Mr.. Bryan faced
them, the people were packed In solid
masses over several acres of pavement
and sod. with adventurous men cling
ing like birds in the branches of
trees and climbing telegraph and lamp
posts. His appearance as he stepped
upon the flag4lraped platform, with to
him the familiar strains of Hail to the
Chief clalmoring in his ears, kindled
a fierce shout which swelled into three
cheers, with undreds of handkerchiefs
and hats in the air. He was escorted
by Messrs. Chase and Pratt, Recorder
James Matthews, Postmaster Woods
and Collector John p Masterson. Sem
ator Hill was not there.
MIR. BRYAN'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Bryan spoke with more than his
customary oratorical force and, consid-
ering the size of the crowd, he was lis
tened to with most fattering atten-
tion. Once the speech was marred by a
small knot of Republicans, who inter-
rupted with a struggling cheer for Nc
Kinley. Before the speech was finished
darkness came on and red lights kim
died on the outskirts of the crowd
threw crimson glare over the field
of heads and thensan alarm of fire, just
as the orator was ending, created a
diversion. Mr.. Bryan said in part:
.sIn the presence of this immense
audience, it is hardly necessary to an
nounce that the Presidential campaign
is open for business. 1t gives me great
pleasure to be permitted to address
even for short time the citizens of
Albany and this vicinity. / esteem ii
a privilege to be able to defend in your
presence the policies which / believe
will bring prosperity and happiness to
the American people. (Applause)
1T is proper, aye, more, it is neces-
sary that the candidate who stands
upon the platform shall endorse the
utterances OF his platform, and stand
before you to declare in your presence
that / endorse every word and every
syllable of the platform at Chicago.
(Applause).
"But while do so, / expect in this
campaign the support OF many Demo
Gratis that do not endorse all that the
platform declares for. Applause).
'The Democratic party has begun
Of CT he
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 the gold
standard policy. (Cheers). You ask
why2 We reply that the gold standard
as a conspiracy against the human race,
and that we would no more join it
than we would join an army marching
to despoil our home and estroy our
families. (Applause). | ask you not
to take my word for the evils of the
gold standard. / call as a witness a
gentleman whose voice has been heard
in the councils of the Democratic par
ty. i ask you if yon are inclined to ac-
cuse him of using eXtravagant lam
guaoe. / ask you to read and reflect
11pon the language used by Johu G..
Carlisle, in 1878. v
"Some Of our opponets say that they
are afraid that we cannot maintain BIZ
metallsm alone. We reply to them
that we have waited for twenty years
for other nations to help us and if
we are going to restore bi-metallism,
we have rot to restore it at once, be-
.oauee others do not come to our assist
ance. (Applause). More than that,
xve believe that the assertion OF Amerl-