Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-25
KISSES AND WELLS
Greet VIM. Jennings Bryan
from Yale College Boys.
Students Of One Of the Most EnIight-
ened Colleges in the World
Refuse to Listen 10 His Promises in Advo.
eating Free Silver.

New Haven, CT, Sept. 24-The Yale
college boys delayed the big open air
meeting addressed by VIM. ]. Bryan
here, today, and nearly caused a break
up in the confusion. AS it was. Mr..
Bryan gave upattempting to speak and
retired in disgust. The movement of
the students was presumably precon-
certed. They We're posted through the
crowd and seemed to sing and yell at
given signals. When Mr.. Bryan be-
gan his speech, there was chorus from
the students of 'Rah, Ran, Rah, Yale. .
He tried to go on but the yells again
made him stop. a song with the re-
frain Gold, Gold Gold" kept his words
from being heard. Finally the candi-
date sat down and Mr. Sargent, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, Alexan-
der Troup, chairman of the state cen
trail committee. and Dr. Fuller, Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in this
district made an appeal for order
Their efforts We're successful and after
Mr.. Bryan had been seated 10 minutes.
at go, he resumed his remarks. but
the derisive yells broke forth again and
10 minutes later, the candidate brought
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Mr.. Bryan spoke from a stand on the
south side Of Center church. an acient
house of worship facing The Green. .
1t was an ideal place for an open air
| meeting and the weather was perfect
The crowd was enormous. The peo-
PIE had been coming into town all the
morning on excursion trains. and when
Mr.. Bryan entered The Green" be-
tween 1900 and $1,000 were gathered
there.
over in another part of the big shady
square the first division of the Con-
necticut naval militia had assembled
with its guests, Co. X, of Hartford, and
several thousand of those who could
not get near enough to hear the candi-
date, drifted away toward the military
contingent. Their celebration had no
connection with the Bryan meeting
With Messrs. Troup. Bennett and
Sargent, Mr.. Bryan was driven over to
the square from the New Haven house
He was cordially received by the
throng Mr.. Bennett. who is chairman
OF the town committee, presented Mr.
Bryan, and as the candidate rose the
cheering was interrupted by Kisses and
yells from the Yale men, Appeals from
Mr.. Troup and others had only temper
airy effect. All through his remarks
the yells continued and Mr.. Bryan cut
his speech short. Although he did not
speak more than 20 minutes
AS soon as he had concluded. A. s
Crandall of Norwich, candidate for
Lieutenant-Gove stepped forward
and said:
In this city of students. this city of
business men. this city of workingmen.
ask you in the name of God and man.
to take to your hearts the questions
That have been put SO we'll before you.
today. by VIM Jennings Bryan. | ask
you to vote in November in accordance
with them. AS to the young men who
have made it impossible for him to
speak, today. I ask you not to believe
that they represent Yale any more than
Mckinley will represent US in Novem-
Der They have been blowing off their
wind as he is blowing off his wind
Yale has sent out into the world men,
sir, addressing Mr.. Bryan), who have
like you. been an honor to their univer-
sity and the country, in Congress. in
business and in every walk of life"
He proposed three cheers for Mr..
Bryan, and they We're given, mingled
with Kisses from the Yale contingent.
Ex-Mayor Sargent then declared the
meeting adjourned. and Mr. Bryan was
taken to the New Haven house in his
He looked very much fatig-
ued, and refused to shake hands as he
left the stage.