The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-24
Mr. BRYANNBR0OKLYN
He Addresses Three Audiences in
the City Of Churches.
A GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION.

A GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
A Monster Meeting Under the Auspices Of
Labor Organizations Greets the Candi-
date After His Address at tho Academy
Of Music.
BROOKLYN, tept. A-Before o'clock
last night every entrance to the Academy
OF Music was the battle ground Of howl
ing, tumultuous mob, determined to hear
Candidate Bryan, and when the doors
were flung open, a little past that hour, 1t
took less than ten minutes to fill the big
building from the front steps to the rear
wall. 1t was good humored crowd, and
1t had great deal Of amusement with
itself pending the arrival of the candidate.
In one corner of the orchestra space was
brass band, which helped the fun along
by playing patriotic airs. The first note
was the signal for somebody In the upper
part of the house to scatter through the
air great number Of small American
flags and moment later the entire audi
encs was on Its feet, wildly waving tho
tiny emblems to the tune of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" This sort Of amuse-
ment was varied by cheers for Mr.. Bryan.
A very considerable portion Of the audi
ence consisted of women, every box con-
taining n party, while number were
seated upon the stage.
By 7:30 every inch of space in the house
was occupied except the two main aisles
of the orchestra which the police kept
clear until after the arrival of Mr.. Bryan
and his party. Fully 5000 people were in
the house, among them many of Brook
lyn's prominent Democrats, including
Hugh Mclaughlin, the local leader, and
the members of the county organization.
There were few prominent New Workers.
there, however BY o'clock the crush
had become so thick that all the doors to
the Academy we're closed, shutting out a
clamoring crowd of thousands who
thronged the entire block.
James D. Bell, chairman Of the Kings
county Democracy, called the meeting to
order and introduced Judge William J.
Gaynor, of the supreme court, as chair
man of the meeting. After Judge Gay
nor's speech Senator p. H. McCarron, Sec
rotary, read set of resolutions pledging
support to Bryan and Sewall, which were
unanimously adopted
Senator McCarron had scarcely finished
before distant shouts from the outside Of
the building announced the arrival Of the
Bryan party The noise grew louder, grad
uully developing into mutfled roar, event.
ually bursting into a torrent of sound,
the volume of which shook the building
to the centera as the candidate walked down
the stage The noise continued undated
for six minutes, at the end of which time
Mr. Bryan's raised hands finally brought
about order. Without delay he stepped
to the front of the stage and delivered his
address, which was frequently interrupted
by enthusiastic applause A large portion
of his speech was tlevoted to answering
the attacks on the planks Of the Chicago
platform criticising the supreme court
and federal interference. He quoted largely
from President Lincoln to show that that
Republican leader and his platform had
been far more radical in utterances on
these subjects than was the Chicago plat
form.
Mr.. Bryan's address lasted an hour and
half, and was concluded at 10l5 o'clock
Under the guidance of a local committee
he left the Academy of Music for the Rink
meeting. Upon reaching Montague street.
however, the disappointed crowds who
failed to get entrance to the hall shouted
for a speech, and from rude platform the
candidate made brief open air address.
Meanwhile, inside the hall, Senator Joe"
Blackburn, of Kentucky, made charac-
teristic speech
There has perhaps never been such q
significant demonstration for William
Jennings Bryan in the east rs that given
last night In Brooklyn by the combined
labor interests. 1t has been mooted
question whether the labor people of tho
east would respond to call for mass
meeting in favor of Mr.. Bryan, but there
was no mistake about the demonstration
at the Clermont rink.
The capacity of the building was esti-
mated at 5000, and every available corner
was filled with good natured humanity,
while thousands besieged the doors and
were refused admission. 1t was typical
labor gathering, and even the women and
children present were filed with the en-
thusiusm Of the occasion. 1t was also %
meeting far out of the ordinary in its
method of procedure. Instead of the
formal introduction nominating presid-
ing officer Il clean cut man with gray hair
stepped to the front Of the platform
shortly before o'clock and said:
will the audience please take from
their seats the song that is there and join
in singing itp" And they responded so
heartily that the refrain, "You shall not
press the crown of thorns upon the toll
ers' brow" rang against the implanted
rafters and re-echoed again and again,
and when it was finished mighty cheer
went up. And so it was throughout the
meeting, and while they wero waiting for
the arrival Of Mr.. Bryan, who was speak
ing at another place, they listened to sew
eral speakers
The meeting was presided over entirely
by labor organizations, and the stage con.
tanned a representative from each local
labor organization.
When the meeting was called to order
every aisle and each corridor was crowded,
and when letters of regret were read from
Eugene V. Debs and John w. Hayes, sec.
rotary of tho Knights of Labor there were
vocfcrous cheers. Debs said In his tele-
gram: 1.-The millions are with Bryan and
will place him in the chair Lincoln oc-
cupied. in spite of British toryisn and
corporation coercion
Resolutions were adopted commencing
the work of the Chicago convention,
"pledging our services unreservedly to the
earnest and active support of the able
young tribune Of the people, William Jen-
nings Bryan" and asking the support and
earnest cooperation of all the toilers
1t was a few minutes after 10 o'clock
when Mr.. Bryan appeared and after the
police had fought a way through the
crowds at the door for him they had to re-
peat the operation inside the vast assem-
blage in the meantime standing upon the
seats and yelling themselves hoarse in
their adulations of the leader, When Mr..
Bryan had secured order he made speech
covering the same grounds as his previous
speech ~
On the trip from Philadelphia to this
city across New Jersey Mr.. Bryan made