The record-union., 1896-09-13
Inc Democratic Nominee Addresses Three
Audiences at st. Louis.
One in the Hall Where Major
Mckinley Was Nominated.
His Remarks Confined Solely to q
Discussion of the Financial Ques-
tlon-Bryan Also Makes Two
Speeches at Kansas City to the
Workingmen.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.-Three big audi
ences were addressed by w. J. Bryan
Tonight, and each gave him a reception
OF which any man might be proud.
In company with Governor Stone and
other prominent politicians, Mr.. Bryan
was greeted at the Union Station by a
crowd of several thousand people, who
made the spacious train shed ring with
their shouts. After supper Mr.. Bryan,
at o'clock, started out on his round of
speech making, doing the jumping from
place to place in a special trolley. Con-
cordia Park, the Auditorium and
Sportsmen Park were the places where
he spoke.
Concordia Park has great open am
pitheater, it's terraced sides forming the
seats for the multitudeS that had
gathered there. Tonight every bit OF
space on the floor and on the terraces
was taken up by the spectators, and
when the Democratic candidate arrived
he found an audience of between 10,OOO
and 10000 people. The scene was pic
turesque, with the solid lines Of human
tty along the Stopping banks slightly
higher than those below, while Chinese
lanterns suspended from many trees
threw a soft light over the assemblage.
Mr.. Bryan was received with round
after round Of applause, and after an
introduction by H. j. Brady, Chairman
of the State Central Committee, made
an address half an hour long.
The great Auditorium, where Major
Mckinley was named by the Republi-
can Convention was more than three
miles away, and when Mr.. Bryan ar
rived there at S:45 he found the inte-
rior packed from floor to ceiling with
people anxious to hear him talk. 1t is
stated that $4,000 chairs had been
placed in the hall, and tonight not only
did every chair have an occupant, but
at least 5000 people crowded the stage,
aisles and the spaces back Of the gal
leries. The heat was enervating, and
several women tainted Hon. John
Allen, Congressman from Mississippi,
entertained the vast audience until Mr..
Bryan arrived.
1t was the same story over again at
Sportsmens' Park, which Mr.. Bryan
reached at 1915. The crowd there was
equal to that at the Auditorium, and
was quite as enthusiastic.
At Concordia Hall Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
There are some who believe that the
restoration of the silver coinage until
other nations come to our aid is i'm
possible There are others who believe
that the free coinage of both silver and
gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to
/ can be accomplished without the aid
or consent of any other nation, and that
this is absolutely essential to national
prosperity. (Applause and cries Of
'tGood') This is the great question
which must be submitted to the ballot
and in order that you may understand
this question / desire to submit a few
arguments tonight in behalf of the
restoration Of free coinage.
Il wish in the first place to state that
believe that every American citizen Is
competent to form an opinion on this
issue. The Republican party is making
an effort to supply the people with the
money needed in their business through
their public men and otherwise. They
call these men financiers, who assume
that country growing in population
cannot survive unless the mints are
kept closed.
friends. In this Government publica-
ton issued by the Treasury Department
on the 1st of July, 1896, I find a state
ment of the amount of money of all
kinds in circulation among thepeople for
the various years. Let me call your at
tention TO the amount in 1894, 1895 and
1906. In 1894 the amount of money in