Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-24

c1ently en- thusa site to be fiattering Be-
tween 2500 and 5000 people were in the
throng. Mr.. Bryan spoke very briefly
and said nothing new
A mob of cheering, bowling men sur
rounded Mr.. Bryan a / Hoboken when the
train reached the Barclay street ferry
there at 5:15 p. M, nearly an hour late.
They pushed him along with wild vehe-
mence and forced him to make a dash for
a carriage in waiting. Several thousand
people gathered around the carriage and
cheered repeatedly. Mr.. Bryan was In
troduced by Mayor Fagan, and made
rev rev, remarks, after which a squad of po-
lice hustled Mr.. Bryan 10 the ferry house.
Here William p. st. John and Ex-Con-
gresham Clancy of Brooklyn met him,
and with these and Josephus Daniels of
North Carolina he crossed Barclay street
ferry There was nobody waiting there,
and the carriage was quickly driven to
the Brooklyn bridge and on to Brooklyn.
In Brooklyn.
he delivered three speeches, first in the
Academy of Music next to an overflow
ing meeting outside and later addressed
large gathering of laboring men in the
upper part of the city. A solid mass of
humanity packed the Academy of Mu-
sic. 1t was an early crowd, and fully an
hour before the beginning of the meeting
the doors were closed and thousands
turned away. The streets surrounding
the Academy were blocked with disap-
to gain admittance to see the democratic
standard bearer
When the chairman of the county COM
mittee, James D. Bell took his seat on
the speakers stand at O'Clock there
were jammed into the hall over 5000 peO-
pie. There was a fair sprinkling of Ia
dies present. Among those who sat on
the stage were Elliott Danforth. chair
man of the democratic state committee;
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky and Col.
lucky.
At sos Mr.. Bell raped for order and
introduced as chairman Judge William
J. Gaynor of this city. Mr.. Gaynor was
heartily received, the audience rising
and cheering him to the echo. just be-
fore the opening of the meeting Mr.. Bry-
an was escorted to the theater by EX-
Congressman Clancy and B. j. York of
the Kings county democratic committee,
and remained in an ante-room until his
turn to speak. After preliminary re-
marks in which Judge Gaynor said that
in this campaign the democratic party
would not be wanting for leaders, Senator
Patrick H. McCarren was introduced
and read resolutions. which were adopt
ed with rousng cheers. pledging the
est and uncompromisng support of Bry-
an and Sewall.
Hanna Got Groans.
When the names of Senator Quay and
Mr. Platt, both of whom were sarcasti-
cally alluded to in the resolutions, were
mentioned there were Kisses, while loud
groans followed the mention of Mark
.Hanna's name.
Then came Mr.. Bryan. The secretary
had just said: II have list of vice
presidents of the meeting. l will read a
few" but he never read them. Mr.. Bry-
an had became tired of waiting for the
preliminaries to end, and with Bernard
ha6 t1a stage from the
rear and walked calmly down the mar
row aisle formed by the sitting and
standing people. A mighty shout went
up. The audience seemed to rise as one
man. In an instant men and women
were shouting with all the power of their
lungs and as nearly everybody was arm
ed with small American flag they were
waved in the air and the whole audito-
rum formed a Kaleidoscope of red, white
and blue. Those who did not participate
at first became infected with the en-
thusiasm and rose and cheered with their
more emotional neighbors. 1t was
stirring reception.
The waving flags the resounding
cheers from thousands of throats, the
excited people all contributed to make 1t
a scene worth witnessing.
Judge Gaynor finally asked for quiet,
and obtained 1t after the cheering had
lasted five minutes. Judge Gaynor saw
that it was no use to make formal
speech. The crowd wanted to hear Bry-
an and Bryan alone, SO the introduction
was brief: I'VE will now dispense with
the formal parts of the meeting and
will now introduce to you your great
leader, Mr.. Bryan"
That was all the judge said. and his
last words were drowned in the roar
that again came from every part of the
house. and as the band began playing
Rally Round the Flag" the people had
new incentive to shout When quiet
was restored Mr.. Bryan spoke as fol-
lows: 'cre
'Gf you don't STOP If you don't preserve
order, our opponents will say you are
against order and as well against law
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
esteem it a great privilege to be permit
ted to defend the cause which has been
espoused in this campaign, and am glad
to be permitted to present that cause to
the people of Brooklyn. / only wish that
that distinguished divine whose name
has AIDED even to the fame of your great
city, Henry Ward Beecher, (applause)
were with us today that he might again
champion the cause of the people In their
great fight Any man would whose SYM
pathies were
On the Side of Humanity.
I'VE have commenced a warfare against
the gold standard which will not cease
until victory is won. We are opposing
an enemy that never fought an open fight.
"a voice: "They never went to war!')
1--WE are fighting an enemy that was
never honest in it's dealings with the peo-
pie We are fighting an enemy that has
ever sought to avoid the real issue and
fight the battle on some other.
before addressing myself to the mon-
ey question desire to say something In
regard to the planks OF our platform
which nave been assailed by the enemy.
1 only speak of them because persons
high in the republican party have called
attention to them and sought to twist
them into a meaning never intended and
to give them an Interpretation which they
will not bear"
Mr.. Bryan then read the plank de-
nouncing federal interference and de-
clared 1t as mild in tone when viewed by
the side OF the plank on the inviolability
of state rights in the Lincoln platform OF
1860.
Continuing. Mr. Bryan said: Now.
my friends, IL our platform Is wrong /
want these republicans to repudiate
Abraham Lincoln. (Applause); because
II you take Abraham Lincoln from the
republican party, you have taken from
it its most sacred memory. (Applause)
Now let me call your attention to an
other thing they complain of. They say