The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-23
BRYAN AMONG THE QUAKERS.
Continued from First Page.)

SlSt on gold standard to make their dol
lars devour more of our farm products,
| want to know why the people of the
United States have not right in their
sovereign majesty to stop the growth OF
these dollars before they get any bigger
(Applause)
Mr.. Bryan then quoted Prince Bismarck
as being in favor of bimetallsm, and as
saying that the United States should take
the lead in adopting it.
Mr.. Bryan continues: Against this
waiting policy, with the twenty years OF
adverse experience behind 1t, we offer an
aggressive policy, by which the United
States will lead the nations of the world
to the restoration of gold and silver as
money. You say 1t Is American to brag
about what we can do. I reply that it is
English, you know, to think we cawnt do
anything. Qaughter).
We have reached a great crisis and the
question presented to the American peo-
pie is: Shall the United States have a
financial policy of its own, or must the
people receive their finances ready made
from some foreign land? (Cries of NO,
never'.) 1t is a question upon which much
will depend. 1 beg you when you vote to
consider the responsibility which rests
upon you, and so vote that you may tell
your children without a blush for which
policy you voted in 1896" (Applause).
At the conclusion of his address, Mr.
Bryan was escorted back to this city and
rested at his hotel until he dined and went
to the Academy of Music to speak.
Five thousand people packed closely in
the Academy of Music. with a seating
capacity of 1920, heard William j. Bryan
deliver the first of three addresses made
to Philadelphia audiences tonight. Many
thousands more swarmed in the
streets outside the building and
these he addressed when his
indoor speech was concluded. An
enormous crowd rems ined for hours out
side the Hotel Lafayette, awaiting to get
a glimpse of the candidate. Equally great
was the assemblage that thronged Broad
and Wharton streets, in front of the
Southwestern Democratic club to hear the
third and last address of the evening.
In all Mr.. Bryan's campaigning he never
drew crowds of greater magnitude. The
Academy of Music was entirely made
quate for the principal Bryan demonstra-
ton. 1t was packed from floor to gal
lery. The doors had to be closed early
in the evening, for the building would
hoid no more and those inside were press
ed together az tightly could be.
But the throng inside the academy was
as nothing in point of numbers compared
to the packed masses in the streets. On
Broad street, outside the Hotel Lafayette,
a great crowd choked passages for more
than an hour before Mr.. Bryan left the
cles was impossible, and even the extra
squad of policemen who were sent to clear
| a way for Mr.. Bryan at the entrance
| found much difficulty in forcing their way
through. When Mr.. Bryan left his rooms
| to reach his carriage several hundred
men, who had been held in check in the
| lobby and corridors of the hotel broke
through the line of guards and rushed
after him pell nell. With Mr.. Bryan were
| Chairman Curly, of the city executive
! committee, ex-Congressman Kerr, OF
! Philadelphia, Congressman Sulzer of
| New York, and members of the
local committees. Several of these were
caught in the rush and failed to keep up
| with the candidate. Pieces of furniture
were overturned and a crashing of glass
! bore witness to the great rush that mark
| ed Mr.. Bryan'S passage through the no.
! tel. The candidate was sent flying along
| the corridors without regard to dignity,
| pushed through a narrow doorway, and
raced to his carriage by way of the SAN
som street entrance, thus eluding the
crowd on Broad street.
There was another crush at the acade-
my but Mr. Bryan was finally landed on
! the stage looking very much like the cen
! ter rush in a foot ball game after attempt
! ing the flying wedge. Outside the acad-
| envy was another mass OF humanity
packed deep in Broad street, and tapping
over into the adjoining thoroughfares 1t
was a good-natured crowd and seemed
willing enough to be entertained by cam
paign orators who spoke from trucks and
other conspicuous places.
1t was S45 o'clock when Mr.. Bryan
reached the Academy of Music. A wave
| Of enthusiasm swept through the over
crowded auditorium as he came on the
stage. The whole assembly went wild in
| giving him a welcome, and 1t was some
| time before the shouting ceased.
John w. Garman, chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee, introduced Mr..
! Bryan, who received another ovation as
| he stepped forward to speak. Almost
| every sentence he uttered was followed
by loud cheers. Mr.. Bryan did not speak
| at the overflow meeting in front of :he
/ Academy of Music, as was expected, but
went direct to Broad and Wharton streets,
where Is 900 people were congregated. Mr..
| Bryan acknowledged the greetings OF the
! assemblage and stated that he was too
! hoarse to address them, and requested
that they read his Academy of Music
speech He then retired and was driven
! to his hotel.
A REPUBLICAN WITHDRAWN.