The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-29
BRYAN IN CHICAGO.
Great Crowd, of People IIsar.t the Same
Familiar Sprecli.frI

Great Crowd, OF People IIsar.the Same
Familiar sprech.lt4
CHICAGO, Oct. gS.-TwIee this after
noon the largest hall in the business
d.,,ric. OF ChRas9 was filled literally
10 suroca,Ion with people to hear Wilt
am J. Bryan. Outside on the lake front
and strcis adjoining. unable 10 gain adj
mission, were crowds that would have
slIsd the hall twice again. Eight other
,-ce meetings were addressed by Mr..
prylu before midnight in various parts
Q. the city. dgt4
The most important gathering OF the
.ries was the big noon.day meeting
Of business men NJ Battery D Armory
a, the lake front. and probably next
h ro!nt OF interest was the great meet
.rg for women in the same place q
cogp!e OF hours later. Long before the
hOu. for The business mems meeting
Battery D. was packed.
Reputation Clear and simple.
In the course OF his speech at Battery
b 10 the busless men Mr.. Bryan re-
y-lIed his well known assertions and
said, among other things:
Il want you to note this proposition.
When we talk about wanting more
nancy, why. they tell us there Is money
, enough In the country: plenty OF money
In the country. The momene-you be-
gin 10 argue that there should be more.
t5sy will silence you by pointing 10 the
G1OGnt OF money in the banks awaiting
10 be leaned, and then you say. all
I.eht, Il we have money enough In this
:uunt:y now.
u propose that we shall say 10 them:
Gentlemen, II you oolspirs,to make
that silver dollar worth less than the
gold dollar. We shall pay you In that
silver dollar. .rcat applause aud
ehAsEs) You say thar that Is repudia-
t0R. deny it. They bought our bonds
orly short time ago, and they made
j difference between coin bonds and
ep!d bonds, charging for the risk they
s0k, ard now let them have the risk
they were paid for
Tho crush at the afternoon meeting
sTen exceeded that Of the -noon-day
G9s;lng Painting women were carried
!!0m the hall every few moments. For
tSo hours before Mr.. Bryan arrived Il
Ea5 impossible 10 gain admission, and
thousands gathered on the-la front
IL The hope OF participating In an over
Gov meeting. but this was Impossible,
owing TO Mr.. Bryan's many engage
cents. The nominees appearance on
The stage was greeted wlth-a mighty
shout Of applause. Hundreds OF the
h!.cs in the audience had small Ameri-
CAT flags, and as they chcered they
Savet the Gags IN unison. Just as Mr..
Bryan wds about to begin his address
be E"ticcd a large number of men In the
FIadows on the roof OK tho huIldlng.
and. fearing danger. he declined to
f;1ce"& until the roof was cleared.
His speech was on lines made familiar
% him OF previous occasions. and was
IN the main general discussion OF the
financial issue. Mr. Bryau's other
Speeches before midnight were at st,
sAHislaUs hall, Noble street: Transit
house. Union Stock Yards! st. Paul
school. Ambrose street and Hoyne ave
nue.; SnvotnEs hall. Twcnty-sccond
Street ard Troy avenue; bohemian Tur-
S"! hail, South Ashland avenue; Pu-
hsA! hail. Eighteenth street and Ash
,.sai a"cnuc: big tent, Harrison and
Lo7nts street, and Peoples Institute.
'eA suren and Leavitt streets.
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