The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
UNRULY CROWD JAMMED AN AID.
ITORIUM BEYOND THE POINT
OF SAFETY,
STOOD ON CHAIRS TO CHEER.
RECOGNIZING THE DANGER nm
BRYAN REFUSED TO BEGIN HIS
ADDRESS.
sIBLEY CALLED OFF THE CROWD.
spoke at AN Outdoor Meeting and
the Boy Orator Was Able to
Proceed.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Aug 29-WiI-
| nam y. Bryan spoke tonight in tba-
| convention hall at CeIeron. on Lake
Chautauqua, two miles from this citv-
The determination of twice as many
people as the hall could hold to hear
! the presidential candidate resulted I'M
\ crush. which would have ended in
great loss of life il the panic which
Tor half an hour seemed imminent. had
not been prevented The hall contains
seats for 5000 people, but fully 1900
were packed into It's frai1 walls. fight
ing for more standing room, an hour
peIore the speech making began. Mr.
Bryan, Mrs. Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Z. Sibley and members of the To-
cal committee pushed their way
through crush on the platform to
the chairs reserved for them at
o'clock
The candidate was instantly recog-
nlzed, and the cheer which his entrance
k1ndled was one more intense and;
shrill than any which he has heard
since the Chicago convention. All the
people stood on their chairs filling the
auditorium with a storm of applause.
They did not give orderly cheers. but
sent up contiual cheer which lasted
for several minutes. A choir on the
stage started to sing '"The Star Span
gled Banner" and before the end of
the first sentence was reinforced by
thousands of voices, making a great
chorus.
When Mr.. Bryan was introduced the
trouble began. The audience climbed
upon their chairs to cheer and did nof
Nv
them to be seated and his appeals
We're entirely ineffective. He stood
Tor i've minutes making this endeavor
and all the time more people crowded
INTO the doors and climbed in the
windows. There were thousands out
sac and but few policemen to keep
them back. Viewed from the plat
| form the whole auditorium was al
struggling mob while overhead mem
chung like monkeys to the rafters I
There were 500 people in the center
aisle and those in front were in danger
OF being crushed to death. Women
We're shrieking and on the platform the
| IeW ladies' there sat with white faces.
MRS. Bryan smiled nervously, for it
| looked as though the people would be
pushed onto the stage. Mr. Bryan. Mr..
olpiey ana several committeeman took
turns appealing to those in the aisles
and the back of the hall to go out.
1
| gallery got hearing and yelled For
GODS sake go out; there will be
panic; people will be killed" Another
in the pit called out Don't speak.
Bryan, don't Go home. This is dam
| gerous."
Mr.. Bryan said that he would not
speak and started to leave, Mr.. Sibley
making the announcement that the
meeting would have to be Abandoned
unless part of the audience could be
! driven out. Half dozen policemen
| struggled to clear the middle aisle.
Word was finally shouted that Mr.
S1bley would make an outdoor speech,
| Thirty-fye minutes after Mr.. Bryan
had made his first attempt to speak
he made the second beginning and the
speech was providentially finished
without accident. In the crowds out
side however, many persons were
squeezed until they tainted before Mr..
Sibley created a diversion by speaking
from stand some distance from the
hall.
The enthusiasm Of the night apart
from its troubles was more than Mr..
Bryan has seen since the Chicago
convention. His speech was devoted
to financial questions and in begin
ming 1t he said that IL the people
crowded so to hear about free silver
in the banner Republican county, he
would not dare to bring them out in a
Democratic county
Mr.. Bryan said:
When find a man talking about an hon
est dollar and then not telling YOU what he
means by an honest dollar l am afraid he
loves darkness rather than light because his
purposes are evil. and, when find that our
people who have M names, l am afraid that
there is a purpose in obscurity. Let me call
your attention to something which you will
find at the top of the first column of the
first page of Buffalo papers, under great big
black headlines. l find this in it.: Ready
to unload, Indian bankers hope that Bryan
will win. Great hordes of silver. They are
eager to dump 1t by the shipload on the
United States mint at double its present
that great city from whence come most Of
the arguments of our enemies, London, Eng
land. And here is the cabIegram
In the Of an interview today q
leading India merchant, just returned from
Calcutta said to- me, "A leading India mer-
chant name unknown daughter and ap-
plause). This India merchant said: Amer
lean politics just now is of absorbing inter-
est to Hindu and Parsee bankers and inan-
ciers. as well as native potentates.' Yes, my
friends, for once American politics is per-
meating all Of the nations. Why? Because
are going to govern ourselves. (Ap-
plause.) Therefore, they are becoming in
hordes of silver, eagerly desire Bryan's elec-
ton, and the chance thereby afforded them
to dump shiploads of silver bullion on the
United States mint at double the present
price," So eager are they that have heard
q well founded rumor 0aughter) that fund
has been formed to aid the free silver party
by supplying campaign literature"
That ia the end Of the quotations from an
unknown Indian merchant. Naughter.) And
the cablegram goes on: "My informant Is
man Of such High commercial standing that
| attach much Importance to this infoTma-
ton" 1aughter.) Now, my friends, there
Is correspondent who does not sign his
name telling about man Of high CONNER
cal standing whose name he does not give,
who quotes what leading Indian merchant
SAYS whose name is unknown, who says
that there is a we'll founded rumor that
tain things are going to happen Now that
is the sort of literature that is being spread
before the American people. Why don't these
men who are giving opinions give their names
so that we can find out whittier the nGan ever
gave such an opinion, and IL he ever gave
f. what his opinion Is worth. i call your at
tention to this because you can see what
unsubstantial foundation Is laid for the fears
that they attempt to excite in the breasts
of American citizeYs.
1t is only little more than year ago
that a petition was sent to congress asking
for the immediate restoration Of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio Of is to 1, without waiting
for the aid of or the consent of any other
nation, and 1t was signed by the leaders of
every prominent labor organization in the
United States. Applause.) Who be
labor organizations in the fights in the past
or the men who in the past have used their
power to defeat the only protection of the
l4boring man. namely his organization.
Great applause.) Now why did these laboring
men demand the restoration of silver? Be-