The herald., 1896-09-09
IN THE EVENING
Formal Notification Of the Silver Party Nom.
ination


ination
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. S.-The contin-
uous welcome which Lincoln people and
| large contingents from other parts of
Nebraska gave w. ]. Bryan on his COM
| ing today eliminated this evening in a
grand demonstration in honor of his
| formal notification of his nomination for
| the presidency by the National Silver
party.
| From the time Mr.. Bryan reached this
city at IL o'clock this morning until the
| tired crowds retired from the streets at
| late hour tonight, there was parading
| galore through the streets of the CAPT.
tai city by local and visiting campaign
| clubs, nearly all with brass bands in
| front There was an escort procession
| from the Burlington depot to Mr.. Bry-
ans residence; another procession that
| accompanied the candidate to a mass
meeting in the state house grounds this
afternoon and the third and greatest
| preceding the notification ceremonies.
| Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, George A. Groot,
| chairman of the notification committee,
| and Norris Humphrey of Lincoln rode
together in the midst of the night par
| ade Men in white duck uniforms car
rying fiambeaus formed a picturesque
part of the display. Those were members
| of the silver clubsfrom Lincoln and else
where in the state, nearly, If not quite. a
| thousand mounted men were in line and
these with the silver capped organiza-
tions fired off skyrockets and Roman
candles as they proceeded from the post
| A<e.
to the state house. All the members
| of the notification committee who came
| to Lincoln to attend the ceremonies were
| seated on the platform erected on the
north front of the capital building when
| Mr.. Bryan arrived. With the arrival
| of the torchlight procession the crowd
| gathered about the capitol was increas-
ed tenfold. 1t seemed many times larger
er than the audience of 5000 that listened
| to Mr.. Bryan this afternoon. Norris
Humphrey presided at the meeting and
| introduced George A. Groot of Ohio,
| chairman of the Notification committee
who spoke as follows;
MR.. GROOTS ADDRESS.
From April q 1892, to February ~.
| 1878, every person had the right in this
|
| into money free of charge and without
! limit as to quantity at the rates estab-
| lished by law.
On February u, 1878, the congress de-
| prived every person of the right to have
silver coined into units of money, since
which time the mints have been open to
| the free coinage of gold only at the rate
established by law.
That the people at the time that law
| was passed did not know that they had
been deprived of that right no one will
dispute. That they have never fully un-
derstood the force and effect of that law
there can be no doubt That the mo-
| tive which actuated those who secured
| it's passage was bad nobody at the pres
| ent day will deny.
| Those who secured the passage of that
| law have not yet proclaimed to the
| world that they are proud of their eff
forts in that behalf.
! Since the passage of that law there
| has been an ever increasing demand for
it's repeal and the restoration to the
people of the right that was taken from
| them by it.
Circumstances and conditions have
been such since its passage as to appar
emily make the efforts of those who
were in favor of its repeal futile.
Those persons in our country who
have understood the evil effects of that
| act have for years supplicated and i'm
| plored the Republican and Democratic
parties alike to restore to the people
the right which was by that law taken
from them behind their backs and with
| out their knowledge and consent, but
| their appeals have been in vain. They
who have sought in season and out of
| season to secure a restoration of that
right to the people have been maligned
| and traduced and spurned with con-
| tempt by the money-holders and bond
holders, their agents and their servants
| in the most outrageous manner. Thank
| God, their efforts have not been in vain,
for they are about to be crowned with
| success.
The cries of a distressed people for
| financial relief for the past twenty
| three years have been disregarded by
| those who have been called upon to
make the laws and administer them in
this country. Their petitions have been
ignored their cries have been in vain.
| They have been assured over and
over again that the money question was
| matter of little if any importance, and
| those who believed that it was of vital
| Importance were brushed aside, their
advice ignored, their appeals disregard. :.
! ed, and the people We're assured that the
| only sure way to relieve their financial
distress and make them prosperous and
| happy was to increase the burden Of
taxation by levying higher duties upon
imports.
The Democratic and Republican par
ties have over and over again declared
in favor of the free coinage of gold and
| silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, but those
who were elected to office by those par
ties repudiated the platforms on which
| they were elected, and used every effort
! to defeat every attempt to secure legis-
| lation upon the subject. Such declara-
| tions were made to catch votes, votes
| merely and not to be acted upon by those
| in authority. Under various pretenses
| these parties postponed financial ac-
| ton upon the matter until 1898, when,
under the direction of the present ad-
| ministration, they Joined their forces
and repealed the only law that remained
upon the statute books that authorized
the coinage of units of money out of sill
yer, and the rank and file of those parties