The herald., 1896-10-17
AT THE WIGWAM LAST NIGHT.
A Rousing Meeting of the Bryan Central
Silver Club Eloquently Addressed.

The Bryan Central Silver club held
its regular weekly meeting last evening
at the Wigwam, and entertained large
gathering of people.
President Moye G. Norton in opening
the meeting humorously said I'VE open
the meetings of this club by singing the
national song America. We do this sole
ly for the purpose of proving ourselves
anarchists and traitors. Unless we raise
our voices in loud and mighty chorus
our critics will mis-belieVe us. Let us
all, therefore, join in the terrible refrain,
MY Country. 'Tis of Thee" A storm of
laughter followed and when the ap-
plause had subsidized the song was sung
with a will by the entire audience, stand
ing.
The little Sayler children followed
with the song, We Say Nit, and rendered
The Silver Dollar for the loud encore
to which they were compelled to respond
Prof. Sayler, who is the author of all
the songs his children sing at the Wig"
wan, accompanies the little ones.
The first of the speakers, whose ad-
dresses are reported below, was Mrs
Anna Andrews. She completely won
her audience and upon closing, when she
asked "All those who intend to vote for
the sixth amendment" providing for the
suffrage of women to raise their hands.
hundreds of hands were raised all over
the hail.
Mrs. Rena Earle then'rendered2 3 beau
tiful poem by James G.. Clark, entitled,
A Vision of the Lost Atlantis. Her rec
itation was perfect and it elected great
applause and she received a beautiful
floral piece.
Major Ariosto McCrimmon then ad-
dressed the club and presented many
new facts on silver in an able manner
Miss Rosebud Andrews sang Sixteen to
One and received an ovation, singing for
the encore Whoa, Hanna, and being
compelled to stop after every verse to
allow the applause to subside. Not
withstanding the lateness Of the hour,
Mr. John F. Reed, recently member
of Tammany Hall, New York, butElow
resident of this city, was listelIed to
with colse attention.
Mrs. Annie B. Andrews, the Demo-
cratic president of the Woman's Bryan
club, was the first speaker. She is one
of the most eloquent speakers ever heard
in the silver wigwam, and certainly
among the women platform speakers
she has no superior. She fully aroused
her audience to the state of enthusiasm
which seemed to inspire herself. She
treated the great financial question of
the country from business standpoint
and with grace and detiniteness which
marks the speech of earnest conviction
and talked of the social and political
evils of the age.
Mrs. Andrews is a gentewoman OF
southern birth and education and her
musical voice and wealth of wit en-
tranced her audience. She announced
herself as standing fairly and squarely
on the Chicago platform and showed
knowledge of history and finance such
as only a student and one as well i'll
touch with the world can have.
nm, Gil would hear IT..
ing as a campaign document. Her ad-
dress was received with as much en-
thusiasm as that of her fellow states
man, Hon. NJ. F. Taylor, to whom she
paid, glowing tribute.
After the close of her silver address
she occupied a few minutes in an appeal
to the voters of California to help carry
the sixth amendment and this met with
a hearty response. She was begged to
continue her talk but as there We're
other speakers to follow she retired with
a promise of another address at the wig
wan before the election.
The next speaker was Major Ariosto
McCrimmon, who made many new
points in favor of the white metal. He
stated that after the reconciliation of
silver that England will no longer be
able to buy our silver at 55 or 65 cents per
ounce and coin it into shillings at about
81 20 an ounce, or into rupees at ratio
which gives it value to them of nearly
one dollar and thirty-seven cents per
ounce.
The American silver miner will then
get the profits. which now go into the
pockets of the English bullion buyer,
and no one in this country will lose any
thing by the transaction Nor will any
injustice be worked to any one. The
American miner will simply get that
price for his silver which is justly and
honestly due him, instead of beirg COM
PEELED to accept such price as accords
with the tender mercies of the English
bullion gambler.
1t will put an immediate stop to the
present methods by which the English
man forces down the price of American
wheat. He now buys AN ounce of silver
from us for about 65 cents, and after
coming 1T into rupees, exchanges it for
a bushel of wheat in India. That bushel
of wheat. having cost him only about so
cents. gold standard, he declines to pay
the American farmer more than that
amount for American wheat. But if the
Englishman is compelled to pay S1.29
in gold for an ounce of silVer-and he
will have to do that when we establish
free coinage-then his bushel of India
wheat will cost him S1.29. since the East
India farmer will part with his bushel of
wheat for nothing less than an ounce of
coined silver
The Englishman will, therefore, find
it more profitable to purchase Ameri-
can wheat at something like 81 or S120
cents bushel than East Indian wheat
at $l.29 a bushel. and the American
wheat grower will get the benefit of an
increase in the price of his product The
same will likewise prove true of other
producers Of staple products.
MIR. JOHN P. REED
Mr.. Reed then spoke as follows:
/ am glad to see before me so large an
audience, and especially so many ladies.
I am glad to know that there are so
many of you working to enlighten the
east. But let me assure you that they
are already educated on political issues
of today.
Fellow citizens, my name has been as
sociated with Tammany hall, and feel
it incumbent upon me to explain that
Tammany hall is the regular Democracy
of New York and contains among its
members the very best of the men of our
nation fighting for the very best of
measures. With regard to the state of
New York. have reason to believe that
state will give it's electoral vote to Will
liam. j. Bryan. l rejoice that many
have left our party who have obstructed
our progress and been with us solely
as the representatives of aggrandized
wealth. One of those men bears the
stamp of infamy written on his very
face. He will plead any cause and any
measure for gold. 1t is not necessary to
mention his name. (Cries of eve know
him.')
When our candidate. w. J. Bryan,
was in our hall on a night of cold and
rain. such crowd was present as was