The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-01

1t showed plainly that tho hatred Of trusts
MAS deeper than the love of iree silver.
They tcl you that | stand inl law
lefanesn' be- cried cinching his tsts
aud stamping his foot II want TO sag
10 You. my fricuda that / stand no. only
for the enforcement of every law. bui
stand for arbitration as Il means OF adj
luAipg difficulties by pcnceahie noauG."
The audience thurderol Vltre Nns a
fcyctlsh red spot on each of ine orators
chucts. His ewes burned in his head
'Dur oIpououts.' he continued, "hniicye
in allowing the railroads TO engage in a
controversy with labor Organizations ana
thcn call out the standing army 10 pre-
serve order. believe IN compelling them
80 submit their claims 70 boards OF arhi-
tration and adjust by peace what our op-
Ionents would adjust by force.
You business men have been told that
an era Of laWosHness would prevail "
ann elected. | want to ten you thai. uutll
We mud some means of adjusting the DIFF
hcuties which arise between labor aud
capital. some system that compels both so
come before impartial tribunals, you San
expect increasing disorder instead Of in
creasing confidence.
There was another wild outburst Of
sound
They tell you that win not enforce
the law My friends the fear of these
people is not that / viii refuse TO enforce
the law their fear Is that | viii enforce
the law. They know that | entertain old
fashioned ideas upon the subject ard that
according TO nay ideas big criminal should
wear striped clothes MS Well as a littlc
one
Again and again the crowd checrcd. I,
man stuck his head down through the roof
| and Whooped like a maniac.
Il want 10 say 10 you that We who be
licve IN enforcing the laws against all
,af lot
ornmont Than thoae who would make scapo-
goats OF little criminals and then lei big
ones run NJ large TO run the government
itself. Tho very men who would suffer
most from the enforcement OF law are the
ones who seem 10 be most terribly alarmed
that there VIII be lax administration Of
the law"
And now came the supreme moment.
Mr. BRYAN seemed to draw himself togeth
cr lie stretched himself to his full height
threw mis- head back, lifted his hands and
raised his voice 70 a shout
They are not afraid that will en-
COURAGE lanlessncss, but they know that
II | am elected the trusts viii not select
the attorney general who Will administer
the law
That thrust at President Cleveland struck
home The whole audience rose to its
feet. ieapod. shrieked, tossed its hands IN
the air and moved forward with a rush
toward lut Pldli"iHi - Nha llh' tilt hN'Ht
AZ the close Of Mr. Bryans speech IN the
convention that nominated him, His face
shnne with a fierce enthusiasm.
"If You want that Kind Of a president"
he cried. you can have him. II you do
not want him you do not have 90 have
him"
SPEECH NO, 5lG-To THE woMEN's
FREE SILVER LEAGUE.
An hour later there was another audi
ence in the same building, an audience OF
women, members OF the Womens Free
SILVER League,
Every woman had a flag and pillows Of
color rippled from ell the walls. There
were tall girls in white aud silver who
sang the iniquiues Of Mark Hanna and
beaded ch0ristefs who ohanted the downfall
OF Mckinley.
Senator Tillman toae:ed up among the
women o. the stage 4 few seat from
HIN was the bury popullst who seized
freight trains FOR CoXoy' army of LobGes
Mr.. Dryuu meanwhile had taken lap
at his hotel When he appeared on the
stage with his wife al Che flags were
waved together. until the hall looked Ike
a phal.tasm4goria OF iancing butterflies.
Flowers we're bcaprd In the lap Of Mrs.
Bryan Women on the stage pressed around
Mr. Bryan and stretched out their hands
10 touch his coat Then he stood ON a
chair and made another long speech. beg
ring the women Of Chicago 20 see 10 1t
that the curse OF bad laws should not de-
scend TO their Children
The crowd was SO great that many wo-
men tainted.
Mr.. Bryan made his way from the hall