The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-25
bound TO SEE BRYAN
An Immense Crowd I urned Out
At Philadelphia.
MANY WERE HURT IN THE CRUSH.
fhe Candidate Had an Exciting Exper-
ieuee Getting Int" the Academy OF
Music. Where He Spoke tn About 6.OOO
PeopIe-whstt He Said

which, according to the police and
other authorities, exceeded any outpour-
ing of the people on a similar occasion
IN the history of the city. He spoke at
the Academy of Music which has a
seating capacity of about 5000. Every
available inch of space in the house
and on the stage was occupied two
hours before Mr.. Bryan arrived and ex-
perts estimated the audience at fully
5000 Gathered in the street outside
of the academy were fully $4,000
people hoping to see or hear the candi-
date The crush was something awful
Many of those who succeeded in getting
inside the academy had their clothing
almost torn from them Many cases of
more or less severe injury We're reported
to the police. one man with n broken
arm being taken TO the hospital.
Hundreds of policemen were power
less to keep the crowds i'll check. MIR
Bryan made his headquarters at the
Lafayette hotel, two blocks above the
Academy, on Broad street In front of
this over 5000 people gathered desirons
of getting at least glimpse of the dis
tinguiShed visitor. Since IL was not
possible for Mr. Bryan to make his way
down Broad street to the Academy in
his carriage he was conducted through
the basement and kitchen of the hotel
and out of the rear to a side street
through which he walked TO the Acad
emy He managed to make his way to
the stage entrance and got inside after
an experience with the crowd that he
will long remember. When he appeard
on the stage his reception was tremen-
dous. the cheering lasting several min
nteS
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
The gold standard papers ask why l
come To Pennsylvania. | have nothing To
conceal. 1 will tell you why come.
first to secure, If possible the elec-
raj vote of the state of Pennsylvania.
Applause and cheers. If yoc deny that,
il you will not give me that vote. if we
are defeated in this campaign, then j
come upon another mission, and that is To
tell the people of Pennsylvania that the
agitation for free coinage will never cease
in this country until the gold standard is
driven back to England.
They say that the craze is dying out j
care not what they call the silver cause,
you may apply TO IL such epithets as you
will, but know that the silver cause will
not die, because truth never dies. Ap-
plause- You ask me why / know that
this cause is true. i can give you many
reasons, but one reason Is sufficient that
against free silver. You can know a cause
as yOu can know an individual, by the
company that it keeps APPLAUSE Our
cause appeals to the masses of the people,
laws. Our cause is opposed by those who
want TO uSe our government for profit. be
cause we are opposed to government insti-
tuted for any such purposes Applause
Your city is called Philadelphia, the City
OF Brotherly Love.
l come to proclaim to you the gospel
that Is described by the name of your own
city, and vt yon say you will give 10000
majority against that doctrine Cries Oi
no, no, never. l come to proclaim finan
cial Independence in a city which saw the
declaration of Independence signed more
than 100 years ago. Great applause. You
say that this city, in which the forefathers
gathered when they We're willing To defy
the foreign powers and declare their indc
pcndcnce, you say this city is afraid to
have financial Independence l shall not
declare that the descendants of our fore
fathers of 100 years ago have sunk SO low
unless you write it so at the ballot in
November Great applause The issue
which Il raised now was raised before.
There were.people then who said that we
could not obtain Independence unless
some foreign nation would help us. There
are those who say it today and those who
say it today stand in the same position a.
those who said il then. Applause.
The people who 100 years ago declared In
favor of foreign supremacy were the peo-
pie who had business dealings and acted
as the agents of the people who employ
them over there. You have no banks in
this city today which are not controlled by
the influence of London, and | have not
his patriotism from Lombard street than
i have for the Tory who took his patriot
ism 100 years ago from England (Great
applause)
One of the papers said that lacked dig
nifty. "a voice: You're all right" An
other voice: How about Singerly2''
misses and groans.) My friends, l have
been looking into the matter, and do you
know that l would rather have II said that
! lacked dignity than to have il said that
lacked backbone to meet the enemies of
This government who conspire against this
nations welfare in Wall street. (Great
applause) What other president did they
ever charge with lack of dignityi (Crcs
of Lincoln and great applause-) Yes,
my friends, they said 1t OF Lincoln and
Jackson, too. (Applause and cheers for
Jackson) Then Jefferson lacked dignity
also. "a voice: How about Singcrlys''
groans and hisses) Now, my friends, ]
ought to be. OF course, you know every
body has his own idea of those things !
believe that a man ought to be dignified
enough, not too dignified and not lacking
in dignity.
Now, it might be snore dignified IL !
would stay at home and have people come
To see me. Long applause and cheers
But you know that / said was not going
to promise to give anybody an Office and
therefore great many people who might
come to see a candidate under some cir
rumStanceS would not come to see me at
i'll. Great applause And then all our
birds. Applause and laughter Why,
our people want more money and IL
they could come all the way to Nebraska
TO see me IL would show that they had
money enough now. Applause. Now.
my friends. i don't like TO be lacking In
any of the essentials, but do you know
can't see that there's any lack of dignit,
shown if GO before the people and tall
10 them and say what l stand for anC
what am opposed to. Applause They
say | am begging for votes. Not at all
never asked a man to vote for me. lap
plause-l In fact, have told some people
10 vote against me, that Is more than most
candidates hae 6!3 do; tApPEikngsse
who believed in the maintenance of the
gold standard until foreign nations came
to and graciously permitted us to
abandon IL, said If anybody should be
lieve that the gold standard was absolute
" essential TO the welfare of this country
he ought not to vote for me at all. dc
not want any man to vote for me then oh
ject to my doing what ! expect to do II
you elect me lApplause.l And II car
prevent the maintenance of the gold
standard you can rely upon my doing IL
the very first possible opportunity given
me Great applause. Now, my position
on public questions Is known, and dOn'i
use the word sound money when lsmean
gold, either Applause. And / don't
use the word honest money when tall
about dollar that is the most dishonest
dollar this country ever saw, a gold dollar
which keeps growing greater all the time
lGreat applause.
My platform sets forth certain policic,
and II states that the money question Il
the paramount issue, aud then two othel
parties, to neither of which belong TIVE
other parties in national conventions de
clared that the money question is para
mount and they nominated me, and every
man who Is supporting is willing t.
say so, and to say why he does It In that
respect l have the advantage over some
Laughter and APPLAUSE There is ons
party-no, IL Is not a party-it claims to