St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-21
BRYAN NOTIFIED.
The Great Demonstration In nadlson Square
Garden was Disappointment.

wednesday evening to hear Bryan's
speech OF acceptance. 1t was not rep.
resentative gathering of the democratic
party. There was not a prominent
New York democrat in the audience and
the space in the building reserved for dis
tinguished guests was filled with people
whose faces were to some extent unfamil-
lar to New Workers. The most distin-
guished men in the hall were the advocates
OF free silver who came from other states.
1t was an impressive scene and a great
opportunity for oratory. Oratory was
what the audience came to hear but the
boy orator disappointed them. Young
men formed by far the larger part of the
audience. 1t was terribly hot evening,
and when the crowd was seated coats
and vests commenced to come off and
soon the hall presented a vast sea of
wilderness. There were women in the
audience, but they were few and far
between
When Mrs. Bryan entered a vacant
box the crowd burst into loud cheering.
Mrs. Bryan clasped her hands before her,
bowed several times and then sat down.
She has become accustomed to applause
and tumult and appeared very calm.
But the eyes Of the 10000 people were
eagerly watching for the approach Of
the young orator, the leader of the revo-
luton, who was that night expected to
make the money power" of the world
tremble. When he came upon the plat
form the crowd gave him demonstra-
ton that lasted two minutes. On the
stage he presents fine appearance, pos
sessing a magnificent figure tall and
strong, and showing courage and en-
thusiasm. He is a strikingly handsome
man.
Chairman Jones introduced Elliott
Danforth as chairman of the evening.
Mr.. Danforth made a brief speech and
presented Gov. Stone, who made the
speech notifying Bryan ofhis nomination.
Gov. Stone spokeuntil the audience grew
impatient and called for Bryan. When
Mr.. Bryan stood in front of the audience
he appeared pale and nervous. The
great audience roared. Bryan raised his
hands for silence, but for eight minutes
the crowd roared and cheered for the
leader of the new democracy and then
exhausted, overcome by the heat, they
sank back in their seats and were silent.
Mr. Bryan in delivering his speech
made no attempt at oratory utfollowed
closely his manuscript. The speech was
two hours long. Within five minutes
after he began to speak the audience
commenced to leave the hall and before
he finished fully 1000 people had gone
out. When he began the temperature
was 81 degrees Fahrenheit, but before he
finished itfell two degrees. Mr.. Bryan
talked IL minutes without stirring the
audience to applause. Then he said that
property rights were safe in the hands of
the common people. Good boy, Willie"
cried voice
The second burst of applause occurred
when Mr.. Bryan talked about trusts.
Again he was applauded when he said
that there was no suggestion in the Chi
cago platform OF an attempt to dispute
the authority of the supreme court The
audience was uproarious when he declared
that he had no apologies to offer for the
ncometax idea, and that the people
had a right to dissent from a decision Of
the supreme court.
Again and again there were bursts of
hand clapping when he insisted that the
supreme court judges were employees OF
the people and were subject to criticism
for their official acts.
1t was not so much that the audience
appauded Mr.. Bryans free silver propo-
sitions as it was that his attacks upon
the money changers and money owners
stirred their prejudices. Another point
which seemed to please the crowd was
his statement that while the gold stan
dard increased the purchasing power Of
a dollar it also made the dollar more
difficult of access to the common people.
There was a tremendous shout when
he said it was not strange that those
who had profted by furnishing gold to
the government in its hour OF extremity
were in favor of policy that would
keep the government dependent upon
them. Still another shout swelled up
when he said, LET those who are now
reaping the benefits of vicious system
of finance remember that their children
and their children's children may have to
pay tribute to the descendants OF those
who suffer today"
The great crowd gradually warmed up
and shook the building with its roar
when he speaker declared that the free
silver system could be put into opera
ton within few months because the
president has the right to summon con-
gress at any time.
At last Mr.. Bryan flung away his
printed sheets, and raising himself to his
full height he threw back his head and
delivered the peroratlon from memory,
with kindled eye and splendid gesture, a
touch of the power that has made him
great among living orators of his time.
Following is the peroration;
Citizens of New York: | have Travelled
from the centre of the continent to the
seaboard that might in the very begin
ming of the campaign, bring you greet
ing from the people of the West and
South, and assure you that their desire
is not to destroy but to build up.
They invite you to accept the princi-
pies of a living faith rather than listen to
those who preach the gospel of despair
and advise endurance of the ills you have.
The advocates of free coinage believe