The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-26
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evenfful days o fhis eastern tour. The
place has capacity Of about 1900 peo-
pie under ordinary circumstances. An
hour before the candidates. party ar
rived, two-thirds of the seats were filed
by ticket-holders and hundreds were
standing. When the building had been
! filled from wall to wall, the doors were
closed and clamortng thousands Went
away disappointed. The crowd cheered
for everything 1t could think Of IN con-
nection with the meeting. pending the
arrival of the speakers. When George
! Fred Williams with his party pushed
through to the front OF the stage the
crowd burst into tumultuous applause.
Immediately behind Mr.. Williams We're
Arthur SewaH and q committee.
Chairman Dennison promptly faced
the audience but more than FIVE min
utes elapsed before the demonstration OF
enthusiasm which began when Mr..
Sewall became visible had subsidized saf-
ficiently for him to be heard. when, II a
speech frequently broken by cheers, he
The storm OF applause and cheering
\
ed fully five minutes.
| At its conclusion Mr.. Williams began
with what proved to be a most sensa-
tionai speech. The Democratic state
convention Will be held here tomorrow
and frequent illusions to parties TO be
prominent in it were made by members
OF the audience. In the course of his
speech, Mr.. Williams said:
Il am surprised at the want of intel
Hgence which is displayed by some
members OF our community who ap-
pear TO be easily hoodwinked am sur
priSed that the Atchison stockholders
OF Boston are listening TO the frantic
appeals Of the various officials who de-
| frauded them of their hard-earned
money. Great applause and cheering. }
| What do the stockholders of Massa-
chusetts say to the fact that only two
years ago one-quarter of the railroads
of this country were in the hands OF the
receivers. Is that TO the interest of the
investors of New England? No; there
is but one class that profits by the bank
ruptcy Of railroads, and that is the class
of railroad wreckers and reorganizers,
of which the king of American finance,
J. Pierpont Morgan (Hisses and ap-
pkause is the head" Great applause
|
tomorrow.
| Mr.. Williams then addressed himself
to tomorrow's convention and said:
Men appointed to carry OUT the par
ty will, who are openly declaring their
opposition to the Democracy and their
purpose to defeat 1T, hold their places
sn the party organization in order 20
defert the cause which Is laid down in
| the national platform adopted at Chica-
go. (Appause) have gone forward in
this leadership. Great applause and
cheering) 1 have not ceased to hate
and defy the traitors who hold our par
ty organization Great applause and
cheering) and they are now at this very
| oment. with gold standard majority,
undertaking to defeat our rights in that
| convention tomorrow" (Howls and
hisses)
He then criticized the method of dis
tributing tickets to the convention and
added:
II wrote to the mayor Of the city of
Boston "a storm of hisses), pleading TO
him for an honest convention and say
ing that we should hold him personally
responsible applause and cries of
'GoodD. for upsetting the will of this
convention He and those who he is
leading-for he Is the leader, tell you,
of that side-iet him hide no longer.
(Appiausea nd hises) He and his men
decided that the ywould keep up their
fraudulent methods upti tomorrow.
Now what I propose is this: That when
this meeting is ended. those who hold
credentials in this house shall remain
here. Great applause and cvrieS OF
I'VE will'D
Here the song of I'VE won't go home
till morning" was started. and for a few
minutes nothing but applause and the
singing could be heard. When Mr..
Williams procured order ne continued:
at ask them to remain here to hold
a meeting. either for the drafting of a
bill of equity to be presented to a judge
tomorrow morning TO secure their rights
OF else, If when you are gathered, you
deem it best to rtmain in this halluntil
II O'Clock tomorrow. Great applause
and cries of 1--WE will do it, / will pay
for the breakfasts, though cannot pro-
vide for them Great applause and
enthusiastic cheering)
Then the band in the gallery started
up the tune. Hold the Fort. for / am
Coming" and the crowd stod on their
chairs and yelled themselves hoa-se.
Just as Mr.. Williams concluded his
speech, Mr.. Bryan made his appearance
ON the stage and when the cheering had
subsidized. Mr.. Williams introduced him
The nominee eulogized George Fred
Williams and then turned his attention
to the gold standard Democrats. whom
he referred TO as the genus goldbug."
He said he had seen them resort TO evry
sort Of deception in order "to elect a Re
publican to prove that they are better
~ A.
fore. he said, he was prepared for all
sorts Of underhanded schemes. for all
sorts of work in the dark He said IL
was necessar yto take every precaution.
as they could not be fought as most men
are fought. He made no direct reference
to the situation tonight in Boston.
Mr.. Bryan then entered INTO a dis
cussion of the silver issue during which
he was frequently cheered and applaud
ed
2 a m.-About $50 delegates are stu
in their seats and prominent delegates
are still addressing them II Is feared
that the lights may be put out "a order
TO force them to leave the hall
2:30 a m.-Thed o-ors OF the Music Hall
have been locked and policemen placed
on guard by the owners OF the building
who will allow 10 one 20 enter. the
lunch ordered for the delegates being
also locked out
TO CURE A COLD IL ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE B-c<no Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money Il az
fails 10 cure 2Sc-
BRYAN AT sPROGFIELD
He Expstis,es Upon the Ezeeii~neie. of
Ipdependeut Journaitsrn-
Springfield. Mass, Sept s.--Greaay
refreshed by . ten hours sleep. william
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