The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-17
DEMONSTRATION
OF SILVER MEN
Great Turnout Of Democrats In Honor
Of G-GOyernor lcnnOyer's
Visit.
SPEAKING Ar FISHERS HALL

The Crowd Was TOO Large for the
Theatre and Large overflow Meet
Ing on the Second Foor Was Held
--Miller's Speech.
The silver forces held their FIRST real
demonstration of the campaign last
night and II was quite successful Bry-
an clubs fJom different points along the
river were In attendance and fully iS
people carried torches in the big parade.
Two bands We're IN attendance.
while the procession was marching
over the city large crowd congregated
In front Of Fishers opera House and
for half an hour clamorrd for admls-
sion Many ladies had been admitted
20 the hall before the appointed hour
and no one was injured In the awful
rush for seats when the doors were
thrown open The aiElcs were crowded
and about 100 persons were In the thea
ter. Half as many were seated In the
second floor ot the building. and Mayor
Pennoyer addressed them for three quar-
tiers Of an hour. This had tendency
10 bring forth considerable applause,
which interfered with the meeting In
the main hall
NJ. A. Miller. Of Linn county. n dele
gate 90 the Chicago convention. ad-
dressed the principal aAsemblage. lie
said that ne came 10 talk In the cause
Of humanity. for the great Nebraska
statesman. William Jennings Bryan.
and for free silver The issue was be-
tween the plain people and the money
power He was telling about Hofor,
Of Salem. and Barkley. crstwhile RE
publlcans. who are row Htumping the
state for Bryan. when the applause
from above interrupted him. From
the noise. said AIR Miller II have no
doubt that confidence has been rcstor-
cd"
Thrrc years ago, he said, Il was claim
cd that the free silver craze was d0ld.
and It's death put him In mind of the
Irishman's fence. which was four feet
high and ave feet wide. $50 that when
Il bloks down" IA Pat said 1T would
be higher than before" The thousands
Of tramps throughout the country are
not the result or a natural cause: their
condition is due TO Legislation Ia favor
Of the bankers and monopolists across
the sea.
The Chicago convention. he declared,
was the greatest OF Its kind in the his
tory OF the world He compared Bryan
to Jackson. and said he is running on
the same platform upon which Lincoln
WAS elected-one that denounces the !
supreme court, II took a Western man !
TO settle the slavery question and II !
takes a Western man TO settle the |
money question Referring to the age |
of the boy orator OF the Platitude. he |
said he was old enough TO scare the |
goldbugs almost to death whereat the
crowd Get up a great yell,
Then he told long story about what
w hAA III ANANAANt anu llNM We \
knew Our action would array the
money power" against us" He said
the people want the money of the con
stitution. and, "by the Eternal, we viii
have it, He paid his respects 10
Messrs Palmer and Buckner, whom he
called yeIlow-hammers, bird that al
ways comes pecking around after all
the other birds have peoked." He
spoke OF the "well-perfumed" lawyers
out OF Portland" and stated that he
wouldn't toller the gold standard" He
States declaring for the free coinage
" silver and explained how all the
nations of the earth would come around
10 us. John II. Mitchell is eating crow
Ill over the state. he said, and Oregon
will roll up tremendous majority for
Bryan. Linn county is good for 1900
majority Bryan win carry Indiana,
Illinois and Ohio. Then he said some
hing real funny.
I'VE need Moses to lead us out of
he wilderness and we have found him
n the young lion from Nebraska"
II seemed rather strange that that
ion should have swallowed this par
icular Moses, but the speaker probably
thew what he was talking about.
'oon after Mr., Miller concluded his re-
marks and Ex-Governor Pennoyer was
Introduced. He was given hearty S
walton as he came upon the platform. {
lis address was manly EFFORT and {
acked that violence usually attributed (
o him. He spoke slowly and deliber- q
.tely and kept his audience deeply in a
crested. He was frequently interrupt I
d by outbursts of applause. Mayor 1
said: {
Ladies' and Gentlemen: l came to I
our city to address one meeting. not 4
wo. However, the circumstances but I
erve to demonstrate your enthusiasm. {
wish to extend my thanks to a young /
ldy-I, do not know her name-who I
as been so kind as to present me with b
bouquet containing sixteen white v
overs and one red one. greatly ap- L
reciate this token $
"The oregonian has stated that I met t
nth a frost in Eastern Oregon. Now, Il
hat is not the fact. At Baker l adj
ressed more people than Senator
iitchell did, and our procession was t