The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08

| CHICAGO, Sept. THE celebration
I Of Labor day by Chicago's workingmen
conferred mainly in the meeting adj
| dressed by William j. Bryan at Sharp
shooters park. a wooded pleasure
ground situated at an inconvenient
distance from the city. The street
railway service was not oof the best
and many people We're unable to reach
the park. Every car that ran to the
grounds was packed from noon until
| after 2 o'clock, and those who came
by that means suffered much discom-
fort. The day was all that could be
desired in point of weather, little too
warm for the close contact of human
beings, but practically perfect for an
| outdoor assembly.
OMEN OF GOOD LUCK.
William J. Bryan returned to Chicago
from Milwaukee this morning to adj
dress the big labor meeting. With ex-
Governor Peck he left Milwaukee at
1:15 o'clock on the fast train over the
Northwestern, and reached Chicago at
$3.50 O'Clock The route was the same
as that on which he made the journey
to Milwaukee Saturday, and there were
no demonstrations on the way.
About a hundred people recognized
and cheered Mr.. Bryan at the North
western station here. The candidate
and Ex-Governor Peck took d carriage
and We're driven to the Auditorium An
mex. The Horse Sh0ers' union were
gathered in front of the annex, and a
large crowd Of spectators augmented
its numbers to SUCH an extent that
Michigan avenue was filled with peo-
pie. Mr.. Bryan was cheered as he en-
tered the hotel but the crowd had not
seen enough of him. Bryan, Bryan"
was the shout and after a few minutes
the candidate appeared on the balcony.
When the crowd was through cheering,
Mr.. Bryan bowed and then quickly re-
tired to Democratic headquarters. The
horse shoers had gathered in front Of
the Auditorium annex with a purpose.
As soon as Mr.. Bryan arrived they sent
a delegation to him with a silver horse
shoe as an evidence Of support and az
an omen Of good luck.
RECRUITS COMING IN
A delegation representing the ma
tional negro Democratic League called
on William J. Bryan at the Auditorium
annex this morning William T. Scott,
president Of the league, headed the
delegation, and addressed Mr.. Bryan,
assuring him of the colored mans sup
port and his sympathy with a. revenue
tariff and free silver. Mr.. Bryan re-
sponded briefly, remarking that it was
a healthy sign to see the negro break
ing away from his old time relations
with the Republicans and acting indie
penden-ly.
Governor Altgeld spent a couple OF
hours at national Democratic headquar-
tiers coL4erring with Senator Jones and
IFr Tlr-Hre. nd Toarnihe-re of the NATIONAL
committee.
A L. Hereford, secretary of the Hi
nois Democratic Editorial association,
wrote to headquarters saying he had
received letters from all the newspaper
editors of the state and without ex-
ception they stated the cause Of silver
was in the best condition and recruits
were coming rapidly from the Republic
can ranks.
AS early as 10 O'Clock, Sharpshooters'
park began to fill up with men and
women, and by Il o'clock every bit OF
the speakers stand was taken up by
the people, who stood in the boiling sur
for two hours to get a. chance to hear
the orator Of the day.
AT THE PARK.
Mr.. Bryan spoke from a permanent
platform with a sheE-shaped canopy,
and long before the meeting began I
this was crowded with prominent mem
hers of labor unions, a number of them
accompanied by their families. The
crowd began to gather about noon,
and those who came early sought po- 1
sitionS close to the front of the stand.
Many men and boys climbed trees
overlooking the platform and were able
to see and hear the better from their
exalted positions. Occasionally the
limb of q tree broke and added to the
f1,,, nd the sion.
Other. men climbed to the roof Of the {
stand, and lying fat on their stomacnS.
peered over the edge on those below
ike so many human squirrels.
The crowd was not as great as mad
been expected by the promoters OF the
event. Just before Mr.. Bryan entered
the park about 5000 people were Gus
tered around the central point Of in
terest, but after the appearance OF the
nominee three or four thousand more
entered the grounds and waited to
catch a glimpse OF
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,
or stood ON the outskirts of the audi
ence endeavoring to hear what he said
The charge of % cents for admission
unjustly served to decrease the at
tendance.
The celebration at the park was the
annual picnic of the Building Trades
council, a representative organization
of men employed in the building trades
The crowd which gathered was es-
sentially one of Workingmen and their
families. They enjoyed the address or
the nominee with unconstrained free
dom and made frequent comments OF
an amusing character that several
times had the effect of making Mr.
Bryan break into a laugh, which
spoiled a rounded period. The crowd