The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-20
In Old Faneuil Hall.

ton period the people suffered.
in Old Faneuil Hall.
Never since the days of Samuel
Adams, the sturdy patriot of the revO-
luton, has old Faneuil hall, in Boston,
witnessed such patriotic gathering as
the one which assembled in 'the cradle
of American liberty" last Tuesday even
| ing.
The occasion of this spontaneous out
pouring of the people of Boston was the
return of George Fred Williams from
the recent democratic national conven-
ton in Chicago. Aside from greeting
the brilliant young delegate who had fig
ured with such heroic prominence in the
! Chicago convention, the object of the
meeting was to indOrse the democratic
nominee and to agree upon some def
mite plan Of campaign
From every part of Boston the surg
ing democrats gathered into the old
historic landmarks. When the building
became so fun that no one else could be
safely admitted, it was announced that
an overflow meeting would be held on
the outside.
Such enthusiasm as the meeting de-
veloped was altogether without paral-
| lei The oldest man present could not
recall the time when greater feeling was
manifested, not even during the fierce
and bitter campaign of slavery.
The first speaker of the evening was
II. J. Jaqueth. an cx-president of one
OF the leading banks Of the city. In
speaking of the eloquent words of Mr..
Bryan in which he described the suffer
ing entailed by the gold standard, Mr..
Jaqueth observed:
We or the east as n mass. DO not under
stand the meaning OF these words as wen
as do our brethren Of the west and south.
We have not had any free discussion, our
leading papers have refused TO print any
but the gold side our banks have frowned
/ upon loans 20 silver men, upon loans to
1 business men Of a silver state, upon coll
1 lateral based upon property IN those states.
/ The speaker further declared that
| campaign of education was needed in
New England and that just as soon rs
the issues involved in the campaign were
| fairly discussed. the people would open
their eyes to the justice OF bimetallism.
! Chairman n. W. Coakley, before in
/ Producing the next speaker, aroused the
enthusiasm Of the meeting to its highest
/ pitch by referring to old Faneuil hall.
/ Said he:
/ Here. where our infant republic first
| snatched at the bonds OF British tyranny,
we celebrate tonight the dawn Of new
( deliverance from oppression-the declara-
ton of q new and a nobler Independence.
I Noblcr. because TO master SELF Is greater
achievement than the conquest Of an alien
Anne rfe fbvavy- Of woke
of a foreign sovereignty. In 1895 the repub-
lie shall emancpate itself from the indus
trial and financial yokes which 1t biindly
assumed in 1873.
But the greatest ovation was reserved
! for George Fred Williams. That brainy
young orator struck the keynote Of his
speech when he said, amid a perfect din
of applause:
To change ones mind Is the hardest thing
that is given man to do, and I ask all hon
est minded men, when 1 have changed my
mind. must ! be silent and go about acting
a living lie before my fellOwmen. (Cries OF
mo! NorO Ny conscience IS my own from
now until the day Of doom, and when II
gives me its approval not all the abuse
ana SANDER of my enemies can turn me to
the left. nor can your approving voices
swerve me to the right. (Applause)
Next came j. II. O'Sulliyan a free coin
age candidate for congress, who made n
rousing speech. In referring to the Chi
cagO platform, he said:
We are going. at the next state conven-
ton. 10 demand that it indorse the Chicago
platform. (Applause) We are going
there to renominate George Fred Williams
(applause) with so loud and clear a voice
that it win travel down to the plantations
of Louisiana and out TO the wheat fields of
Nebraska.
One of the last speakers was Philip J.
Dorety. After referring to the stainless
record of the democratic nominee, he
closed with this passage:
If there IS to be a campaign Of ridicule.
! abuse. and invective let our opponents have
/ a monopoly of it. Rejoicing as we do in
| this movement, which we believe VIII tend
| to the advancement and elevation Of the
! best interests and highest hopes of the
! people Of the country. let us approach the
| campaign with malice toward none. but
| charity for all"
Boston is fully enthused over the dem
ocratic ticket. a brilliant campaign has
! been inaugurated and the outlook for
democratic success in the Bay State is
| by no means unpromising.