The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-09-30
R0MP ROUND BRYAN
TAArnANY RATIFIEs THE N0MINA-
1JON or THE BOY ORACLE.


Six Thousand Alleged Democrats Pack
the Wigwam-Great tEnthusiasm-Sewall
and George Fred Williams Present.
Auditors Compelled to Stand-Bryan's
Voice Aided by a Sounding Board.
New York, Sept. 29.-It has been
many decade since the Tammany
wigwam has held such compact mass
of humanity as that assembled here to-
night to hear William Jennings Bryan
and others speak. Although o'clock
was the hour set for the proceedings
to begin, three hours earlier the doors
of the hall We're besieged by clamor-
Gus th"ong. 1t kept growing in num-
bers until O'clock when the doors
were thrown open. There were then
enough people assembled in the vicini-
ty of Tammany Hall to fill the wigwam
in the hall, and in very short space of
time this was Jam med. The seats had
been taken from the orchestra floor for
the purpose of economizing space and
the crowd was compelled to stand
throughout the affair. 1t was one solid
mass, enthusiastic from the start
The hall had been sparsely decorated
with flags and banners. Over the plat
form We're portraits of Bryan and Sew
ALL though they in nowise resembled
the candidates. In the gallery was sta
toned brass band and the patriotic
tunes rendered aroused the exuberance
Of the crowd. A liberal supply of small
American flags had been passed around
and these We're kept waving by enthusi-
astic spectators, Tammany was deter
mined that every word uttered by Mr.
Bryan should be heard by those in the
hall, and had erected a sounding board,
In the shape of a canopy, directly over
the speakers position on the PLATFORM
the candidate standing under it while
speaking
1t is estimated that, in spite Of the
ldilly at lCdSl OU.VVV pCASOIlS MtIe pdCh-
ed about the hall and the various
stands. Among those who spoke at the
outdoor meetings were Judge David
Callahan of New Haven, Conn; Con-
gressmen Mcmillan of Tennessee, Will
liams of Mississippi, Cummings and
Sulzer of New York, and Livingstone
of Georgia and John Quincy Adams.
The meeting was called to order by
John w. Keller, the presiding officer Of
the evening, at 7:45 o'clock. At that
hour there were over 5000 persons in
the hall Mr.. Keller delivered short
speech Mandatory of Mr., Bryan and
Tammany Hall and in denunciation Of
Mr. Mckinley. Resolutions We're read
by John B. McGoldrick, endorsing the
platforms adopted at the national con-
vention held in Chicago and the state
convention at Buffalo, and the candi-
dates named on those occasions. The
resolutions were adopted amid rousing
cheers
Immediately after the adoption of the
resolutions Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by
Mr. Sewall Senator Grady, Senator
DAILY of New Jersey and George Fred
williams Of Massachusetts, appeared
on the platform. A great outburst of
applause greeted Mr.. Bryan's appear
ance Hats, handkerchiefs and Ameri-
can flags went up in all parts of the
hall, Cheer after cheer rent the air.
The cheering and applause continued
for eight minutes and at the conclusion
Mr. Bryan was introduced by the
chairman He said:
4I thank the Tammany society for
:.ol, 4 l. efAy. Ia6
of speaking to the people assembled
here. I acknowledge the value of an
organization like this; great, compact,
ready to do effective service in any
cause which the society espouses. 1
am sure the Tammany society is in
dead earnest in It's efforts to give It's
support, not only to the Chicago ticket,
but the Chicago platform, upon which
the ticket stands. (Applause.) The
Tammany society Is compelled by its
constitution to celebrate the Fourth of
July, and upon that day it is directed
by it's organic law to have read in the
presence of those assembled the Dec
laration of independence. (Great ap-
plause.)
.sI am not surprised that an organi-
zation which reads every year the Dec
laration gives enthusiastic support to
platform which declares for CONNER
cial independence. I am glad to defend
our principles in New York city, and
am glad that every day adds to the
number of those, in the city of New
York. who give allegiance to the prin-
ciples in the Chicago platform; and
have such confidence in the justice of
orr cause that / believe that every day
from now on will add to the number of
supporters of free coinage at 16 to l.
(Applause)
81 call your attention to the fact that
ex-President Harrison asserts that our
platform raises a question which puts
our constitutional government in dan
ger. 1 challenge you to find in that
platform single sentence that justi-
fies the ex-president's language. There
is nothing in the Chicago platform that
menaces constitutional government.
There is nothing in the platform that
would make the executive of the Unit
ed States feeble in enforcing all the
laws of the nation, and there is moth
ing in that platform that assails the
integrity or questions the honesty of
the supreme court of the United States
Our criticism of the supreme court
is not one bit stronger than that con-
tanned in the platform upon which ABB