Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-03
AT TOLEDO.
Audience Numbered by the Acre Rather
 Than by the Head.

Audience Numbered by the Acre Rather
 Than by the Head.
 Toledo, Sept. 2.-Another vast audience, unprecedented in political campaigns, heard William J. Bryan deliver a speech in the High School square in Toledo to- night. The concourse at Columbus last night was the largest MT. Bryan ever ad- dressed. Tonight's throng was Coum- bus over again. Thousands upon thou sands of people were gathered in the square, and, as the democratic candidate said in his speech, they "were measured by the acre rather than numbered by the head"
 The people in the vast assemblage were at all times enthusiastic, and occasionally wildly so. Once there was suggestion of panic through the frantic efforts of those in front of the temporary stand from which the candidate delivered his address. Estimates of the size of the au- dience range from 30,000 to 10000. After the open meeting MT. Bryan addressed more than 4000 persons, who were packed like sardines in Memorial hall.
 MT. and Mrs. Bryan reached Toledo at 5:30, and were greeted by enormous crowds. The candidate was escorted to the High School square tonight by several brass bands and torch light procession. Hon. Elmer White called the meeting to order
 It was nearly o'clock before MT. Bry- an began his address.
 Ladies and gentlemen" said MT. Bry- an, "as l look over this vast audience, which is measured by the acre, rather than numbered by the head, I am led to regret that the silver craze Is dying out. If this is what the people do when the sil- yer sentiment is on the wane, what are they going to do when the sentiment be- gins to increase? We are entering upon a great national campaign. The nomi- nations have been made the issues have been laid down and the voters are choos- ing their sides on this question. Tn former campaigns we have been able to measure the vote of each party with some degree of accuracy. In ordinary times the platform adopted by the party repre- sented the sentiment of the party, gen. erally speaking, and the number of changes from one side to the other were few. But we are in the midst of a
 Great Upheaval of Politics.
 Men who used to wait to have the party managers tell them what ought to be done are now telling the party managers what they ought to do. Great applause.) To my mind the present cam paign proves anew the capacity of the American people for self-government. have believed at all times that power could be safely entrusted into the hands of the American people. I am not will ing to believe that the experiment which is being made in democratic government upon Americon soil is an experiment that is going to fail. I am not willing to be- lieve it, and this campaign Is another evidence that the people are able to gov ern themselves. (Great applause) There is only one thing that is necessary in order to make the citizen properly ex- ercise the duties of citizenship, and that is to make him realize what those re- sponsibilities are; what his duty is. "I want tonight in very few minutes to impress upon you the importance of the part which you are to play in the conduct in the government of the United States. Do you believe in the restora- ton of bimetall.sm? If you do then you are opposed to gold standard. Between a gold standard and bimetallism, wheth- CT that bimetallism be independent or in ternational, there is -aS.E-~
 An Impossible Gulf
 "Those who believe in a gold standard cannot politically affiliate with those who believe in bimetallism, and those who be- lieve in bimetallism cannot for one hour remain in political association with those who would fasten gold standard upon the human race. The United States is the greatest nation in my Judgment in all the sisterhood of nations. We are an example to the oppressed everywhere and ought to be the chief among the first in every movement that has for it's ob- feet the betterment of the conditions which surround mankind. Upon the ac- tion of the United States may depend the action of other nations upon the money question. If the influences which are at work here for the destruction of silver as standard money succeed in this election and the influence of this na- tion is cast deliberately on the side of gold as the only primary money, you must remember that these same infiu- ences will be turned against the weaker nations and nation after nation will be driven from the use of silver as a stand ard money to the use of gold alone, and every nation that joins in the demand for gold may help to increase the purchasing power of an ounce of gold, and every time the purchasing power of an ounce of gold shall rise the prices of the prod ucts of human labor will fall, because a dear dollar is simply another definition of cheap property"
 Confidence Returning at Constantinople. Constantirople, Sept. 2.-All of the banks in Constantinople and GRlatia. ex- cept the Credit Lyonnais. reopened their doors for business yesterday. Prscti- oss1Jxy v,o h.pafu VI f1a m q a cta6 but if