The record-union., 1896-09-26
The Candidates Given Big Reception at
the Metropolis Of Massachusetts.
Address an Audience of Seventy Five
Thousand People.
The Nominee for Vice-President As
sures the People That He is in the
Fight to Stay-The Candidates Due
at the Home of rlr. SeWall at
Bath, Elaine, This Evening.

at the Home of 1r. Sewall at
Bath, rlaine, This Evening.
BOSTON, Sept. 25.-William J. Bry-
an arrived in Boston at 5:3T this after
noon. He came over the Boston and
Albany Railroad, and was met at the
station by a delegation of six members
OF the Bryan-S SewalI- Club.
About 10000 people assembled to get a
glimpse of the Democratic candidate.
A great deal of care had been exer-
cised by the police to handle the crowd
at the station. When the train pulled
in the crowd surged down upon the po-
lice. Again and again they made a no
bic stand to control the crowd, but each
time they were forced up against the
side of the train that had brought Mr.
Bryan. When Mr. Bryan stepped from
the platform of his car there was a cheer
and a rush by the crowd The police
resorted to force, and finally made way
for Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Williams. The
candidate then walked through the sta
tion, the crowd yelling and cheering.
When he reached his carriage the crowd
cheered again wildly.
Mr.. Bryan entered the carriage and
was driven to the American House,
where after a short reception he took
luncheon with prominent silver men.
Mr.. Bryan was due to begin speaking
On the Common at 6:45, but it was 1:45
before he finally appeared there, and he
found gathered about the temporary
stand that had been erected from 50,-
OcQ to $4,000 people. Officers said that
= l L.
Bryan said it was the largest gathering
ne had addressed. After the cheers had
subsided he said:
Il am glad to greet you as fellow
citizens of a common country. 1 shall
not attempt to make myself heard to
all assembled here. I have spoken to
number of audiences, but never to
one that seemed to reach as far away
into the distance as this one. (Ap-
piause) 1 will speak to those who are
nearest, and those who are in Rhode
Island and Maine can hear me when
visit those States.
II come to Massachusetts to present
the gospel of Democracy as 1 understand
1t, but while come as the regular NOM
inee Of the Democratic party / also
come as the nominee of two other
parties, parties which have joined with
us in making the silver question the
paramount issue Of this campaign. We
lay down this proposition: That the
more money there is in the country the
easier 1t Is for any person who has
| something to sell to get his share of
that money. Our opponents plant them
selves upon the doctrine that the less
money the whole people have the more
money each individual will have. That
is mathematical proposition which
you cannot find in any arithmetic.
The gold standard, by increasing
ldieness, brings poverty to those who
| ought to have enough and to spare,
and when you bring people into pow
| erty, when you take away the means of
making livelihood, you make tramps
out of men who under just conditions
would be self-supporting and contribu-
tors to the national wealth and great
| ness, and, last Of ALL when you drive
men to hunger, despair and desperation,
you make criminals out of men who un-
| Ger just conditions would be law-abid-
| ing citizens
We have commenced a warfare
against the gold standard We invite
you to join with US now. (Cries Of 1--WE
| Wlll-nO Yale men here.'D While our
| opponents are spreading literature by
| the ton, the people are joining in the
crusade for the restoration of bimet-
aIhsm. We have no great campaign
| fund. We are doing the best we can
with the means on hand. We have not
many great daily papers with US, but
In times like these the people go ahead
OF the newspapers when the newspapers
refuse to lead
frfo
| as the representatives of the great Bay
state nave your part in the fight which
we now have on hand, and / am glad
that SO great a movement has so great
a leader as George Fred Williams. At
Chicago, when Massachusetts was called
three responded for silver. (Cheers.)
II we had another convention, If / can
judge from the sentiment shown here,
every delegate would favor the free
coinage Of silver at 16 to L." Great
cheerng)
| Mr.. Sewall then stepped upon a chair
beside Mr.. Bryan, who introduced him
in the following words: "As a man who
did not bow the knee or worship the
! golden calf (cheers), the Democratic
| candidate for Vice-President"
| Mr.. Sewall said he was glad they had
TINS opportunity to see the great leader
| or the Democratic party and it is a
| great satisfaction to him to let them
know that Mr.. Bryan's associate was
still on the ticket. Applause.)
| Continuing, Mr.. Sewan said: 1--WE are
IN this fight to stay. This fight is be-
| tween the people on one side, the pro-
ducers of wealth. the defenders of our
country, against the prosperous classes
as we are told by the other party, the
moneyed powers and their allies in Eu-
| rope. l ask how can the price Of labor
| be maintained and increased without
/ you first maintain and increase the
price Of the products of labor. 1t is too
simple proposition almost to discuss.
tell you the labor of this country is more
interested in this question than any
other party"
| There was no mistaking the sentiment
of the Music Hall meeting which fol-
/ lowed 1t was distinctly in sympathy
with the Democratic candidate. To-
night between 1000 and 5000 men and
women were in the building, which
seats $500. The chief interest in to-
nights meeting was not the candidate
for the Presidency. but in the speech
delivered by his friend and supporter
and former colleague in Congress.
George Fred Williams. candidate for
Governor before the Democratic State