Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-26
BRYAN AT BOSTON.
Largest Crowd Of the Circuit
Turns Out to Greet Him.
A Big, Good Natured, Police Resist
ing Crowd Of $4,000.
Bryan Joins Hands With Arthur Sewall and
Addresses the Crowd.

| Boston, Sept. 25.-Mr. Bryan arrived
in Boston at 5.57 =. NJ. He was met at
| the station by a delegation of six
| members of the Bryan Sewall- Williams
( Club. Some 20G0 persons were in the
station. Hon. George Fred Williams
came with the candidate. having met
| him at Springfield AS the train
stopped, the crowd made a rush for the
cars and easily overcame the efforts of
a large force of police which en-
| deaNored to keep back the people When
Mr.. Bryan appeared on the platform of
the car there was a cheer and a rush
| by the crowd. 1t was only by using
| force that the police We're able to make
| way for the nominee and Mr.. Williams.
| The crowd cheered vociferously as Mr..
| Bryan walked through the station to
a carriage.
He was taken to the American house
| where he took luncheon with 60 silver
men, after a short reception at which
| were present a few members of the BIZ
metallic Union and Hon. Arthur Sewall
At the close of the repast, Col. Nicker-
| son introduced Hon, e. Moody Boynton
| who welcomed Mr.. Bryan to Boston.
Mr. Bryan briefly responded and then
| appeared for q moment before tho
| crowd in the main dining hall of the
| hotel There were cheers and demand
| for 4 speech which the candidate re-
| sponded with few remarks.
| At 745 he reached the common where
he found between $4,000 and 5000 per-
| sons. Mr.. Bryan said that it was the
| largest gathering he had addressed. II
was a bowling pushing. good natured
police resisting crowd. Mr. Bryan was
introduced by James II. Mcllen Of Wor-
| cester.
After the cheers had subsidized. Mr.
| Bryan spoke. After Mr.. Bryan had
finished. Mr.. Sewall stepped upon a
chair beside Mr.. Bryan, who intro
duccd him in the following words:
| Fellow citizens; ! Introduce to you
a man, who away up in Maine. was
willing to stand for free coinage when
his neighbors We're against it. | intro
duce TO a man who was in favor of an
! income tax although he had to pay it.
| Cheers. | introduce to you a man
who did not bow the knee or worship
| the golden calf. tCheers). | introduce
| Arthur Sewall. the Democratic candi-
date for Vice President"
Mr.. Sewall was received with loud
| applause and spoke as follows:
| Fellow Citizens of New England: 1t is
| with great satisfaction to me that you
have had this opportunity TO see the
| great leader of the Democratic party.
| your candidate for President. / may say
| 1t Is Il great satisfaction to me to let you
| know that his associate is still on the
| ticket. CApplause). Some have asked
| whether | was on the ticket. l am glad
| of the opportunity to show you that your
nominee for Vice President during this
| campaign is still on and that he will not
decline until after election, the Sd of No
| to stay. Cries of "Good.')
This fight is between the people on one
| side. the producers of wealth, the defend
| ers of our country. against the prosper
| Gus classes. as we are told by the other
| party, the moneyed powers and their al
| lies in Europe. / need not tell YOU when
! such parties are arrayed against each
| other who will win.
There is only one question between
| the parties. There are only two
parties, today one for the people. one
| for the producer. one for labor. of this
| country, the other for the gold stand
ardd which is behind the entrench-
ments where you will find all the
trusts, all the monopolies, all the enc
mics of the people. (Cheers). There
YOU will find the representatives of our
foreign as well as our domestic enc
mics. (Cheers).
We are told by our opponents that
we have been prosperous and they
prove it by referring us to the fact
that the wealth of this country has
increased in the last two or three dec
AIDES. 1 admit it, The country has
been prosperous to those behind that
intrenchment and against which we |
fiUbtinp | admit that
ton and riches and wealth have in
creased in this country. the last two
or three decades or more, but where !
has it gone? Have you got it? (Cries
of Mo-.
mo. it has gone behind that en-
trenchment | spoke of. where you find
there the monopolies and the greatest
monopoly of all the gold standard,
witch is and will continue to reduce
prices as long as it stands. (Applause).
II 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 a proposition almost to discuss.
tell you that the labor of this country
is more interested in this question than
any other party.
Il did not come here to make a
speech, but to show myself and to show
you, for you have had reason from the
press to doubt whether you had can
didate for Vice President l am here
with my associate to show you that
you have got one and he is still living
and will continue to live until election
day" (Applause).
There was no miStakng the Senti-
ment of the Music hall meeting. 1t was
distinctly in sympathy with the Demo-
cratic candidate. There were between
1900 and 5000 men and women present
when the doors were closed, at 8. and
Hamilton place was packed with peo-
pie vainly clamorng for admission.
The. chief interest centered on the
sensational speech delivered by Hon.
George Fred Williams, Gubernatorial
candidate before the Democratic con-
vention. which will meet in Music hall
tomorrow. When Mr.. Williams APP
pearcd on the stage great cheer arose
and the shouts We're renewed time and
again. /,
The cheering broke out afresh when