The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
Bryan at Washington Park.

fAohldSGOu aIK
on Tuesday afternoon.
attracted a large crowd of visitors from
Philadelphia and Camden and all s~ections
South and West Jersey, and his re.
ceptlon was quite enthusiastic, participat.
cd In by men, women and children alike
The crowd was ~variously estimated at
from 1000 to IL, 900, though perhaps 5000
would be nearer the correct number, The
novelty of a visit to South Jersey of a
Presidential Candidate, as we'll as a desire
to SEE and hear Mr.. Bryan, who has sud-
denly become famous, took many to
Washington Park who are not in favor
OF free silver, and Mckinley buttons we're
oy no means scarce in the throng.
While the throngs of people were wait
ing for the arrival of Candidate BRYAN
several of the lesser lights of the free
silver contingent appeared on the stand
and bowed in acknowledgment OF the
applause which greeted them.
John L. Wright, the Democratic Pop-
list candidate for Congress in the First
District, was given a reception by the
crowds. and, after repeated calls for
words of encouragement, Mr.. Wright
briefly stated that there was one coming
to command their undivided attention of
more Importance than he, and one who.
unlike Major Mckinley, did not wear a
muzzle, but did his own talking.
AS the hour for Bryan's arrival had
long since passed, the waiting crowds
manifested Impotence and called repeat,
eddy for a speech, which was made by
Lawyer G. t. Atkinson, of Bordentown,
who arraigned the Republican campaign
managers, decried the gold standard and
extolled The virtues and prosperity that
lay hidden in the financial planks en-
which Candidate Bryan stood.
AT a quarter to 8 O'Clock the arrival Of
MI. Bryan was heralded by the band
playing "The ~Conquering Hero Comes"
and a moment latter a barouche contain
ing Mr.. Bryan and Senator Tillman drew
up at the entrance to the stand.
The crowd broke forth in vociforous
applause, and as Mr.. Bryan dotted his hat
ia recognition of the ovation, the people
surged toward him, and it required the
efforts of the police to keep OF en I'll pas
sage way to the stand. His escort consisted
of State Committeeman Harry B. Paul,
ex Congressman Cornish and Prosecutor
Ecbard p. Budd, of Burlington county,
Senator Tillman, ex-Judge Bowman S.
Cox and Robert Gwynne, Jr., of Salem,
and Frank Wright, of Woodstown.
After quiet had been restored Mr..
Bryan was introduced by the presiding
officer, John T. Wright, and Immediately
commenced his address, which we give
below in order that our readers may know
what Mr.. Bryan has to say about the
cause he represents, aud be able to COM
pare it with the principles ennunciated
by the sound money advocates
Mr.. BRYAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and Ladies and Gentle.
men (: l have always been taught to
regard politics as very serious business.
la a country like this the people make
the laws, or, at least, have a right to,
and, if they don't improve the opportur-
ity, they generally enjoy the privilege OF
suffering because they have neglected the
opportunity. Applause In this cam
paign one great issue is presented to the
people. If everything is all right. what
you want it to be, then it ought not to be
changed. A speaker went from Pbils-
delphia to Tennessee and told them the
gold standard was the beat in the world
and that we had it for twenty years. and
when he had got through a gentleman
said "Do l understand you to say that
the gold standard is all right?' "Yes,"
he said. DO l understand you to say
We have had it for twenty years?" "Yes,
more thar twenty years." ''Tben," he
said, "why aren't We all right?"
[Laughter.l If the gold standard is a
good thing, aud we have had it these
many years, why is it so many fail to
appreciate its blessings ?" l will tell you:
| Because its blessings have only reached a
few people, who like it. [Applause.1
This is a campaign of education in
which the newspapers are not doing their
| share of the work.
There is one thing about truth, that it
| commends itself to those who receive if,
| who examine it, who investigate to. There
is one thing about error, that it is dis
carded by people when they get acquaint-
ed with it, and the reason why every day
| finds more advocates of free coinage is ex-
| planned by the fact that free coinage q
| silver is based upon solid rock and is
defended by arguments which appeal to
| the heads of those who think, and the
hearts of those who feel-arguments
which are only useless when directed to
the pocketbook Applause
1 met a prominent man yesterday who
said that until the Chicago Convection
| acted on the subject he had never ihvesti-
| gated the money question and never sup
posed there was anything in it; that the
papers did not seem to think it worth
thinking about. They regarded it as a
| craze and he did not have time as a bust
ness man to pay any attention to crazes.
| But when a great national party adopted
a platform making the money question
- s.,o Ln ba-an 20 think
about it. That was only a few weeks ago
He got to be a crank. He said to me :
''If we don't win this fight it is going on
until we do win, and l don't care how
many years it takes"
The platform adoped at Chicago Oh the
| silver question was first adopted in Neb.
raska by the silver Democrats there.
[Applause. When we did it, we had
boilers then, as they have had since. We
| had men who claimed to be Democrats
who would not agree to u platform
| They called themselves better Democrats
| than we were, and voted the Republican
| ticket to prove it. LGreat laughter. We
believe the Democratic party, which
| owed its success to the toiling masses,
must still stand by them in their fight
| against the few if it desires to continue
it's existence.
WHAT MR.. WHITNEY SAID.
A distinguished man, who used to call
himself a Democrat-[A voice "Hill ri
No, Mr.. Whitney-said as soon as the
people of tho West found out how the
people of the East felt about this subject,
he did not think there would be any
trouble carrying the Convention against
silver, He came back home aud found