The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
IN PENN'S CITY.
Bryan Addresses a Large Crowd
In Philadelphia.
Crush Was Awful and Many
Were Hurt
FOR LAW AND ORDER.
Bryan Says He Is For Enforce
ment Of Law.
Which Furnishes Both Great
and Small Offenders.
.R LAW AND ORDER,

philadelphia. Sept. 23.-0Ir. Bryan
was greeted in PhiIadelphiala last night by
a crowd which according to the author
aties, exceeded any outpouring OF the
people on a similar occasion in the his
tory of the city He spoke at the
Academy of Music which has a seating
CAPACITY Of about 5000. Every availa-
BILE inch in the house was occupied two
hours before Mr. Bryan arrived, and
experts estimated the audience at full
" 10000 Gathered in the street out
side of the academy were fully $4,000
people who stood patiently until 1880,
hoping to see or hear the candidate
The crush was something awful. Many
OF those who succeeded in getting in
side tho academy had their clothing
almost torn from them. Many cases
OF more or less injury were reported
one man with q broken arm being tax
en- to the hospital
Hundreds of police were pOwerless
10 keep the crowds in check Mr.. Bry-
an made his headquarters at the La
fayette hotel. on Broad street. In front
Il crowd gathered numbering S,OOOs de-
sirous of getting at least a glimpse Of
the distinguished visitor. Since II was
not possible for Mr.. Bryan to make his
way down Broad street to the academy
in his carriage. he was conducted
through the basement and kitchen Of
the hotel and out the rear to q side
street down which he walked to the
academy He managed 10 make his
way to the stage entrance and got in
side after an experience with the
crowd that he viii long remember.
When he appeared on the stage his re-
cePtion WAS tremendous. The cheer
ing lasted several minutes. He said in
part;
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
men, Fellow Citizens: The gold stan
HHHn rn=M- -
sylvania. I have nothing to conceal.
I viii tell you why I came. I came
first TO secure, if possible, the electoral
vote Of the state If you deny that, if
You will not give me that vote, if we
are defeated in this campaign, then I
came upon another mission and that is
10 tell the people of Pennsylvania that
the agitation for free coinage viii new
er cease in this country until the gold
standard is driven back to England.
They say the craze is dying out. I
care not what they call the silver cause.
GU may apply 10 II Such ep1thetS as
you will, but I know the silver cause
viii not die, because truth never dies.
(Applause.) You ask why know that
this is true. I can give you many
good reasons, but one reason is suffi-
Gent. that every enemy to good gov
srnment is against free silver. You can
know cause as you can know an
individual, by the company that it
Keeps. Our cause appeals to the mass
es, because the masses are interested
in equal laws. Our cause is opposed by
those who want to use our government
for profit because we are opposed to
government for profit, because we are
opposed to government instituted for
any such purposes (Applause.)
Your city is called the City of Broth
erly Love come to proclaim to you
the gospel that is described by the
name OF your own city and yet you will
give 100000 against that doctrine (cries
OF no, no, neNer.D ] come to proclaim
financial independence in a city which
saw the Declaration of Independence
signed here more than 100 years ago.
(Great applause.) You say this city.
In which the fOrefatherS gathered
when they were willing to denOunce
foreign powers, you say this city is
afraid to have financial independence.
I shall not declare that the descend
ants of our fOrefatheTs of 100 years
ago have sunk so low unless you write
it so on the ballots in November.
Great applause-) The issue which is
raised now was raised before. There
were people then who said we could
not obtain independence unless some
foreign nations would help US. There
are those who say it today, and those
who say 1t today stand in the same po-
Rftion as those who said it then The
people who 100 years ago declared in
favor of foreign supremacy were the
people who had business dealings and
acted as the agents of the people who
employed them over there. You have
no banks in this city today which are
not controlled by the influence Of Lon
don, and have no more respect for
the American who gets his patriotism
from Lombard than I have for the
Tory who took his patriotism 100 years
ago from England. Great applause.)
'tOne of the papers said that I lacked
dignity. applause, you are all right
have been looking into the matter
and would rather have It said that I
lacked dignity than to have it said that
lacked backbone to meet the enc
1nies of this government who conspfre
against this nations welfare in Wall
street. What president did they
charge with lack of dignity. CCrfes of
'Lincoln-) Yes of Lincoln and Jack
son, too.) Then Jefferson lacked dig
nifty also. Now, my friends, I tell you
how dignified I think man ought to
be OF course you know everybody
has his own idea of those things
believe a man ought to be dignified
not be lacking In dignity. You know I
said I was not going to promise to give
anybody an Office and therefore a great
many people who might come to see a
candidate under some circumstances
would not come to see me at all. Great
applause.) And then all our people
don't have money to throw at the birds
applause and laughter.) Why, our
people want more money and If they
could come all the way to Nebraska to
see me 1t would show that they had
enough I don't like to be Lacking in
any Of the essentials. but do you know
cannot see that there's any lack of
IlEEA4ty SHOWN II 4 go DeIOre the people
and talk to them and tell them what
stand for and what I am opposed to
They say I am begging for votes. Not
at all never asked a man to vote for
me In fact I have told some people to
vote against me. that is more than the
candidates generally do. CApplause)
I have said thse if there was anv
BODY who believed in the maintenance
Of the gold standard until foreign ma
lions come to US and gratuitously per
init US to abandon it; I said If anybody
believed that the gold standard was
absolutely essential to the welfare OF
this country, ne ought not to vote for
me at all. do not want any man to
vote for me and then object to my do