Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-28

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find out what they think. Great cheer
ing)
Now my friends. I only came here
this afternoon to greet YOU and receive
your words Of welcome. and / must 60
now. TO be ready for the evening cam
paign. l simply want TO ask you this
afternoon to put one question 10 every
gold-bug who comes and talks 10 you,
and that question is this You ask him
why It is ii the gold standard s a good
thing. that he talks about Sound money
| instead Of gold when he talks. Great
cheering) Tell him that. so long as he
IS ashamed to use the word gold when
he talks. he need not expect YOU to be-
| .ieve I'm the beauties Of a gold standard.
/ Great cheering)
EVENING SPEECHES.
Mr.. Bryan's first evening speech was
| delivered at Arcade Han. S xty-hfth and
Wentworth streets. at o'clock. Long
before that hour the large han was crowd
| Cd with enthusiastic supporters OF the
| silver cause. and by Z o'clock the number
| unable to obtain admis ion. but who
waited to catch a glimpse Of the candidate
| as he left the hall, was fully as great as
| tho crowd inside.
/ Mr.. Bryan spoke briefly. explaining the
chief issue OF the campaign and closed
| with the assurance that the advocates OF
| free coinage did not desire TO coerce any
one but only wished each voter to study
the question for himself and vote as his
conscience should dictate. Il do not want
| your votes as a personal tribute ne de-
| clared IF / have your hearts, | am
| satisfied that your votes will be cast as
YOU believe is for the best interests OF
| your country, and / am content 10 abide
| the result"
Mr.. Bryan reached Boulevard Hall, at
! Fiftv-ffth and Halstead streets. at f:5O
o'clock and there he spoke 70 700 people
/ who had managed to crowd in Ihere was
not a chair in the room. and the standing
| audience was packed like sardines from
/ the windows at the rear Of the hall 10
| the walls back of the platform. The
streets in the neighborhood were jammed
with people. and il was with great DIM
| Guilty that the police made way Tor MI
! Brvan's carriage. When the candidate
was finally pushed 10 the platform ana
auiet was restored he was allowed to
proceed with his speech without inter
ruption. Money was his topic.
The Polish School Hall, where MT,
| Rrvan delivered his third speech. VIII
hold probably 1000 people, when filed as
IL was tonight, but early in the evening
! the doors were locked TO prevent over
| crowding and another great mass OF
| people gathered in the yard ADJOINING
and they were only appeased by the as
surance that Mr. Bryan would show hlm-
self there before going on his way. IN
side the hall. even the rafters were lined
with clinging men and boys when Mr..
Rrvan appeared the greeting was
of the most en- site kind. a large
majority Of this audience was made up
OF Poles. Here also silver and gold were
the chief burden Of his speech.
Mr.. Bryan spoke against allowing tor-
eien influences 20 predominate. and said
the people Of Poland. many of whose
sons were I'm the audience knew the
effect of foreign domination. Cheers and
cries Of "Good."D In conclusion. Mr..
BRYAN warned his hearers against al
lowing employers to influence their votes.
| saving the employer had no more right
TO dictate to them how they should vote
| than they had TO dictate 10 the employer
how ne should vote. The fact that some
employers are resorting to coercion shows
J that they have lost faith in the justice
| Of their cause, and are afraid to trust
the wisdom Of the people.
FORTY THOUSAND AUDITORS.
Inside and around the mammoth tent
at Twenty-ninth and Halstead streets
about 1900 people were massed when
| Mr. Bryan and his escort arrived at 9l5.
! The nominee was cheered heartily. so
great was the rush of the crowd in his
| direction as he left the tent TO go TO
| Tattersars that several Of the outer
| poles were carried away and for a min
ute there seemed to be danger that the
immense structure might collapse. Quick
work on the part of the police kept the
crowd back until the nominee had gone,
and the danger was averted.
| TWENTY-FIVE thousand people were pack
| ed i'm the pit and gallery Of Tattersalfs s
/ when Mr.. Bryan emerged on the small
platform after brief, but exciting, strug-
/ gle with a crowd outside the building
! This great audience was composed main
lv Of men who had physical endurance
and party spirit I'm sufficient quantities
| TO contend for seat or standing space,
and then to remain swetering I'm the
! half-suffocating atmosphere until Mr.
! Bryan arrived. The great iron arches
which spanned the sea OF human faces
we're fringed with men. who waited for
the nominee in a perilous position.
The enthusiasm upon the arrival Of
! Mr.. Bryan and at frequent intervals du-
ring his speech was intense. but not Of
long duration If Mckinley men were
there they did not announce it by any
counter ter-demonstration.
| Mr.. Bryan was presented with n floral
| horseshoe by the Horseshoers' Associa-
ton Of Milwaukee. and accepted ii with
thanks. Mr.. Bryan talked about half
an hour. his address being along the
! lines Of those delivered earlier in the
| evening.
UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT RIDE.
BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, October ~
There was little sleep last night for the
ardent free silverites along the line Of
the Chicago and Alton railroad between
ft.a.r H..
| was little sleep for William j. Bryan.
whose special car made the trip in the
| hours bordering on midnight. wild
| shrieks went up and died quickly IN the
distance as the train shot through the
| darkness past little stations where crowds
| had gathered I'm the hope that the train
would stop. Carlinville was the only
! place where the Bryanites were gratihed
! Mr. Bryan was awakened there at mid
night and made a little speech from the
| rear platform Of the train to an audience
/ Of about five hundred.
Those who waited until O'clock this
| morning at lincoln for the arrival OF
the train, In the hope Of seeing the cam
| lIDaIc 40 that un-rrml5 hour We're not
so fortunate in their guess. The special
car was side-tracked there. and as it
lay on the siding, gentlemen with voices
that ranged from the keenest tenor to the
! deepest bass amused themselves by hang
| ing on the windows and calling on the
| candidate 10 trot himself out and show
| himself but Mr. Bryan did not respond
| He slept until o'clock. and shortly
after that hour addressed about three
thousand about Park Station at Lincoln.
! This is what he said:
zone week from to-day the American
people are to decide upon the financial
policy OF this nation for at least four
years, and possibly for a longer time.
! When our opponents have failed in every
| fbfpe, aIce they counrnppoa ~ ma kp glOornv