Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-23
CANDIDATE BRYAN SPEAKS IN THE
CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE.
DENIES A LACK Of DIGNITY.
SAYS LINCOLN AND JEFFERSON
WE'RE CALLED UNIDENTIFIED.
Gold Democrats Accused of Dishon-
csty and Deception-Mr. Bryan
Maintains That Democracy
Has Always Been for
Free Silver.

Philadelphia, Sept. 22.-Mr. Bryan was
greeted in Philadelphia tonight by a crowd
which, according to the police and other
authorities, exceeded any outpouring Of
the people on 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 available inch in the
house was occupied two hours before Mr..
Bryan arrived, and experts estimated the
audience at fully 5000. Gathered in the
street outside of the academy were fully
S55, 600 people. who stood patiently until 1880
p. M, hoping to see or hear the candidate.
The crush was something awful. Many
of those who succeeded in getting inside
the academy had their clothing almost
torn from them. Many cases of more or
less severe injury We're reported, one man
witt: broken arm being taken to the
hospital. Hundreds of policemen were
powerless to keep the crowd in check.
Mr.. Bryan made his headquarters at the
Lafayette hotel, two blocks above the aca-
denny, on Broad street. In front of here
over 5000 people gathered, desirous of get
ting at least glimpse of the distinguished
visitor Since it 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 kitct-
en- of the hotel and out the rear way to
side street. whence he walked to the aca-
deny. He managed to make his way to the
stage entrance and got lnside after an ex-
perience with the crowd that he will long
remember.
When he appeared on the stage his recep-
ton was tremendous, the cheering lasting
several minutes. He said in part:
MIR. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Fellow CitiZens:-The gold standard papers
ask why l came to Pennsylvania. I nave
nothing to conceal. I will tell you why I
came come first to secure. if possible,
the electoral vote of tine state If you deny
that, if you will not give me that vote. II
we are defeated i;r this campaign, then I
come upon another mission. and that is to
seli s.i,.,ie me people OF PENNSYLVANIA that the
aSltatlon for free coinage will never cease
IN this country unti the gold standard IS
driven back to England.
Ihey say the craze is dying out. care
not Wha1 they call the silver cause You
may apply to it such epithets as you will,
put know the silver cause will not die
because truth never dies. (Applause) You
true l can give you many good reasons.
| put one reason is sufficient, and that is
Inat every enemy to good government is
against free silver. You can know a good
cause as you can know an indiydual-by
| the company that it keeps. Our cause
appeais to the masses of the people be-
Jaws. our cause is opposed by those who
want to use our government for profit, be-
cause we are opposed to government in
stitmted for any such purposes. (Appiause.)
Your city is called the City of Brotherly
Love. l come to proclaim to you the Cos
pei that is described by the name of your
1NS TGt no city , iai and yet you say you will give
(Cries of mo, no! Never'0 I come to
| proclaim financial independence in a CITY
which saw the Declaration of Independ-
(Great applause) You say this CITY. in
which the forefathers gathered when they
Were willing to defy the foreign powers
this city Is afraid to have financial inde-
pendence. 1 shall not declare that the de-
scendants of our forefathers of 100 years
ago nave sunk SO low unless you write it
applause.)
The issue which is raised now was
raised before. There We're people then who
said We could not obtain independence un-
less some foreign nations would help us.
Ihere are those who say it to-day, and
position as these who said it then. The
people who 100 years ago declared in ia
Vor Oh foreign supremacy We're 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 in
spect for the American who takes his pa
triotism from Lombard street than ! have
for the Tory who took his patriotism 100
years ago from England. Great applause.)
one of the papers SAID i lacked dig
nifty "a voice, you're all right"). (An-
other voice, How about singerly?' Kisses
and groanso My friends, I have been look
ing into the matter, and do you know that
would rather have it said that lacked
dignity than to have it said that lacked
backbone to meet the enemies of this gov
welfare in Wall street. What other pres
ident did they ever charge with lack of
dignity? tcrles of "Lincoln." and great
of Lincoln, and of Jackson. too. Applause
and cheers for Jackson.) Then Jefferson
lacked dignity also. "a voice. How about
Singerly?" Grcans and hisses.)
Now. my friends, tell you how disni-
fled think a man ought to be. OF course,
You know everybody has his own ideas
OF those things. I believe man ought to
not lacking in dignity. Now, it might be
more dignitied If I would stay at home and
have people come to see me. NonE ap-
plause and cheers) But you know that I
said ] was not going to promise to give
anybody an office, and therefore a great
many people who might come to see
candidate under some circumstances would
not come to see me at ALL Great ap-
plause)
And then. all our people don't have
and laughter.) Why, our people want more
| money. and If they could come all the way
to Nebraska to see me. it would show that
tlitS Hdu IliuHt! eHuueH NOW. tapplauSe.D
Now, my friends. don't like to be lacking
in any of the essentials, but do you know
can't see that there's any lack of dignity
shown if ] go before the people and talk
to them and tell them what 1 stand for
and what l am opposed to.
They say / am begging for votes. Not
at ALL j never asked a man to vote for
me. In fact, have told some people to
vote against me: that is more than the
candidates generally do. (Applause) I
have said that If there was anybody who
believed in the maintenance of the gold
standard until foreign nations come to us
and graciously permitted us to abandon 1t,
/ said if anybody should believe that the
gold standard was absolutely essential to
the welfare of this country, he ought not
TO vote for me at all. ] do not want any
man to vote for me and then object to
my doing what I expect to do If you elect
me. And if l can prevent the maintenance