The herald., 1896-07-17

paign, because 1 know the more you
know him the more your confidence in
this ticket win be strengthened. !
| thank you" loud applause.)
Then the crowd gave Mr.. Bryan
hearty cheers and Governor Stone intro
duced Mrs. Bryan to the assemblage as
the future mistress of the White House.
Again the cheers went up and when they
had partially subsidized, there were cries
for stone
The governor, however, said he was
going to ratify with the Democracy and
| would not, therefore. talk at this time
| At the conclusion the speech Mr.. and
| Mrs. Bryan held an informal reception
In the parlor car, where they met sew
eral hundred citizens, many of them Ia
borers, and one party of railroad men
brought Mrs. Bryan a huge bunch of
lilies. AS the train pulled out the crowd
INDUCED in hearty cheers.
A SPEECH AT NIGHT
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 16.-Ten
| thousand people stood packed in the
thoroughfare in front of the Coates
house and worked themselves into a
perfect frenzy of delight and enthusiasm
over William ]. Bryan, the presidential
nominee, today. The cheering began
at least an hour before the presidential
| candidate was advertised to appear and
| it kept up with an occasional lull until
the distinguished free-silver advocate
| appeared on the balcony of the hotel.
| Then the vast throng broke out with re-
| doubled energy and gave him an ovation
that was not unlike that which he re-
ceived after his famous speech at the
Chicago convention.
| Upon their arrival at the hotel, Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan We're given a suite of
rooms. After an hours rest they went
to dinner with Senator Cockrell and sew
eral other distinguished citizens of Mis-
souri,. When dinner was ended they
were presented to a number of promi-
nent Democrats and their wives in the
| ladies' parlor. Meanwhile a military
| band was giving a concert on the bal
cony, from which Mr.. Bryan afterwards
spoke. AS the band played the crowd
| gathered. 1t assembled by twos and
threes and Bryan marching clubs of
from fifty to 500. AS the crowd in
creased the uproar grew in volume until
it wound up with a mighty shout at the
| appearance of Bryan.
The Hon. Henry S. Julian, chairman
| of the Jackson county central commit
| tee, introduced the silver orator, and in
| doing so he said that he took great
pleasure in presenting to the citizens
| of Kansas City and of Jackson county
| the next president of the United States
| Then followed another roar of delight
from the assembled hosts of Democracy
which lasted for several minutes. When
| the cheering ceased, Mr.. Bryan said
| Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: I stated to the committee that 1
would not make political speech, but in
the presence of so many interested peo-
pie, am afraid that will be compelled
to break my promise for few minutes.
We are entering upon a memorable cam
paign. The platforms have been adopted
Two great parties have placed their
candidates in the field, and in little
while, you, as citizens, will be called
upon to discuss the issues involved. The
platform adopted at Chicago is, in my
humble judgment, one of the most splen-
did presentations of public policies ever
adopted by national convention of the
United States. Enthusiastic applause
and cheering) 1t presents those issues
which in the judgment of the delegates
are paramount in this campaign. 1t is
| Democratic platform in every SEN
tence, word and syllable. tremendous
applause.) A Democratic platform that
carries the party back to the days of it's
founder. Thomas Jefferson, and to it's
most courageous defender, Andrew
Jackson. (Great applause) There never
was a time when the real principles of
true Democracy were dearer to the
hearts of the American people than they
are today, and it is because that plat
form appeals to the hearts of the Ameri-
can people that you find them rising in
it's support from the Pacific ocean clear
down to the places where the waves of
the Atlantic beat. 1t is not the platform
of section. 1t is the platform of our COM
mon country and appeals to them who
love mankind to rise in its defense.
Great applause.)
1t breathes the spirit of the declaration
of independence. 1t presents those
fundamental truths upon which all true
government must rest. You will find n
it, as its keynote, that all men are
created equal and that the object of
government is to secure to the individ-
ual his inalenable rights and protect
each man, from the humblest to the
greatest, in the enjoyment of life and
liberty and Happiness. Enthusiastic
applause)
| 1t proclaims the doctrine of civil lib
erty, and with no less emphasis it de-
clares the right of every man to worship
his Creator according to the dictates of
his own conscience. (Cheers and ap-
plause for three minutes.) 1t pledges the
party to the protection of all, without
regard to station in society, and pledges
the party to be no respecter of persons.
and leaving the persons to be the Judge
of the manner and form and the time
in which they shall worship, or if they
please, refuse to worship the God who
gave them being. CHEERS and con-
tinued applause) 1t is Democratic from
the first sentence to the last in that
broader sense in which Democracy ap-
peals to all who believe in a govern
ment " of the people, by the people and
for the people" From time to time new
questions arise, but the principles of
Democracy are true in all times a/d
climes. We simply apply to new con-
ditions and principles which are as