The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-26
HowLs Kisses AND CHEERS.
George Fred Williams Makes a SEN
sation at the Bryan Meeting.

Boston, Sept 26.-In the old. old fash
toned Music hall william J. Bryan last
night closed one of the most eventfuI
! days of his eastern tour The place
has capacity of about & 900 people IN
! der ordinary circumstances An hour
/ before the Candidates party arrived
/ hundreds were standing. The building
I filled from wall to wall, after which the
/ doors were closed and then many hun
| dreds went away disappointed.
When George Fred Williams with his
/ party pushed through to the front of
the stage the crowd burst into tumuIt-
uous applause. With him were Arthur
Sewau and several other prominent
The demonstration of enthusiasm be-
gan as soon as Mr.. SeWall became WISH
bic. Fred Williams was then intro
duced- This was a signal for cheers
and applause lasting fully five minutes
Mr.. Williams began what proved to be
a most sensational speech. The Dem
ocratic convention will be held here to-
day and frequent illusions to it were
made by members of the audience. In
the course of his speech Mr.. Williams
said:
I am surprised at the want of intel
hgence which is displayed by some
members of our community who appear
to be so easily hoodwinked. I am sur
pIfsed that the AtchisOn stockholders
of Boston are listening to the frantic
frauded them of their hard earned
money. Great applause and cheers.)
What do the stockholders of Massa-
chusetts say to the fact that only Two
years ago one-quarter of The railroads
Of this country were in the hands of
the receivers. Is that to the interest
of the investors of New England? No;
there is but one class that profits by the
bankruptcy of railroads, and that is the
class of railroad wreckers and reorgan-
tzeTs Of which the king of American
finance, J. PIerpOnt Morgan (EIisses and
applause), is the head" Great ap-
pIause and a voice: We will kill his
friends tomorrow
Mr.. Williams then addressed himself
to the coming convention and said:
Men appointed to carry out the
party will, who are openly declaring
their opposition TO the Democracy and
their purpose to defeat it, hold their
places in the party organization in or
der to defeat the cause which is laid
down in the national platform adopted
at Chicago (Applause.) I have gone
forward in this leadership. (GTeat ap-
plause and cheering.) have not ceased
to hate and defy the traitors who hold
our party organization (Cheering), and
they are at this moment with a gold
standard majority undertaking to de-
feat our rights in that convention to-
morrow" Clovis and hisses.)
He then criticised the method of dis
tributing tickets to the convention and
added: 4 wrote to the mayor of BOs-
ton Ia SLOEIn OF ulSSESJ pAGaQAflB 10 MIN
for an honest convention, and saying
that We should hold him personally re
spOnsible. applause and cries Of;
"GOOd') for upsetting the will of this
convention. He and those he is lead
ing, if he is the leader of that side let
him hide no longer, applause and hiss
esq, he and his men decided that they
would keep up their fraudulent meth
DDS until tomorrow. Now what I pro-
pose is this: That when this meeting
is ended, those Of the delegates who are
in this hall remain in here. applause
and cries Of; We WILD
When Mr.. Williams procured order
he continued: Il ask them to remain
here to hold a meeting either for the
drafting of bill of equity to be pre-
scented to judge tomorrow morning
to secure their rights, or else, If when
you are gathered you deem it best to
remain in this hall until II o'clock to-
morrow. Great applause and cries of:
We will do IT'D I will pay for the
breakfasts though cannot provide for
them Great applause and enthusiasts
tic cheerng) Then a scene of confu-
started up the tune Hold the Fort for
1 am Coming and the crowd stood on
the chairs and yelled themselves
hOarse.
Just as Mr.. Williams concluded, Mr..
Bryan made his appearance on the
stage. Mr.. Williams introduced him.
The nominee eulogized Fred Williams
and then turned his attention to the
gold standard Democrats whom he re-
ferred to as the genuine gold bug He
said he had seen them resort to every
sort Of deception IN order Ito elect a
Republican to prove that they are bet
ter Democrats than anybody else
Therefore he said, he was prepared for
all sorts of underhand schemes, for all
sorts Of work in the dark. He said it
was necessary to take every precaution
that they could not be fought as most
men are fought. He made no direct
reference to the situation last night in
Boston.
Mr. Bryan then entered into a dis
cussion Of the silver issue during which
ne was frequently cheered and applaud
ed