The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-27

Mr Bryan went at o'clock to SchloS- sers hall. The hall seats 2500 people, and tonight every chair was occupied, while hundreds were obliged to stand and hundreds more vainly sought ad- mittance. To-day the annual meeting of the Erie county farmers was held near the city. It was expected many of those in attendance at the celebra- tion known as the harvest home picnic would be at Schlosser's to hear the candidate.
 MT. Bryan made stirring speech, suitable to an audience of farmers and others who work with their hands He told a story or two, and spoke in a popular, familiar way that had it's eff feet upon his listeners. The speech elicited much applause.
 From Schlosser's hall Mir. Bryan was whirled off to St. Patrick's auditorium, a spacious hall situated in a district largely populated by workingmen. His voice had shown signs of huskiness at Schlosser's. At St. Patrick's he spoke with an effort.
 The 2,500 men and women assembled in the auditorium were orderly, but on the whole more enthusiastic than those at the former place. The three cheers they gave when the young nominee concluded fairly shook the rafters.
 At the opera house MT Bryan spoke as follows: q esteem it a great priv ilege to meet tonight with the mem bers of the clubs assembled here from all over the state of Pennsylvania. know the inspiration that these meet ings give and of the enthusiasm carried back to those who go forth to prose- cute the work of this campaign. In my judgment we are entering upon a cam paign which will be memorable in the history of the country for many req sons; not only because of the issue in volved that would be enough to make it an epoch in the history of nations but there are other reasons. This cam paign demonstrates as no campaign has done within the last generation, the capacity of the people for self govern ment. (Great applause and cheering). Is there q man in this land who doubts that the American people can rise to the requirements of any emer- gency? If so bid him to cast his eyes upon 70,000,0O0 of people thinking out their own salvation. (Great applause.) Is there man who believes the party machinery can govern the people? l bid him look until he sees the great common people breaking every machine that stands in their way. (Applause) At the close of this speech MT. Bryan was whirled away to the Park Opera house, where the state convention Of Pennsylvania democratic clubs was in session This was the most demonstra- tive meeting of the evening. Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Sibley were in one of the boxes. It was meeting thorough ly in sympathy with the candidate. Some dozen oil paintings of the nominee were suspended from various points about the hall. The orchestra chairs were crowded, but there were vacant seats in the galleries Many ladies were present. When MT. Bryan ap- peared everybody rose and the cheer ing, punctuated with vigorous blasts from the band, handkerchiefs waving and hat throwing, made MT, Bryan know that he was heartily welcome. When the prolonged shouts of welcome iidu GlluGu MI. IoIydH i1lduS HIS lilOSL important speech of the evening.
 'Is there a man who believes that the age of oratory is gone?" he asked. T point him to every precinct in this nation where he will find a modern Demosthenes. Come to my state and I will show you banker and money loaner who will go forth to preach the gospel of bimet- tallism and he never preached anything else in his life. (Great applause and cheering) I will show you briefless barrister who, armed with right, will meet the attorney of the corporations and crush him before any audience. (Great applause,)
 T will show you the business man who never came from behind his coun- ter before, but he, feeling that the well fare of his family, the welfare of pos terity, depends uuon the settlement of the cause, can rise before an audience and make @ speech that cannot be an swered by any man who would fasten the shackles upon seventy million free men. (Great applause.)
 'I will take you to the railroad shops and I will show you men who know more about the money question than the president of the road knows about the subject. Applause and cheers.) I will take you to carpenter who, as he works at the bench, will revolve in his
 mind these questions and come nearer finding out what is an honest dollar than the man who represents syndi- cate and bows to the dictation of Lom- bard street. (Great applause.)
 Come with me to the farm and I will show you the man who follows the blow and who has studied this money question, and who knows if the dollars go up his wheat comes down, and you cannot answer the logic of that argu- ment I know of western towns where the people congregated upon the streets and blocked up the sidewalks talking on the money question, and when they got so numerous they had to push them off the sidewalks and they blocked up the streets one hundred feet wide and then, in order to allow some business to go on, their council hired a hall for those people to meet in and discuss the money question.
 My friends, when he came to dis cuss the money question in the way you cannot drive the tariff question in- to the campaign with a pile-d driver. Continued laughter) It is not more taxes the people want. We have a cause that appeals to the hearts of men. rTha, {c no sentiment in the bo