The Irish standard., 1896-10-17
YALE PLACE.


and the courtesy you have shown me since I
came. Cloud and prolonged sapplauseD a s
.5 YALE PLACE. s.sss; ..@
An Immense Audience Listens to q
Midnight speech. III /:
s..T am only going to talk a moment,
/ and then will take the carriage again: i
am simply here Is close the evenings
work and bid good night. So spoke
William j. Bryan, at II o'clock last night,
to the il, 900 or 20, 900 people VINO crowded
Yale Place to overt1owing. For threeSlon
hours thousands of people had stoodsthsEe
waiting patiently enough, for this: They
knew he would be wearied by the Iercu-
lean labors Of the evening and that the
hour would be late; but they wanted to
see the modern tribune of theEpeople and
to hear, though ever so briefly, the rich,
I resonant tones Of that voice which has
\ made to vibrate q sympathetc chord
! In the hearts of so many: many millions
Of America s children II
i Patiently the: crowd had waited there
throughout the evening, growing more
and more dense every minute until the
place was packed SO closely from Ihir-
4 teenth street to- Spruce place that there
/ was scarce 'roometO turn around 1t was
! a. good-natured, orderly crowd, and mind
ed not q whit the chilly night air Sand the
choking fumes from the red fire by which
I the place was Lighted. All classes Of PEG
pie were there With q goodly sprlnkling OF
ladies. Some I'm earnest tones gave g. req
son for the hope that was In them 70 their
netghbors, while the majority listened at
l lively to the lieutenants, who held the
I fort until their chief should come. -
l f. 1off oyvno 31or sStennon
B. Howard, of the Penny Press, presided.
| were gathered Judge ]. w. Tomlinson. OF
Alabama; ;; exc Congressman y r.. VIII
| Jams, Of Illinois, Judge Rea, "a. -. smith,
| Col. Hill and other. local representative ives
| of the new democracy. The National
Drum Corps was there, too, and their stir
ring music did much to- dispel the tedlunl
Of the long wait. .5ss:,. =
/ introduced by Senator Howard, and ne
| was followed by. ex-Congressman VII,
Jams. AID Smith and Judge, Rea, and
| their eloquence found ready response
| from the vast, audience. Finally Tom It:
Russell. OF the Penny Press stat, who ma
/ just arrived from the Exposition building,
was called on. to tell about the messing
there; Toms whole soul was sstil! ana me
With the IRE Of enthusiasm kindled by the
! elouuence OF the great orator Of all time,
ana: he. burst forth fntoSa glowing descfip-
| ton" thes force and vividness OF which
surprised even himself. .5
| He rehearsed as best he could MT. Bry-
ans dissection Of the Washburn letter.
| While he was still speaking cheering was
heard in the distance, steadily growing
nearer and louder until amidst cries 1oI
|. .iRryan. BRYAN" and a scene OF %1nde-
scribable enthusiasm the carriag ri bear
ina, the candidate forced Its way through
| the vast sea of humanity heaving and roll
Ing, while the waving Tags and hats, ana
lhandkerchiefs well represented sthe, foam
on the crest of the pillows andsthe, cheer
Ing prolonged and loud would have dead
eried the roar Of Niagarasss cataract Il. "a .
M. Bryan mo tinted "a table. otfstfe plat
form and the piatidtts received g. g, ne new
!: At last the crowd was still and amidst
an expectant hush; which made q, whis-
per audible Mr.. Bryan began to speak: He
was evidently very tired but his voice
though hoarse from much speaking was
distinctly; audible to the 'furthest confines
Of the crowd He spoke but ten minutes
but he said great deal. In ten minutes
he told why and how he became an advo-
cate Of the free coinage OF silver he out
lined and Justified the position of the sill
yer cause and with a giant hand stripped
the mask from its enemies till suddenly
Illuminated BY the search light Of truth
his hearers saw arrayed on our side the
toiling, freedom loving: masses OF the
American people and on the other greedy
gold barous. entrenched behing their. mill
|; lions Of Shining gold, while over them
waved the black flag Of tyranny and OPP
preston. g.. e 80: ). .
brief extracts from his speech. He spoke
IN part as follows - y NE
.'Everythf11gi which we ask for has been
tried in thiss country. When we ask for
free scoinage-We now have free coinage
Of gold we have ha ID free coinage OF sill
INIT
coinage Of. gold, and have had unlimited
coinage of gold, and have had unlimited
coinage Of silver. When we ask for the
present ratio, we simply ask that the sill
yer dollar shall demand the same FpriN1l-
eyes and remain the same size, and any,
body who has silver and colo. can take EL
the metal to the mint and hayesH cons
verified into coin, that coin being equally
legal tender tor all debts public. and pri-
vate; and then use that coin among the
people, sssssss :: s.is sss.
Our resources are being made s use est'.
less; the energies Of. our peopEe aTe. not
employed cir intelligence is not utilized
Id the productive industry as itS'ntght he.
why? Because azvicious finacial policy
has made it more profitable to.lock money
l1D in the vaults and gain Its raise IL
value than to invest 1t in the employment
Of labor. ,4tApplause.) ,,&.E IS, 81
Our opponents say that we must have a
financial system that will enable us to
borrow money abroad. We reply that as
long as foreign gold barons ARE ableG5to
shape our financial policy weswill always
be borrowers of money and never reach a
position Of independe hence where we can
loan money instead of borrow $ MA a
h.'Under the gold standard there ~ mo:
hope of independence, and without an in-
dependent financial policy we mot
have independnece in anything. :" ~. 4s,;;ss
with gold standard We must ask
other nations before we can defend the
honor Of our flag or protect the lives Of
our citizens abroad, because on "a gold
standard, the very moment there IS talk
df any foreign difficulty our gold begins
to slide away, and then the money Sbarons
OF the stock market point Ito the q ire
nentlous loss that has already occurred
and tell us that we must stop now or the
country will go to- ruin = Il " i
ss.The gold stand afd has declared war
.,ifon our side, an we have declared war
uppn the gold standard in this fight.
(Eries Of ''good, Z, and loud appiause.} I'VE
aSk no quarter, and we give no dneEter.
|lkppIause.) Il We have commence AsWar
of sextermfr1ati hon, a war In which peace
will never. be declared so long as there
isS any party In this ma ion. that rs at
tempting to fasten 81 ge1d stan ard upon
tile American people. 3.
Then back through the cheering multi
t,ide the candi date' $ carriage aWassdr
fEGaS9a MI a ha way 4trsfrhed