The record-union., 1896-09-06
The First Meeting Nearly Broken Up
by Heavy Rain.
At the Evening Meeting, Which Was
Devoted to q Discussion of the
Bond Issue, the Democratic Nom
inee Scores the Present Admin
istrati0n, Charging 1t With Being
Syndicate.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. civilian j.
Bryan delivered two addresses here to-
day. His speech at SchlitZ Park to-
night was the most sensational Mr..
Bryan has delivered during the cam
paign. 1t was devoted almost entirely
to the Government bond issues ,and
teemed with implication of the Admin
istration and the members Of the bond
syndicate. He did not mention any
names, but it was evident whom he
meant in his sensational speech.
A heavy rain spoiled the afternoon
speech, for half of those who attended
the meeting at the Park broke and ran
when the rain came in a downpour. The
5000 or so remaining held their ground,
though very uncomfortable, and would
not let the candidate cut his remarks
short, as he said he should do.
AFTERNOON MEETING.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. civilian J..
Bryan reached the Northwestern sta
tion here at 10 o'clock this morning,
and was met by Ex-Governor Peck and
Willis c. Silverthorn, Democratic can
didate for Governor of Wisconsin.
Owing to good police arrangements the
crowd gathered at the station was pre-
vented from rushing on the platform, as
at other places visited by the candidate,
and Mr.. Bryan, leaning on the arm of
Ex-Governor Peck, had clear space to
his carriage, Chairman James w. Muir
ply, United States Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin, and the other members of
the Milwaukee escort committee, who
!, Nv a
in behind and entering the carriages re-
served for them.
The crowd at the station numbered
several thousand and Mr.. Bryan was
cheered in his progress along the plat
FORM The route by which he was taken
to the Plankinton Hotel was lined with
people, and there was an occasional out
burst which grew to almost a continu-
Gus cheer as the Planhnton was
reached The streets around the hotel
were packed with people, who mani
tested their feelings in loud yells when
Mr.. Bryan appeared on a balcony. He
made few remarks, and was frequently
interrupted by cries of approval. After
wards he held a brief reception in the
parlors of the hotel.
A rainfall had a bad effect upon the
assemblage addressed by Mr.. Bryan at
National Park this afternoon. Tempo
rary stands had been erected in the
center Of the race track at the park. and
when Mr.. Bryan arrived at the ground
about 5000 people were gathered about
it. Many people had left when the rain
began to fall, and those who remained
hoisted umbrellas and decided to stick
1t out. The rain became steady down.
pour as the meeting was called to order,
and the intended preliminary exercises
were cut short. In fact, there was moth
ing of prefarory character except the
presentation of Mr.. Bryan by Judge
Silverthorn, who spoke Of him as the
next President.
Mounted on a chair, with local COM
mitteeman holding an umbrella over his
head, Mr.. Bryan addressed the gather
ing He spoke more rapidly than usual,
and said at the outset that he would not
make a long address on account Of the
condition of the weather, but when the
clouds broke and the sun came Mr.. Bry-
an was encouraged to go on, and spoke
more than an hour. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I have
spoken under varied circumstances, but
/ do not believe l ever spoke In the rain
before to people who were held by mere
idle curiosity. Uaughter) / am not
going to talk long, because it would be
cruel to you to have to stand out here
in this rain, but am going to talk just
enough to keep my engagement, and
hope the weather will be better tonight.
We are engaged in campaign in which
you are interested, because If the money
question is of such great Importance
that the financiers feel justified In lay
ing aside all party lines to look at what
they consider their interest, then l be-
lieve the masses of the people are inter-
ested enough to lay aside party lines
and look after their own interest. Great
applause).
THE Republican platform declares
the American people must stand
by and undergo single gold
standard until the civilized nations take
pity on us and release us from our suf-
ferings. There are people who are
afraid this Nation IS not large enough
to run itself. But the people who lack
confidence in American institutions
are not the people who produce the
wealth Of America. If the gold stand
ard is good thing. why did the Re-
publican party pledge itself to get rid
of it? Is there anything too good for
the American people? If the gold
standard is good, the Republican party
ought to pledge itself to keep it, regard
less of what the other nations say or
think. If the gold standard is not good
enough to keep, it is bad enough to get
rid of and we ought to do it without
waiting for anybody elses help. No
man can say the gold standard is
good thing, and stand on the Republic
can platform. If he says the gold
standard Is a bad thing, then he must
put himself in the attitude of making
this Nation dependent on foreign ma
tfons, or else come into our fold and de-
clare for the free and unlimited coinage
cf both gold and silver at the. present
legal ratio of 16 to l. without waiting
for the aid of any other nation (Great
applause) We know not only what we
want, but how we are going to get it.
We have not only a policy which we
can proclaim but one we can defend.
We are opposed to the gold standard
because it is bad, because it has ruined
tfp commerce Of fh5S country and has