The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-28
A GRAND OVATION.
Thousands Unable to listen tn Bryan, as
ths Hall Was Too SIN II.

Thousands Unable to listen tn iSryan, rs
this Hall Was Too SIN II
Buffalo. N. Y. Aug. 27.-Apparently
ths.sakire population of -Buffaio. the
home of Grover Cleveland. turned its
footsteps tonight towards Music hall,
where Candidate Bryan addressed 1900
people. as many as could be packed
within the four walls, while unnum-
bered thousands filled the neighbor-
ing streets. The day In Buffalo had
been the greatest ovation Bryan has
received in "the enemy's country" and
the night meeting which ended at
tracted almost II not quite as many
would-be auditors as the notification
In Madison Square garden. -
Upon their arrival in the city from
Erie, Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were escort
ed to the Genesee hotel A reception
was held for two hours in the hotel
parlors In the afternoon, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan shook hands with a con-
slant line of callers which still
stretched along half a block outside
the building when the doors were
closed upon the last comers. Mrs.
Bryan was escorted to the hall by the
cleveland Democracy" the city's old
est OTEdIlLdtioup anu ny VOL u
clubs bearing torches. In the hall a
big crowd was In waiting. A banner
was borne down the aisle blaZoned
with the words, "A Public Office Is a
Public Trust" The Cleveland Democ-
raey" of Buffalo was cheered. When
Bryan appeared upon the stage. es-
corted by State Committeeman John C..
Sheehan, the police were powerless to
cum rr,i N o.
down to the front. several hundred
men took possession OF the seats re-
served for the clubs which escorted
Bryan.
BRYAN said in part: "I cannot ex-
press to you the gratitude feel when
/ see the interest the people of the
Empire state are taking In this cam
paign. | can carry back to the people
of the West the news-not that either,
because 1t Is no longer news that the
Chicago platform is supported, in
dorsed not by the West and South
alone, but by all the toiling millions
of the East as we'll (Great applause.)
I am aware that in the writing of a
platform Ii is impossible to suit the
opinions of all; / recognize that peo-
pie who think will differ. and that we
often find In a platform things with
which we cannot fully agree, and we
fail to find in platforms sometimes
attention to policies which we regard
as important. But platforms are not
written by all of the party: they are
written by the majority Of the party.
And when a majority OF a party
writes a platform, the others in the
party must either stand upon II or get
out of the party. There Is no other
plan known except the rule Of a ma
jority, and II is better for the minor
ity to be alienated than for the voice
of the majority to be suppressed. You
can support those who stand upon the
Chicago platform, although You may
dissent from parts OF II. But ] stand
on the Chicago platform because I
believe in il from beginning to end,
every word.
In this campaign there is a su-
preme issue, the issue is made be-
tween those who believe IN q gold
standard and those who oppose 4
gold standard. There Is no middle
ground. those who are not with us
are against US. There Is no place
between the lines for people TO stand.
Can you trust the people VINO wrote
the st. Louis platform TO restore b.
metallism? Never. until You can
wipe out the scriptures and gather
figs from thoTns and grapes from
thistles. As well might you have
asked Pharaoh to lead the children of
Israel out OF bondage as TO ask the
republican party 10 break the
shackles OF a gold standard. The
democratic party is so opposed to the
gold standard that Il will not permit
| the American people TO be bound by