The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-25
BRYAN GOES TO BRIDGEPORT.
CHEERING MARKS HIS DEPARTURE
FROM NEW YORK.

and His speech Cut shOrt-A stop
of an Hour at Bridgeport and n
Speech Made to 5000 Persons.
| New York, Sept. 24.-Mr. Bryan left the
| hotel Margaret in Brooklyn at $40 o clock
| to-day for a stumping tour through Con-
necticut and Massachusetts. He was ac-
| companied by Willis Abbott, H. w. Cor
nell, the son of ex-Gov. Cornell, and two
| others. The party was driven direct to
| the Grand Central, arriving there a little
after o'clock. Here Mr.. Bryan was met
| by the members of the Connecticut recep-
tion committee. The party at once boarded
a special car, although the train to which
it was attached was not scheduled to
leave until 1903 o'clock.
The candidate looked very well and wore
a fall overcoat and soft brown hat. The
passengers on incoming trains. when they
! learned that Mr.. Bryan was on board a
special car, Immediately crowded about It,.
There was considerable cheering, and in
response to it, Mr.. Bryan appeared on the
/ platform. He shook hands with about
! fifty of those nearest to him. Although
there were some cries for a speech, he
did not make one. The presence of Mr..
Bryan on the train necessitated no delay,
and the train pulled out of the station
promptly on schedule time.
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sept. 24-Candidate
! Bryan received his first welcome to Con-
necticut and New England at Stamford.
! He reached there few minutes before IL
o'clock Two hundred people formed
around the train and gazed at him in ST.
| lence, but the crowd increased rapidly I'm
| til it numbered 7C0 or S0O Then a big
cheer went up and again and again hearty
| shouts were given. An lrishman in the
1 throng made loud comments compliment
| tary TO the candidate that made every
body laugh. In his enthusiasm he shouted
] the old Irish war cry of 'Faugh-a-bal-
! lagh," or Clear the way"
Mr.. Bryan was very hoarse and talked
for minute about his voice. Il believe
we have only a moment here now" he
| said, 'and 1 shall not attempt to make a
| speech. 1t takes several minutes to get
my voice in condition where you can hear
| it, but if my voice seems a little impaired
| 1 find consolation in the thought that 1t
has been injured in a good cause, and II
t-I-have not all of it with me you may rest
assured that that part of it left behind is
| still calling sinners to repentance. (Ap-
plause.) If there is JOY when one sinner
repents what joy there ought to be among
the American people with all the sinners
that are repenting every day."
The train started just then, and the
| crowd gave farewell cheer.
Mr. Bryan said a few words at South
| Norwalk, where the crowd was slightly
| smaller than at Stamford The audience
| was demonstrative when Mr.. Bryan APP
| peared on the back platform with the
! nd of Ha
Bryan told it that the newspapers say the
! silver cause is nearly dead. But 1t is
not dead, my friends" he added.
Bridgeport had Mr.. Bryan for an hour.
He arrived here at 11:3O O'Clock from
! New York, and was greeted at the sta
ton by a big crowd of cheerers. Mr..
Bryan, Josephus Daniels, national COM
mtteeman from North Carolina; H. w.
| Cornell of New York, Willis j. Abbott
| of New York, Hon. Alexander Troup or
/ New Haven and the Others who are ac-
companying the candidate were placed in
| carriages and taken to Washington park,
| preceded by brass band.
Washington park is a spacious public
! square, centrally located. Under its fine
old shade trees 5000 people gathered to
| hear the young Nebraskan. They cheered
| him as he ascended the stand in the CEN
/ ter of the park and pressed closer into a
! compact body to hear what he had to
N
/ with flags. Around the railing were fes-
/ toons of fowered red silk fringed heavily
/ in gold.
/ Judge d. B. Lockwood introduced Mr.
! Bryan. The candidate made a short
| speech and was frequently applauded
| When he had finished speaking ne was
taken to the Windsor hotel. where ne mad
a small luncheon, and returning to the
/ station, accompanied by the band and
large crowd, boarded the special car that
! had been chartered for his use by the
| Connecticut committee, which had been
/ side-tracked during his stay in Bridge
| port.
The car was attached to a regular train,
/ and Mr.. Bryan left for New Haven at
/ 2:9O o'clock. followed by rousing cheers.
! Mr.. Bryan prefaced his remarks by de-
/ nying that the silverites had raised a Sec
tonal question. The restoration of BIZ
! metallism was not only good for the west
/ and south but for the people of Connecti-
/ cut, also. Sometimes" he said, they
/ had accused people who live in Connecti-
/ cut of making wooden nutmegs and sell
| ing them for the real article. | want 10
! tell you that man who palms off wooden
nutmegs as real nutmegs is man of
honesty compared with the man who adj
vocates a gold dollar and calls it an hon.
| est dollar" cloud cheering followed this
! sentiment)
Mr.. Bryan asserted that you cannot
| have honest money and gold STANDARD
at the same time, and man in the crowd
Immediately asked why. Because a gold
dollar" said Mr.. Bryan, under gold
standard grows fatter every day and that
is not an honest dollar" Great cheering.)
"Now, what would be an honest dollar?
Why, they say a dollar which, when you
melt IT, loses nothing. According to that
the Mexican dollar is an honest dollar.
because you can melt and It does not lose
anything"
How much is It worth?" was asked
| from the audience.
Mr.. Bryan-"It Is worth just the same
that the bullion in 1t Is worth. Now, IL
| the Mexican dollar Is worth lust
as much as the bullion in II, and the bull
lion IN It IS worth just as much as the
Mexican dollar then / want to ask you IL
| it is not an honest dollar, according 10
those who say that an honest dollar is a
dollar that loses nothing by melting"
! (Applause).
81 understand that some of your en-
ployers are very much worried for fear
their employees will get only fifty cent
dollars. They need not be worried. IL
they have as much love for the iaboring
man after the election as they have now
a o.