Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-05
BIG GOLD DEMONSTRATION.


| Chicago. July i.-The grca, public dem
onstra,ion OF the gold standard faction to-
| night attracted friendly audience OF 5000
people TO the magnificent auditorium. who
! cheeted speeches by Ex-Governor Roswell
| T.. Flower, of New York. Hon. Franklin
%. MacNeagh, of Chicago; Ex-Governor W.
| u. Russell Of Massachusetts: United States
| senator Gray. of Delaware. and District
Attorney Fellows, Of New York. The au-
| diencc was well dressed one and seemed
| to include very few delegates TO the con-
vcntion. so that the practical success Of the
| meeting as missionary effort was prob
lematlcal \ large proportion OF the people
| Were ladies. whose presence may nave i'm.
| parted some restraint upon the antagonis-
| tic silver element. whose dtsaprroNal OF the
doctrine preached, 1t had been predicted,
would inspire strife and turbulence. This
rumorcd outbreak of the silver men may
have attracted some to the meeting. but
they were disappointed of their sensation;
for that part OF the audience which differed
from the sentiments pronounced by the
orators. gave, most of the time. respect
Under an immense American nag
stretched above the stage there sat "a. d, NJ
lam Everett, OF Massachusetts,, Comptroll-
er Eckels, eX-Governor G. ", Peck, Of Wis
conspicuous position in n box but other
prominent New Workers in the city were
senator i'm. Of New York. and Gov
ornor Russell, OF Massachusetts. were the
Directed towards the New York senator
was wasted. however, for he failed TO put
Tie 4" proPPgPsSins oPPs SS' the enhGsinsts i W cried
nerceiy for I'M and Russell. When, final
ly, their demands were answered by the
staesman SHW M '"g and '' rofsrSnga |u by Mi MT Mas
Neash. who. as presiding officer intr9ducsd
termed a normal Democratic year" Mr.
Russell would be one of the foremost can
OF his party, there was such responsive
cheer ns Would ilntter any. public man.
Mr.. Russells speech was rather moro con-
although there was little of defiance in
any OF the others. for. while the tenor of
men 10 turn back from their contemplated
to refrain from dlsrup,ins the Organization,
the audience manifest their feelings with
any yehemenese The single outbreak . 9e.
administration Of Governor Altgsld; an at
tack which inspired an overwhelming pro-
galleries, met BY BY counter Cheers from the
floor the demonstration seeming 10 indi-
among the men who filled the upper tiers.
Altogether the audience seemed to be COM
posed OF a majority Of administration Dem
cleveland and every tribute to his admin
istati9n was cheereI WIN EN- enihrn,iasm, ra,il a,,ea
the meeting 10 order and said I'VE are
met to protest against the ridiculous fall
lacy that is invading our party He tried
to demonstrate that the bankers and mer-
chants had felt the panic Il few years ago.
but the farmer was only feeling IL now
and he Eruspei this fallaCy in the hope of
obtaining a relief that could not possibly
come by the adoption OF gold STANDARD.
MIR. Flower presented Mr.. Franklin Mac
Neagh, Of Chicago, as chairman. When
MIR MacNsagh finished a brief address
there We're cries of "Hill!' "Russell!'' and
yelled "Altseld;" Wien quiet was re-
stored Mr.. MacVeagh introduced eN-Gov-
ernor Russell, OF Massachusetts. He was
received with great applause, and spoke at
considerable length. When Mr.. Russell
thanked God that We had not reached the
threshold OF financial ruin there was long
and continuous applause. 1t was n ques-
ton whether the applause that followed
the name Of Mckinley was for the name
or for the ienuncat!on OF Mckinley meth
ods that followed. but there was applause.
The unexpected happened when the ora
tor mentioned the names of Jefferson,
Jackson and Cleveland, The audience was
more enthusiastic than 1t had been all
evening. and the applause lasted several
minutes. and this was repeated when he
spoke of the Democratic party now in
power having upheld the Peoples party.
At the close Of the remarks Of Mr.. Rus
sell, there was long and very enthusiastic
applause, and there was renewal Of the
cries for H.ll. But Ilill was not present,
and the chairman was forced TO call upon
Senator Gray, of Delaware,