The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-08-06
BRYAN, SEWALL, SILVER.
HON. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS At
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

AAL uAsa4s - OE GAG<i hOOoGs
The Local Democrats Ratified the Work
OF the Chicago Convention-The Audi
ence Was a Large One-The Old War
Horses OF Democracy Not Present--Their
Places Filled by Those Who Are Afraid
to Stay Out of the Silver Band Wagon.
The Bryan-Sewal silver democrats
held ratification meeting last evening
in the Grand opera house. There was
q large crowd in the theater to welcome
the Massachusetts, recruit to the cause,
George Fred Williams. 1t Is no disre-
spect to the audience to say that 1t was
shirt-sleeved one, for the temperature
inside the building did not admit of a
coat without much suffering. 1t was
an enthusiastic crowd, however, and
the orator had the people with him dur
ing the entire evening. There was no
parade to preface the meeting and
arouse the people as had been talked
Of when the committee first thought of
ratifying. The Second regiment band,
which had been hired to furnish music
for the occasion, formed at the Grand
opera house at o'clock.
A short march was made to Church,
to Chapel, to State streets and to
Grand avenue. A large banner was
carried bearing upon one side, Bryan
and Sewall, 16 to /, and upon the other
side, THE classes VS.. the masses. We
are the masses"
At 7:45 o'clock the band halted in
front of the New Haven house, where
the Hon. George Fred Williams was
stopping, he having arrived in this
city at Ais o'clock in the afternoon.
There was a crowd in front Of the hotel
to greet Mr.. Williams as he made his
exit escorted by Chairman Fuller, Alex
ander Troup and James B. Martin,
chairman of the town committee. The
party entered a carriage and were
driven to the opera house.
Chairman Martin called the meeting
to order He took occasion to thank
the democratic committee for the honor
bestowed upon him when it elected him
to lead the local democrats to battle.
LIC pIOILlSCO Lie u1lIOAllLCo tllIt tllCy
would find that the democratic COM
mittee elected democratic chairman.
Mr.. Martin read the list of officers,
the mention of many Of the names
bringing out applause. At the conclu-
sion of this part Of the program he in
troduced DIR. A. B. Fuller, "the pioneer
of the silver movement in New Haven"
as the chairman Of the meeting.
The presiding officer cut his speech
of acceptance short, and proceeded to
introduce the speaker.
The applause which came from the
1900 people was deafening, and was
only subdued by the band which played
"Star Spangled Banner" Yankee Doo-
dle," and Dixie" While the latter
was being played some fellow who
imagined that it was time to give the
rebel yell, set up a screech which was a
traversty on that stirring yell which so
cnthused the southern soldier
Ex-CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS
SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens:
The time has come at last when we have
party of the people. The great ground
swell has been set in motion, bearing
upon 1t the host Of humanity-the aspi-
rations Of the republic. The fogs
around our body polite will be swept
out forever. 'Tis not alone with the
question Of free coinage of silver that
we have to deal. This meeting repre-
sents a new alignment of parties. 1t
represents many men who have long been
identified with the gold party. We are
not here to make war against honest
capital.
1--WE have to deal with the powers
that have defied the public institutions;
to do with powers that take public
rights and misuse them.
1--WE are here to ratify the doings of
our national convention, one which
had no master to dominate it; a con-
vention that had more human heart in
it than any since the one which was
held when human slavery was in the
balance.
"Out of that convention sprung our
candidate, not cringing, shrinking
creature but like the untamed lion of
the prairies shaking his name at the
hunter.
'Two conventions have been held. One
dominated by the arch spirit of trusts
and monopolies, the other by the will
Oh the Tree people. mo IIldu IlOT SGL OL
men dominated it. They were there to
do the will of suffering people. Out
Of that convention came a new issue
the change in our monetary system.
what the democratic party proposes
is what the thinking men of the whole
civilized world have expressed their de-
sire to obtain. Bi-metallism is the OBJ
ject of this agitation.
Upon the main purpose of the Chica-
go convention there is no dispute, even
in this country. The republican plat
form has conceded this. The republi-
can party has declared for gold, and
for bi-metallsm. The republican plat
form declares for gold because it says
bi-metallism cannot be obtained.
1.-THE democratic platform declares
that bimetallism must and shall be OBJ
tanned. The democratic platform de-
clares for return to the money of the
constitution.
year after year the defenders and
the advocates of the fatal monetary
system said that the downward ten
dency of prices would stop. But year
after year it has been shown that the
downward tendency has not stopped.
I'VE have struggled through many
years of doubt and uncertainty.
For many years before the year 1893
students foresaw the results
''You will remember that the repeal