The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-27
SOME POLITICAL TALKS

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There Is less truth in that than 10 any
newspaper story have read this year.
There was absolutely no excuse that can
see for its publication"
| The talk was Of the recently published
statement that Mr.. Bryan is breaking down
that he lis aging rapidly-and the spehker
who is quoted had seen and talked with
the democratic leader within the past few
weeks. He was Whiting Allen. one OF the
best known newspaper men IN the country.
and this talk took place at the Kimbell,-
where Mr. Allen Is stopping.
Il was out in st. Louis he cortiruGd,
ION Labor Day, and was a witness OF lie
| remarkable demonstrations which were
given Bryan that day. liza reviewed tie
great procession from the i'lanters' ciel.
and l was near hin then, ard at other
times during his visit Instead of showing
| signs Of physical breakdown, he impressed
me as ideally strong, vigorous end vi, Ilc.
| | have known him for sonie years, and
| have seen him many times -ocfore d, ring
| and since his remarkable CAM sisn & last
| year--and never saw him look better than
| he did out at st. Louis the other day. The
| labor organizations gave him a great To-
| ception. notable ct was the cnrnrs-
| iasm shown by he coio.sd workirkn,en
who were represented by Number o. or
| CARNATIONS In the line. Trey we!s .us. as
| enthusiastic as the wnite men.
But. speaking OF demonstrations" con.
| tinued Mr.. Allen. II was a witness to one
last June in Bryan's honor, which seemed
to me the most remarkable had ever
seen. 1t was at Ottawn. the seat Of the
government Of Canada. Mr. Bryan had
agreed to deliver three lectures under the
auspices Of the Knights of Pythias--one at
Toronto, one at Montreal and one at Or
| tawa. l was in Canada at the time, and
was able TO so arrange my business as to
| be In Montreal the night Of his appearance
there. Though / had known bryan for
| several years, 1t had never been my good
fortune to hear him speak; so took my
seat in the audience that night with the
Idea of gratifying my curiosity in that
direction. and at the same time of seeing
| an American received over there.
There was large crowd present, and.
| although his Toronto speech had been
published In full in the morning pagers,
great interest was manifested in his adj
dress and he was heartily checred through
out But It was the Ottawa speech I
started to talk about. ottawa Is the Wash
ington CT Canada, the seat of gov ernment
and the political center. and Mr.. Bryan
was particularly curious to see what effect
LIS speech WOulu nave there.
~ went over to Ottawa with him and nm
his invitation shared with him the social
features of the day. We were received by
Deputy Governor General McGee. and were
escorted to the houses Of parliament, where
that private citizen Of the United States
was accorded the unusual courtesy of being
invited upon the floor OF the house end of
the senate. Business was practically sus-
pended while the members of hose aupust
bodies We're introduced to Mr.. Bryan.
The speaking was to ,ake place in a
large RINK. A temporary stage had been
lmprovised and there were neats for four
or five thousand people. 1t had rained
during the day, and was threatening rain
at night, but. despite these unfavorable
conditions. crowds started for the rink
early. when they got there they found a |
most unfortunate complication. The cleo
tric lights would not work OF course the |
ianltor had not prepared for any such con- |
urgency, and the result was the crowd
was Kept waiting on the outside until about
. O'CLOCK. Many OF them We're ladies, but
they waited Then there were :Le delavs
OF getting them In and getting them
seated SO it was considerable after o
CLOCK before Mr.. Bryan was abba to begin
He was introduced by the MAYOR. hut
had to reintroduce himself, because nohodv
could hear what the mayor had 10 saw He |
began by saying he knew he was in a. GOLD |
country, where little, If anything. had
ever been said for blmetallism. He told |
Of the principles for which the bimeta,,,st,
of the United States were contendin~ and
impressed 1t upon his hearers that the |
question was by no means a local one. but |
that II was one In which every country had |
an interest, one involving the welfare of |
the people of all Of the countries Of the |
world. VI 'Ae
!. From the hrst he had the interest of
that audience" continued Mr.. Alien. "ror
hlteeh minutes or, perhaps, more there
was absolutely no demonstration; then AZ
tne speaker warmed to his subject be car
rleo MS audience by the power Of his argu.
lnent ana his eloquence and the applause
was as enthusiastic as 1t would have been
At democratic meeting here in Atlanta.
never nave seen such an evidence Of tho
power power OF an orator to sway the multitude.
! peIieVe that was one Of the best speeches
bryan ever made, and you know what that
means. After he had spoken an hour and
a nan ne wanted to stop. but they Wouldn't
nave IL. That big audience--there were over
tbs,t shousahu people by actual count.
SIX tnousand-was simply carried awav bv
enthusiasm. way Wy
was sitting with a number Of govern.
ment officials. Sir Wlfred Laurier the
premier, was In London. for it was the ,
week OF the jubilee; but among tboso
rght around me were such men as The
ocputy governor general, who ia secretary
Of the privy council; Sir James Edyar ,,a
speaker OF the house; Sir Edgar Scott the
s ;, OF state: Sir Oliver Mowatt a ,
m.hoer OF the cabinet; Sir Charles Tun-
pvr ana his son, also one of the distin-
suishea men OF Canada. Naturally all these
y LII na agree with the British ideas OF An
sues ao, but as Bryan scored point after =
PUNT ! could hear them asking. How woe,la
wv 'Wh, answer that, Sir charlesr and
Al, II n a. would sS you say to that Sir EDGAR
ested. P'otounoiy inter- =
As Mr' Bryan concluded, there wa. \
IN one part of the hall and Sir :
'aihes Grant. one OF the foremost men q, :
me dominion, was sean s,r,d,,u . !,