Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-01-14
BRYANA'TlMINNEAR0LISI
Silver Leader Greeted by an
Immense Audience at the
Exposition Hall. ~ ..s.s
Ten Thousand People Heard
His SpeeCh-Mary Others
Turned Away. O.,
Days Programme Wound Up
With a Big Banquet at
the West.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12.-That plain
sx-Congressman w. j. Bryan Of Ne
braska, shorn of the transitory glory Of
an unsuccessful presidential canvass;
has not been deposed from the position
he had won before as an an orator, 81
q citizen aud as the pre-eminent expo.
nent of one policy advocated as the
basis of American statesmanship. was
shown by the immense throng, 10000
or more, that packed the vast Exposi.
ton auditorium in Minneapolis last
night, not to the doors, but into the
streets. The meeting was to have be-
gun between $50 and o'clock. The
doors were to have been thrown open
at 8, but long before that hour they
Were broken open by the restless
'crowis, who overturned the plans OF
the projectors of the meeting, and de-
Ted the efforts OF the police.
From then until o'clock the crowds
poured into the big barnlike structure,
and the late corners, finding the place
jammed, were forced to 80 home again.
Tho Minor Attractions
: Mr.. Bryan came late. but the interim
was filled in with speeches by silverites
OF less prominence. John w. Willis
was the first speaker and he threw him.
self into the breach with new avowal
ct his own, aud, as he believed, the
peoples allegiance to the cause of sill.
YER. He was followed by Professor T.
J. Cation, who gave assurance Of the
continued fealty Of the Peoples party,
aud referred to the present president as
''that automaton who now occupies the
White House."
Professor Cation was interrupted by
the entrance Of Mr.. Bryan, who. ac-
eDmpanled by A. 4. Ankeny, Lars NJ.
Rand aud Michael Breslcuer, had fought
his way through the crowd with great
difficulty. The ovation given Mr..
Bryan on his entrance was repeated
when Mr.. Donahue, with q popular
brevity, introduced tho Nebraslan as
the lnatchless leader of Democracy,
after Mr.. Cation cut his talk short.
Synopsis Of Mr.. Bryan's Speech.
Expressing qualification that there was
70 much in terest In tho lost cause Of 1884,
~ was demonstrated by the demeanor, as
we'll as by the size Of the audience, not to
mention the thousands turned away out
side, Mr.. Bryan referred facetiously to
The apparent fact that u number of homes
had not yet been visited by the advance
agent of prosperity. The fight was not
dSad. 1t would not be abandoned AZ long
"a there was in the United States single
man who dared look 5000 miles over the
sea for inspiration a. to the course to be
DtIrsued in the management Of the affairs
It this nation.
The object of the meeting, or at least his
presence, was not primarily to mako
votes. No campaign was on. Conver-
siops. indeed, were rarely made at public
meetings. He merely wanted to give
The people something to think about and
talk over with their neighbors.
Proves . Former statement.
Theories, the operation or abandonment
It which might have seriously affected
tie interests Of. the American people, had
usually been the provocatives of q divis-
i1p in party feeling But congress had
abolished the double standard without
si4y political party having urged It, The
p3pple did not know it. Congress had
abt known 1t. The advocates of the sim
IL gold standard had poo-poohed the pos
Utility Of law being passed without con-
CESS knowing its contents. Providence.
However, had recently come into the bat
Tie, aud shown that 1t was not known
131til after the Dingley bill had passed
ut section 20 was in 1t.
Growth of Silver Sentiment.
% He sketched the process by which the
Aver sentiment had made it's way into
rolitical platf orms, while the gold stand
aM WINS without single party as it's out
3Soken champion, and then the party
Which received 1000, 900 votes RELOCATED
Tie gold standard in the place Of a tempo
1ary expedient, pending such time as the
nd lions Of the world could unite on b.
3btallic basis. The only party that did
16clare the gold standard was good
t{3lng polled nearly per cent Of the vote
Il the American people. And the men
Who started this party favored interna-
tahhal bimetallism, or professed to, up to
t6S time they bolted tho Chicago conven-
ZION. Their vote showed practically no
sentiment in behalf Of tho gold standard.
i III was the ono thing in American politics
that every one could kick at without fear
ct resistance. '.s..... .D- "s
,s& Refers to the Monetary Commission.
4. The first thing that Mckinley did after
4 Ia Rot in was to write out confession
that the gold standard was curse to the
nItion. He should not be made the scape-
ndkt, however. He stood for his party.
A Republican congress with scarcely .
ntisenting vote appropriated 100000 to
~ the expenses of the monetary commits.
a6n, while it travelled around Europe cry
Ing "Helpp' l
Mr.. Bryan's chatty introductory style
I save way to more fiery one as he deduoed
4 from the experiences Of the monetary
: commission on the other side Of the ocean
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