The record-union., 1899-09-07
The Silver Orator WeIGansd by the
Democracy.
Addresses a Big Audience at WOodWard's
Pavilion Last Evening.
Insists That the Chicago Platform
Will be Reaffirmed in 1900,
but Each Plank Will be
Stronger Than Three Years Ago.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. civilian
Jennings Bryan arrived in this city this
afternoon with his wife and family
from Yosemite. He was met at Port
Costa by a delegation of Democrats, by
whom he was escorted to Oakland,
where about 100 prominent Democrats
with badges took charge of him and
brought him over to this city. He
spoke at WoodWard's s Pavilion tonight,
and leaves for Sacramento tomorrow.
Woodwards s Pavilion never held so
large a crowd as it did tonight, the
occasion of the reception to Colonel
William Jennings Bryan on his second
visit to San Francisco since he was a
Presidential candidate Long before
sunset the streets adjacent to the pa
vilion began to throng with people,
and as the evening wore on the imme-
date vicinity of the pavilion wasldense-
ly packed with people anxious TO catch
a passing glimpse of the great exponent
Of silver. So large was the crowd in
side the gates three hours before the
Bryan parade that the Fire Marshal
was compelled to order the doors
closed, leaving a bowling and disap-
with great difficulty that the squad of
police kept order, so anxious seemed
every one to get inside the pavilion.
People begged and pleaded, men with
political followihgs plead their cause.
and even newspaper men with ac-
credited cards had difficulty in obtain
ing privilege to pass the doorkeepers
Inside the pavilion an orderly crowd
was comfortably seated on the main
floor and in the galleries, and wherever
the police We're not too strict a satis-
fed crowd thronged the isles. The in
terror of the pavilion presented a beau
tiful scene. American flags were draped
from the supports, and the national
colors festooned in every conceivable
place Evergreens in large wire bas-
kets were suspended from the girders
and rafters.
The speakers stand was situated in
one corner of the pavilion in plain view
Of every one in the house. Draped
tastefully around it were the national
colors. A background of red plush
gave support to a standard of Amerl-
can flags, surmounted by an eagle of
gold, in full flight.
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Reception Committee was the signal
for a tremendous burst of applause.
which grew as the party made its way
through the aisles to the stand set
apart for their accommodation.
Seth Mann, Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, intro
duced Mr.. Bryan with a few appropri-
ate and well-chosen words. He well
coined Mr. Bryan as the leader of the
new Democracy, but Of a party old In
principles He likened Mr.. Bryan TO
Washington and Jefferson and said
that because Bryan was defeated in
1896. that it was no reason why he
should not be elected President of the
United States in 1900. Several past
Presidents were defeated before their
election. Mr.. Mann closed by saying:
Il have the honor to present to you
the next President of the United
States" Great applause)
Mr.. Bryan, who was in excellent
voice. prefaced his remarks on the
topics of the day by thanking Mr., Mann
for his kindly words, and expressing his
great pleasure at once more appearing
before a gathering of San Franciscans.
A SYNOPSIS of his address follows:
81 want you to believe me" he said,
when / say that have a greater am
bition than becoming President of the
United States. In this great country
every citizen is a sovereign where no
one wears a crown. The higher ambi-
tion than to be President is to make
American citizenship something better
than citizenship in any other country
in the world. I want to make this
country what Jefferson intended it to
be-equal rights for all, a government
Of the people, by the people and for
the people.
'eThe country is assailed by great
dangers. The campaign of 1896 was
one that stimulated the people to the
study of public questions, and such
study must ultimately result in a good
policy / want to present to you few
of the issues of to-day, and give you
my reasons for believing the Republi-
can party to be wrong on every great
question of the day; wrong because
there is a vicious principle running
through the Republican policy.
''The Republican party is putting the