Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-21
(By Telegraph to virrinIan-p Pilot.

(By Telegraph to VirFinIan Pllot.)
Chicago, July 2O-Four thousand peo-
pie crowded into the Auditorium to-
night despite the swelterlng heat to at
tend the political meeting given under
the auspices OF the Chicago Platform
Democrats.
1t was from first to last Il silver meet
ing. an Altgcld meeting. an antitrust
and anti-expansion meeting. All of the
speakers save Ex-Governor Stone. Of
Missouri, who was i'll, and talked for
less than two minutes. declared in fav
or Of 10 to and against the war in the
Philippine Islands.
The speech of Mr.. Bryan evoked
great enthusiasm among his hearers
especially when he declared that the
American government should pursue in
Luzon the same policy as we pursued
i'm Cuba.
His audience was in sympathy with
his suggestions regarding the Philip
pines and punctuated his speech with
cheers.
EX-GOVERNOR ALTGELD.
The meeting was largely made up Of
local adherents OF the Chicago plat
form and personal followers of ex-Gov.
Altgeld.
The meeting. therefore. partooll
somewhat of the nature of a personal
tribute To him. Many of the SPEAKERS
alluded to him in laudatory terms, and
Mt every mention of his name the audi
ence shouted approval.
Mr. Aitgeld did not occupy a seat
upon the platform, but throughout the
meeting remained i'm the rear part Of
an upper box and only made his APP
pearance at the front of the box when
the demand of the audience to hear
from him became too loud for Chair
man Clarence S. barrow to subdue.
About one half of the members of the
National Committee occupied seats up
on the platform, the balance Of them
falling To put in an appearance.
THE SPEAKERS
Clarence S. T.. barrow. who presided,
made short speech, defining the OBJ
jcc.s of the meeting. ana then intro
duccd John p. Tarvin. of Kentucky.
who made an eloquent and strong
speech.
The next spea ker. who was neatly in
troduced. was james +. Brown, of New
York.
Senator Tillman. of South Carolina.
came next, and was greeted with great
applause.
SENATOR TiLLMAN'S SPEECH.
Senator Tilman said:
The last time | had the pleasure Of
addressing Chicago audience was the
AlSIl Dtitlt the t.SctiOn IN 1875. and
they were just as we'll and roared lust
as lcudly as you do. But what did you
do next day? You surrendered to the
dictates of the men who had you en-
ployed, if any of you are humble and
obscure enough 10 be employed. You
went to the polls and voted for your
own slavery
Senator Tilman talked at some
length, concluding as follows:
we will fight this battle in 1900 and
in 1904. and in 1908, and in the future
simply because we are now industrial
slaves, living here year in and year out
with nothing more than Il bare compe-
tence; nothing more than a bare living;
and we have sworn by the Almighty
God that we will fight along that line
until the men of the West are aroused
to their interest and keep the gold bugs
or the West and Of the East off their
packs. We cannot afford 10 give up the
Chicago platform. If it was right in
1886, ii is right in 1899. 1t will be right
mex, year. and right is right. and RICH.
means might in the language Of Abra-
ham Lincoln"
Alexander Troup, the National Com.
nltteeman from Connecticut. was HUI
morously brought forward by Chair
man barrow. and his address was
greeted with great cheering
George Fred Williams. of Massa-
cnusetts. and Congressman Lentz. of
ONO. spoke, and then General Finley
was introduced and made speech
which evoked much enthusiasm.
AND BRYAN NEXT.
Mr.. Bryan was then introduced and
was given an enthusiastic welcome. He
spoke in part Az follows:
In speaking in Chicago / am emhar-
raised by the fact that the advoca les
of the Chicago platform are divided in
10 two camps. 1t is not my business to
establish secret service in order to as
certain what Democrats are most de-
voted to the principles set forth in the
last party creed. All Chicago platform
Democrats look alike to me and instead
OF trying To drive any professed be-
levers i'll that platform out of the
party. my act is to 50 impress upon all
Democrats the Importance OF the
triumph of Democratic principles that
all local differences will he lost sight
or in the determination to restore the
government TO the foundations laid by
the fathers.
M'KINLEY'S CONFESSION.
'In The brief time that | shall sneak
10 you, ! desire to condense what /
have TO say upon three subjects into n
few brief proposition. First, President
Mckinley, by sending a commission to
Europe to secure international bimetal-
ism, confessed the gold standard to be