Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-17

IVAN Hoesen. AT each plate was placed
a souvenir program, bound In heavy
dark paper, with the name Of each
guest in gold lettering on the cover.
The menu was on cards, plain except
for a portrait OF Col. Btyan above and
the American flag In colors to the right.
The much disputed cost OF the dinner
was settled by the Hoffman House
| management who said that the cost
was $l2 per plate, exclusive of wines. 1t
took from $40 to Z p. m. to dispose of
the. many courses and, soon after the
party got into carriages and We're
l8driven to Madison Square garden.
OVATION no BRYAN.
AT $50 O'clock the only seats remain-
/ Ing vacant in the entire garden was an
occasional one, the tickets for which re-
NAMED good until O'Clock. Col. Bryan
entered the garden at 7:15 and was
greeted with one great, prolonged yell.
iINery one stood tip-toe on his seat and
the garden was a sea of waving flags.
Az GUl. Bryan, esc6fted by Mr.. Croker,
Itneunted the speakers stand the Cheer
ing was continuous. The two climbed
the stairs and made their way to the
front. Col. Bryan and Mr.. Croker fire.
l3quently responded to the cheering by
| bowling to the vast audience and the
faces of both were wreathed in smiles.
Just behind the two, as they mounted
the platform, was Mayor Van Wyck,
escorted by Edward NJ Shepard who
| acted as chairman of the meeting. The
cheering continued. now dying down,
now being renewed with increased
vigor. 1t continued for five minutes,
not abating when Col Bryan rose to
his feet and raised his hand. Mr..
Croker pulled him back into his seat.
The cheering Went on. Then Mr..
! i'roker rose, hesitated moment, then
raised his hand for silence. Instead of
ceasing the crowd broke forth louder
than ever. Mi. Croker could not
silence the crowd. After nearly fifteen
minutes of cheering the applause began
to decrease. Mingled cheers and Kisses,
the latter for silence, lasted minute
longer Three cheers for our mex,
president" brought out final cheer,
but an effort 10 repeat 1T was drowned
in cries OF Put him QUIT &
When quiet was restored, Mr..
Croker rose took Mr.. Shepard by the
hand and introduced him to the audi
ence as chairman of the meeting. Be-
fore Mr.. Shepard could get into the
subject of imperialism, to which
most of his address was devoted, the
crowd got 50 impatient to hear Col.
Bryan that Mr.. Shepard could not pros
ceed. He suddenly stopped and intro
dnced President Gugenheimer, of the
council who offered the formal resolu-
tions of the evening These welcomed
Col Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson to New
York; approved the Kansas City plat
form: opposed Imperialism; protested
against an enormous standing army as
a menace to the republics; praised the
volunteer army as being sufficient in
lemerSency: opposed entangling foreign
balances: syn1pathized with the Beers; ;
denounced trusts; pledged he party to
bring back to the people constitutional
government and charged the republic
cans with having raised a gigantic cor
Eruption fund to debauch the suffrage.
The resolutions were cheered. tho
they could not be heard for the shouts
for Bryan. and Mr., Shepard at once In
troduced the latter in few short SEN
tentes Colonel Bryan stepped to the
railing about the stand az the throng
broke afreSh into cheers. The crowd was
about to become quiet. when. with a
boom and fash of fire. a flashlight
bomb t5off in the center of the room.
Women sh.ieked and the crowd yelled,
lsnot knowing what II was. There was
l5great excitement for a moment and calls
! for the police. A dozen policemen RUSH
| ed to the spot where the man sat who
ihad fired the bomb, grabbed him and
thustled him and his camera out into the
aisle and out of the garden.
BRYAN SPEAKS.
Col. Bryan had stood quietly at the
]raiis on the platform There was another
]attempt to renew the cheering. but hiss
les greeted it, and Col, BRYAN com
lmenced speaking He entered upon a
Idefehse OF the democratic causes and
4 said in part:
say that the people gathered here
who support our cause are the enemies
|of honest wealth is SANDER, which
icould not he uttered without the one
who uttered it knew 1t to be false We
are not opposed 10 that wealth which
Icomes astIle reward of honest toll and is
.Ienjoyed by those who give to society
something in return for that which 30
dciety throws upon them. The democrats
lie party today is not only not the enemy
#fEof honest wealth, but the democratic
3party Of today is the stfriend Of that
wealth that represents ability Of muscle
aor IF mind employed in its accumuia-
Ition.
4 Col. Bryan went on TO cay that the
Jsparty draws the line between honest
wealth and predatory wealth. between
THAT wealth which is q just compensa-
ltion for services rendered and that
wealth which simply measures the adj
]Santages which some citizen has taken
4 over many citizens." He declared that
jno honest industry. no honest occupa-
4 ton. no honest man. need fear the suc-
cess of the democratic party. The demo
]cratic party, he said showed IT'S ljt1ft:
lesty by stating what 1t believed and tell
ling the people what 1t will do He
asked for a comparison Of the demo-
lcratic platform with the republican par
Ity platform, and expressed confidence
4 THAT any honest man making at1cti com
]parison must be convinced Of the sim
Certify of the democratic declaration and
4 the hypocrisy of the republican plat
form. Taking up the republican tleclar-
alton Of principles Col. Bryan said tina,
that party is not prepared today to make
a fight on a question before the coun-