The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-30
NEW YORK ABLAZE FOR BRYAN
A Great Speech at Madison Square Garden
Greeted With Thunderous
Applause.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND TANNED THE HALL

once SldI = " TIC hiCSHiH2"
nous c-owd had gathered around the
Hoffman House. When Mr.. Croker APP
peared. followed a few moments later by
Mr.. BRYAN. the crowd let its enthusiasm
have full play. Mr.. Bryan was driven at
once to the Broadway Athletic club meet
ing where he addressed the Italian-Amerl-
can League.
The waving Of 1000 Italian and Ameri-
can flags greeted Mr.. Bryan when he en-
tered the club. Every one stood up and
yelled and cheered. and it was ten min
utes before the tribute was over. Then
| it was only silenced by Mr.. Bryan him
self who held out his hand to signify
that he wanted to speak.
Up to 1870 o'clock admission was by
ticket, and by that time the place was
damned. Italian marching clubs came
into the building headed by fife and drum
corps, and there was a band OF music
stationed in the upper corner near the
stage.
BRYAN SPEAKS AT COOPER UNION.
Coroner yucca introduced Mr.. Bryan,
who talked for twenty minutes and then
drove through cheering crowds to Cooper
Union. Cooper Union was crowded to
the doors with Germans who had come
there to hear Mr.. Bryan address them
under the auspices Of the German League
of the National Association Of Democratic
clubs. Anti-imperialisn. was the strong
est note sounded. both in the speech of
Mr.. Bryan and those Of the other speak
ers.
Mr.. Bryan's appearance in the hall was
the signal for an outbreak of the most
unbounded enthusiasm. This was worked
up to a point where it became conta-
oio1,c anH nnpcnn in tho 1arOn IN
dience jumped to his feet and waved the
American flag which he found in his
seat. The band played Star SD slgle
Banner but at first this could not be
heard for the tremendous volley of APP
plause. Mr.. Bryan was profusely greet
ed by those on the platform. He returned
their greetings in the most cordial man
ner. AS he faced the audience, he look
ed smiling, happy and confident. He said
in part:
eff the Republicans tell me the Demo-
cratic Germans left the Democratic party
to save the gold standard, I say that they
have come back to save the Declaration
of Independence. l have made no at
tempt to conceal my views on the money
question. (Cries of Good, Good. I would
be unworthy of your confidence, l would
be unworthy of your support for any office
l. NY OpIlllOIS SllOulu ne CII1Stu W al
occasion or to win a vote. If l would
surrender my convictions on the money
question in order to get to be President
l might surrender my convictions on the
trust question, on Imperialism, after l
got to be President. But, my friends,
| while my views are known on the money
| question l believe that questions Of gov
eminent are more important than queS-
tons of money. l believe that it is more
important that we should have a republic
than that we shall have any particular
kind of MONEY Standard
The first speaker to address the meet
ing was DR.. Louis w. Habercom, of Wash
ington. He devoted the greater part Of
his speech to an arraignment of the i'm
perialistic policy of the administration.
ON SECOND AVENUE.
Second avenue. in which Bryan spoke
next, presented a sight which
it has seldom seen. Bryan enthusiasts
sWarmed into the Avenue until it was
simply impossible from Tenth to Twenty
Second streets. The stand erected at the
corner Of Fourteenth street was sur
rounded by a living mass of people,. For
more than half an hour Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne entertained a
crowd. 1t was a pushing, showing, seeth-
ing mass of humanity as far as the eyes
could reach. They were waiting for Bry-
an. The windows of the adjacent houses
were filled with people who showed their
sympathy in all manner of ways.
Several young women from a house on
Second avenue almost opposite the stand
kept up a continual shooting off of a
pistol, while others from the roofs set
off a continual stream of fireworks.
" r. n - ~
Presidential candidate was announced by
the Outbursts from the crowd. Several
Mounted policemen rushed through the
crowd and made a passage way for a
carriage behind them. This contained
Mr.. Bryan. He alighted when he reach
ed a position Just in front of the stand,
and was escorted through the crowd. He
YVES received with cheers which even he
could not subdue for several minutes.
Mr.. Bryan stood with his head barred be-
fore the crowd. and his hand raised for
quiet. Just as order had been restored
several little boys perched in a window
just back of the stand started to shout
for Bryan, whereupon the presidential
candidate turned around and smiled.
This was the signal for another outburst
which lasted several minutes. Mr.. Bry-
an said he had Just come from a warm
IOOIl, DuI lldL he WOulO say a lew WOTOS.
He said:
Il believe our cause appeals to all who
believe in the rights of the people.
We want the doors of the Philip
pine Islands open. We want the Philip
pines to have the same rights tina we
enjoy"
Mr.. Bryan ended his brief talk by say
ing:
Il am opposed to industrial deSpotism.'
The crowd went wild when Mr.. Bryan
walked down the stairs of the platform,
and It was with considerable difficulty
that he reached his carriage.
At Madison Square Garden.
, Mr.. Bryan drove straight from this
meeting at Fourteenth street and Second
avenue to Madison Square.
At least an hour before the doors were
opened to Madison Square Garden at 5:3C
o'clock this evening a vast crowd had