The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-17

tip-toe on his seat ana the garden was
sea Of waving flags. AS Mr.. Bryan,
escorted by Mr.. Croker, mounted the
speakers stand, the cheering was con-
tInuous. The two climbed the stairs
and made their way 10 the front fol-
lowed by the reception committee Mr.
Bryan and Mr.. Croker frequently re-
sponded to the cheering by bowling to
the vast audience and the faces of both
were Wreathed with smiles
Just behind the two as they mounted
the platform, Mayor Van Wyck escort
ed Edward NJ Shepard, who was
chairman of the meeting. The cheer
ing continued, now dying down, now
being renewed with increased vigor. II
continued for five minutes, not abating
When Mr. Bryan rose to his feet and
raised his hands.
Mr. Croker pulled him back into his
seat The cheering went on.
Mr. Croker rose, hesitated a moment
then raised his hand for silence. In
stead of ceasing the crowd broke forth
louder IMAM ever Do what he could
ME- croker could not silence the crowd
After nearly fifteen minutes of cheer
ing the applause began to decrease
Mingled cheers and Kisses the latter
for silence. lasted minute longer. A
call for three cheers for s.OIr r,a,<t
president brought out a final cheer
but an effort TO repeat it was drowned
In cries of put him out"
The enthusiasm nearly carried the
crowd away
The throng at the Madison avenue
end of the garden damned down the
aisle and the sixty odd policemen at
that point had to do battle with the
crowd to keep it under control
MEETING OPENED.
When quiet was restored Mr.. Croker
rose, took Mr.. Shepard by the hand and
introduced him to the audience as
chairman of the meeting
Before Mr. Shepard could get into the
subject of Imperialism to which
most of the address was devoted the
crowd became so impatient to hear Mr.
Bryan that Mr.. Shepard could not pro-
coed He suddenly stopped and intro
duced President Guggenheimer of the
council who offered the formal resoIu-
tons of the evening. These welcomed
Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson to New
York; approved the Kansas City plat
form: opposed imperialism: protested
against an enormous standing army a s
a menace 10 the republic; praised the
volunteer army as being sufficient in
emergency; opposed entangling foreign
alliances; sympathized with the Beers:
denounced trusts: pledged the party 10
bring back to the people constitutional
government and charged the Republic
ans with having raised a gigantic cor
ruptiOn fund to debauch the suffrage
The resolutions were cheered. Though
| they could not be heard for the shouts
Tor Bryan, and Mr. Shepard at once
| introduced the latter in a few short
sentences.
Mr. Bryan stepped to the railing
about the stand as the throng broke
out afresh into cheers. He raised his
| hand for silence, but the cheers did NOT
subside- Mr.. Bryan was dressed sim
ply in black suit with a short sack
coat.
ss,Trbraa cbaars fo,- 49, A -,
came up from the audience. Mr.. Bryan
raising his hand in deorecation.
BOMB IN AUDIENCE.
The crowd was about to become quiet
/ when. with boom and a fash of fire
a fiashlight bomb went off in the center
of the room.
Women shrieked and the crowd veil
ed, not knowing what it all was. There
was great excitement and disorder for
moment and calls for the police.
A dozen policemen rushed to the snot
where the man sat who had fred the
] bomb, grabbed him and hustled him
and his camera out into the aisle and
out of the garden.
Mr. Bryan had stood quietly at the
rail on the platform. There was another
attempt TO renew the cheering. but
( misses greeted it and Colonel BRYAN
commenced speaking.
BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr. Bryan began by referring to the
] vast audience before him. and said
that 1t indicated an interest in the
campaign, which must be era tif1-in,r -
all who realized the Importance of +be
questions involved He immediateIv
entered upon a defense OF the Deroo,
cratic cause and said:
TO say that the people gathered
here who support our cause are tI,a 90, -
mics OF honest wealth is a sIander
Whlch could not be uttered without the
one who uttered it knew it to be falsa
we are not opposed to that wealth
which comes as the reward Of $3.50 oe.-t
toll and is enjoyed by those who e-iI1e
TO society something in return for that
which society throws upon them tn
democratic party today is not only MOI
the enemy of honest wealth. buf tbe
Democratic party of today is the bas+
friend of that wealth which presents
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