The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-08
IT WAS FROSTY FOR BRYAN.
SauE ON spEECH. mr. ann fSSION
COST 4 QTiRTER.

and u Hair His New England speech.
col. William J. Bryan arrived In town from
Hartford Mt IL o'clock yesterday morning and
was officially welcomed by Congressman Sulzer.
State Senator DAILY OF New Jersey and DR.. J.
II. Girdner. He was unoficially welcomed by
a score or more hnckmen and depot loungcrs.
who gave three cheers when he came IN sight.
The Colonel took on his hat in response TO tho
cheers. Then he started for plainneld, \. j..
10 give u matinee performance.
The reporters got after him on the way and
one Of them asked him his opinion Of political
trusts. like Tammany Hall"
We're attending to industrial trusts lust
now - said the Colonel. when we get through
with them itll he time to look into other
things"
Here are other things he said on the fly:
THE more money we have tho better times
We have. Gold and silver together naturally
provide more money than gold alone possibly
can.
III the gold standard is blessing, why don't
the Republicans have the courage and honesty
to defend it and not hide under Il p~retense
OF international bi. metaIlism?
democratic chances for victory next lall are
improving every day. The Republican position
on all questions is bad enough to drive all
honest men out Of the party
Col. BRYAN got back to town AZ $3.50 O'Clock
and dined at DR., Girdner's house, 81 West
Forthwith street, with Tom l.. Johnson, .. II.
l. Belmont, eX-Gov. Hogg Of Texas. Father
Ducey, c. {. Hughes. II. Gallagher and Philo =.
Bennett.
The evening performance in Carnegie Hall
where the Colonel le,tured on Pending Pro-
blems' Tor the relief fund Of W, :. Hancock
Post, q \, H., was "A frost, There was 20 dead
head list. which may have had something to do
with il, Tho prices OF admission to the hall
were II for the body @: the house, and 30
cents and - cents for the galleries. while the
boxes Wers on sale at fancy prices.
SIX ont Of the sixty boxes were
occ upird ANA ~ $50 O'Clock. fifteen minutes
after tie time. Col BRYAN was adNeI tis'd to
begin h, eIeuch. there were less than TWO
hundred NropIr IN the body VI thu house and
not hundred on the STAG. Tho E~a'lerles
were uI' haf iUlL ilhuly the 1J-'vu'rrs AMI
25.c"rters were Invited - come down and lit
IN H." dollar s"utS without extra charge
to warm M the house a li;tUr. They
cane downstni.- IN a hurry Altogether there
were about 500 people In the house, uIiy about
n third o. whom wcrv inclined 10 exhibit any
enthusiasm over the presence of tho octopus
Before col BRYAN and his PARTY. including
eA-Gpy. Hogg ot Texas. -. n. +. Belmont anda
few othrrs. arrived, the only persons m the
house VINO seemed 20 Dee generally known were
the Hon. Patrick Gleason, Vernon VI. DAVIS.
| JplN I. Nle"ltll illl henry \. Nt'ohdIl, one
timc a-pIraHt for Gulrrnatorla! hunur' ON an
iGdoIculcur silver ticket. Chief DeNrry came
IL late aud after him anne the Hon John
WhaIcn. They sat lar back on the platform
and ont OF sight ~ the audience. One other
John was present, Charity Commissioner heI-
leri who sat In n box and looked bored.
Whether l. WIS 'ccausn cot Bryan used the
same Si."ch that he recently used in BaIti.
murH and Jersey City and has also been using
thr2nghont his New ins'and ton, or eecnn,e
the Tact rrmains mat he evoked only halt
hearted applause. aud at long intervals, untIl
Then the audience stood up and yelled It's
approval for several minutes
Before Co.. Bryan was introduced L.. +;
Dewey, Gems Merritt and Niles, and a host OF
others, including Bourkc Cochran, who sent
- with instruction. 70 the to rnr-
Introducing Col. Bryan. said:
III all the PRAYERS and praises that will
ascend to heaven invoking Gods richest bless
ingS upon him who will now address YOU. were
%chiselsd N a It, summit would
Col. BRYAN let the applause that greeted him
die out and then said:
1T is . grea,. pleasure for me to speak;
this post and for the benefit Of those
whose. care is, its special -o,IrI,ude. The
war in which tn" men 81 this post
world, but i was even greater IN results. The
soldiers Of the North held in the Mon those
/ WHO Mdllru 10 iFlNf " anu IbN All ! b n
that, there is one republic instead OF two.
believe. today that there i an
honest rivalry between the sons Of those who
wore the blue and those VINO wore the, gray to
see which can contribute tn most to the glory
OF the preserved mon.
81 claim 40 credit for what | did a. a soldier
IN the lat" war. would rather not hc called
hv my military title. because my ~rIN."e was
So small. AL ! ID was to,show my willingness
to serre. That ! did rhe lay war was declared
and my res gnation was dated on the day peace
Wa. Officially restored.
You men Of This post settled certain rroO-
ciety were not settled there. \ country like
this Is good when the people make y good.
and bHt when the people make II bad. was
not necessary for a war to prove MS patriotic |
hope the time will come when wars VIII be
unknown. Even then there VIII TO oppor-
OF country. Of all times IN history, would
rather live to-day. for | believe that there are
better opportunities to-day for men TO testify
to their love OF country. GOiiHnd their fellow
men than in III. OF the past ages.
Now. | want to discuss certain problems
with yoa, and for what say | want ynu to hold
in s~eclus'on but in the omen field. When | and
t,nhhinnHas'o m im vb rIe a3ob,s sum ,nSrec,b Iy.
Of his own views. Every citizen should
think more OF his own country than OF any
party. In, presenting certain problems to YOU
emphatir | may bo. ! realize the i|allihility OF
Nv li'lhN. b,''''' hh' ''h'"' 'h'. ' ''HN ~"
wrong and others right
At this l%uncture Co. Bryan began his now
familiar speech. which lie has divided into four
parts, the subjects hotns 'faXation.n "S'lycr."'
TRUSTS and "Imperndlism and Miitarism'
lie talked for two hours and = hat
Under ~tayatiou he said that the decision
OF the United states supreme Court
against an income tax would In The
time OF the country peril p~araly2o the arm OF
the Government. There was nothing new in
what he said about silver or gold or
about trusts, hu' he said thlr tho
money trGs, aud tho industrial trust
were tho sane thing aud that.
despite IN" advice 81 certain people. no didn't
mean to make leace with the old bear in order
to chase the cub.
MIR. Bryan protested against a standing army
and against the retention Of the Philippines.
The path to colonial possessions. he Said. was
a dangerous one tor Il republic to travel
"A cas-" IN point il England he said. She
started a littlc war ia South Africa against a
HANDFUL OF people and il has already cost her
NOR" than ~h' thought. And yet her soldiers
have not reached ladysmith aud God grant
that they ncvuv WILL
II was at this uOint that the only real en-
thuSlas1n OF the evening became apparent.
The audience fairly yelled it, approval.
Mr.. Brvan consented last night to all