Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-05
HON. WILLIAM J.BRYAN
70 DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
| REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION
IN ToMLINsON's HALL, N
DIANAPOLIS.
AUDIENCE ROSE EN- MAsSE
AND FOR MORE THAN FIVE MIN
UTES MADE THE WELKIN RING.
Mr. Bryan Compelled to Ask h
Enthusiastic Democrats to Desist
So He Could Go on With His Adj
dress-The Important Work the
emOcrac Expects of the Clubs.
Old Officers Reelected.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October A
The hall in which wa assembled me
National Association of Democratic
Clubs was thronged with people this
afternoon, probably 5000 being pres
ent, but as the hour approached for
the advent of Mr.. Bryan at A o'clock,
the .aisles were filled and the hall
thronged to a degree of almost suffo-
cation.
After Adlai E. Stevenson had con-
Guided James r. Sovereign, ex-Grand
Master Workman of the Knights OF
Labor, spoke, dealing with the work
ingmen from a political standpoint. He
said labor is the foundation of liber-
ty in all the world.
Mr.. Sovereign was followed by
J. Milton Turner, minister to Liberia
under Grants administration, who
spoke briefly and in part as follows:
81 wish to make this attestation on
behalf of the class with whom | have
my particular identity in the United
States. A great many of my race who
formed the majority of the negro pop
ulation of the United States rs years
ago, have already been promoted and
have gone to their good Christian
. fathers, but the boys are coming forth
in teeming hundreds and thousands
from that palladium and safeguard of
American institutions, the public
school system of our country and
Unlike Uncle Tom and Aunt Sally,
they are doing their own thinking like
your young Americans, for themselves.
1t may not be amiss upon this distin-
guished occasion for me to talk to this
dignified and highly intelligent audi
ence and ask them to witness the fact
that If there be an American who is a
patriot and whose feet tread the soil Of
our country, the negro people are
among that class. We come with a
fresh born disinterested patriotism to
put forth our might at this time in
~ obliOo VI lA0iAAd, OAAOJ Il
and New Jersey and other States where
we have been making the Presidents
for the last 25 or 80 years and we
think this time through our boys, we
will be able to make up such a quota
for the election of VIM. Jennings Bry-
an that we will elect this ticket with
out INV nOccihi1ftu Of NFoI(Iploy Iofoo+
ing it,"
AS Bishop Turner concluded,
Mr.. Bryan Appeared on the Platform.
He had reached the city a few minutes
before 8 o'clock but did not arrive at
the hall until a quarter past. He was
escorted through the streets by a num-
Der of marching clubs. AS soon as the
Democratic national candidate appeared
on the platform there was a wild shout
of greeting and this developed into a
demonstration which continued for
about six minutes until indeed there was
a call for a cessation from Mr.. Bryan
himself. The speech was literally ap-
plauded throughout and when it was
concluded there was a rush TO the stage
on the part of those in the audience
who wished to shake hands with him.
He, however, avoided this demonstra-
ton and oon found his way back to his
hotel. Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as fol-
lows.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentleman:
but because l want to be. Not be-
cause you need me, but because | a n
glad to meet you. 1t is not necessary
that l should speak to you, for You
have already listened to enough to
convince any who was not convinced,
end one follows me tonight who will
convince who may still be without the
fold.
appreciate the work done AMI be-
ing done by this association of Demo-
cratic clubs and
/ Appreciate the Energy,
the enthusiasm and the ability dis
played by Mr.. Hearst, the president Of
the association. l believe in these
clubs. We need them. We need clubs
far more than the Republicans need
clubs. In fact, my friends, the work
Of Democracy being a work for the
people, must be done by the people.
Machinery is not sufficient when We
have but machinery alone to win !
Democratic fight. We need these clubs
TO aid in the work and to supplement-
the efforts of our national, State and
local organizations. We need the clubs
to help US collect money to carry on
u campaign. The Republican party
can get its money from the corpora
tons, which plumber the people be-
tween campaigns in return for the
money contributed during campaigns.
we cannot go to a trust and ask
it to help US because we do no ex-
pect to be helped. We know that every
speech made by a Democrat against
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