The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-08
BRYAN SPOKE IN NEW JERSEY.
u,s WELCOMED BY LARGE CROWD
AT PLAINFIELD.

R4DuhIican Party Not the Party
.,b, Masses-BimetaIIism Strong
o- To-day in the West Than Ever
u.fore-Considers the Money Cues
.;,.n the Greatest Ever Presented
.o tbe American PeOpl,e-SpoAe in
che Evening at Carnegie Hall.
New York, Feb. 7.-William ]. Bryan
,,,igered an address in Music Hall at
plairded, N. J.
,tr Brvan, Congressman DAILY of New
7o,.ov and j. b. Hellman of Plainheld,
~ Jersey City on Central Railroad
.-atr at noon. They arrived at Plainfeld
at o'clock
A., s,ch station many persons entered
,be ear some of whom accompanied Mr.
prvan to Plainfeld. When the train
n.,,1ei PIainfield fully 1900 people were
IN tbe platform. 1t was with difficulty
mai the way to the carriage was cleared,
Mr. BRYAN being compelled to shake hands
with all who could get near him. Preced-
"a by a brass band, the carriages started
for tine Cedar Brook farm, the home of
James f. MARITIME.
nroyided Mr.. Bryan was introduced 10
ao men as he entered the house. Shortly
after o'clock the party started for Music
HALL which was packed to its utmost
nacitv There were many Republicans in
The hall and also many gold standard
Democrats
The speaker said he had no hope OF
converting any man who in 1896 voted
against free silver, and did not know why
he 50 voted. The man who voted against
free silver and who knew why he voted
that way was a man open for cOnvic-
ton.
Not the Party of the People.
The Republican party, he said, was a
good party for some, and there were men
who naturally supported it. There We're
others who thought it was to their inter
EST 10 support the Republican party and
who were mistaken. These men We're open
TO conviction. The great mass of the peO-
Die of this country, he said, were toilers,'
and tne man who tolls was the most i'm
portant for the country. He believed in
party and a principle good for the
eoaehman as well as for the man who rides
in the carriage.
BimetaiIism, Mr.. Bryan said, was
stronger to-day in the West than ever be
fore The armies of England had been
checked by handful of Beers, and that
was enough to shake the money market.
What would happen, he asked, if England
mad been fighting big nation.
Al this point there was much applause,
and Mr. Bryan said:
Don't applaud that, its anarchy"
He said ne had been asked 10 drop the
money question. In reply he would say
he considered it the greatest question that
had ever been presented to the American
people He would not drop it, bur would
stand by all of the principles of the Demo
crate party.
Nj Bryan left for New York on the AS
o'clock train. About 1900 people at the
railroad stationed cheered him as he left
for the metropolis.
Bryan at Carnegie Hall.
Nr Bryan spoke tonight at Carnegie
Han on Pending Problems" under the
auspices of Winfield Scott Hancock Post
Nc. Z5j, O. A. r., of the department of
New York for the relief of soldiers and
widows and orphans. He said in part
We passed through great war from
1861 to 1860. The creates, I may say, in
the history of the world; greater in re-
spect 10 the numbers engaged on both
sides than any war in previous history.
In wars of conquest the stronger has al
ways dominated the weaker. But the
Civil War was greater than all the wars
that preceded it, because the soldiers of
tne South are now glad that the Union
Vas preserved and that the republic was
saved That war eliminated the one choSAl
of discord and made it possible that never
again will there be any effort to disturb
the Union"