Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-17

have numbered 10000, and there was
not n in that crowd who cared to
hear anyone else but Mr.. Bryan. Half
a dozen speakers attempted to keep
them quiet until the presidential can
didate came from the garden, but the
most successful speaker had a hard job
of it.
Those who had points of vantage on
the stand did little to encourage the
speakers, for their interest was taken
up by the waves of humanity in front
and on all sides of the stand.
Commissioner Keller presided. Con-
gresham John NJ. Quinn started to
speak, but gave it up in disgust. He
had rot fairly started when the band
started to play.
Augustus T. Doherty, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Osborne. James Lindsey
Gordon, James Hamilton Lewis, D.. ].
Cavanagh and others tried to speak,
but the crowd gave them small chance.
1t was shortly after 9 o'clock when
the cavalcade heading the Bryan party
rode down Madison avenue to the stand.
The carriages could not drive within
fifty feet of it, and Colonel Bryan, Mr..
Croker, Mr.. Hearst and James Shevlin,
of Brooklyn, who were in the carriages,
walked to the stand.
The ovation to the candidate was
~deafeningly loud and prolonged. After
shaking hands with Mr.. Keller and
those on the stand who could stretch
their hands to him, Colonel Bryan stood
facing the crowd in front Of the stand.
He uncovered his head, but the bombs
were exploding in the air overhead, and
the fire from one almost struck him.
Bryan drew away as if to dodge it. The
band was still playing Hail to the
Chief" when Colonel Bryan outstretched
his hand to the audience to command
quiet. He said:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:
Il have been talking indoors until
| am warm and l am afraid to expose
myself in the open air. You can read
in the morning papers what l have said
but l have said enough and you have
read enough to know the issues and
my opinions in regard to them.
eve want to make this government
what the fathers intended to make
of it and give equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. If by your
suffnages l am made president, l will
not try to get your hands in other
peoples pockets. If you believe the
trust a good thing, vote the Republican
ticket, and get all you want of it. If
you believe trusts are bad, vote u
ticket. If you believe in a large army,
vote the Republican ticket and get it.
If you believe in a small army, we
promise you that you shall have a small
army and a government so good that
every citizen will be willing to become
a soldier to preserve the government
to posterity.
eff you want imperialism, vote the
Republican ticket. If our party is in
trusted with power we will say to the
Filipino and all the world that IL
purpose is not to govern the Fflipinos
but establish a government for them
that will be theirs and not ours. We
will say to the world, Hands off. Let
that republic live and work out its
own destiny"
The minute Col. Bryan stopped
speaking Mr.. Croker took his arm and
led him to the rear of the stand to see
the crowd assembled there. He waved
his hat to them and Mr.. Croker asked
him, Did you ever see anything like
it?" Wonderful, wonderful" Col.
Bryan said.
Then the party, after Misunderstanding
all-round. left the stand and got into
the carriages.
The trip to Tammany Hall was
made through streets lined with cheer
ing thousands. Col. Bryan and his
party arrived at 9:25. Senator Mackey
was speaking, but as 0 o as the crowd
recognized Bryan it rose to its feet and
cheered for several minutes. Richard
Croker, who accompanied Mr.. Bryan,
took a seat on the rear of the plat
form while the candidate went to the
front and acknowledged the greeting.
When the cheering had continued for a
couple of minutes. he raised his hand
to command silence. AS soon as he
was able he began TO speak.
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