The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-19

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was a sea of waving flags. As Colonel
Bryan, escorted by Mr.. Croker, mount
ed the stand, the cheering
was continuous. The two climbed the
stairs and made their way to the front
followed by the reception committee.
Colonel Bryan and Mr.. Croker fire.
quently responded 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 VanWyck escorted
Edward M Shepard, who acted as
chairman of the meeting. The cheer
ing continued; now dying down.. now
being renewed with increased vigor. It
continued for five minutes. not abating
when Colonel Bryan arose to his feet
and raised his hand. Mr.. Croker pull
ed him back into his seat. The cheer
ing went on. Then Mr.. Croker rose,
hes1tated a moment, then raised. his
hand for silence.
Instead OF ceasing the crowd broke
forth louder h ever. Do what he
could Mr.. Croker could not silence the
crowd.
After nearly fifteen minutes of cheer
Ing the applause began to decrease.
There Were mingled cheers and Kisses,
the latter lasting a minute longer.
Three cheers for our next president"
brought out a final cheer but an effort
to repeat IL was drowned in cries of
Put him out"
The enthusiasm nearly carried the
crowd away. The throng at the Madi-
son avenue end of the garden damned
down the afsles and the six policemen
at that point had to do sincere battle
with h crowd to keep it under con-
troll.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
yVhan nr1iof u-ac racp0raJ NJ C-oI-1-
rose. took Mr.. Shepard by the hand
n him to the audience, as
chairman of the meeting. Before Mr..
Shepard could get INTO the subject Of
imperialism" to which most of his ad-
dress was devoted. the crowd got so
impatient to hear Mr.. Bryan h Mr..
Shepard could not proceed. He sud-
denly stopped and introduced President
Guggenheimer, of the council, who Of
fered the formal resolutions Of the eve
ming. These welcomed Colonel Bryan
and MIR. Stevenson to New York, ap-
proved the Kansas City platform; OPP
posed Imperialism; protested against
an enormous standing army, as a
menace ITO the republic; praised the VOL
unteer army as being sufficient in an
emergency; opposed entangling foreign
alliances; sympathized with the Beers;
denounced trusts; pledged the party to
bring back to the people constitutional
government and charged the republic
cans 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
for Mr.. Bryan. and Mr.. Shepard at
once introduced the latter in a few
short sentences.
BRYAN BEFORE THE AUDIENCE.
Colonel Bryan stepped to the railing
I a hO1lt tho Gland nc tho fhrnnO hrnln
afresh into cheers He raised his hand
Tor silence, but the cheers did not sub
side. Colonel Bryan was dressed Simp-
ly in a black suit with a short sack
coat.
Three cheers for our next president
came up from the audience, Mr.. Bryan
raising his hand in depreciation The
crowd was about to become quiet when
with a boom and a flash OF fire a flash
light bomb went off in the center OF
the room. Women shrieked and the
men yelled, not knowing it all
was. There was great excitement and
disorder for a momtnt and calls for the
police. A dozen policemen rushed t.
the spot where the man sat who had
fired the bomb, grabbed him n hustled
him and his camera out into the aisle
and out of the garden.
Colonel Bryan had stood quietly a.
the rail on the platform. There wa:
dllOlAlCI SNIlp " lS NlC iAo
but Kisses greeted it, and Colonel Bry'
an commenced speaking.
He began quietly, his voice beins
scarcely audible a hundred feet ava!
from the stand, but he gradually spok'
louder and in a momen his vo1c'
could be heard by the galleries.
The crowd listened in silence for
time, but when the speaker declare'
that the democratic party recognize
the right of ability of mind and muscl
to the fruits of its toll, the crowd brok
forth into cheering.
!. MR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Colonel Bryan began by referring t
the vast audience before him and sal
that it indicated an interest in tn
campaign which must be gratifying t
all who realized the Importance of tn
questions involved. He declared tina
: he was not vain enough to accept tn
enthusiasm manifested as a persona
| tribute to himself, because. he saiC
1.-The individual count for nothing eS
cept that he may be the instrumer
: used by the people to carry out the
2 own WILL" and hen Immediately er
tered upon a defense Of h Democrat
$ saying:
ITO say that the people gathere
here who support our causes are th
2 enemies of honest wealth, is a Siandt
e which could not be uttered without tt
e one who uttered it knew it to be falls
t We are not opposed to that -wealt
which comes as the reward of hone:
= toll and is enjoyed by those who civ
to society something in return for thu
{ which society throws upon them IT
t democratic party today is not only NJ
t the enemy of honest wealth, but II
S democratic party of today is h be-
T friend of that wealth that represen'
d ability of muscle or of mind employe
= in its accumulation"
7 At the conclusion of Mr.. Bryan
: speech the crowd rose and cheered
s Mr.. Bryan left the platform with n
y Croker, shaking hands as he left. I
3 applause for Colonel Bryan as he we
away blended with that for Adlai
o Stevenson as he rose TO speak. L
8 cheers died out and the noise of I
f crowd getting out prevented Mr.. Ste
i enson from speaking. Three minu'
d after Mr.. Bryan left there were Vaca
y seats all over the building, lar
l. patches showing everywhere on gale
i, les and main foor. M~r.Stevenson beg
20 Speaking but his voice could not
IS heard fifty feet away. More than n
+ba paopIe left Frequent aCteml