Evening journal., 1900-10-17
MIR. BRYAN TALKS FIVE HOURS.
BUT FAILS TO MENTION SILVER
Bic Demonstration in the N0braSkanS Honor Under the
Auspices Of Richard Croker and Tammany
Hall in The Nations Metropolis

Bafuen at Z. 10 O'CLOCK. As the lace OF
Mr. Croker, behind which Col Bryan's
was seen, the crowd burst forth in one
great prolonged yell. Every one stood
tiptoe on his seat and the garden was
a sea of waving flags. Just behind the
two as they mounted the platform
Mayor Van Wyck escorted Edward NJ.
Shepard, who acted as chairman of the
meeting. The cheering continued for
five minutes. not abating when Col.
Bryan rose to his feet and raised his
hand. Mr.. Croker pulled him back
into his seat The cheering went on.
Then Mr.. Croker rose, hesitated a mo-
ment. then raised his hand for silence.
Instead of ceasing the crowd broke
forth louder than ever. Do what he
could. Mr.. Croker could not silence the
crowd After nearly 10 minutes OF
cheering the applause began to de-
crease. Mingled cheers and Kisses, the
latter for silence, lasted minute lon
ger.
The enthusiasm nearly carried the
crowd away. The throng At the Madi-
son avenue end Of the gar6en iammed
down the aisles and the sixty odd po-
licemen at that point had to do sincere
battle with the crowd to keep it under
control.
When quiet was restored Mr.. Croker
rose, took Mr.. Shepard by the hand
and introduced him to the audience as
chairman Of the meeting
Before Mr.. Shepard could get into
the subject OF imperialism, to which
most of his address was devoted, the
crowd got so impatient to hear Col.
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ceed He suddenly stopped and intro
duced President Guggenheimer, of the
council, who offered the formal reso-
lutions Of the evening. The resolu-
tions we're cheered, though they could
not be heard for the shouts for Bryan,
and Mr.. Shepard at once introduced
the latter in a few short sentences.
FInshIirht Bomb Frightened Women.
Col. Bryan stepped to the railing
about the stand, as the throng broke
afresh into cheers. He raised his hand
for silence, but the cheers did not sub
side. The crowd was about to become
quiet when a flashlight bomb went of
in the center of the room. Women
shrieked and the crowd yelled, not
knowing what it all was. A dozen pO-
licemen rushed to the spot where the
man sat who fired the bomb, grabbed
him and hustled him and his camera
out of the garden.
Col. Bryan had stood quietly at the
rail on the platform. There was an
other attempt to renew the cheering,
but Kisses greeted it, and Col. Bryan
commenced speaking. He began quiet
ly, his voice being scarcely audible a
hundred feet away from the stand, but
he gradually spoke louder and in a
moment his voice could be heard in the
gallery. The crowd was quiet for a
time, but when the speaker declared
that the Democratic party recognized
the right Of ability of mind and muscle
to the fruits of its toll the crowd broke
forth into cheering, which lasted for
two or three minutes. Col. Bryan con-
cluded his speech at o'clock pre-
cisely, having spoken one hour and 81
minutes. The crowd rose and cheered
as he left the platform in company
with Mr.. Croker, shaking hands as he
left.
The applause for Col. Bryan as he
went away blended with that for Adlai
e. Stevenson as he rose to speak. The
cheers died out and the noise of the
crowd going out prevented Mr.. Steven
son from speaking. Three minutes
after Coli Bryan left there were vacant
seats all over the building. Mr.. Ste
venson's voice could not be heard so
| feet away, and more than half the peo-
pie left. Frequent attempts were made
by Chairman Shepard and Mr.. Steven
son to stop the exit and quiet the audi
ence, but they were unavailable. A
few crowded close to the stand to hear
above the noise, and he was cheered
family.
Webster Davis was the next speaker.
Mr.. Davis in discussing the South
/ African war said that the United States
! government was not even neutral. that
absolute neutrality would mean that if
/ mules and breadstuffs could be sold to
the British the same things could be
sold to the Beers. He charged that a
shipload of foodstuffs consigned to the
Beers had been seized by the British
and that the United States had not
even entered a protest
At the conclusion of Webster Davis
speech, Mayor Jones, of Toledo, was in
troducedJ He was heartily received
and his speech literally applauded.
The 400 or 5000 who had remained
to hear Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Jones
cheered Mr.. Stanchfield when he was
introduced. A number started to &c
out as he began speaking, and he was
interrupted as Mr.. Stevenson had been
At the close of Mr.. Stanchfield's ad-
dress Chairman Shepard introduced
William +. Mackey, candidate fol
lieutenant governor, as the last speak.
er.
Mr.. Mackey spoke briefly, stating that
he would not longer prolong the meet.
ing, and keep the crowds waiting
When he concluded the band STRUCK
up Dixie" and the small remaining
portion Of the throng that had gather
ed in the garden early in the evening
filed out.
The Crowds Mt other Meetings.
The crowd that surged about the
open air stand at Madison avenue anS
Twenty-fourth street, crushing thu
weak and smothering those who wer'
so tightly packed that the air, whicl
reeked with the fumes of Greek fire