Evening journal., 1900-10-30
POPOCRAfS
WILL GO TO
THE WALL
Ii Bryan Loses Ills Voice,
Says General II. G. King
Of Brooklyn
GREAT PARADE and RALLY
Held by Veteran Republicans and
and Younger Members Of
Grand Old Party
q
OVERFLOW MEETING HELD
Academy Of Music Too Small to Hold
the Enthusiastic ThrORgS Which
Had Assembled
OVERFLOW MEETING HELD

Amid the glare of rednre and the tap
Of the drum the Mckinley and Roose.
'elt Veterans Patriotic League gave
A parade last night previous to mass
meeting in the Academy of Music. in
The latter building speeches were de-
livered by Gen. James W. Latta, sec
etary of internal affairs OF Philadel-
phia, and General Horatio G. King, OF
brooklyn, n. Y, until four years ago
A Democrat. Daniel Ross was chair
man OF the meeting The occasion was
an enthusiastic one.
In the parade there were about 1000
men, including 200 members OF the
War Veterans League, of Philadelphia.
D. p. Barnard was chief marshal OF
he parade. OF the first division J. l..
French was marshal In the second
and third divisions were the East Side
Republican Association, the Eleventh
Ward Republican Club, the Simon
Wolf Republican Club, the Third Ward
Republican Club, the Italian Republi-
ean League, the Third Ward ColOred
Republican Club and the Francis S.
Bradley Club. Each division was
headed by band, the Philharmonic.
Hyatts and fife and drum corps.
HAD OVERFLOW MEETING.
Arriving at the Academy of Music.
where the speaking had been begun by
General Latta, all of the veterans and
as many OF the clubs as could get into
the building took seats Seats near the
stage were reserved for the visiting
veterans. The Academy was not large
enough, however, and an overflow
meeting was held at Tenth and Tat
nall streets Fully 1000 people listen
ed TO the speeches. Colonel Barnard
presided at the overflow meeting. and
speeches were made by General Latta
and Captain Albert Magnin, Of Della
ware county. Pa.
LATIA'S REFERENCE TO BRYAN
In the Academy General Latta was
he hrst speaker He said in part:
Delaware always has been first and
foremost in every patriotic venture that
mas served to rear and bring up our in
5titutions. We may therefore look
with significant suggestion to the
conviction that when the polls close
on the 9Th of November Delaware will
have declared for Mckinley and Roose-
welt and the whole Republican ticket
| am here tonight to speak to the old
soldiers, and I cannot but recall to
mind General Thomas A. Smyth. Mark
what a man and soldier he must have
been. He was side by side with men
who now occupy the highest positions
IN commission in the American army
IL was my privilege to serve side by
side with an adopted son OF Delaware
in no less man than your hOnored
citizen, General James II. Wilson. But
am not here to talk soldering alto
gether. I am to expound politics from
the Republican side"
General Latta referred to William ]
bryan handing in his resignation as
colonel OF the Third Nebraska Volun-
teers when his command was ordered
TO the front He recalled that during
the civil war If an officer should have
lone such an act, this would have been
written opposite his name-"Dismissed
from the service"
General Latta spoke Of the wide
spread prosperity in the land. con
trastng conditions now with those up-
der the Cleveland administration. 4
there be those among you who are not
satisfied with the way the wage Garner
has been treated" he asked. would
his condition be improved by adopt-
ing the principles enunciated by the
Chicago platform. and reiterated bv
The Kansas City platform? Bryan now
'laims everything. even a copyright on
he Holy Bible. the Declaration of In
dependence, Washingtcn's farewell ad-
1ress, and the Constitution. Of the
United States, excepting the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments.
KING TELLS OF "IMPERIALIsTS "
General King, who followed General
Latta, said in the course Of his speech:
1T is known to many OF you here
that my affiliations were with the
Democratic party but in 1896 the fii- |
limitations Of the Chicago convention /
drove me from it into the sound money |
party. The fulminations of that con-
7ention were Of such a character that
here was no course for q devoui
Democrat but 10 20 into tho householA
II Republican faith So I saw TO al
If my Democratic friends who have
lot lost heir senses that there is no.
where else to go where you can expect
y retein vour self-respect tfan IN the
Republican party.
No man who ever stunned the
United States should expect to be