The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-10-26
GIANT CROWD
JAMS ARMORY
TO HEAR BRYAN
Fills Every Inch of Space Early
and overtlows Into
Street
COMM0NER, ELOQUENT, IS
GIVEN WILD WELCOME
Scores Roosevelt as Last Minute
Reformer and Pays Wilson
Splendid Tribute

No more enthusiastic meeting could
be imagined than that which greeted
William Jennings Bryan In the
Rrmory, Friday night. when the Com
moner returned from swing upstate
TO Saginaw and Bay City TO make
Detroit address before leaving for
Chicago.
The Democrats had expected a
crowd, but what happened was scarce
" foreseen by even the most optimls'
tic. AT 6 o'clock a patient gathering
stood in Larned-st., waiting for the
doors to open. At 7:15 the hall was
full, except the few seats reserved
At 1925 the police abandoned the vice
presidents section to the crowd, and
the honoraries who came late either
went home or stood in the rear OF the
hall At 1880 the doors were closed
Men were sitting on the iron france
of the wall-trusses and on the tops OF
wooden partitions that stood agains
the wall. dense crowd outside wait
ed 70 intercept Mr.. Bryan on his way
10 the building
Two bands discoursed patriotic
music and then turned to lighter
things. At So'clock. President Clancy
led the Young Mems Wilson club into
the gallery, where the police had
I fought strenuously to save section
I for IT, The club had marched from
/ the Hotel Pontchartratn, scattering
I Roman candles along the way and
/ cheering for its candidate. II brought
/ cheer leader, who soon became ac'
4 tiUn N aunEina 'rahc from hiS follow
/ ing. Wilson. Doremus and Thompson
were cheered The audience took lit
4 tie part in the demonstration.
i State Chairman E. C. Shields. back
/ from the upper peninsula, strobe for
I ward at S:15 and raped for order.
/ He said that he had never seen sucn
condition AS exists now in Michigan.
G. o. p. Split In v. p.
1T Is my judgment that no man
\ living can pick the winner in the
upper peninsula" he declared. The
old dominant party Is split worse up
there than down here. Six Republican
supervisors agreed to take a poll
among themselves; five voted for
Roosevelt"
He introduced Stewart Hanley as
chairman. He in turn introduced
burst OF applause for the mayor. who
Immediately began attacking his at
Itac6ers. He wanted "the paper that
was attacking him. TO print in
parallel columns what II has said in
years past about me and my record
and what it has said about my op-
ponent as leader of the ripper gang
in the council and of the red-stone'
gang in the county building This
defiance brought a tremendous out
burst OF cheers.
Congressman Doremus was intro
lduced lie declared that the 9emo.
lcratIc party was never free trade
lparty. and was proving his point BY
historical reference when the crowd
loptside the building began cheering
and yelling.
81 will give way to Mr.. Bryan said
the congressman. Everybody stood
up and began to cheer. But Bryan
came not The crowd outside had in
sisted on speech, and 1t was 10 min
| utes before he was allowed 10 enter
Bryan Greeted With Cheers.
Who's that fellow in the corner?"
cried someone in the gallery An in
slant later Mr., Bryans bald mead haG
been spotted by those in the balconies,
and pandemonium broke loose. The
cheering was deafening as Mr.. Bryan
mounted the platform and came for.
ward The applause died down and
rose again. II was nearly two min.
| utes before the audience subsidized
Mr. Bryan said in part:
Il want TO make an Introduction
and three prefaces before | begin my
speech. First ] want TO say some
thing about your state candidates
our victory would be Incomplete with
the election Of a president il he has
a hostile senate and house. We've
heel fighting for 10 years and we hope
that this Is the last battle OF this
war. Even IL the president receives
the electoral vote of every state in
he union. as now seems probable. lie
would be helpless without the sup
port OF congress. So | ask you to
choose n Democratic legislature that
twill elect Mr. Lucking to the senate.
{ hope il viii be the last time that a
senator is elected by a legislature,
and | believe ii will be. You won't
be happy unless you go further and
elect the splendid state ticket from
Mr. Ferris down.
"My second preface concerns the
hreat Of panic which the Republi-
cans have put before you. | need nOt
ell you that this fact is confession
hat they have -fost the fight in the
Forum of debate, and now appeal TO
;our prejudice"
He said the panic cry is a four-y ear
ocust that is born in October reaches
maturity in few weeks and dies the
lay after election. He had three
Remedies for the panic bug" The
irst was the historical remedy He
lad prepared a primer OF history. He
bowed that the panic OF '73 came un.
lcr a Rerrblcar president and con.
,ress. I'm the midst of a 24.year era
b .,c,ubl. IN sln, ADD that the panic
bf 1907 had come after eleven years
bf Republican administration an
ive years before the party went out
Df power.
"How about CleYeland?" someone
shouted.
I'm coming TO him, but the gentle
nan Is travelling faster than | can"
dr. Bryan replied. He said that
cleveland was elected by the Demo.
rats. bat the Republicans got him
way: that the panic took place with
he Mckinley high-tarifr law and tho
sherman monetary law in foTee-botil
Republican measures.