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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1896. “ACRES OF PEOPLE VISIT McKINLEY Canton Has a Day of Its " Own With the Major. Visibly Affected as He Surveys the Sea of Upturned Facss. ELCQUENT CLCSE (F A CASE “The Argument Made and the Jury 3 Impatient to Render Its Verdict.” P CANTON, Onro, Oct. 2 was divided in two parts those who marched to Major McKinley’s ence and those who viewed and cheered the marching throngs. The busi- ness men of Canlon, irrespective of party, announced a few days ago that on Wednes: about sundown they woula «call in a body on Major McKinley. To- night they made good their promise and they were joined in their demonstration by- most of the other men in the city. "More than 5000 men formed iu line and marched with banners and bands to the McKinley residence just at sundown. Darkness fell as they gathered in solid phalanx in the street around the candi- - date’s home. There were acres of people. Far as the eye could reach the glittering ghts revealed a sea of upturned faces. . Major McKinley has not been greeted by a larger or more earnest assemblage than that of his own townsmen which con- frontea him to-night. He was visibly uffécted and there was a thrill of emotion in his voice when he spoke. Introductory remarks were made by Alexander Buford, one of Canton’s most venerable business ‘men, and by W. W. Clark. commenced anew, and rolled in waves up and down the street for many minutes. It was the most engaging and most in- spiring scene of a day that has been c ded with pleasant and interesting in- cidents. To his fellow-townsmen and . neighbors Msjor McKinley said: —All Canton are arousea as never before, and e p slieve that the elections next Tuesday will w a much larger vote than was ever polled the history of our country before. We 000,000 votes four years ago, and I In every State, county, city precinct, every American elector Iv absent himseli from the are not only going to vote, but ¥ are going to vote right, as God gives them independent of uld party or politi- tions. [Chee is not a qu tion for offic cal rel e itisnota it is a consention for iderations, but of devotien: to the fects and inspires the great heart can people. Not since the first crashing against the walls of Sum- awakening the startled Nation to ion that civil war had commenced, usses of our fellow-countrymen aroused as now. With what shall sed at the end of 120 years of a upon the honor of the American N: To give eff:ct and force to that, not by an act of a State Legislature or eople are asked as they enter their booths t Tuesday to solemnly ratify a proposition t means National dishonor and repudia- tion. Idon’t believe they will ever do it. may be obscured as it will; bril- tors or talented writers may weave ns can’t be hiaden. The voters tates are asked 1o say by their are willing that our National be redeemed by the Govern- nmentreceived for them; end that e willing 10 give the best they had, hat any man possesses, their own life’s blood—shell have their pensions cutin | two. The proposition is unworthy American citizenship and is the good f our great R believe it will ballots of 15,000.000 freemen. It should be s0 overwhelmingly defeated that no National convention of any great party wilt ever dare to make so debasing a proposition in any im- portant political campaign again. Why, if it prevails, how can the American name escape t use to boast of the glories of the past if scredit them all in the living present? Shall we proceed by reason of them to cast the inspiring history of It should receive, and I . Teproach upon the honored names of the past | by actual dishonesty now ? on of the law jus No nation can by absolve itself from No nation can by er contravene the eterpel principles of truth and jnstice and not escape deserved and fearful retribution. [Ap- vlause. ] The A and w erican people will never take so rash ked a step as to invalidate or impair the value of their own Government obliga- tions. They will never consent, by a popu’ar vote or otherwise, to the repudiation of one farthing of their National debt. never brook the thought of not looking the Whole world in the face and challenging any - nation to point to & more honorable or credit- able record than ours. Th; having to go bowed with shamed faces, either &t heme or abroad; but. my fellow-citizens, the arguments have been made; the case is ready 10 g0 to the jury and the jury is waiting impatiently to announce its verdict, and we, s Republicans, confidently submit our con- tention to the great tripunal of the American people, the highest and best hope in the world. * ®hey will, I am sure. demand the continuance of our glorious institutions, unimpaired and * unthreatened, which for more than a century past have made this the most highly honored as weli as prosperous Nation of the world. ~They will be true to their time-honored traits as & mighty people. Major McKinley made a stirring speech .to an intensely enthusiastic delegation of £00 Buffalo Republicans, which arrived shortly after noon to-day. The delega- * tion was composed of members of the Re- publican League and the Central Iialian +Club of Buffalo. The men were hand- somely uniformed. and marched with military precision. ' The spokesman of the Buffalo Republicap League was Emory P. Close, its president. Amonz other things he said: An Oriental city became famous in medieval days for its numerous pilgrims; but those pil- grimages were in fulfiliment of religions vows, fired by religious enthusiam at the shrine of Mohammed. Likewise the Crusaders made pumerous pilgrimages to the Hoiy Land, in- spired by the eloquende of Peter the Hermit. Their purpose was to rescue the tomb of the Savior from the hands of the infidels. This year has witnessed on the Western Continent Then the cheering for McKinley | prised if the vote on the 3d aoes not | not a contention inspired by sec- | cem to me an unaccountable rashness, | bad as that would be, the American | sophistries, but the plain, | vorth only about half as much | oners of this Government—the men | insult to the integrity, | ve, a fitting rebuke from the ! They will | a0 be no danger of American citizens | a unique and extraordinary pilgrimage of an | entirely different churacter. Canton, in the State of Ohio, has become the Mecea of politi- | eal devotion. Animated by. political convic- tions affecting the honor and prosperity of 70,000,000 of people—convictions as deep and as stirr ng as everaroused religious fervor— over 1,000,000 citizens of this Republic have during the past two months left their l\pmes and occupations and journeyed to thls city to nttest here upon this modest doorstep their devotion to the cause fvhich you represent— the cause of protection to labor and home in- dustry, reciprocity, sound money and National honor. The members of the Central . Italian Club were presented to Major b(chin!ey by Cwmsar Antizzi. Mr. Close was fre- | quently interrupted by applause. A{ter the speech-making the Buffalo delegation escorted MajorMcKinley to his residence, | where u photograph was taken, | When McKinley advanced to the edge of the platform the audience rose to its feet and cheered tumultuously. It wasan | inspiring scene. Major McKinley spoke with great vigor and earnestness. 3 A delegation came irom Wellsville, Ohio. It was composed of seventy-five | women, who were presented to]Major Mec- Kinley by Dr. Parks. A delegation from Minerva, Ohio, ar- arived at half past 1. The next delegation was from Tyro, Crawfora County, Ohio. It was presented by Charles McConnell. A small delegation of well-known Wheeling people called at the house of Major McKinley, but no speeches were made. Late in the afternooa Mr. McKin- | ley’s associates on the ticket in 1869, when he was a candidate for Prosecuting Attor- ney of this county, called. Judge W. W, Underhill spoke on behalf of his col- leagues, S. C. Bowman, E. A. Johnson, J. M. Allen and Thomas Stanley. The talks were reminiscent in nature. REED TALKS T0 LEGIONS Continued from First Page: be seen prominent Republicans from all parts of the State. There was perfect | babel in the throng when Mr. Nelson stepped forward and rapped for order. He had to do so a number of times, ana even then the people did not heed him. He finally gave up for a time his efforts to restore quiet. Ten minutes after his first attempt he was able to introduce Jndge Ansel Smith of Stockton as the chairman of the meeting. Prefacing his introduc- tion of the speaker of the evening, Chair- man Smith said: It is an honor and pleasure to preside over such a meeting as this—such a grand out- pouring from Stockton and from this section of the State. It foreshadows the election on | Tuesday next of our great standara-beerer, Wiliiam McKinley. [Cheer after cheer was here given.] I shall have the added pleasure of intro- ducing to you to-night the greatest living ex- ponent of Republican principles—a great man among great men. Here the chairman read the long list of vice-presidents, and when among them he came to that of Charles W. Yclland, for | twelve years the Democratic County Clerk of San Juaquin County, there was wild cheering. Several other names of prom- inent D:mocrats who have come out for | sound money were greeted in like manner. The long list completed, the band rendered | another selection® and then Chairman | Smith 'stepped forward and presented | Thomas B. Reed of Maine to the people of | Stockton ana the San Joaquin Valley. | The great building was shaken by the | yells of the throng. It was fully three minutes before the sp-aker of the evening | could make himself heard. Mr. Reed spoke | in substance as follows: | It every California town of a few thonsand inhabitants can pour forth in this fashion such a vast throng I do not wonder that you are proud of yourselves. Iwish very much that I could claim this outpouring of the multitude as an evidence of a kindly feeling | for myself. I know better than this, for I come from too far-sway a State to know you well enough for this, and I know, 100, it is an | evidence of the sentiment you feel for ihe great party and the great leaders whose cause Iam to espouse to-night. If this sentiment is as prevalent in the rest of California as in Stockton what a voice will come from the Pa- cific for the cause we represent! Unless you keep very quiet I cannot hope to reach more than a quarter of this great throng, and at best I do not expect to make my voice reach more than half of you. This country is on the verge of a great and important decision. It is impossible in de- cribing it to use much of the language of | rhetoric and oratory. Above all things we | must not allow ourselves to be carried away by expressions that are in tae nature of re- proaches. I have no words of reproach for those who g0 upon the sidewa'k and express dissent. 1 notice of late that many newspapers are expressing it as their opinion that the multi- tudes are mere deceivers; they would have us | to pelieve that this vast audience is made up of cowards and deceivers. If that is so I would like to know how many honest men are left in Stockton. The crowd laughed, for nearly ail of Stockton was in the big building. I have never doubted the courage and hon- esty of the people of these United States. | Their courage has been tried in many & battle on the tented field. The charge of cowardice | against the workingmen is & charge against | the United Stateg. If 70 per cent of our peo- | ple are cowards what will be the future of this country? We cannot, if that be so, prosper under any President or any form of Govern- ment. We are not divided into classes that govern and classes that follow. In this country men stand upon their intelligence. Some have it developed in a greater, others in a less degree, but the average makes us the greatest people | that the sun ever shome upon. Upon that | common sense I rely, and the Republican party relies upon it and has done so all during | its great history. During thirty-two years of unprecedented prosperity this has been its basis for hope of good times. Throughout | that perioa the people were governed by their better judgment. That is a long time for a | nation to be a good nation, and it’sa wonder that we have sdcceeded in doing so well so long. One sign I believe In of the recurrence of such another period is the noble stand of the sound-money Democrats. They have taken | the stand in Maine and they have taken it all | over thisland. They will do it in California. | Tknow that the common sense of the Ameri- | can people is only bounded on ths West by the | Pacific Ocean. Iam inclined to think that out | here. you have even more hard seuse than | elsewhere in the land, and I will tell you why. | You aremore face to face with the problems of theday. In the East we have older com- munities. Our people are more settled and every man knows hisplace. As I ride over California_and see its still undeveloped and almost unknown resources Isee that you are not settled. The future is not yet known to Fou. The question which is before you is whether your rich country will have the riches tnat its future deserves. You people of California have studied the currency question in the past. It confronted you years ago, but after all it was found that the sound, sober sense of the people decided the guestion and in a man- ner thet meant much for your future. This is not the first time the people of America have been introduced into. the wilderness of bad money. The Government issued its green- backs during the war. I was here in this city at the time, and I have always admired the wisdom and courage of Califorma for Ler stand then for gold. I admired her attitude then against greenbacks. You believed then in gold and you paid yourdebts in gold. You, people of stockton, some of you, borrowed money at 3 per cent a month and gave your real estate as security. s ¢ The best hold in this world on prosperity is not a stand for repudiation, but for a chance to borrow—you all want to borrow. These men who are crying for repudiation come for- ward and offer us a millenium if we will only follow in their footsteps. They are afilicted with tremendous knowledge of history, but it is altogether of the history of foreign lands. They point to Mexico’s prosperity under her silver policy. Iam glad that Mexico has good government and is prospering, but thank God, we not only got by Mexico long ages ago, but are by her forever. They point to China. There was a time I knew when California did not think it could take lessons from China. Has that time changed? Then they go away back and worry over the dead Roman empire, and declare that the only thing that made Rome a failure was the failure of her mines. Let us stand by our own history. We know from past experience what has been and what is best. After the war we had greenbacks and were greatly bothered with their depreciation, but sober sense prevailed. The people said, *‘We will have the greenback, but we will put iton a par with gold.” That was in 1879 and for fourteen years prosperity ruled in this land, and the riches accumulated during that period have not departed irom this country. Where have these people—these millenium people—led us? Into the greatest cypress swamp this Nation has ever been inveigled into entering. We have beaten them in three pitched battles. In 1894 the lines were so drawn that they had no hope, and in sheer desperation they raised the cry of free silver. Why, silver has been demonetized since 1834 If you don’t believe me just take the trouble to hunt up that very instructive though not always interesting record—the Congressional Globe. You will find that in the year named & Congressional committee said that only one metal coula be a standard. They said: “Let us decide which metal it shall be.” The committee selected silver, but a Senator prevailed upon them to change in favor of gold. Icanname no less than three Presi- dents of this country who were in its favor. I name them in the order of their distinction— Franklin Pierce, James X. Polk and John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts—and the measure was conducted to victory by Daniel Webster. Why, old Tom Benton, Andrew Jack- son and all the ablest men in the country ad- vocated the gold standard. 1 would like to know how many itinerant actors on the stage of ‘I believe” could match that crowd. There is that everlasting folly of the ery of a foreign policy. Not only is it folly, but falsehood. For sixty-two years we have heard that cry. A few years ago these people were filing the land with their yells for low prices—low prices for the consuwer. They thought the American peovle were a nation of consumers; that we were all “teetering” back in rocking-chairs and consuming. Now theyr say, “Follow us and we will get'yon high prices.” They say, “You want more money."” No, youdon’t. Youdon’t want more money. You want more capital, and don’t make any mistake between the two. Capital 1s the value of the property of the world. Money is the medium of exchange. Money isa transferer of property, just as I told adown-Eastaudi- ence of farmers once that a hayrack was a transferer of hay. Now, do you believe that more hayracks will make a bigger crop of hay? No; but a bigger crop of hay will make more hayracks. When you have more property you will have more money. Credit is money. When I give my check the recepient believes I have money at the bank to meet it. When Itake another man’s check I believe he will pay it. The whole system of credit money is founded on confidence. What is the difference between the United States do- 1ng business and the United States doing what itisnow. No one dares to go into business. No one dares to loan money. No one dares to borroW. We are now marking time. One of the causes for our doing this and nothing else is the action of the Chicago convention. You want not money, but capital. When you get capital the money will take care of it- self. It has always been so in tbe history of the world. This question resolves itself into one of votes. The sober-minded pariy that Iam uphold- ing to-night s represented by Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hobart [cheers], the other by Mr. Bryan and Mr. — [hesitaling] somebody else. {Laughter.] 4 Not only must you support & good adminis- tration, but you want to elect good Congress- men from California. 1know from experience that you never had & more vigorous or persistent worker for your interests than Mr. Johnson. You should see to it that he goes back to Congress. [John- son’s name was greeted with cheers.] Itis not only a victory we want next Tues- day—we have that; we want the overwheim- ing voice of the people for good government, At the conclusion of his address three cheers were given with a will for Reed and three more rousing ones for the Re- publican standard-bearers. SamE e o) TRIP ON THE SAN JOAQUIN Speaker Reed Shown the Neces- sity of Further Improving the Stream. STOCKTON, Cav., Oct. 28.—Thomas B. Reed o Maine, whose name is on every lip in Stoekton to-night, to-day had an opportunity to see the great need of liberal Government appropriations for the im- provement of the S8an Joaquin River. When luncheon was over at the Hotel Imperial the visitors were driven to the water front to embark for an hour’s ride on one of the river stcamers of the California Naviga- tion and Improvement Company. In the party were the Maine statesman, his daughter, Miss Reed, Charles M. Short- ridge, W. M. Rank and wife, P. A. Buell and wife, F. W. Van Sicklen, Eli 8. Den- nison, H. J. Corcoran, William Inglis, Su- pervisor Henderson, Judge Ansel Smith, Miss Aldrich, J. F. Aldrich and Charles Jackson. The afternoon was a perfect one for the object of the trip—to show the Congressional leader how badly the great river of this valley needs Government aid. The little river steamer was moored out- side of a barge and the water was so low in Stockton Channel that the vessel was far below the wharf and the excursionists had to clamber down a steep incline. The atmosphere was warm and grew almost hot before the trip ended. The sky was without a cloud, and as the little steamer poked its nose down the channel toward the river a beautiful vista was unfolded to Mr. Reed, who went onto the hurricane- deck that he might not miss any of the scenes along the stream. His giant form seated on a camp stool, and his hat pulled down over his eyes to shade them from the sun, the man from Maine seemad to drink in all the beauties of the landscape. The water was like glass and down the channel was aschooner Jaden with grain and millstuffs, lazily making for the river, the water in the channel being so low that the mate could reach the bottom with a pole, and he was propelling her toward deeper water by this means. Farther down the big Gov- ernment dredger was at work digging mud and debris from the bottom of the channel. P. A. Buell and H. J. Corcoran sat beside the guest of the dsy and pointed oat how the $24,000 a year spent on the dredger could be saved and navigation aided by making a channel straight from Stockton that would cut off several bends in the river. Finally the ladies came up to the upper deck, and presently nearly all of the party ascended to secure a better view. Mount Diablo in the west looked but a few miles away. Stockton’s smoking mills were left behind and the winding, tortuous San Joaquin could be traced for miles with the glass. Reed was silent most of the time on the down trip, listening intently to the information that was being pre- sented to him by the representatives of the Stockton Commercial Association. On the return trip to Stockton he entered into a aiscussion on the subject of river im- provement that showed nis thorough knowledge of the question. The return trip was the most de'izhtful part of the excursion. The reclaimed lands on either side of the river and channel presented busy scenes in places where gardeners were preparing for their nightly shipments ‘ot vegetables to the San Francisco market. *“What are those?” asked Reed, as box after box of great purple eggplant was un- leaded from a wagon. The Easterner had not seen any of such gigantic growtn as are ralsed on the reclaimed lands near here. He was also astonished at the housetops along the river banks covered with scarlet-colored peppers drying for market, whose glistening skins looked redder as the sun’s rays glanced upon them. The little steamer churned up the mud as it moved slowly upstream to avoid the sadnbars that the people of this section want the Government to have removed. The sun was going down toward Di- ablo’s top and shed a soft red glow over the long line of grain warehouses that ex- tend for a mile along the channel, and lighted the windows of the big flourmills. A line of cars of the Valley road stood on a sidetrack at the city’s edge, and the glare was reflected from the yellow pas- senger coaches. The busy crowd of car- penters at work on the immense bunkers of the coal stopped to view the passing excursionists, and the scene seemed im- pressed on the guest of the day, for he made some pertinent inquiries as to the magnitude of the trade of Stockton and the yolume of trade carried on by water. The visitors were soon driven back to their notel to prepare for the evening’s demonstration. - SANTA ROSA’S GREETING. Sonoma * Citlzens WIIl Glve the Malne Orator a Rousing Welcome. SANTA ROSA, Car., Oct. 28.—Santa Rosa and Sonoma County will give Speaker Reed a rousing welcome when he arrives. in this city on Friday. The Maine statesman will speak in City Park in the afternoon, and there accommoda- tions have been provided for 10,000, It is believed these will not be sufficient to permit all of the visitors to hear the orator. Special trains will be run from every town in this section. Sonoma San Ra- fael, Guerneville, Petaluma, Healdsburg and a dozen other neighboring towns will send marching clubs. The procession will be the greatest that has ever threaded the streets of a Sonoma city. AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS No Fears for Illinois—Indiana, Missouri and California Counted as Safe for McKinley. CHICAGO, Irr., Oct. 28.—Telephone messages and personal callers kept the campaign managers in a constant state of activity to-day at Republican, National, State ana county headquarters. Therank and file of the party were concerned about the effect which Mr. Bryan’s eampaign in Cook County might have on the election day result in the city and State. To all such inquiries the Republican leaders re- turned the answer that the eleventh-hour effort of the Democrats to capture the majority of the Chicago voters would not change any material number of votes already fixed on the Republican side, and there was no fear expressed at any head- quarters that a stampede was possible. The big crowds were accounted for by the {fact that this was Chicago’s first real chance to see and hear the Democratic Presidential nominee, and hundreds of Pepublicans went to each meeting chiefly from curiosity, without having their voting mind affected in the least by the arguments of Mr. Bryan. Naticnal Committeeman Jamieson of Illinois, who has been the most conserva- tive of any party manager here when dealing with the Repnblican side of the situation, said: *I feel justified in increas- ing the figures of McKinley’s estimated majority in Cook County as a result of Bryan's visit. There is no such thing as defeat here. The Bryan and Altgeld managers are straining every effort to carry Iilinois, on the theory that this State holds the key to the Presiaential situation. The labor vote here for McKinley will be bigger than the Democratic managers have any ideaof. We can allow them 70 per cent of it and win in a walk.” Fenton R. McCreery of Michigan, late secretary of the legation -to Chili, has re- turned from a stumping tour of California. He reported that the outlook for McKin- ley’s success in that State was excellent, because of division in the Democratic party in view of the money question. He also stated that General Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumber- land, now resident in California, had de- clared for McKinley, who served under the general in the Army of the Cumber- land. Mr. Hanna said he had received infor- mation from Missouri on which Le based the claim that the Republicans would elect the Governor, a majority of the Leg- islature which is to name a successor to Senator Vest, and that the party stood more than an even chance of getting the Presidential electors. | The latest reports received by Mr. Payne were from Indiana. He said they showed the German vote was for McKinley, and that would save the day if nothing else did. He called Chairman Campau’s table of the Democratic estimates ridiculous. As to counteracting the Bryan demonstra- tions he said the National Committee had paid no attention to him in this respect for three weeks. VIEKGINIA RRFEAKS AWAY. Can No Longer Be Classed With the Solid South, NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct, 28.—Colonel James Fairman of Scranton, who has been speaking in different States' during the campaign, called at Republican head- quarters this afternoon. Colonel Fairman said there was a gennine revolution taking place in the political situation in Virginia. “There are hosts of Democrats there,’’ he said, “‘who now-seize the unusual oppor- tunity offered tbem to abandan their party with good excuse and vote for Mc- Kinfey and protection without stultifying themselves. 1t is beyond doubt that these men, now making a deliberate, well-con- sidered choice of a new political path, are in it—a great percentage of them at least—to stay. Virginia may be putdown hereafter as a Republican State.” WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—The following bulletin was given out to-day at Republican headquarters: Mr. Cassius Lee, a nephew of General Robert E. Lee and a restdent of Fairfax County, Vir- ginia, Washington, hes come out for the Republican ticket, Mr. Lee has organized a McKiuley Club in' Fairfax County numbering 100. He believes that the sound-money senti- ment in the Old Dominion is growing in a most extraordinary manner and says that un- Jess all indications fail Virginia will go for McKinley. Figuring on-Kentucky’s Vote. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 28, — Chair- man Somers of the Democratic State Cam- paign Committee has given out a state- ment in which he says that Bryan’s vote in Kentucky, outside of Louieville, will show a plurality of from 25,000 to 30,000 over that for McKinley. $8 and $10 young men’s all-wool suits this week only $495. Original Columbia,571 Mrkt.* SRANS D ON CHICAGD Talks From Early Morning Until After Mid- ' night. Monster Gathérifig of Curious People to Hear the Can- didate. ELEVEN ORATORICAL EFFORTS Eight Thousand Wel'-Dressed Women at One Meeting Are Frantic- ally Entbusiastic. CHICAGO, Irn.,, Oct. 28.—Mr. Bryan was whirled about Chicago all day from one meeting-place to another, to fulfill the engagements made for him to speak to a majority of the voters of the city. He began at10 A. M. and with intermissions for meals kept up the work until mid- night. It was a hard day, and the nominee re- quired all his strength to sustain nim to the end. The atmosphere was close and sultry, and inside some of the places where he made addresses it became so over- charged with humidity that many people fainted. Mr. Bryan’s oratorical efforts for the day numbered eleven, including two that were scheduled at the last minute. These two were supposed to be exclu- sively for women, but many men attended them and led the cheering for the nomi- nee. Beginning in the morning with an ad- dress to a crowd of foreign women, mostly Poles, at St. Stanislaus Hall, in the Polish quarter, he concluded there in time to keep a promise to speak to an audience of business men in Battery D Armory on the lake front at noon. Three o’clock found him again, this time in company with Mrs. Bryan, at Bat- tery D armory, talking to about 8000 half- suffocated, ~ well-dressed women, who raved over him as though he were a sec- ond Paderewski. Between 4 and 5 o’clock | he addressed an immense open-air meet- ing in the stockyards district, probably the most enthusiastic of the day. General C. P. Howard, formerly a Re- publican, a veteran of the late war, and a brother of General 0. 0. Howard, U. 8 A., who is one of the generals engaged in stumping the country for the Republican National ticket, presided as the business. men’s meeting. " J. A. Pugh had been as- signed to present General Howard, but his speech was nipped in the bud. “f have the honor,”’ he said, *“‘of intro- ducing to you as your chairman a gentle- man who has been in business in this city for the past twenty-eight years,”” He did not get any further. A clean- shaven young man with a brown felt hat jammed on his head came on the stage irom the wings and a great shout went up from the audience. The Democratic National: nominee had been recognized instantly, Hé took off his overcoat as the cheering went on and bowed slightly in acknowledgment of the warm greeting given as he sat down. General’ Howard made a little speech before presenting the candidate. “Mr. Bryan asks one question,’’ he sald. “Are these all business men?”’ “Yes,” came in chorus from the audi- ence, intermingled with shouts of, *and workingmen.” I told him they were business men, ac- cording to his definition,” General How- ard vext on. The crowd understood the reference even before ‘General Howard told tnem what the candidate had said about farm- ers, laborers and miners being as much business men as those who sat in back of- fices and cornered the money of the ¥orld. When General Howard concluded there was another uproar. Mr. Bryan jumped on a chair and tried to quell the nose by raising his hands. Quiet was finally re- stored, and he began a speech that lasted an hour. He said in part: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I am glud that this meeting is presided over by one who until this time has been a Republican and by one who was a soldier. JAleluse.] Because in this double character of ex-Repub- lican and soldier be illustrates the depths to which society is stirred in this campaign. As an ex-Republican he stands as a repre- sentative of that large and increasing number ot our citizens who are willing to barst asunder party ties and to leave party associates and make their party affiliatious sult the con- | victions of theheart, [Cheers.] And asa for- | mer soldier he stands as a representative of those who, haying willingly offered their seryices to make this Nation one, are willing to-day to engage in this great contest to keep this Nation, which they helped tosave, an inde- vendent Nation rather than a province of a foreign empire. [Cheers.] Tamglad to taik to business men. I have sald that those whoso often assume to be the only business men sometimes make a great mistake in assuming that the prosperity of the Nation rests upon them. Iam going to- day to talk to business men and 10 say to them that, in pleading the cause of the farmer and the laborer, I am trying to iay a substan- tial foundation upon which the business, of this country can be done. [Cheers.] If you who are _engaged in merchandise, en- gaged in the exchange of wealth, suppose that ; the prosperity of the producers depends upon you, you deceive yourselves. Weaith must be created before it can be distributed. Those Who create wealth could live, although you went out of business. You cannot live if ‘the roducers of wealth go out of business. Cheers.] 1 believe that that policy is best for this country which begins with those who toil and gives them first the inspiration to work and then protects them in the enjoyment of a rightful share of the proceeds of tneir toil, and proceeds from them up to the other classes of society which rests upon them. ([Cheers.] Isay to you that the Republican platiorm adopted this year is & fraud. I say that it was intended as a iraud. [Cheers.] Isay that the men_who wrote it wrote it to deceive the people and secure an advantage by deception that they could not obtain openly. [Cheers.] Do you say that we hayve no right to inter- fere with private contracts ? T ask one of you to enter into & contract to collect 20 per cent and see whether the Goyernment has any right to interfere. Upon what theory is usury law based? It is based upon the theory that the man who borrows money needs 1o be protected from the avarice of the man who loans him money. < \\’heyn a man tells me that we have nota right to protect the money of the United States against the conspiracies of those who would degrade it, I tell you that we have more right to prevent gold contracis or silver con- tracts than you have to preventoneindividual from agreeing to pay another more than a cer- tain rate of interest. 3 1 want to say to yop that we who believe in enforcing the laws against all classes of so- .clety are better friends of government than those who would scapegoats of little criminals and then let big Ques rn av la and run the Government itself. [Applause. The very men who would suffer most from the enforcement of the law are the ones who seem to be mostterribly alarmed for fear there will be & lax enforcement of the law, They are not atraid that I will encourage Iawless- ness, but they know that, if I am élected, the trusts wilPnot select the Attorney-General who will ad ister the law. [Wila cheering and eries of “Altgeld would make & good Attorney- General.”] Mr. Bryan's third address was delivered pefore an_audience composed rostly of women. It was a well-dressed gathering. Nearly all the ladies who attended came in gowns suitable for afternoon calls. They crowdea into the building as soon as the doors were opened, filled the limited number of chairs on the floor and took 1 possession of all available standing room and every chair in the gallery. Several thousand who were unable fo gain entrance stood on the outside to see the candidate when he arrived. It was intensely close inside the armory, and a dozen women succumbed. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan reached the armory'at 3 o’clock. As they came on the stage, where a quar- tet of young women had just finished singing a patriotic song, the audience rose en masse and cheered with vigor, the deep tones of the male portion drowning the shrill cries from the lagies. Mrs. Duncanson, president of the Women’s Club, introduced Mr. Bryan, who made a very bricf speech, similar to those delivered on his tour before other gatherings of women. Leaving Mrs. Bryan behind, the candi- date proceeded to the Transit House, in the stockyards district, accompanied by Thomas Gahan, National Commitieeman from Illinois, and ex-Mayor Cushing of Omaha, The stand from which he spoke was erected on the south side of the Transit House, and in the narrow street justin iront of ita great throng had assembled. The space was badly contracted. A big livery stable marked the boundary for the rear of the crowd, which of necessity spread out over the s'des for a consid- erable distance. Twenty-five thousand is a reasonable estimate of that mass of sweltering humanity waiting for Mr. Bryan to appear. It was 4:15 o'clock when he didcome and the remarks Tim Carrabine, alocal commission merchant, was making were cut short in the storm of applause that arose. Mr. Carrabine introauced. him, handing him a silver horseshoe as he did 80, and the multitude howled again. The andience was composed principally of stockyard men, who manifested wild approval of some of the remarks made by the candidate. To-night Mr. Bryan devoted his efforts to the West siaze. His last appearance was set for 10 o’clock, but he was more than an hour late in keeping the appointment. Novathy’s Hall, Bohemian Turner Hall, Pulaski Hall, the mammoth tent and Peo- ple’s Institute and the Second Regiment Armory were visited in turn, and at éach the number of people who endeavored to obtain admittance far exceeded the capa- city of the place in which he spoke. His greatest reception of the evening in point of numbers and enthusiasm was at the mammoth tent. Th- canvas structure was not a third large enough to accommo- date those who sought entrance, and many thousands of people stood for hours deeply massed on the outside, patiently waiting, but unable to see or hear the man of whom they bad heard so much. ‘When Mr. Bryan returned to the Audi- torium annex, after midnight, he went to bed, to be prepared for his early start to- morrow morning on his flying rfp to towns near Chicago. EGG-THROWERS PUNISHED. Released From Prison at the Request of Mr. Bryan, but Will Be Expelled From College. CHICAGO, ILp., Oct. 28.—Two young men, Chauncey C. Foster and Lewis Han- chett, were arrested this noon for throw- ing eggs at Bryan during hisride from the train to Battery D yesterday. They ad- mit their guiit. Foster is 17 years old and son of a retired merchant. Hanchett is the same age. His father isvice-president of the Hanchett Paper Company. The boys were locked up pending further in- vestigation. On learning of the arrestof the two young men charged with beingimplicated in the egg-throwing incident yesterday Bryan wrote to County Chairman Gohan asking for their release, as he was sure it was an act of thoughtlessness, and their arrest had doubtless been a sufficient les- son to them and others. Principal Powers of the Business Col- lege announces that the boys will be ex- pelled from that institution. On the strength of the written plea for their release sent by Mr. Bryan the police to-night released Foster and' Hanchett from custody with a warning not to of- fend again, and the young men were taken home by their fathers. Foster admitted to the detectives that he had bought a dozen fresh eggs to throw at the procession when the Bryan carriage passed the busi- ness college building. Half of the eggs were thrown before the youths took fright and ran from the room. Mr. Powers, the proprietor of the school, announced to-night that he would as- semble all the instructors and pupils to- morrow at noon and publicly dismiss the egg-throwers in disgrace from the institu- tion after making a few 'remarks vigor- ously denouncing the offense and the two culprits. $7, $8, $9, $10 all-wool men’s suits for this week only $495. Original Columbia,571 Mrkt,* —_——————— HIRED 10 EGG CARLISLE, Confession of Two Ruffians Now in Cov. tngton Jail. CINCINNATI, Omo, Oct. 28.—The Post this evening prints a story to the effect that Pugilist Jarvis, a Cincinnati man, who is now serving out a fine in the Cov- ington j[:;ll. and two other Cincinnati men named Dwyer and Armstrong, were hired to throw eggs at Carlisle. Who their em- ployers were they will not say. Each of them got $5 for the work and whoever should hit Carlisle in the bead was to get $50. A barkeeper of Mount Adams is said to have handled the money. NEW, TO-DAY. LIKE THE PARENTS. Boys Can Have Their Coffee Now. When a good, healthy boy sits down to his breakfast and sees Pa and Ma have their coffee to dip toast in and sip he feels slighted 1hat he can’t have sometoo. But parents know that it is really poisonous to children and refuse them. Postum, the grain coffee made by Postum Cereal Co. lim., Battle Creek, Mich., is exacily like coffee in looks, and yet it is made of the healthful graibs and is nourishing and fattening. Boyvs and girls can drink it every meal if they like. It is simply food of the most nourishing sort, but so pre- pared that it fills the eye of even a careful expert. r. E. Schoene, 1176 Milwaukee ave., Chieago, says: “I am very much pleased with Postum. It 1s a delicious drink, and I think preferable to all similar products, such as E[eahh Coffee, Malt, etc.” A reliable grocer wilt never offer a cheap or weak imitation of a genuine original article because he happens to muke a little extra profit. But it is well to ob- serve that when genuine Postum Cereal coffee is ordered that you get Postum and not a spurious imitation offered as “just is good.” TR AR SAFTETY To home industries lies in patronage of “STANDARD’’ SHIRTS Deserve your patronage, both for quality and as a home industry. All dealers sell th NEW TO-DATY! i GRAND REPUBLICAN - MASS MEETING" To-night (Thursday), October 29, ALY B SCOTTISH HALL, 111 LARKIN STREET. The Candiflatesmmr Promirent Speakers: Will Address the Heeting.- Good Music and a Fine Literary Programme. Under the Auspices of the KEPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. JA<. ALVA WATT, Chairman. MAURICE L. ASHER, Secretary, —a UNION VETERANY' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE CAMP FIRE!: B'NAI B'RITH HALL, 121 EDDY ST. THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING. COL., JOHN S. M HUN. T BY. . PHELPS, . A. P. VAN DUZER And others, will speak. . Music. Recitations and Kefreshments. Veterans and friends invited. “SOUND MONEY” PARADE NOTICE T0 LAWYERS! In accordance with resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Bar held this «ay, all members of the Bar of San Francisco, ir- respective of parly affiliations, who favor sound mwoney and the maintenance of the authority and integrity of the Supreme Court of the United States, are respect- fully inviied to assemble on the south side of Post street, between Montzomery and Kearny streets, on SATURDAY, October 31, 1896 (time to be Lereaiter fixed), for the urgose of taking part in the parade to be Eel that day. REUBEN H. LLOYD ESQ. Wili act as Marshal. By order of the Committee. WM. M. PIERSON, Chairman. CANDIDATES’ FOR MAYOR, J0S. 1. DIMOND, Anti-Charter Demogratic. - ——AND— POPULIST NOMINEE. POR NAYOR, JAMES D, PHELAW, voTing N, 6; - CARDS, Democratic and Non-Partisan Nomines. FRED W. EATON, SUPERVISOR SIKTH WARD- Antl-Charter Democratic Nominse. FOR AUDITOR, . FLEET F. STROTHER. VOTING NO. 12. Anti-Charter Democratic and People's Party s»ominee. FOR AUDITOR, WM. A. DEANE, Regular Republican and United Labor Farty Nominee. — FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, D. L. FARNSWORTH _ (Of Farnsworth & Ruggles), REPUBLICAN NOMINEE., FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS, GEORGE W. ELDER, Republican and United Labor Nominee. FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR, CHAS. E. FREDERICKS. m Member of the firn of Jos Fredericks & Co. REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. VOTING NUMBER For Supervisor Eleventh Ward, DR. CHARLES A. CLINTON. Residence NE. cor. Howard and 2.5t Sis. (Vice-President Board of rducation, (x-Member Board of Health.) * p Regular Democratic Nominee. VOTING NUMBER 140. " RICHARD VALENTIN Cliizens’ Republican and United iabor Party* Nominee FOR SUPERVISOK FIFTH' WARD.. FOR SUPERVISOR FOURTH WARD, * ° JOHN H. SHEEHAN; Regular Democratic Nominee, Indorsed by Wheelmen’s Municipal League, * FOR SUPERVISOR NINTH WARD, JAMES E. BRITT, Regular Democratic Mominee. FOR SUPERVISOR‘{:‘:EH!I%I:{'J:‘RB&R1 B 1 THOMAS MORTON. e e FOR SUPERVISOR TWEL!'TH WARD, - J. S. 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