The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1897, Page 4

THE AN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897. i fi’" : U Y n bearing the visi istian Endeavorers William J. Bryan ar- ved at the Oakland mol hour late yesterday morning because of the siops made at Bakersfield and Tulare ior meetings, and at Fresno for the attaching of three sleepers contusining Christian Endeavorers. Commirteemer: from Oakland and Ala- meda met the jarty at Martinez abou soon as Mr. Bryan had dressed for the day’s lsbors, ana the old wearicome but welcome banid ng was resumed. At the Oakland mole the party to the Alamedsa local train and were re- ceived at the near station 1o the Park Hotel by a recepti mmittee with car- riages for the visito: Mr. Bryan seated behind four prancing black horses and was driven to the Park Hotel, where a light breakiast s pariaken of. Alameda County did not extend to Mr. Bryan that enthusiastic welcome that bad been expected. Fre-no sent 12,000 of her people to h ngeles furnished 18,000 and Bagerstield and Tulare 3000 eacn, but Alameda mustered only 3000, not all of whom were Democrats and many oi whom attended purely out of curiosity. On the speakers’ stand were N. J. Mun- ron, Greene Majors, John O’Brien, C. A. Brown and otuer prominent Democrats of Alameda County. Mr. Majors introduced the speaker as “‘the people’s hope, the Nation’s pride and our next President.”” Mr. Bryan began by saying: This is rather an unusnal spectacle—a large number oi people gathered in time of peace Tather than of poiitical excitement to discuss political questons. I would rather tak at such & tims and discuss political que-tions wheu no caxdidates are belore the people and when party prejudice does not blind the judg- ment. 0f sll pia il P s in California I don’t know of suy place than Alameda that I would rather speak in. Where there iceling 1 he opinions with regard to those who are candid 1or office are often widely sep- arated. Tnose who are opposed to a candidaie will be bitier agaiast him, and those who are in favor ot such candidatés are prone to over- due praise. This is & City of homes. I have been pleased to motice this morning how many beautiful homes therc are here. Tual indicates that they are owned by those of the midale ciass— notgreat, big, oversh=dowing homes, not lit- tie, humole Lomes, but the homes af those who are the hope of_our Nation. The only tning ihat bo:hered me as I rode along was that there were more signs “To rent” than ought to be seen ina city where confidence hed been restored. But I cure not iv what kind of a house a man lives, he ougnt to be interested in this princ. ple of equality.before the law. If he lives in ne not be satisfied with that advantage over those who live lu more humb e homes? shou'd be not be satistied with using the instrumen- | taliiies of Governmeut for private gain. in- stead of attempting to rob some weaker citizen 1o make his own pils greater? Aud the man who occupies a smal'er home, should he not be willing to indorse tne principie of equality before the law? Should he not be satisfied with the Govern- ment that proteots him in the enjoyment of tue proceeds of his toil? The humbier and weaker citizens ought 1o ve itterested in this Government, because it is the only Govern- ment in which their rights wiil be protected. Among the common people will be found tl:e bulwark ef our Government, beceuse they can leave to their caildren no great fortune 10 protect them from possibie want and there- fore they are more unxious 10 leave their chi.- dren a good governmeut, which is a richer inheritance thaa any man can leave his chil- dren, The speaker disputed the suggestion that financiers were the proper persons to regulate the finances of the country. There masi be an azreement of interest betwe:n tizose who counsel t gether, and there is no ugreement of inierest between the meney-chaneers of the world and those who are known as the wealth-prcducers. That policy which makes the money- chengers rich makes the masses poor. Mr. Bryan concluded by discu-sing the financiul quention, and advised his heareis l""'ll"' ’ ' mnj“".unfilllnunul"’lmll"luu"mmhmflhuilll"umllum ginfuuiniiiny LAMEDA, Cav, July 7.—1to fight against the invasion of a foreign hanged | was | is a strong political | R N T il financial policy. | Bryan received a round of applanse had concluded. A carriage with v horses was in waiting with a when he’l four gra { and the dollar decrense is evidently not goiny | commit'ee from Oakland, and the silver- | tongued speaker was whisked away to the city of culiure and pretiy giris IN OAKLAT\JD. An Audiencs Wh ch Was Not En- thuslastic. c OAKLAND, Car fifteen thousand people stood in the Lir: coin P 1 te-day under the noonday sun for a full hour to !isten toa speech by William J. Bryan. The result at the polls last November | leit no doubt that Alameda County is not | But this did not | a free-silver stronghold. deter thousands of people from coming to Oakland to hear the man who Lecame fumous by his speech referring o a cruci- i fixion on a goldcn cross, During the last campaign, when silver | literature and silver oratory were freely circulated, t'e people of Alameda County made an «ffort to induce Mr. Bryan to visit this locality. He was, however, un- able to do w0, but the desire to see him | in- | among the ardent fusicnists only , July 7.—From ten to | quegtion of time whe | i creased with time, and to-day their wish | fed was gratified. Mr. Bryan drove over from Alameda, and promptly at noon was ushered on to the temporary v'a:form in Lincolnsquare by Hon. W. W. Fo te ana George W, Baker. His appearance was the signal for a mud cheer. He fac d probably 13,000 people, fuliy haif of whom were ladies and the remainder men of all | creeds. The visitor was regarded not as a Pres:denuial candidate, but as a citizen expressing his views on the silver ques- .ion and incidentally showing the alieged incousistencies of the gold question. About a hundred vice-presidents sur- | rounded the guest of the day. They were not all Democrats, neither were they all Papulists, although leading members of both parties were present. Some of those | who occupied seats were stanch Republi- | cans and took advantage of the canopy so | as to better hear Mr. Bryan's words. | Somehow or other the Nebraska man’s speech d.d not enthuse. Probably no | other truly famous man has ever greeted | a colder andience of such prop rrtionsthan | that which stood sweltering on the plaza to-day. Probably the heat of the sun | robbed them of all ¢nergy, but the fact | remains that Mr. Bryen's arguments did not call for that warm response which was expected by his friends and which was said to be the result of his oratory | wherever he has been. attraction, Instead of occupying a large portion of the time during which the peo- ple very naturally would preicr 10 hear | the stranger Mr. Foote merely said: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I take pleasure in | introdueing 1o you our honored citizen, William J. Bryan,” Mr. Bryan was attired in a manner that no stretch of imagination could call aris- tocratic. A single white pink was in bhis buttonhole, and there was no fob or watchchain, and not even a ring on his | finger. He stepped to the front of the | platform, raised his hand, the applause ceased, and the eyes and ears and in | *ome cases the mouths of that vast audi- ence were opened to hear what he might say. {{- commenced by paying a tribute to the floral beauty of Cal fornia. When 1 reached Florida I thought I was in the tand of Howers, but you are strong com- petitors, and I am glad that nawre stil vooms and bossoms as brightly under a vicious fizancial policy as they could cven under u restoration of tne money of the con- stitution. It you ask me to ex)ress the high- estunit only commendable form o, se. fi<hness, 11ind it in ihe eleventh commandment, where we are commanaed to love our neighbors as vurselyes, The paramount issue in this stiuggle of selfi-hness is for the best financial policy which gives you a doliar that i- equal and just—a dollar 1hat will rob neither the debtor Cuairman Foote set a precedent for all | | political meetings where there 1s a star | a great jjouse and hus & large lucowe, should | | keep it up. |acrowd in point of numbers that any | | baseball game might be proud of, and nor the ereditor, and one that will smile upon the rich as well asupon the toiler. The man | ( U L .mu'lf”'..‘.,nm.‘rll”“ \ ~. who_tells you we must not have free coinage of siiver because ptoperty will rise in value | to be injured by the transsction. We have | been adjusting ourselves to the gola standard for the pust twenty vears, aud nave not yet resched an end. The conflict is indefinite, while there is a dec n prices and goid rises in {1s purchase inz power. Gold has no leve:; Lt is constantly ¢n thedescent. We Americans must take the | lead in restoring silver to its level, and ihere | must be enough dullers to keep pace withthe | demand ior dollars. | 1f we haven’t A majority now it is only a | we will have it. You | seople once, but you can’t Lincoln said vou can fooi some of | the people all the time and all of the peopls | some of the time, butvou ean’t fool all t people nll of the tmie. My fiiends, the people were fooled last fall. They would ot be- | licve that the only thing that would do aw, with idleness was the restoration of bimeta lism, 1 It has been found that you can't give em- | ployment to labor unless you can sell what la- vor produces. No prosperity can come unless it comes irom the masses. ! I believe bimetallism is good for me, and | what I believe is good for myself I recommend | to you. deceiva the may S AT CENTRAL PARK. Twelve Thousand People Heard the Unsuccessful Champion cf the Sliver Men. Twelve thousand people greeted Mr. Bryan when he made his appearance in Central Park yesterday afternoon. Itwas there have been some big crowds ihat park. Owing to the excellent order preserved | by the police Mr. Bryan found a clear pas- sagewny to the speakers’ stand. He was escorted by his guardian angel, W. W. Foote, and by Frank Gould of Stockton, George W, Baker, Congressman Maguire, W. P. Lawler and others of the local com- mittee and Assemblyman Suanahan of Shasta, Mr. Bryan's voice had recovered some- what from that almost fatal boarseness which had aflicted 11m in Oakland, but it wus yet a little worn and husky but strong and clear enougn to be heard wherever it could have been hear! were it atits-normal. - Mr. Feote was very anxi- ous about it, but when he heard the open- g sentences he heaved a sigh of relief and said *“Bryan is all right,” The ex-candidate of the Democratic and Populist parties was hospitably greeted. A general cheer wenl up Irom the great crowd, and the ladies, who, though hav- ing no vote, composed the major part of the crowd, waved their handkerchiess at him. The spcech, with the exception of the introduction, was the same as that deliv- ered in Stockton by him. The good points were keenly appreciated by the crowd and the applause was as liberal as could be wished. Frank E. Gould of Stockton opened the meeting witn an appeal to the audience to maintain order. He said: Ladies and gentlemen: Let us maintain or- d:r. Itisimpossibie 1or a word 1o be heard unless each individual present maintains quiet. Inow take pleasure in introducing to you the chairman of this meeiing, Hon. James G. Maguire. Mr. Maguire was cheered h-artily as he came forward, He said Ladies and gentlemen: I am not here for the Purpose of maxing & speecn, but for the pur- rose of intioducing to you the greaiest living Demoerat; o remind you that this is bappiiy the anniversary of the meeting of the grent. Chicago convention, which, as one of tne greatest Tesults of its labor, nominated our honored guest for President of the Uni- fed States on the 1iree siiver platform, [Cheers.] Though 1t hes beew said that he is & inan of Lutone ides, he is & stalesmen true aund tried. His fame w.s made on great ques- tions of State years be.ore uis nomination. His first fame was in the leadership of the great tariff fight in the Fiity-first Congress, a1 d he enuearcd himself 10 the pecple of Cali- fornia for all tme when in the Fijty-tnird Cougress on ten minules' notice he cameto in | question were the correct ones and the ap- 2% & sy ,}Inm{; iy Y 1 [ i | [y i - — 1% X NA i gy D P d 1) ke Pyt l i o il If | i et [l d wveu ] i Bl v ittt r"l'!]];m,m R b e e i ; V[T eegetgditentin our assistance and lent his poweriul aid in de. feating the infamous funding bill. Ita pleasare in introdueing to you tie next Presi- dent of the United States. There was great cheering when Mr. Bryan came forwara. The crowd became uproarious. Men and women raised hats and sunshades, and continued to cheer | for several minutes. Mr. Bryan held up his hand for order, and when the noise had somewhat subsided begaun his address in a voice which showed signs of the hard usage it had b=en getting since he left his home on his Western trip. He said: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: Ihave been 1a'k ng 0 constanuy that even the cli- mate «f Caufornia cannot keep me from be- coming hoarse, and I am compelied to ask you 1o assist me by preserving quiet. My voice | will go much further if you wil pe stitl. Iam very grate:ul to the people of the State for the couricsies which toey have extended—grate- iul to the Demecratic commiltee, to the rYopu- lists and to the Silver Repubiicans, becanse they nave vied with each other in making my s1ay nmong you pleasant. 1am under obliga- | tioi to your committees, and 1 nm no less de- lighted that I am presented 1o this vest aud:- erce by a former colleague in Congress whom | Ilearned to resyect,esteem and love as [ saw him in battle in b of the interestsof the areat mass f the people. 1 wish that the owners and patrons of the roads shail have justice done, but speaking for myself I hope 1o live to sce the day when a ship can be loaded in £an Francisco and cross by acanal and go to New York without going around and across South America. In my ialk thisafternoon I want to call your ttention 10 the question of bimetallism) but e the details of thai subject to be dis- cussed at the nightmeecing. 1 want to assure you that we are euguged in carrying out the principles of the Cnicago platform. We are 4oL trying to take from tho-e who have and give 10 those who have not. We are trying to | administer justice in legislation and come back to the time when it will be administered 1o the people regardless of wealth or power. Mr. Bryan then touched upon some of | the injustices of legislation and claimed | that tue spirit of the constitution was being violated, inasmuch as while the constitution promised equal rights to all, the wealthy and powerfui were being con- stantly favored by legislation which oper- ated to their benefit and to the detriment of the masses. This was peculiarly tha case in the payment of taxes he claimea, for the people do not pay taxes in propor- tion tothe wealth they own. Men with small incomes were paying more taxes | than those with large incomes. He sug- | gested that the right way to justify the | matter was by the income tax. The speaker then turnvd hi- attention to the money question and humorously re- ferred to the Jefinifion of the bonest dol- lar as given by tieadvocate of the gold standard. Icall the advocate of the gold standard s “gold bug,” but I use the word with the same caudid opinion as ihe go.d bug does wheu he culls me & lunatic. [Laughter. ject to being eal:ed hard nam that I do notobject is the reason why I have got along so well. [More iaughter.] The gold bug was axked by a man what he nieant by an honest dollar, aud he looked wise and said 1donot ob- | nd the fact | that by an honest dollar he meant sound money. It is hard io get bim out of the cir- | cie. He will te] 1 that by an honest doliar he means which will stand the meitiug-pot test. The point of that definition is that Mexican money is houest money, according 10 the definition of the go.d bug, becsuse you can melt it. Mr. Bryvan then spoke of the criticism he had been subjected to becanse of iis statement that there never would be an absolutely honest dollar and sail: There never was an absolutely honest dollar and there is not te-day, and 1 dou't thin there will ever be because it 1s the work of | human hunds end however nearly they ina approach they will never reaen periection. | We simply do the best we can. The speaker then related several anec- dotes to show that his views of the morey and sound money plause he received evidenced the fact that Lis anditors believed with him. He used an arzument, the statement that the silver issue had caused capital to be tied up for fear of tue effect on the | business of the country to show that any sysiem that feared the discussion of a new system was bad. 1f you have to go to foreign financiers to get them 10 protect (he treasury in time of pe I want 10 ask you how you are going to along shouid they turn agains. you and leave you? After some further remarks on the financ:al question, Mr. Bryan concluded his address and was given several hearty cheers by the audience. TE e AT WOODWARD'S. For Tw> Hours He Thrashes Over His Old Platitudes and ~ophistries. It was fully an hour after the appointed time when Bryan made his appearanc: at ‘Woodward’s Pavilion last night. Hecame under escort of the Iroguois Club. His entrance was greeted with applause by the gathering, which comfortably filled the euifice. He was accompanied {o the speaker’s platform by William P. Lawlor, | William H. Alford, L eutenant-Governor Jeter, Congressman James G. Maguire, Hon, W. W. Foote, Mayor Phelan, J. J. Dwyer, Thomas Cator, Frank H. Gould and George W. Baker. A notable fact in connection with the «ffair was the absence of the most promi- nent and ablest members of the Demo- cratic party of this City. No new points were treated by the speakcr of the eéven- ing. He simply thrashed over the old straw of sophistry, or set up men of straw of his own creation to tumble them over for the amu<ement of his hearer-. No time was lost after his arrival. Mr. Alvord bad the task of introducing Mayor Phelan, waich he did as fo.lows: 1 hr(gl\ly appreciate {he honor tha: has been sccorded me (his evering in being made the chairman of this zrest meeling. I take pieas. ure in introdueing 1o you the gentleman who 18 to welcome the spesker of ihe evening. I tnke pleasure in introducing Hou, James D. Puoelan. Mayor Phelan, in the course of his in- troductory remuarks, said that the people of California are free; that they are not wedaed to any prejudice. Tnhe State, he declared, is debutvsble ground. He re- ferred to Bryan as the fo: of monopoly, and in the name of all who believed in tc!ge silver cause weicomed Bryan to the ity. : The substance of Bryan’ssreech follows: Mr. Chairman, lndies and gentlemen: Fora dead cause the si.ver question is showing re- markable vitality. | ;m glad .0 address the residents of a eity whicu came nearer to giving its voie to our principles than any other large city in the country. After returning thanks for his kindly welcore, he stated that he would devore the evening to meeting arguments that 1 | terpretations of the meaning of free and | its enemies, and continued: | “aft the other nations would be compelled | to pay the same price.”” | he said, it was thought | tain | either the gold or silver | ver dollar s to be recotne bad been made against the free coinage of silverin theraticof 160 1. Hecontinued : Our platform meant affirmative action, and therefore every person who was not con- vinced to onr way of thinking was on the otlier side. That campnign set the people to thinking. In our contest we had to begin at the bottom and build up. He referred to the many ludicrous in uniimited coinage in the ratio of 16to1, and declared that with further education the people would better understand the issue, and would be more likely to sup- port the cause of silver. He added: Before - the Republican party came into power we never asked the Cousentofany other untion as to what our finnneial poliey should be. Those silver Republicans wao joined us in the Inst campaign ought to have it said for them that the R -pub ican platiorm of the last campaign was (he first that ever said we shouid be controlled in our affuirs by other nations. He denied the charge that had been made avainst him of hay ng disrupted the Democratic party. He declared that he Lad been selecied to rescus the party from | The same reasons that justify the free coin- | age of goid into money ougni to justily the | free coinage of silver into money.” They are | both neededl for the same purpose. Tbey are | both needed for money. One reason why the Government should | coin both gold and siiver gratuitously is that | coinwge is u funeilon of government. ; There is not a dollar in circulation to-day | that isnota creature ci law. You can iu- | crease the crops of wheat and fruit, out if you | atiempl to creale more mMoney you are sent to the penitentiary. Itis notonly the right but the duty of the Government to pr.vide enough | money to carry on the businessof the couniry. We want unlimited coinage. I don’tmesu the coinage of the American product. ‘ He sought to refute the idea that free | coinage meant the coining of silver for | the benefit of other naticns. He declared | that imporied silver would, under un- limited coivnage, be coined for the benefit | of the people of this country. Continuing | he raid: | We are told when we ask for free cofnage | thatthis courtry would be made a dumping | ground sor the si ver ot all the worid. 1 have | a flve-acre tract of land back near Lincoln gbattle for and help to maintain the Republic’s which will hold ail the silver in the world, | Ihey say we would be threatened wirh & flood ver. I will save the peopls from this | y donating the use of my piece ot land us & dumping ground. In Frauce silver money is now coined i the | ratio of 15)¢ to 1,aud that countryis not likely 10 selu it to us to be colned in the ratio | 0f16 to 1. He declared that other nations could noi spare ail their silver, as 1t was used largeiy in thearisand for subsidiary coins. | “If we off<r to buy for $1 9 an ounce all the silver that is «ffered 1o us,”’ he said, | In “explanation of why the silverites | ed 1or the ratio of 16 t (1, he said that this raiio was the one in ute in this coun- try at the present time. Yor this reason, | p oper to main- | this ratio. would necessitaie it Lae Tecein or it would mean the recoinage of 4,000,0¢+,000 er dol- | lars, and would decrease tne silver coins just pa'f, and so deecreute the metallic | money of the world. He .hen went on as foliows: We want 16 to 1 bacans and owe debis, and we don’ the value of our p value of our deb's 16 1o 1. spening o . Wa und incres: ug the ratio of 1t min's wa can raise the value n indie clised her mints it e value of siiver in this country and ther»by decreased the value of our Jz:uq., ucts. Thus Ly ths leg'slati v of England the | value of our silver prodiet vas sffected. Yet | they tell us that :1 caunot doany- thing for silver. . We have nistory. we blve experience to justify us in the opivion that the opening of our mints would raise tue jrice of silver. He said the Governnient would not be criticized for deevening rhe harbor of San Francisco even though ither:by the value of rsal estate in the (ity would be in- creased. For the same ieason he thought there should be no obfection to the [ree coinage of silver becausy: the silver mine owner wotld be benefited by it. He con- cluded as follows: We were iold that confi(jence had hsen de- stroyed by the agitator . { bimetallism. We | were fold that prospeiit; was driven out of this country by the dif ussion of the silver | question; and, my iriencs, it makes me sick ut heart to taink that ):lt now, when confi- dence has been jully restoi: -d [‘aughter]—wheu | prosperity has come bacic 1o mhke n perma- nent home among us—ti. ¢ we should send a commission abroad to «; mmeuce agitating the money quesiion ani destroy confidence in_Europe. i You will see, therefore) that the American people are commitied to ‘the princip.e of bi- metallism. Wny? Heca:<e, my friends, bi- metailism is both defens jule in theory aud it 18 necessary in fact. L. me give you the theoretical ‘advantage cf ard. De la Vola has said that.if a river is fed from two sources it will be mori uniform in volume than if fed from one sou:ce, his explanation being tha' when one oi . ic fecders is swollen the oiher may be low aulivice verss. There- fore the volume of Waii> in the river will chauge less than if it isiica from one source, | and must change with the cuange in onc feeaer. . | This illustrates bime* Dism. Tn bimetal- 1ism the volume of mone ! is derived from two sources—ihe goid mines viid the silver mines, Inthe beeinning of the «:ntury we were pro- | ducing $3 of silver to 1 6 gold. Fifty vears lnter the world produced $3 of golu to 1 of silver. Then silveriucre'sed, and wiihin the last two years gold icreased 4n produc- tion. But it the volume o," money is fed irom two sources thal vo.umd is less changeable and the value of the dolln! fs iess fluctusting than if the volume of 1 ney is fed from one source, whether it be goid or sil ver. On this point, however, I want to remind you that it is necersary tui's the debtor shali iavo the option i order 1. maintais bimetal- 1sm. How can you comp fi ancier to_help maintain the parity? wKig 1L 1o nis 8de vAntage to maintain (he viscity. G.ve the op- rion 10 the creditor aud | .al 1. tne resuit? Why, you say (o the credi'l rciass that if they wiil use their influence “u drive the metais ApAart 4nd force one mein'*o A premw.im. that then you will give tbem t e right to demana the premium and ihus pre ot by taelr action in torcing the metals apart. Those who sav that we ‘wust have interna- tional bimeiallism, that % Liust mainiain the gold standard uniii foreiiy nations join us are edopting a policy whi¢s, in my judgmen will never resuit in secur: g th the double stand- el o d of foreigu nations. You ask me why' wa.iinz for an i- ternational agreemen:. .nd jrom:sing to maintain the gold stsnda-d uptil it comes, will fur1 to bring bimetallitm? And [ will teil you. You send a commis ¢ on abroad snd what Wi tue commission sayy I will give vou about the speech that mu ' be mude if that platform ‘or idea is carries out: “The American people. went bimetallism. The American people ard ured of the gold sundard and want 10 st rid of it. The Ameri people have su farsd ffom failirg prices, and whiie they it ve suffered from falling prices, you, the anciess woo hola | ‘These rooms are on the Ii anv chunwe were made | - ns, If tne sil- | ¢ | Lieutenant-Governor Jeter, M | Hamilton, J. J. Dwyer, the notes and mortgages, have profited by the rise in the value of the dolr. We WANL you (o join with us in restoring bimet- allism. We ‘want you to help us to s.0p the advantege vou have been getting, and to stop the laws trom which we have been suffering, | but befor: you give your answer we Want to tell you 1hut if you refuse to join us, we will | stana by you as long as the worid las's.” Isn’t that the substance of {t? Isn’t that what the platioim :ays when it declares that | we must maintain the gold standard until | they join with us? It is giving them notice in advance that we will stand in with them if thev refuse to listen to our petition. The independent bimetsliist rakes the | same argument up tosa certain point, but a very different oue aiter that. I he indepsndent bimetallist says to the foreign financier: “Tne American people want Iume‘nlil:nn.i The American peop.e have suffered from the gold standard. The American peo- | pe have suff:red from Iailing prices, and you, the financiers, who hold our notes and our mortgages, have profited ss the dol- Jar rose in vaiue.” ' We say 1o these financiers that seventy millions of people have as much right 10 protect (hemseives from falling prices asa few financiers have Lo lea'siate yalue into doilars and the notes which they hold. We suy to them that we have suffered as long s we wili; that we are going to open our mints 1o the free and unlimited coinage of silver as itexisted prior to 1873. We tell them that we are. going .ta restore . the money of the constitution of the United States. We say to them, “We would be glad to have you help us, and ‘in order make 1t more probebie that you will, we sre going to make 1t 1o your advartage to heip us. We are going togive to our_silver equal jegnl | tender rights with gold. You have made con- tracts for coin in the United States. You know that coin means gold and silver. We.will open our mints. We wili give lvgal’ tender to our | silver, and then if you conspire to degrade the value of silver, we w y you 1n that metal | vourselv heap, and make ur intezest 1o join with us.” Noiy, my {riends, can there be anv difference | among reasousbie men as to which plan will | bring foreign aid soonest? | Imay be in error, but if I mistake not the hearts of thie American pzople a vast majority to-day are awaiting for the signal that shall declae that the American people have at last achieved their financl independence. There may be a number on our Enstern shore who spend a prt of each year in Europs who will not support our cause, but I kuow toat be- tween the Alleghanies and the shores of the Pacific_tkere dwells a people who dare 1o | fisancial independence. . Mr. Bryan spoke ior about two hours, A AT TH!% PALACE HOTEL. Mr. Bryan Is Given a D'nner and Later He Makes an Eloguent Sp=ech. g } After his address at Central Park, Mr. | Bryan was taken to the elezant rooms at | the Pualace, engaged' for bhim by "W. P, | Lawlor and otuer prominent D:mocrats. first floor above the street at the northeast corner of the | caravans | An elaborate dinner had been prepared | in one part of them. In a room adjoin- ing, many party leaders and their friends | sthered 10 meet their silver advo- ‘Inere were introductions and hand- jor a Iitile time, Mayor Phe- for ate, shaking lan snd others meeting Mr. Brvan st time. = followine persons then sat down to the ainner: W. J. Bryan, Goviraor Budd. William W. Foote, James G. the fir ) W H. uk | H. Aliory, W. P. Lawlor,. E1 d . J. Clunie, Fra | London. Gould, Tom Lane, T. V. Cator and Georze W. Baker. The room was beautifully decorated with colored bunting, and the table was adorned with roses a illuminated with soft lights, There were no speeches at the dinner. When Mr. Bryan returned shortly after 11 o’clock from the Pavilion, where he nad spoken for several hours. he found a packed throng in the drivewsy of the Pal- ace. The people had been wai.ing for him for two hours., Roncovieri’s band had dis- coursed many airs. Bryan had first gone to bis apartments, and the crowd cau:ht signt of him on the floor above overlook- ing the court. A deazfening shout went up. Mr. Biyan came for#ard. Hethanked them for their interest in bimetallism, spoke of the many Mastern visitors here, all for one parpose, and said that though each mighu differ in the method, owing to the d ff:rence of environment, all were really anxious todo what was best. He believed this vas so with the peogple re- garding government. - i Mr. Bryan made a speech full of origi- nai ideas, and it was frequently cheered. He was quite hoarse when he began. As he clesed he was repeatedly cheered. -—— SAN JOSE WAITS. | Preparations for the O-ator’s Re- ception To-Day. SAN JOSE, Cawn., July 7.—Praparations have been completed for the grand recep- tion to be tendered William Jennings Bryan upon his arrival here on the 10:55 train by way of Menlo Park. At that place he will be met by a reception com- mittee consisting of J, H. Henry, Jackson Hatch, Nicholas Bowden, William Gill, Judge Hyland and 8. N. Rucker. Upon the arrival of Bryan and the committee they will be put in carriages and driven to the Carnival Pavilion. F, B. Brown, chair- man of the Populist Central Committee, will call the meeting to order and iniro- auce J. H. Henry, chairman of the County Democraiic Commiitee, as president of tbe day. There will be no speech-making by either of the gentlemen, and Mr Bryan will bte at once introduced. He wil! talk fer about an hour and a half. After the meeting Mr. Bryan will be taken to the Hotel Vendome, where he will be given a Iuncheon at 1:30. Tuen an informal reception'and more speaking sill be held on the hotel ‘crounds. At 4 o'clock Mr. Bryan will leave for Sacra- mento by special train, arriving there at 7:30. He will be accompanied by the awme commitiee that met him at Meolo. | Park, The Carnival Pavilion, which seats 6500, will be thrown open to the public at 9 o'clock, dnd it is expected every seat will be taken long before 11 o'clock., Com- | moneing at 10 o’clock the Fifth Regiment vand will give a concert until Mr. Bryan’s arrival, shortly after 1 Bryan s specics Tus with oo tondeamaly decorated with flowers during his stay here by a committee of lauies under the darection of Mrs. E. O. Smith. 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