The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-13
Exposition Hall Which Holds
$500 Was Crowded.
VETERANS CALL.
Two Hundred Old Soldiers Call
on Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan Compares Boiling
Republicans and Democrats

Minneapolis received him with enthusi-
asm- He spoke to four big meetings
last night ia these places. Exposition
hall, Bridge Square. on the bank of the
Mississippi, just outside the hall, Ly-
ceum theater and Yale Place, a square
in the city.
He rested in St Paul all morning
He stayed in his room at the Hotel Ry-
an until after luncheon, when he held
am informal reception in the parlors.
With Mrs Bryan by his side, the can
didate stood in a doorway and smiled
TO the greetings of the hundreds of
persons VINO fled past during the
course Of an hour.
Mr.. Bryan having expressed a. desire
to use the trolley car to Minneapolis. a
special car deliberately decorated was
used. Arriving here, a second recep-
ton was held ia the West hotel and
then Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were driven
to the home of State Senator S. B.
Howard, where they took dinner
During their absence the Veterans
Bryan club of Minneapolis, 200 gray
haired warriors, marched to the hotel
and formed a circle in the spacious lob
by When he came out they gave him
z royal reception and escorted him to
Exposition hall. No such crowd has
been packed within the walls of that
building since the day when the Re
publican convention nominated Benz.
Harrison for president.
1t has a seating capacity of $500
Every seat was occupied and there was
a standing army OF many more lined
around the walls and choking the
aisles. Outside the hall the crowd was
81 great that the services of a squad of
police were required to force an en-
trance for Mr.. Bryan when he arrived.
The hail was profusely decorated and
the demonstration was grand through
out.
Philip b Winston presided over this
meeting and after the demonstration
which welcomed him had subsidized, he
introduced e. c. Marchard who, on
behalf Of a large part Of the labOring
men of Minneapolis, made q few re-
marks.
Mr. Bryan stepped to the front of
the stage TO begin his speech. When
the nights speech making was ended
Mr. Bryan and his party retired to
their private car. preferring to spend
the night there rather than be disturb
ed by the departure for Duluth at an
early hour in the morning. Congress-
man TOWne, the leader of the silver
movement in this state, joined the par
ty here and viii accompany it through
the state
In his address at Exposition hall Mr.
Bryan said.
Il would not favor the free coinage of
silver did I not believe it would be for
the best interests of those who toll in
this country. I have not belonged to
that class known ais workingmen, be-
cause my profession has been that Of
lawyer. but I have been taught to be-
ieve the legal profession must have
something to rest upon as a foundation
Lawyers do not produce wealth. Tn
less there is wealth produces a lawyer !
viii suffer. and have been brought up /
to believe all the classes which rest
upon the producers of wealth can only
prosper when the producers Of wealth !
are prosperous. And therefore i am
not entirely unselfsh when desire !
such legislation 8 VIII enable them /
to have more than enough to eat and /
drink. I want them to have enough to /
be cOmforta BILE because until they pro
duce there is nothing to distribute, and !
if they simply produce without enjoy
wealth; they viii cease to produce"
The nominee then referred again to /
the circulation by his opponents of an |
editorial published in the Omaha !
World-Herald in relation to pension /
legislation He again declared that the |
editorial was published two years pre- /
vious to his connection with that news /
paper. and added THE fact that they /
attempt to use an editorial which I did /
not write is sufficient proof that they |
have not been able to find anything in |
my four years of professional life that |
they could denOunce'
He then turned his attention to the |
gold bugs" as he called them, and in /
a facetious vein talked Of their sud /
den interest IN the welfare OF the labor /
ingman."
The speaker then produced extracts |
from a speech made By ex-senator /
Washburn of this city on the floor Of |
the United States senate on July IL, |
1892. and said.
i find that Mr. Washburn gives the |
price OF wheat. beginning with 1865, and /
running down to 1898, and that ne uses I
these words. The hopes Of the producer I
have been turned to ashes The gram /
dealer and miller and the business men /
have been disappointed the balance OF /
trade in this country. that everyone /
looked to with SO much assurance, mas /
been much below the general estimate, /
probably ia the depression of prices in /
agriculture and food exports Of $500 OOO, /
COO Gold is still leaving the country /
and there is little left in support Of /
general business, and I think there is /
general disappointment that Win I
the tariff Of 1880, we do not see better |
times.
IF these words are correct. Senator |
Wash burn tells YOU that there was gen /
eral disappointment that the tarlH OF /
1890 was not followed by better times, /
and he saws. Again, Mr.. President /
the people of the country were startled /
II certainly Was-wheu the statement /
was made in one of the magazines 4
few weeks since that one-half the vol 1
urne az wealth of the country was /
owned by $4,000 persons, and again the I
n1iiliOnaires and tens of milliOnaires, and /
the hundreds of millionaires nave /
neither created nor earned their wealth, |
and the royal road to wealth. mas peen /
through iuegitimate speculation ana /
grain gambling. railroad WreckIng and /
trusts and the whole volume of iniqu1- i
ties that have developed in the neIarl- I
Gus methods OF the stock exchanges Of I
this country
Vow then my friends there IS this /
senator exercising his alarm Ought /
the senator be surprised If we are /
alarmed at the same thing which scar /
ed him four years ago 2NOW my friends, /
n cause is known like an individual by I
the company it keeps, and II you look 1
at the company which our opponents I
cause is keeping you can get a pretty /
GOOD idea Of the cause. Show me those 1
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