The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-28
MARK is BITTER.
Hanna Says Bryan Should Be
in the Penitentiary
In Speech at BeIlaire, Ohio,
Last Night.
BRYAN is AFTER HIM.
He Follows Hanna and Speaks
to Big Crowds.
He breaches Last Years Cos
pei of Free Silver.
BRYAN is AFTER HIM.


put in busy day yesterday campaign
ing in the industrial towns of south
eastern Ohio. He made five separate
speeches, concluding with an address
at the Elysian theater here in the even
ing. The first meeting was at the
Laughln tin plate mills, where the
senator was told, the employees have
received an advance in wages ranging
from 81 60 to S24 month since the pas
sage of the Dingley law. Senator Han
ma was received at the works by a sa-
lutte from all tile whistles. He was
greeted with applause by the work
men, and made speech, in which he
appealed for support for the admins
tratiOn and for the necessity OF con-
trolling the assembly to the end that
the gerrymanderfng of the congression-
al districts by the Democrats might be
prevented and Ohio might continue to
be represented by two Republican SEN
ators.
The second meeting was at the Aetna
Standard iron and steel works. The
1000 employees of the mill gave him an
enthusiastic greeting.
In the afternoon Mr. Hanna spoke to
an audience which filed the Bridge
port Opera House, and in the evening
he addressed another large meeting at
the Martins Ferry Opera House. At
the conclusion of his Martins Ferry
speech he boarded a train for this
place, reaching the Elysian theater at
8 O'Clock
In beginning his speech, Mr.. Hanna
said: Il am delighted to stand before
so many working people of your city.
You all know that 1 have the reputa-
ton of being labor cruSher. Under
protective system we are again re-
ceiVIng the benefits of prosperity from
wise tariff legislation. We told the
working men we would further their
interests and also protect them against
the pauper labor of Europe. We want
protection against those people who
are filling their pockets at the expense
of American labOrers. / am told that
the great free silver prophet is coming
to Ohio the last few days of the present
campaign to tell the people that they
did know what they were talking about
last year Bryan said wheat and silver
went hand in hand Soon after Sep
TENDER 1, 1896, they parted company
and knocked Mr.. Bryan's argument in
to a cooked hat Then he set up the
cry of class legislation and attempted
to array poor against rich. 1 say to
you that any man who makes state
ments tending to incite the people
against their fellow men ought to be
put in the penitentfary."
Some one in the audience asked:
How about the Union Pacific deaI?''
well my friend, said the senator,
T will tell you all [ know about that
deal While Cleveland was in Office a
syndicate of New Workers arranged
with the head of the government for
the purchase of the Union Pacific rail-
way which was purely an executive act
and was entirely proper. / knew moth
the senate when resolution was Of
fered by Senator Harris of Kansas, to
postpone the closing of the contract
until after the new administration took
hold and to place the responsibility of
closing the deal upon President Nc
Kinley. 1 want the United States to
get out of the Union Pacific all they
can
The senator closed with an appeal to
the voters to stand by the ticket.
Van Vert, o., Oct. 28.-William Jen-
e-1or
ing tour in Ohio yesterday morning. He
Travelled in a private car. The first
meeting was at Montpelier, where an
audience of 5000 persons from all parts
of the country had assembled. Mr..
Bryan questioned the honesty of the
vote of Ohio last year, and then took
up the silver question. He said:
Il wish to submit some propositions
for Republicans to talk about for the
Democrats with US. 1t is only neces-
sary to talk to Republicans who were
wrong last fall, in my judgment. The
gold standard is a bad thing for the
United States and we should not sub
init to it because the dnanciers of Eur
Ope want it,
He said the Republican party up to
this time had never declared that the
gold standard was a good thing. 1t
promised last year, he said, to do what
1t could to get rid of the gold standard.
He then reviewed the work of the mon
etary commission which President Nc
Kinley sent to Europe and said it's mis-
sion had failed. because the money
changers were opposed to it.
Mr.. Bryan attributed the improved
financial condition of the United States
to the discovery of gold in Alaska and
to the GGzn5ne in India, which he said
the Repu pllcans We're rejoicing over,
even though the famine resulted in the
loss of thousands of lives
From Montpelier the train was hur-
ried to Defiance, where an afternoon
meeting was held. There was a large
crowd at the depot as the train arriV-
ed in Defiance. and crowds had assem-
bled at the stations along the way An
audience of 5000 people. a majority of
whom were Republicans, it is said. lis
tened to the Defiance speech which did
not differ materially from that deliver
ed at Montpelier The applause was
liberal though it was apparent that
Mr.. Bryan was less of an attraction
than when, as a presidential candidate,
he visited Ohio last fall
WOMEN HOLD A Low MEETING