The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-21
Kisses FOR BRYAN
Boy Orator Under Fire in an
Ohio Town.
TAKES 1T PRETTY WELL
Giving the Boys a Bit the
Worst of 1t.

Napoleon, O., Oct 2o.-The Bryan-Mc
Lean special train left Defiance thi
morning and the first stop was made here
The visiting party was escorted TO th'
court house, where Congressman D. ID
! Donovan introduced Mr.. Mclean, wh'
in turn introduced Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan
said:
Il understand one-third of the people
! of this county are Republicans, and
| feel so bad that anyone should be a he
publican that L came here to rescue IN, tnt
| one-third. In 1896 you gave sometnins
like 1,700 majority for the Democratlt
| ticket, out of a total of less than 5000
| The Republican policy is so bad thai
there is not reasonable excuse for the
! minority among you: There Is no ex'
| cuse for the one-third."
Mr. Bryan related the story of the
| young medical student, who would bleed
! every patient, regardless of the disease
| and when the patient became so weak
| he could not stand it longer, the student
| said he would prop him up in bed and
| bleed him again. And that is the way
of the Republican party" continued the
/ speaker. 1T has bled you on the money
| question, the tax question and every 9TH
er question which has coem before the
country. The time has come when the
farmer, the plain laboring man, cannot
afford to throw his influence on the SIDE
of the Republican party. l believe in an
income tax. and / believe it the most
just of all taxes. Why? Because it meas
ures the assessment by the returns. If
your income rises, your taxes increase,
and if your income declines, your taxes
decline. The proposition is so clear TO
my mind, that do not see how any man
can oppose it. The platform of 1896 IA
vored it, and your GAINESVILLE platform re-
affirmed the 1896 platform"
Mr.. Bryan then discussed silver, the
trusts and imperialism.
Ottawa, o.. Oct pa large crowd met
the party at Ottawa. on. John B. Bailey
presided and introduced Mr.. Bryan and
Mr. Mclean. Mr.. Bryan had three rea-
sons for addressing the people at this
time. First, to thank the people for the
large vote given him in 1896; second,
where the vote was small, to do some
missionary work, and, third, where the
vote of the county was close, to hold
meetings with the object of increasing
the vote of his party "a voice: you'll
Sc Now tHy NV nv fl friends ends said Mr.. Bryan,
Il will trade votes in 1900 for votes this
fall. If YOU will give us large vote
this fall. / will be satisfied. "a voice:
That means McLean.D Yes, sir; that
means Mclean, and everybody else
The money question and the anti-op-
ton bill were then handled by Mr..
Bryan
Findiay, O.. Oct 2o-The days cam
paigning of the Bryan Mclean party end
ed in this city tonight. Findlay, being
the lirgeSt of the towns visited today.
had the biggest crowd. Following torch
light procession, two meetings were held,
sne in the baseball park and a second
meeting in Marvin's opera house. The
audience in the opera house received Mr..
Bryan by a division of sentiment, some
cheering and a few Kissing. Mr.. Bryan,
in the midst of the contending voices,
said:
Il am glad there are Republicans here.
Great applause) This is the first time
1 l~rr 20 ice rat hsays
than to listen. l am glad to speak to
even kissing Republicans, because that
is the only argument you can use TO an
swer our arguments. | want TO draw
picture of Abraham Lincoln, and | want
to do it for the benefit of your Mark
Hanna Republican. In the days of Abra-
ham Lincoln the man VISA placed before
the dollar Those were not the days or
Mark Hanna Republicans. In those days
you Republicans stood for self-govern-
ment. In 1856 Abraham Lincoln praised
the Declaration of Independence as the
greatest instrument Of modern times"
The kissing continued. A voice said:
Never mind the kissing; it's only from
boys" to which Mr. Bryan rejoined:
But what of the father who sends
boy here who does not know more than
A boy cried: Maybe you think we
can't"
Quietly Mr. Bryan said: mo, the boy
is mistaken. What We can do is Repub-
Democratic doctrine" (Applause).
Agentleman in the audience-Mr. Chair
man, there is an officer here; we can
have them removed.
Mr.. BrYan-Never mind the officer. l
can stand ii to be with these people an
hour, if you can stand it to be with them
always. (Applause).
Without further interruption Mr.. Bryan
continued, discussing the Philippines
question, silver and the trusts, closing
with a plea for the equality of all men
before the law.
The campaigners began the day at Ma
pOleOn and the second stop was at OF
tawa The first stop this afternoon after
leaving Ottawa was at Lima where the
procession which escorted the party to
the public square was the greatest OF
any thus far in Ohio. Messrs. Bryan and
Mclean both spoke to an enthusiastic
assemblage.
Mr. Bryan discussed the silver issue
and imperialism. He urged that the Fill
pinOs should be treated as we have prom
iSed TO treat the CubanS. Schley de-
stroyed the Spanish fleet off Santiago and
American blood was shed at San Juan
hill" said Mr.. Bryan, but we went our
over to the Cubans. The flag was raised
on MORO Castle, and we have promised
TO haul it down when the Cubans say
80, and 1t was glorious war waged for
freedom. Why not do the same thing for
the Filipino? We can not draw the line
between them"
AZ Sidney the enthusiasm was excep-
tional and a great party accompanied
the party around the circling valley and
hills to the court house. In his speech at
this point Mr.. Bryan charged the admin
istration with favoritsim in the appoint
ment of officers in the volunteer service.
Too many sons of those who have
been - ne said, have been appointed
II the people voted to sustain the adj
ministration in its present policy the pres
ident would be sandbagged into urging
an increase in the army. the first evil
dence OF 1t being the utterances Of the
president since his western trip Il
think the president has gained his inf0r-
nation from the rear end Of a railroad /
car" said Mr.. Bryan. II ne had asked |
me I could have told him how uncertain
il is TO get information from the rear
end OF a railroad train. ! could have told
him in 1895 that public sentiment was over
in favor of free silver
daughter and appiause.) But why not
let every man have an opinion Of his /
own. and think? Having an opinion, stand
by it and fall with it. taking ali the re-
sponsibiiJies.
At Beufoutaine and Kenton there were
large crowds, at the latter point two sep
arate meetings being necessary TO per- !
init the bringing OF all the people within /
range OF 9Ir. BTyan's voice.
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