The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-20
HIS FIRST SPEECH IN OHIO.
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES PRO-
CLAIMED IN M'I<INLEY's STATE.

MIR. Bryan Spoke at GreenvIIIe-His
Reply to- Good Nnturcd Laughter
About His Skull Cap-PInnks of
the Platform Stronger Now Than
when They Were Made, He Says.
Trusts and MiIitarism secure His
Attention.
Greenville, o.. Oct. 19.-Winiam ]. Bry-
an, Mrs. Bryan and the newspaper men,
who accompanied the party throughout
Kentucky, crossed the river from Coving-
ton last night and boarded the special
train provided for the three days tour of
Ohio. The train was run to Dayton dur
ing the night, where the private car OF
John r. Mclean was attached. and at
Greenvlile Darke county, to-day Mr.. Bry-
an delivered his first address in Ohio.
There was an immense crowd present
The decorations were numerous and taste
ful, and the enthusiasm pronounced. The
visiting party was escorted to the court
house square by a mounted body, largely
composed of the farmers of the country.
DR.. L. c. Anderson presided and intro
duced Mr. John r. Mclean, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor.
Mr.. Mclean introduced Mr.. Bryan as the
unchallenged leader of the Democratic
masses.
Mr.. Bryan to avoid the crisp morning
air, put on a skull cap. which provoked
good-natured laughter, in response to
which he said:
My hair Is not as much protection as 1t
used to be, and you ought not to complain
said was too young to be President. Then
1 had to depend upon the constitution to
protect me. Now l can depend upon my
badness.
stiII the Chicago Platform.
'The Chicago platform to which you
gave such loyal support in 1896 is still the
platform Of the Democratic party and the
platform of the Ohio democracy again in
dorses that platform. believe the planks
of that platform are stronger to-day than
when they were written"
Mr.. Bryan then entered into an elaborate
defense of the income tax and predicted a
popular Endorsement of the proposition.
He cited the efforts of the government to
raise revenue to conduct the Spanish
war, because of the decision of the Su-
preme Court against the income tax. He
sad the money question was stnl unset
tied and the fight would be continued.
He treated the matter of trusts in prac-
tically the same manner as characterized
his Kentucky utterances, claiming tho Re
publican party said some trusts were bad
and others good.
TRUSTS are actually so bad" said the
speaker, that a Republican convention in
CT n xFaV ton 1,rr arb
Hanna, denounced them. Do you know
the difference between a good trust and
a bad trust? A good trust gives literally
to Republican campaign and a bad one
docs not. The Republican party cannot
destroy the trusts. When the Attorney
General of the United States is asked TO
intervene there comes the biblical iniunc-
ton 'Rmember thy creator The Repub-
lican party was the creator of the trusts" ."
DenOunces MiIitarism.
Mr.. Bryan denounced the increase of the
regular army as being called for by the
President two months before there was
any war or act of hostility, which he con-
strued as the basis for n change in our
national policy, a change from the sim
plicity of republican to that of imperi-
alism.
Il dare the Republicans to defend the
title by purchase of 10 100000 of men," con-
tinued Mr.. Bryan. "rhey assert the right
to be in the Philippines by purchase, and
that, too, after having paid a less price
for human beings than we pay for hogs
Let God choose between this definition OF
the Declaration of Independence and that
which says all governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned."
Mr.. Bryan said that when he first went
to Cincialau in March, 1895, to advocate
the cause Of free silver the first and fore
most man TO lend him assistance ana sym
pathy was John r. Mclean Under his
guidance" continued Mr.. Bryan, tour
party in this state polled more votes prior
to 1896 than we would have done other
wise and the only reason we did not car
ry the state in 1895 was that there were
more votes counted than we or the law
machinery supposed existed in the state"