Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-20
Free Silver.

cRrrNNuLE. o.. october 19.-William
pry.r. Nr- Bryan. and the newspaper
me-. who accompanied the party through
OH K.nucby crossed the river from
C.,ire..u last night. and boarded the
sr..al train provided for the three-days'
tour OF Ohio.
The twain was run during the night
to DAYTON. where the private car Of John
j. Mclean was attached. and AZ Green
vile. ua-Se county, to-day, Mr.. Bryan
delivered his first address in Ohio. There
was ar immense crowd present The
decorations We're numerous and tasteful.
..I Che enthusiasm was pronounced
Tle visiting party was escorted to the
courthouse square by a mounted body,
hr-.'y composed of the farmers Of the
county Dr. l. c. Anderson presided,
AMI introduced Mr.. John r. Mclean. the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
THE "UNCHALLENGED LEADER"
SD. Mclean introduced Mr.. Bryan as
r. unchanenged leader of the Demo-
cratic masses. Mr.. Bryan, to avoid the
lrsD morning air, put on a skull cap,
v..ch provoked good-natured laughter
q. response 10 which he said: MY hair is
r.r as much protection as it used 70 be-
.rl YOU ought not to complain if 1 am
l.trrc q little bald. In 1896 they said
MAS TOO young 10 be President. Then
had % depend upon the Constitution TO
rr.ttct me. Now 1 can depend upon my
badness
"Tne Chicago platform, 60 which you
gave such loyal support in 1890, is still
The platform of the Democratic party,
ana The platform of the Chicago DemOc-
racv again endorses that platform. I
believe the plauks If that platform are
stronger to-day than when they were
written
INCOME TAX AND TRUSTS.
1r Bryan then entered into an elabo-
fale defence 1f The income tax, and pre-
dlcteI "a popular endorsement of the pro-
position. Ee cited the efforts Of the
government go raise revenue to conduct
tle Spanish way. because OF the decision
Of the Supreme Court against the income
taN. He said the money question was
sun unsettled, and the night would be
Continued. He treated the matter OF
trusts in practically the same manner os
characterized his utterances yesterday.
He said tne Republican party thought
some trusts were bad and others good.
TRUSTS are actually SO bad said the
speaker. that the Republican convention
iu this State, convention run by Marx
Hanna. denounced them. Do you know
Cd. difference between a good trust ana
a bad trust? a good trust gives HperaHy
I'll. "a Republican campaign, and a bad one
does not The Republican party cannot
destroy the trusts. When the Attorney
General OF the United states is asked 10
Interfere there comes the Biblical lnJuhc-
lion. Remember thy creator TIE ke-
publican party was the creator OF the
trusts" ...,
IMPERIALISM.
Mr.. Bryan denounced the increase OF
the regular army as being called for py
tho President two months before there
,gas any war or act Of hostility, which he
construed as the basis for "a change III
our national policy; a change from the
.,nplcitv OF "a republic TO that Of impe-
IiaI-m.
81 dare the Republicans 90 defend the
title by the purchase of 100000 Of men,
confined Mr. Bryan.
"1hOy assert the right TO be III the
philippines by purchase, and that' 100
after having paid Il less price Tor human
beings than we Fay for hogs.
.I.et God choose between this definition
o. le Declaration of independence ana
that which says an governments derive
their just powers from the consent Of the
governed
FREE SILVER.
Nr Bryan said that when he first went
81 Cincinnati, i'm March, 1895. TO advocate
eliza cause Of free silver. the first and
foremost man to lend him assistance ana
stmuathy was John T. Mclean.
Under his guidance" Mr.. Bryan con
tIrusf "our party in this state polied
,-.r. votes prior TO 1896 than we would
h.t. done otherwise, and the only reason
~. aid not carry the State in 1896 was
that There were more votes counted than
y.. or the legal machinery supposed eN-
i.fod iu the state
GOVERNMENT LIKE 4 CORPORATION
CEIINA. D.. october 19.-At Celina the
reception was extremely cordial. MI
Bryan said in part:
"This is one OF the States I'm which an
important campaign IS being carried on
tls fall. and this election Is not Only I'M
{0rfaut because you choose your STATE oI
lcess this year. but because the NerdlcI
a. fhc polls Will be accepted as your oplh-
son upon the issues which are now before
The public some one has lkened govern
~ mt t0 corporation Ia which every
citizen is "a stakeholder, which from time
tp time elects its directors. Taking that
%. OF government. the stockholders can
select a new board OF directors when they
choose ana the directors ought 10 protect
faa interests OF the stockholders.
Tho voter has "a right TO expect the Of
r.-rs Goo observe the conditions and prom
is.s of the platform. The farmer is care
I'll In the selection of the hired hand. and
olsht 20 Doe IN the selection Of the public
Cuoer. but it is said he allows himself TO
~ 20 sleep. and never awakcns until the
affairs Of the nation have run up against
e stone wall. ! think the time has come
when no farmer can afford 10 be Re
publican. ! believe the farmer who sup
ports that party stands in I'M own light
and is doing himself an injustice.
IIiE MAN AND THE DOLLAR.
Il believe that the members Of the Re-
publican party OF an earlier date had
great reverence Tor Abraham Lincoln.
Great changes within the party nave
taken place since then. Abraham Lincoln
IN 1863, wrote letter in which he demon
suatcd that be believed IN the man nrst
ana tho dollar aftcrward. Since those
days the party has placed the dollar hrst