The Penn's Grove record., 1899-06-02

Col. William j, Bryan has more de
mands on him for speeches than any
other mar in the world. lie is making
on an average five speeches a week. He
is now stumping the country in the
central west. At Danville III, last Fri
day, he addressed a large audience.
His first speech was addressed to
farmers, of whom there were many
among his bearers. He told them that:
They paid more than their just share
of taxes: every foot of land and every
head of stock was in plain sight and
taxed by the assessor; few or no farm.
ers were stockholders and directors in
large corporations and trusts; the cap
italists who did own the corporations
managed to escape taxation and always
would continue to do so under Republi.
can rule, The Democrats favor an in
come tax and a tax on accumulated
wealth so as to reach these wealthy
trusts beneficiaries.
He quoted ex-President Harrison as
authority for the statement that the
Republican party advocated raising all
Federal revenues by international reye
nue. and import duties, both of which
were a tax on the use of property and
fell as heavily on the poor as IN the
rich.
1.-The Republican party is imp0tent to
destroy the trusts. 1t is controlled by
those who are interested in trusts, and
its campaign funds and sinews of war
are supplied by the trusts"
Touching on imperialism, Mr.. Bryan
said he could not denounce it as 1igor-
ously as the Republicans had denoun-
cpd it in their national party platform.
AS proof of this he read the following
plank from the Republican platform Of
1856:
1.-THE maintenance Of the principle
promulgated IN the Declaration Of Lnde
pendence and embodied IN the Federal
Constitution is essential to the preserro-
ton of oar republican institutions. The
~hiqhUayman's plea that might makes
right is in epery respect amacorthy Of
American diplomacy, md ecolld bring
shame and diShon0r Rtp0n dny g0Ueg1t'
ment or people that gaze ii their sane
ton"
Mr.. Bryan said the Democratic party
was on the right side of the trust prob
lem, imperialism and the money ques-
ton, and must win.
In an interview he said: 81 have no
doubt that the Chicago platform Will
be reaflirmed and new planks added to
cover new issues. The trust question
will occupy a prominent place IN tire
next platform, but the money question
and the trust question are really parts
of the same question The same iinan-
cial interest that supported the gold
standard will support the trusts"
MRS. BRYAN ON AMERICAN WOMEN,
Mrs. W. j. Bryan, herself a graduate
of the Academy for Young Women in
Jacksonville, Ill.,, addressed the grad
uatlng class last Friday. Mrs. Bryan's
topic was the American Woman"
She said:
1.-THE American woman should be
sufficiently independent to study her
own surroundings, choose her own
course and live the life which is best
for herself and those nearest her with
out regard to the opinions of the o0ter
world.
when man finds in woman a thor
ough appreciation of his work and aims,
when the mind of woman becomes the
perfect supplement and complement Of
the mind of man which the Creator in.
tended it to be, then will all the dis
cussions as to the rights and privileges
cease.
''Woman has long been Il recognized
power in the spiritual world, and when
one looks into a church and sees how
much of the work is done by woman it
seems almost superfluous to say that
the ideal of American womanhood is
attained under Il three.fold develop,
ment of the physical, the mental and
the spiritual"