Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-09
Southern Illinois Goes Quite Wild
Over Him,
THE PEOPLE MUST DECIDE.
Trust Taxation Of Churches-Nar OF
the Revolution aud war Of the
Bocrs About Good Tunes.

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was pretty thoroughly canyassed by
! William j. Bryan today. The principal
cities OF eleven OF the southern counties
of the State and three Of the congress
Hional districts were visited and large
audiences addressed at the various
| stopping places Fourteen addresses
were made from o'clock IN the morn
| Ing when the first speech az Salem was
delivered. until the train carrying Mr.
| Bryan and hts party pulled out of Alton
40 nearly midnight The addresses
have ranged from ten minutes TO an
hour iu length and six hours would be
% conservative estimate of the amount
of time consumed by Alr Bryan In ac-
tuai talk
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM
Southern Illinois was intensely en-
'husas,lc At every meeting the candi-
date was greeted with hearty demon
STATIONS Of affection, and his remarks
were appIauded and cheared every
where. AT one place there was a dis
| position on part OF a few boys to
cheer his opponent but there were no
attempts 20 interfere with his remarks
| being heard
At East ST. Louis MrBryan and Gov.
Roosevelt crossed each other. As Gov.
Roosevelt had % meeting there. Mr. Bry-
ln passed through and went on To
Alton
East ST. Louis afforded a unique
spectacle when the Bryan train arr
| rived, There was no general infOrma-
non IN that city concerning the time
That Mr Bryan was TO reach there,
nJt announcement had been made that
Gov. Roosevelt would speak there at
$ o'clock. When Mr. Bryan arrived at
quarter past s. the Roosevelt train
had not reached the city, and as
| consequence many Of those who came
Go hear him went TO greet Bryan. The
people rushed after the Bryan car az
it was being switched about. yelling
madly for himaud demanding a speech
When the car came o. a sctandstill
there was "a general rush Cor the plat
form whore Mr.. Bryan stood, with re-
ucWed demand. For "a speech This
demand MI Bryan declined 90 respond
tD beyond explaining why he could
not speak. lie said
DECIDE BETWEEN US"
THE Republican candidate for the
Vice Presidency is announced 10 speak
here tonight IL Is his night. and do
not wish 90 interfere In any way with
his meeting. No political party has
any chance before the people unless its
speakers can have an opportunity TO
present the issues from their party
standpoint / have had my chance
here YOU have heard the. / want you
now TO listen 10 the other side, and
when YOU have heard from that side
as YOU have from ours / want you 10
decide between US as 10 what your
duty u.s."
The crowd cheercd the brief speech
Justify, and then demanded a hand
shake, Mr. Bryan grasped as many
outstretched hands as he could reach,
and then told the crowd 10 hold up
their hands, and that he would shake
with them an az once A thousand
hands went mp and Mr. Bryan waved
his hand 90 them. There was also a
big crowd at Granite City, between
East ST. Louis aud Alton, and Mr..
Bryan talked 20 them for about FIVE
' W." hN-'N'"' 10" NS Va NlF
day
At East st. Louis Mr.. Bryan's
daughter. Miss Ruth, who IS attend
ing school near there. Joined him and
went 20 Alton with him.
TRUST QUESTION DISCUSSED.
AT Marion Mr. Bryan discussed the
trust question He said In part: Il
want 90 call your attention 90 a clip
ping which I received a few days ago
/ viii read II % you:
Columbus, o.. Sept 2S.--Accordlng TO
a special from Gallipolis Dr. Jennings.
In his financial report OF the Western
Methodist Book Concern OF Cincinnati,
made 10 the Ohio conference now mcpt-
In gat Gallipols. says the white paper
trust alone has Increased the price OF
paper used by the Methodist Episcopal
Publishing house az Cincinnati $4,000 |
In the past twelve months. This means
an increase u over 100000 IN the past
year for the white paper used by the |
publishing houses N an the churches.
THE special says the report astound- |
ed the conference" added Mr.. Bryan.
and that they are talk ng more about /
trusts than assignments. And yet. my
friends, Mr. Hanna says there are no /
churches Of this country 100000 1
year and the people who subscribe 10 |
churches have 10 pay A. You win. of |
course have 20 subscribe more money /
or do less church work"
MINER AND FARMER.
what about the miners?" cried a
voice.
"G want TO say" replied Mr. Bryan.
'that the miner has 10 cast IN his lot |
with the farmer N DC wants any pro-
lection or any Justice In legislation.
The farmer can stand bad laws longer
than the miner can. for II things get so
bad that the former cannot buy coal.
be can burn corn. but when things
get so bad that the miner cannot buy
corn he cannot eat coal The Repub-
lica party stands today "a the defend
or Of the trusts; ~ stands as the ex-
ponent ~ q large-army idea, and for