The Saint Paul globe., 1900-10-18
NOT BULI FROM THE TOP 70 SAVE SOUTH DAKOTA
THE AMERICAN SOCIAL FABRIC
RESTS ON THE FARMER AND
WORKINGMAN
BRYAN IN THE EMPIRE STATE
Made Many Speeches Yesterday, Fin
ishing HIS Days Work with
the Evening Address
nt Albany.


ALBANY, n, Y, Oct. I7.-W. J. BRYAN
ran around two sides of a triangle to6ay
from Hudson to Albany inclusive ana
probably spoke to as cosmopolitan a lot
Of people as he has addressed during the
campaign. At Hudson he spoke to
gathering of3husiness people of all class
es, at Troy to; the capacity of an opera
house and at an overflow meeting of col
lar factory and laundry employees; at
Mechan1csVille to railroad people; at Co
hoes to the mass of the employees of the
cotton and woolen mills, and at Albany
to two immense meetings, one in the
opera house and one outside composed of
the best element Of the city. nuring this
speechnaking Mr.. Bryan was accom-.
panied by chairman of the state com.
mittee, Frank Campbell, Judge C. N.
Bulger, OF OSweSo; ex-senator Edward
Murphy, ex-Mayor Francis Malloy, OF
Troy; Mayor Samuel NJ Jores, of Toledo,
and J. J. Delaney, of New York Messrs.
BulgeT, Delaney and Jones alterpafed in
the speaking with Mr.. Bryan, assisting
particularly at places where there were
overflow meetings. The great meetings of
this trip were held at Troy, the home of
ex-senator Murphy, and Albany. the
home of ex-senator Hill. Mr. Hill is
absent in the West At both Troy and
Albany, the meetings We're phenomenally
flows l-aving to be held to accommodate
those who desired tc either see or hear
MIR. Bryan. During this traverse of two
sides of the triangle, Mr.. Rryaa alluded
10 many things which he has not men
toned at any other places during tie
campaign. A. Hudson ne said.
MEXICO AND INDIA.
II believe that Mexico is far better off
because we took our flag down from the
capitol when the Mexican war was over,
and brought 1t back to the Rio Grande
| think Mexico is better today and we
better than if We had held a carpet
bag goTernmealtan place there by means
of bayonetS and 1 think that self-goyern-
ment in Mexico, half Spanish and half
Indian, has tdeVeloped the people more
and has brought them further than would
had been increase had we had them
under our dominion and If you doubt 1t,
look at Mexico and compare Mexico with
India. Under, thirty years of self gov
ernment Mexico has made more progress
than India has made in $50 years on
pressed by an Anglo Saxon soldiery. They
only have 100000 English in India out Of
S0e,000,G coo and it takes an army Of 10000
British soldiers to take care of the Brit
ish population. and it takes a native
army Of 100000 to hep the British army
Of 10000 in its work OF protection.
The AlbanyS meetings were not begun
as promptly as some that had taken place
elsewhere, parade keeping the assem-
blages in the street The theater was
filled to suffoeation and large overflow
meeting outside demanded Col. Bryan's
attention. Mr. BryanS voice showed pal
Pable signs Of wear. He said in part:
ADDRESS AT ALBANY.
81 remember In 1896 your Republican
state con1 entien adopted a platform some
thing like this:
We demand that this. government
snail be conducted by business men on
business principles and in the interests
of business interests Of the country' or
words to that effect
But the trouble is that men who talk
that way SO limit the definition of a busi-
ness man that very few are included
Is the farmer business man? Well I
think not. He does work that is all he
Goes. lie commences in the morning and
works all day. commences, in the spring
and works all summer and if at the end
OF the summer he is enabled to show
enough cas- the result of the summers
Mork' TO snow a percentage on the invest
ment he thinks he has done we'll But
ne is no business man. Who is? The
man who goes on the board of trade at
IO O'Clock in the morning and makes
more before noon betting on the price Of
the wheat the farmer raises than the
farmer can make raising it. Is the la
porlng man business man? No. He
simply converts raw material into finish
ed product But he is not a business
man. Who is? The man who trades in
what this producer produces. I believe
that every man, who, by his muscle or his
the glory Of this nation is a business man
and [ believe election day is the most
important business day OF all the year.
THE REPUBLICAN THEORY.
The Republican party gees on the the
1ory that society is built from the top
Ihey say take care of the we'll to-do and
they will take care of those who are not
Nell-to-do, and when you tell them of the
story or Lazarus and Dives, they say:
w nat lucky man Lazarus was to have
a, hn
crumbs that fell from Dives table
"A man in your state in 1896 said that
Inc prosperity, of the laboring man and
the farmer depended upon the prosperity
OF the bankers and business men He
got it just reversed. The prosperity of
the business man depends upon the pros
man. for until wealth is produced there
is no wealth toaexchange. And vet the
ftepuoncans, if they built house as they
i build society they worH e.-..d the roof
nrsI, and then hang the house on to the
FOOL They Sgoi1 on the theory that a
man who has place to work ought to be
under some obligation to his employer.
NO man employs another man unless the
man employed can make enough to pay
MS own wages and profit besides to
the employer: Yet when election day
comes the employer sometimes thinks
that man who works for him sells his
c!t1zenship as he sells his labor. And
of1en the employer tries to coerce the
Iaborer. If 1t is right for the employer
e.
insist the law should be changed to give
the employer as many votes as men he
employs. AS it is sometimes the votes
get away from the employer. Every man
who values his ballot and appreciates
the value Of his citizenship should strike
out against intimidation of those who are
In the employ of others.
Mr.. Bryan took up the question of mill
tarism and Imperialism along the usual
lines. He took up Gov. ReoseyeIt's ar
guments that the people were not afraid
OF large standing army, and said that
Gov. Rooseyelt's recent statements
had shown that a large standing army
was unnecessary save for the war in the
philippines. He referred to the claim Of
Hepublicans that acquisition was due to
destiny, and said:
Destiny is the subterfuge of the inver-
tebrate, tits the towards excuse for fall
ing in that which he has not the strength
to resist"
Mr. Bryan referred to Mr.. Hanna's
spEech yesterday in which he said the
people ought not to swap horses in cross
Ing stream, and said:
Mr.. Hanna is mistaken. The RepubH-
can party is not crossing a stream, but
an ocean. It is going back to European
idees and comes back instead of cross
ing the ocean"