The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
BRYAN'S OFF DAY.
He Made but Five Speeches and
Started For Indianapolis.

Waukesha, Wis. Oct. 4.-Mr. Bryan
had a comparatively easy day yester-
day. He made less than half a dozen
speeches, and he Travelled by easy
stages from Portage City to. this place,
speaking only at Portage. Columbus.
WATERFOWL, Oconomowoc and Waule-
sha. Rain fell during the greater part
of the day. This circumstance had the
effect of reducing the crowds somewhat,
but at most of these places there were
as many people as could well hear all
that was said.
Mr. Bryan said that he would give the
Sth and 9Th of this month to Illinois, the
10th and 18th to Michigan and the 18th
18th and 18th to Ohio He will go direct
from Cleveland to New York, reaching
that city at 5 o'clock in the afternoon
before he is to speak IN Madison Square
Garden
on the vacant ground at the opposite
end of the town from the railroad sta
ton. A large number of people had as
senbled there, but many of them were
frightened away by the shower Of rain
during the Speechmahng. Mr.. Bryan
discussed the issues of the campaign,
declaring that no man had the right to
own and govern another. IF there are
any Irishmen here" he said, Il want to
ask them how long It will take Ireland
to become reconcfIed to foreign dornina-
ton. even with only a narrow channel
of the sea between ireland and the land
l of her governess-"
The lesson he drew was that If the
people Of ireland found it difficult to
reconcile themselves to English govern
, ment it must be quite as difficult for the
Filipinoss so much farther away, to ac-
cept our domination
At WateTtown Mr.. Bryan spoke in the
Turner Opera House, because Of the in
clemency Of the weather The building
was packed and the audience was very
enthusiastic. He said that at the be-
ginning of its history the Republican
party had confessed to be a follower Of
Jefferson. Now Jenerson's name was
never mentioned but Alexander HarniI-
ton had become their great exemp1ar.
Hamilton had taught that society was
divided into two classes, the well born
and the IOwly born, and that the well
born were entitled to govern the Iowly
born It was unnecessary, Mr.. Bryan
said to state that Mr.. Hamilton cOnsid-
cred himself well born. Men who taught
that doctrine always classed themselves
with what they considered the better
class. This was the dominating thought
or the Republican party of the present
day, and therefore Jefferson's doctrine
of the equality Of men was no longer
promulgated by the members of that
party.
Mr.. Bryan ctided the Republicans for
failing to mention the Declaration of IN
dependence in their Philadelphia plat
form He said in this connection:
ElepQD1cauS- snow me a. document
ever penned by a modern Republican
that viii compare with the Declaration
Of Independence. Show me a speech
made by Republican Of today that will
have the influence of the Declaration of
Independence That Declaration of IN
dependence has been read all over the
world In South Dakota, I met Cover
nor Lee, a Norwegian by birth who
away off in distant Norway, had read
the Declaration of Independence and it
had drawn him here, and he is now a
governor of great state In Minnesota
met Governor Lind, who read the De-
cIaration Of Independence in Sweden
and it drew him to the United States
and he IS now governor of a great
state. Away off in Germany Bomrich
read It. It drew him here, and it is nv
earnest hope that he may become the
governor Of this state. Republicans.
have you any documents that arel draw
Charging the Republican party with
he said:
Let me call your attention to the
fact that the chairman of the RepubIi-
can committee on military affairs a Re
publican members of congress, the man
who had charge of the bill to raise the
army to 100000 is the president Of the
company that already has valuable
lands in the Philippine islands, and in
it's prospectus says that the labor ques-
ton there is easily solved because there
for from 50 to IS cents a day, Mexican
money"
Mr.. Bryan was accorded a brilliant re-
ception here His train arrived ten min
utes after o'clock and he was met at
the depot by an immense concourse of
people, including a big fiambeau club.
He was escorted to the National hotel.
After dinner he was driven to the Ca
sino theater, and there spoke to an audi
ence which filed every nook and cor
ner OF the building In addition many
failed to secure admission.
Mr.. Bryan said that as for himself he
was less concerned about his election
than he was in the triumph Of right
principles and. continuing, he said:
You Republicans rejoiced in 1886
when you defeated me. know you did,
1 read it in the papers I read how
was dead I read in one papers that
would have to fail out of a third story
window or be run over by a street car
to get my name in the papers The
editor of that paper fell out OF window
and died And my name has been in
that paper ever since But 1 consoled
myself with this philosophy: That if I