The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-16

into the city from Ohio and Pennsylva-
MIA all day, so that when Mr.. Bryan ar
rived in the afternoon all the principal
streets were crowded and the square
around the speakers stand, possibly 400
feet on each side, was densely packed
with people struggling to get near the
platform and to secure a glimpse Of the
lion of the occasion. There was no effort
to create trouble. but the natural hum
of the thousands of voices and the
struggle for place We're such as to almost
destroy the effect of the speech The
stand provided with accommodations to
seat 60 persons, held 400 standing. The
arms of newspaper men on the stand
were pinioned so close that they could
not raise them to write and those who
were 20 feet away could not hear the
more room than was necessary for him
to stand erect and a, squad of policemen
was necessary to preserve the space for
him. Those who We're able to hear re-
ceived the speech with frequent bursts
of applause and this was often taken
up by others far away out Of range OF
the speakers voice so it may be said
the meeting was enthusiastic even
though most of those present failed to
hear what he said
After the outdoor meeting at Youngs-
town closed Mr. Bryan was escorted to
the opera house where he smoke to a
many people. most Of them ladies', as
could ind accommodations inside of
that building Both speeches were gem
eral reviews of the political situation
In the opera house speech he spoke Of
the Importance Of the campaign. say
ing that the contest was not more his
than it was that Of other people who
" ere concerned about the welfare Of the
nation at large. He referred to the pres
himself TO them, saying
I am glad to talk TO an audience
composed so largely Of women. for Ger
tainly in this contest the woman is as
81 a q Ia ma Ia mi he
mother interested in her son2 Is not the
mother interested in making life worth
something for her SOM I wish that
every mother in this land could study
the trust question and learn her own
connection with it. She finds out about
it when she goes to buy sugar and other
articles controlled by the trusts, and is
told that the trusts have raised the
least objection to the trust. II the
trusts raise prices we can simply buy
less, but when a trust monopolizes an
industry and closes the door of oppOr-
tunity against the young man. and at
temptS to condemn a man TO perpetual
clerkShip under monopoly and to serVf-
tude under a great monopoly. then mo-
nOpOly strikes a Severer blow than il
Goes through the prices that it EFFORTS
Mothers. what would you have your
sons dO2 Would you have your boys go
onto the farms? Why, you know that
today the farmer takes more chances
than any other man, and has less in
huence in the government; at least he Is
less considered by those who govern.
Are you going to have your boy 60
among the 1abOriug men and have but
one ambition, and that to have a fun
dinner pail and only to have that when
the trust viii let him have it2 Are you
willing to let your son go into the an
thracite coal region and take his chances
at less than a dollar a day, with powder
at S2-75 a keg2 Are you satisfied to have
your boy go there2 Do you want him to
go into a stOre2 Don't you know that
the trust is hemming the storekeeper
abOut2 Don't you know that the trust
is shortening credit That it is laying
upon the retailer all the chances Of
business Don't you know that the
to agree not to sell any but trust-made
goods2 Would you have your boy go
into a big factory. when tomorrow the
trust may come and bankrupt himZ
Would you have your boy have stock in
a trust that the big stockholders viii
freeze out before the year is over2 What
viii you have your boy do2 VIII you
have him become a laWyer2 Why the
law business is gravitating toward the
offices Of the large corporation attor-
neys and the other lawyers are clerks
in their Offices. What do you want your
boy to be2 Is it not time that you were
Is 1t not time you were using
your own influence to take this govern
ment back and place IL On its old foun-
dation and make II again a free gov
eminent Of the people, by the people and
for the people. in which the humblest
in the political WOrld2 Is il not time
that you mothers were thinking2 and II
an economic question can not arouse
you. is it not time that you were study
ing the army question:
Mr. Bryan then took up the questions