The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-02
TOUR OF CHICAGO.
Col. Bryan Begins Canvass
Speaking to Big Crowds.
Eggs Thrown at Him at One
Point on His Rounds.

Chicago. Nov. William J. Bryan
yesterday afternoon began his three
days itinerary of this city, addressing a
vast concourse at Randolph street and
Michigan avenue. The speakers stand
was at the side of the public library,
and so dense was the thrOng around 1t
that the presidential candidate was lit
orally dragged to the platform by a
squad of policemen acting under the per-
sonal supervision of Mayor Harrison,
who had ridden with Mr.. Bryan from
the railway station. Mr.. Bryan was
escorted from the Dearborn street sta
ton by the Cook county Democracy,
through Dearborn street. Jackson boule-
ward. Clark, Madison, La Sale and Ran
dolph streets which were lined with hui
manity. The hour was especially aus
picious. as thousands of Workingnnen
and Office employees had just completed
their days tasks and awaited the COM
ing of the Democratic champion. Mr..
Bryan was in excellent voice, and this
he used to good effect in reducing the
storm of cheering that greeted him
when he was introduced. His speech
was applauded almost necessarily, and
at its conclusion he was driven to the
Auditorium, where he took dinner, after
which he proceeded on his tour of the
northwest side of the city, where he
made eight speeches, all of them to
large crowds.
At the stand near the public library on
lake front Mr.. Bryan said in part:
When we speak of the business man
today under whose auspices this meeting
is held, we refer to those business men
who are included in that narrow decla-
ration of the term, those who are en-
gagged in merchandising and trading. I
am glad TO have a chance to speak to
this kind Of business men, for I believe
that the Democratic party today ap-
peals to the business man as we'll as to
the labOrer and farmer.
I believe that the last four years have
taught the business men that the Demo-
cratic party is the conservative party of
this nation, and that the Republican
party is the revolutionary party. The
Democratic party offers to restore the
old foundations of industrial independ-
ence and to destroy Industrial monopoly,
now fastened upon the country by the
Republican party"
Mr.. Bryan concluded with an attack
on trusts, and promised to remedy the
evil if elected
Mr.. Bryan's address at Muller hall
introduced no new matter. At Social
Turner hall Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as
follows:
Il believe that when the questions be-
fore the country are understood that we
shall find an overwhelming majority in
favor of the Jeffersonian idea as against
the ideas of Alexander Hamilton In
the days of Jefferson they accused him
Of preaching a gospel of hate, but JEFF
ferson preached the gospel of love, just
as Democrats today are preaching the
gospel Of love- We are not arraying one
class against another. The Republicans
would array all the owners of trusts on
one side and then complain because all
the people get on the other.
The Hamiltonian idea was that some
of the people are well born and born
to rule; that others are not so well born
and born to be ruled. But it is a danger
Gus doctrine, for when you once estab-
lish it you have to keep your pedigree
with you all the time to prove that you
belong to the well born.
1T viii not do to make all the people
or nearly all the people dependent upon
a few. We have seen landlordism in the
OLD world We have seen how a few
own the land and the rest are tenants
and we know the influence that the
landlord can exert over the tenant, be
cause the tenant is dependent upon him.
We do not want our industries to be
built on that plan. We do not want a
few men to stand at the head of the
industries and the rest be dependent
upon the few. We want to open the
door of opportunity I want a mans