The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-05
Democratic Candidate For PFes'
ident Gives His Experience
As a Farmer ON the Plains OF
Nebraska.
OPENS THE CAMPAIGN
In Maryland With Senator We'll
Iington at Cumberland.
The Senator Accuses the Presi-
dent of Breaking Promises.

Cumberland, Nd. Sept 5.-The open
ing of the Democratic compaign for the
states of Maryland and West Virginia
at this place last night was rendered
memorable by the appearance on the
same platform of the Democratic ma
tfonal standard bearer, William ].
Bryan, and United States Senator
George Wellington, who was elected as
a Republican Both these distinguished
gentlemen were in good voice, and both
spoke with their accustomed force.
Senator Wellington's speech marked
his formal remuneration of party ties on
account of the issues growing out of the
war with Spain. He had for this reason
prepared his speech with care and he
read it from typewriter manuscript
Mr.. Bryan spoke without notes. and
he appeared at the meeting almost i'm
mediately after the arrival of the Spe-
cial train which had brought him
across the state of West Virginia and
thus far into the state of Maryland.
The journey had been an arduous one,
covering, including the trip from Chi
cage about "a hours OF railroad riding.
Still Mr.. Bryan appeared in excellent
good form, and he spoke with his Gus
tomary vim and vigor.
The journey of the presidential candi-
date across the state was not devoid of
labor for him, for though he left the
number of brief addresses from the
rear platform of the hindmost car. This
car was especially adapted to Mr.
BryansS purposes, being a composite
coach, including sitting room, sleeping
berths and kitchen. 1t was one Of two
coaches comprising the train supplied
for the tour of Col. ]. IT McGraw, Dem
Ocratic national committeeman for West
Virginia The train was boarded at
Benwood Immediately after crossing the
Ohio river about noon, and on it, to
receive him. Mr.. Bryan found Mr.. Nc
Graw and Col. L. Victor Baughman, the
personal representative Of Senator Cor
man, national committeeman for this
state.
Good time was made across the Allie
ghanies, and. Notwithstanding the nu-
at T:45 o'clock.
Beginning at Benwood, Mr.. Bryan
spoke in succession at Cameron, Man
nington, F'airmont, Grafton, Deer Park
and Piedmont. He also made very brief
remarks at a few other places. At eoch
place there were good sized crowds and
the candidate was cordially greeted.
The speeches of the day manifested a
somewhat greater tendency to discuss
economic questions than had been shown
on former occasions. At Cameron he
especially to the Republican
plea OF prosperity, saying that the work
ingman wanted not only a full dinner
pail" but much more beside He
articles necessary to the existence and
comfort Of the workingman had been
put out Of proportion to the increased
price of labor.
During the day Mr.. Bryan's atterti
was called to an extract from a New
4ork Republican newspaper saying
that Mr.. Bryan had made more money
out of the cat crop raised on his Lin
coin farm the present year than the en-
tire farm had cost him, putting the re-
suit at S1,400 on 120 acres of land. Com
menting upon this statement, Mr. Bryan
said:
THE entire farm contains only 80
acres and cost me nearly $4,000. al
though the land is not worth that much
today Instead of having 100 acres in
oats, l had only five acres in oats. and
the oats have not yet been threshed
They will hardly yield 40 bushels 10 the
acre Oats, instead of being 80 cents a
bushel in Nebraska, are worth 21 CENTS
IN Chicago My cat crop will not bring
me over $40. The five acres upon which
the oats were raised cost me a little
more than 500 an acre, so that the
gross income this year will be less than
y per cent. on the original investment
After taking out the cost of seed culti-
walton, harvesting and threshing the in
come will be reduced to less than : per
cent The Republican papers use nv
farm to illustrate the prosperity of the |