The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13

be sold for a thousand dollars viii not
Be in favor Of buying FiIipinos in a job
lot at two dollars and q half Z piece
Mr. Bryan defined his feelings about
his Own election. saying
Il am more interested In the result OF
this election as Z citizen than am as 4
candidate am more Interested as 4
father than I am as z Democrat I can
live under 4 Republican administration
better than most Republicans who vote
for the administration If can make
half as much as the Republicans say I
can can make more cr1r1c1S11g the ad-
UIulsCFatiou than you Republicans can
make under IT. If my farm does as well
as the Republicans say. I could live or
my farm and VIII not need Office
The president says n his letter OF &C
Ceptanee that you must be careful not 10
hurt the good trusts and spends more
time warning YOU not to hurt the good
ones than he does telling you how to hurt
the bad ones. The Republican caudi-
date Tor vice president spends more time
deu0uncing those who denounced the
trusts than ne spends dencuncing the
trusts But why speak OF what the
president says Why speak OF what
the candidate for the vice presidency
says when can quote you authority
from headquar1erS2 Mr. Hanna says
the Republican party Il going 10 destroy
the urusts2
When election day approaches the
trust maguare says Well, We viii wait
and see how you vote before we will tell
you v hether We VIII give you your daily
bread or not
Do you believe that It is safe to have
that condition in this country Is it safe
TO make II possible for these great mo-
uOp0lIeS 10 50 control the Ia.DorinE men
that they can threaten them with idle
hess and starvation If they do not vote
the Republican ticket Suppose 4 man
has spent a life time learning some par
t1Cula-r Industry and there Is but one
man IN the nation to whom he can apply
up and a monopoly established Then If
he be turned OF he loses the benefits Of
his skill He IS an outcast and must
learn over. The dureSS that that mo
nopoly can place on that man Is z duress
that ought not TO be supported in this
country
During the afternoon Mr.. Bryan made
teu-nInute speeches at Xeuia- Wash
Ingrou Court House, Greenfield and
WaverIy-
While Mr. Bryan was speaking at
Greenfield he was Interrupted by an
elderly man n the crowd who asked Z
question about race discrimination IN
North Carolina and then partially dis
appeared behind other people standing
near him The inquiry seemed TO stir
AEr- Bryan considerably. and he replied
with some warmth, saying
DoE'C hide I want you to stand
where can see you when answer your
question Now, let me tell you that an
e1uca t101a1 qualification has been I'M
posed upon Porto Rico by the Republi-
can administration which dISquaIInsS s3
per cent Of the colored men Of voting
age in that territory
The old gentleman ret0rted that he
did not believe the statement where
u0on Mr.. Bryan continued
Wen. I can show you bulletin IS
sued by your own administration as re-
Gently as the 18th OF last August, in
which II IS stated that 50 Per cent Of
the colored population can not read and
write And this educational requirement.
deprlves that percentage OF the people
there OF the right Of franchise Do y0u
know what percentage Is affected by the
North Carolina IaW2 can tell you that
that affected by the Porto Rico restrict
ion Don't you think you had better re-
prove your own administration for its
acts n Porto Rico before you complain
Of North CaroIIna2 -
Mr. Bryan began his speech at Ports
mouth at o'clock and he had no
sooner commenced than q bugfe call was
sounded upon 4 housetop across the
street There we're other noisy demon
STATIONS and it looked for a time as If
there we're 10 be unfriandIy Interrupt
tons AIr- Bryan caught the situation
promptly and said.
Perhaps this is simply touch Of
nil1rarisu-
This turned the laugh Of the crowd
upon the bugIer, and he was heard no
mora for the time, though he sounded
his horn at intervals during the entire
evening.
Mr. Bryan spoke for about an hour at
Portsmouth and at the close Of the
meeting left for Chfllicothe-