The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-10
DESTROY ALL THE TRUSTS
And Give Your Boys a Chance to
Rise.
BRYAN REPLIES TO SOME CRITICISMS
A Candidate, He Says, Should Get Acquainted
With the People and They With Him.
There viii be Less Danger
of Mistakes.
(By the Associated Press.)

Quincy, Ills, Oct. All members of
the Bryan party were sleeping soundly
this morning when at $50 O'Clock the
train pulled into this city. They were
not, however, permitted to continue their
slumbers long, owing to the calls of the
crowd for Bryan and the beating on the
windows. MIR. Bryan hastily donned his
clothes, drank q cup of coffee and was
escorted to carriage for the long drive
to Washington Park, where, notwith-
standing the early hour. there was
throng of waiting people, many of whom
had been standing in the chilly air since
daylight. Mr.. Bryan spoke on the gem
eral issues of the campaign, saying that
so large crowd at so early an hour of
the day indicated that the people were
interested in themselves rather than in
him.
Mr.. Bryan referred to an editorial on
the pension question which appeared in
an Omaha newspaper, with which he was
formerly connected. He said that the edi-
torial referred to was printed long be-
fore he was connected with the paper
yet doubt not" he said, "that every
old soldier will receive letter in which
it will be stated that am the author Of
the editorial"
Il have already received one," shouted
an old soldier in the crowd.
Il am not surprised" said Mr.. Bryan
know that they have misrepresented
everything that could be misrepresented.
Today thev have not the least hope Of
carrying this election unless they have a
bigger campaign fund than they have ever
had before. and can coerce every voter
that can be coerced."
He paid special attention to the farm
ers, saying that even though there had
been an advance in the price of some farm
products, the increase in price of articles
OF consumption had been SO much greater
as to far more than neutralize the ad-
vance in farm commodities.
Taking up the statement that money
from this country is being loaned in Eu-
rope, he said: "Why don't they buy
American lands instead of sending their
l'surplus money abroad?" and then replied
to his own question by saying that the
only reply that could be made was that
the Republican policy was reducing values.
private individual could not put his
money in manufacturing enterprise for
fear that his concern would be sold to a
trust, and that he would be squeezed out
He declared that it is his desire to de-
stroy all private monopoly because he
does not want to see the doors of oppor-
tunity closed against the boys of the
country
"Give the boy a chance" he said; "give
him an opportunity to exert his own in
dustry and his own ability and he will
oh II SC
boys in the world"
THE ADDRESS AT CARTHAGE.
Carthage, Ills, Oct. 9.-In speaking here
Mr.. Bryan took cognizance of the criti-
cisms of his personal participation in the
campaign, saying:
Il have been criticised for going before
the people, as a Presidential candidate
and discussing the questions before the
people. According to my understanding
of politics the citizen is the sovereign
and the officeholder is the servant of the
people, and the citizens have. a right to
know what the candidates think of public
questions. They have a right to come
into contact with their public officials,
and if candidate loses votes because
the people get acquainted with him. he
ought not to complain, for it is better
to find him out before the election than
afterwards, if he is bad. The right to
participate in government is one of the
inalienable rights, right, that you Re-
publicans recognized when Lincoln was
your leader and right that you never
repudiated until you fell from Lincoln
down to Hanna
''If you hear that am in favor of i'm
perialism just because it is a good issue
to get votes, l want you to remember
that on the 14th of June, 1899, when your
papers said everybody wanted expansion
| protested against Imperialism At that
time Democratic friends told me my
course would be unpopular, but my an
swer was that when the Declaration of In
dependence was repealed l would be out
of politics, and it did not make any parti-
cular difference about the time OF my
going OUT