The age-herald., 1900-09-18
A BUSY DAY FOR ]
 HON. VIM. J. BRYAN
Spoke to Large and Enthusiastic
 Crowds in Kansas.
HIS SPEECH AT GALENA
Took Up Philippine Question and Mad it Hot for His Opponents-Old Sol- diers as Escort-Experience
 With Pick Pockets

Pittsburg Kan, September H.-William J. Bryan arrived here tonight and made a speech to one of the largest crowds he has yet addressed. He did not conclude his address until 10 o'clock, making seventeen hours of campaigning put In during the day. He spoke briefly on the platform Of the train at Baxter, Columbus and Weir City on his way to this city. During the day he made two set speeches and three platform talks. There were good crowds at each place. At Pittsburg the streets were almost impossible, and much enthu- siasm was manifested MT. Bryan in his speech traversed most of the ground cov- cred by the political issues of the day, but his remarks were especially addressed to the miners, who are numerous in this sec ton. He dealt largely with the labor and trust questions.
 At Galena MT. Bryan addressed a large crowd. Among those present on the plat form was Ex-Governor Harris. MT. Bryan took up the Philippine question at the out break, declaring the unconstitutionality of the deal.
 '"The people are getting into a string of glittering exigencies," he said. He repeat
 
 soldiers suffer greater hardships than the officers, and made an appeal for the soi- dier vote.
 T believe" he said, that the Democratic party can be trusted to do justice to the soldiers and their descedants, and l am told that if 1 am elected 1 will be able to find a Commissioner of Pensions as satis- factory as the present one.
 T noticed that this morning as we came from the depot to the hotel there was a company of old soldiers acting as an escort l felt honored that veterans of the civil war should take upon themselves the la bor of furnishing this escort; but, my friends, if Republican tells you that there is any consistency in such action on the part of the soldiers 1 want you to be pre- pared to meet the criticism. Why should not soldier support the Democratic ticket! The questions at issue in this campaign are those which concern the. very founda- ton principles of this government. The soldier was willing to fight four years to apply the Declaration of Independence to black man. Why should he not be willing to vote once to apply the Declaration of Independence to a brown man?
 'I believe the soldiers interests are safer in the hands of people who believe in a small standing army and a citizen sol dery than they will be in the hands of those who. believe in a large standing army If you have a large standing army to your expenses up to 100,0O0000 a year and increase the expenses of the army, you will find that the great corpor- ations will prefer to reduce the appropria- ] tions for the standing army. The nations that have large armies are the least lib- eral with their pensions.
 MT. Bryan made his familiar argument against trusts and imperialism. In closing he asserted that all wars of conquent was the result of covetousness, and he warned the country of the fate of Nahab when he coveted Naboth's vineyard. It was, he said, blasphemy to Say that God, the same yesterday, today and forever should pro- tect us in our effort to tax the Fipinos without giving them representation when we had depended upon that same divine assistance when we made war upon England for denying us representation while insisting upon taxing.
 MT. Bryan had another experience with supposed pickpockets today At the town of Columbus man on the train thought he discovered two men in the act of going through the crowd. He gave the alarm and the suspects took refuge on the train. One of them was afterwards pointed out to the sheriff of Cherokee county, but he managed to divert the officers attention as the train slowed up in passing the village of Stippville and he then darted to the door of the car and jumped off the train. As he sprang off the sheriff fired shot after him, following this with two more shots. The man was seen to fall, but whether it was the jump or the shot was uncertain as the train did not stop,