Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-05

the rubber goods manufacturing COM
pany and is also connected with the
starch trust. He has been the most
conspicuous
Defender of the Trust Principle
in the United States, having made a
speech at Boston in May, 1899, and an
other in Chicago recently on that SUBJ
ject. am glad to have all trust mag
mates support the Republican ticket,
for if am elected they will not be Wis
iting the White House and asking IA
vors in return for campaign support.
Our appeal is to the people who suffer
from the trusts, not to the monopolist
who profits by them. Next to imperial
ism and militarism, the trust question
has done more than any other to con-
vince the plain people that the Repub-
lican party is entirely given over to the
control of the organized wealth. The
imperialism exploits abroad while pri-
vate monopoly plumbers at home, and
the large army advocated by the Re-
publican party is intended to support
the system of spoliation at home and
abroad"
When Mr.. Bryan reached Lincoln to-
night he had been absent from his home
for about five and a half weeks, hav-
ing left this city on the 9th of last
September.
Since the Campaign Began
he has travelled $4,000 miles and de-
livered 600 speeches.
The greater part of the tour just
completed was made on the special car
Rambler" which for the most part
was attached to special trains. During
the tour speeches have been made in
succession in Nebraska, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Indinana, Illinois, Michigan. Ohio New
York, West Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware and New Jersey. Incidental Wis
its were also made to the states of
Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Connecticut. One set speech was de-
hvered at Louisville and another at
New Haven. Brief talks were made in
two or three other Connecticut towns,
as were also in Philadelphia and AL
exandria, Va. In point of time New
York and Illinois have received more
attention from the national candidate
than any other two states. All told,
eight or nine days were given to New
York and about seven days to Illinois,
and in addition to speeches through
out the two states the cities of New
York and Brooklyn, in the one, and
Chicago, in the other, were
Quite Thoroughly Canvassed.
Indiana and Ohio have also been the
scenes of great activity on his part.
He made two campaigning visits to
both of the last named states, in addi-
ton to incidental speeches on special
occasions.
The campaign has been confined al
most exclusively to the county seats
of Lincoln and north Of Mason and
DiXop's line. There have been sew
eral speeches in Kansas and Nebraska,
but UP to this date only the eastern
part of those two states has received
attention. Connecticut Is the only
New England State which has been
visited, and only upon the occasion of
the visit to Louisville did Mr.. Bryan
go south of the Ohio river. OF the
territory covered Iowa is the only State
in which no speeches have been made.
Mr.. Bryan has gone all around that
State and has crossed it six or seven
times during the campaign, but he has
not done more in the way Of campaign
ing than to shake hands 18th the pco-
pie congregated at the railway sta
tons. Pennsylvania also received
comparatively little attention, but Mr..
Bryan stopped long enough in passing
from Delaware to New Jersey to make
one brief talk in Philadelphia.
The crowds have increased steadily
in numbers from the beginning Of the
campaign and in many parts of the
country strong enthusiasm has been
manifested. Upon the whole there was
apparently more interests in the cities
than in rural districts. In New Jersey,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois the interest
was intense. This may also be said
of the cities in the State of New York.
While always nominally giving the
place of paramount importance in the
campaign in the subject of imperial
ism, Mr. Bryan has devoted more time
to trusts than to any other subject.
Mr.. Bryan's health has improved
from the beginning of his tour and
he has never been under the necessi-
ty or resorting to a physician for adj
vice or assistance. For the most part
the weather has been excellent and
no engagement to speak has been brok-
n. Mrs. Bryan Joined her husband in
New York week ago, and has travel
ed with him since.