The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-17
BRYAN SATISFIED.
In Great Good HumOr Over New
York Reception.
Leaves the City For Tour of
the State.
FREQUENT SPEECHES
win Be Made During Four
Days Trip.
First Stop of the Day Made at
YOnkers.
FREQUENT SPEECHES

New York. Oct. 17.-Col. VIM. J. Bryan
took breakfast today with Ex-Governor
Stone, Congressman Richardson, his
private secretary, and Judge Carrow,
and at $50 the start was made for the
Grand Central depot to take a train for
upstate points
I'm in good shape" said Mr. Bryan.
Il understand I'm to have an easy time
Of it up the state and can afford to feel
good"
He laughed at the joke; for the fact is
that he is to make speeches at frequent
intervals of the tour. He spoke about
the number of persons who lost their
hats by the big wind at the outside
meetings last night and he said the Re-
publican party ought to compensate
these people for the loss.
The big Republican wind from the
west carried them away, he said.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at the Grand Cen
trail station at o'clock and the train
left at 9:03- Before the train pulled out,
Mr.. Bryan said his reception here had
been most satisfactory in every detail.
Owing to the early hour there was no
more than the usual stir about the sta
ton. Those who were around lifted their
hats as they passed and a group of men
down the track cheered.
Mr.. Bryan'S private car Rambler
Mr.. Bryan said goodbye to a few
persons and passed into his car. He
appeared later on the rear platform.
Quite crowd had gathered by this
time Mr.. Bryan uncovered and as the
train pulled out the crowd cheered-
The first stop was made at YOnkers-
Before leaving the Hoffman House
this morning, Mr.. Bryan turned toState
Committeeman Campbell and asked:
DO you think the Republicans rightly
gauge the significance of last nights
demonstration ~
Several persons present answered in
the negative.
.sThe meeting carried with it," added
Mr. Bryan, its own story. 1t was the
largest demonstration I have ever wit
messed anywhere on any occasion The
enthusiasm appeared to be sincere ana
at all the meetings of last night my
auditors appeared to be en- rapport.
am perfectly satisfied
Vice Presidential Candidate Stevenson
was up and about the corridors of the
Hoffman House at o'clock this morn
ing. Chairman Campbell Of the Demo-
cratic state committee and National
Committeeman Richardson met Mr..
Stevenson and breakfast followed.
A TEN MINUTE SPEECH.
Sing Sing, N. Y, Oct Nv. J. Bryan
made the first stop in his tour of the
received by quite a throng of people and
very cordially greeted. The stop was
for only 10 minutes, and Mr.. Bryan
spoke briefly. He took up the subject of
trusts and warned his hearers against
all private monOpolies. The trusts, he
said, could at any time close down any
of the factories under their control and
were constantly doing so, and thus
throwing their employees out of work all
over the country. Bad as was this state
of affairs, Mr. Bryan declared that the
Republican party was under so many
obligations to the trusts, and its for
tunes were so bound up with theirs. that
no leader of the party dared raise his
voice against them. On the contrary,
he asserted, the Republican party was
standing idly by, allowing the trusts tc
rob the people while it was devoting it
self largely to collecting campaign funds
from the combinations. He said that If
any one supposed that the masses of
the people did not have an apprehension
of this condition of affairs he was mis-
taken. The poor man, he said, is coming
to the Democratic party because he
wants a chance in the race for life. He
believes in equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none. and he finds the
Democratic party in favor of that doc
trine and the Republican party opposed
to it. The Democratic party is drawing
the poor man because he does not want
to get his hands into other peoples
pockets; he simply wants to keep other
peoples hands, out of his pocket
Mr. Bryan closed with a reference to
militarism and Imperialism, and with an
appeal to the American people to let the
Filipinos work out their own destiny
Mr.. Bryan spoke for five minutes from
the rear platform of the Rambler to
a good crowd at Tarrytown
AT TARRYTOWN.
FishkiH Landing, N. Y, Oct 17.-In
his TarrytOwn speech Mr.. Bryan said:
The destiny of this nation depends,
not upon the leaders but upon the voters.
No president can convert a republic into
an empire without the consent Of the
American people. No president can
turn this nation over to the despotism
of private monopolies without the con-
sent of the people You have a chance
to sit in judgment upon the action of
the administration. The Republicans
say that are trying to array one
class of society against another. say
we are not We are trying to reach all
classes of society and to do justice
among ALL and. instead of trying to
array the rich against the poor, we want
the rich and the poor to become better
acquainted. / have never heard OF two
hea vens, one for the rich and one for
the poor. / think I can do some good if
I can get the rich and the poor acquaint-
ed here on earth, so they will know each
other when they meet across the river"
Five-ninute stops were made at Sing
Sing, Peekskill, Cold Spring and Fish
kill.
At Newburg the only long stop of the
forenoon was made, and here Mr.. Bryan
and his party remained an hour. At
Sing Sing he referred to the location of
the state penftentiary at that point, and
said
Il believe this is where you have the
state prison. This is where you have
great many people who have a fun din
the prisoners a full dinner pail. but while
they are given a full dinner pail they are
deprived of their liberty; and when the
t1usts offer a full dinner pail to an
American working man I want you to
know that they offer il in return for
surrender IF the liberty Of the Individual
The despotism of a monopoly is almost
as had as the confinement of the peni-