The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-20
A SEA OF PEOPLE
Addressed BY Col. Bryan at
Rochester, N. Y.
Another Audience Waits Two
Hours For His Coming.

Rochester, N. Y, Oct 20.-W ali1aIn y
Bryan reached this city at 9:15 last
night and made two speeches here. The
first of these was made from balcony
in front of the Powers House and the
second in Fitzhugh hall. Preceding the
speeches there was a street parade from
the New York Central station to the
center OF the city and it was one of the
most elaborate as Wen as one OF the
most enthusiastic demonstrations that
have yet been made in honor of the
Democratic candidate. He was escorted
by bands and marching clubs and the
broad streets of the city were so crowd
ed with people that it was extremely
difficult for the police to force a way for
him.
Mr.. Bryan's carriage was drawn by
four horses. Once during the march the
leading span OF horses took fright at the
fireworks and turned quickly. It look
ed for a moment as if they would upset
the vehicle. The frightened animals
were however, quickly caught by a doz-
en- members of the nearest marching
club and again turned in the right di-
rection. Mr.. Bryan retained his seat
in the carriage and did not show fright.
Mr.. Bryan addressed a sea of human
beings in his opening meeting. They re-
ceiyed him with loud cheers and listen
ed as well as such a multitude could for
about 20 minutes, during which time Mr..
Bryan presented the issues of the cam
paign- 1t was 10 o'clock before he
reached Fftzhugh hall. There he met
denseIy packed audience which had
waited two hours for his coming He
was received with prolonged cheers and
received close attention and much ap-
plause from start to finish.
The speech was a presentation of the
questions Of the campaign and Mr. Bry-
an said he believed that when these
questions were as well understood in the
east as they are in the west the Demo-
cratic contention would be as popular
here as there.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for an hour and
twenty-five minutes, concluding his
speech at 11:3O o'clock. The entire audi
ence remained until the end.
Mr. Bryan yesterday experienced his
second encounter of the campaign with
college students. 1t occurred at Ithaca,
and the students were from Cornell uni
versity The incident was not so excit-
ing as that at Ann Arbor, Mich, for the
reason that the young men were not so
persistent and did not work in such I'M
est which was not noticeable at Ann
Arbor- This was the participation of
young women in the affair
A hundred or more members of the
opposite sex were stationed at windows
of the high school, just back and over
the stage from which Mr.. Bryan spoke
and they disturbed the proceedings to
as great an extent as thew could bv
lowering posters bearing pictures of
President Mckinley so as to attract the
attention Of the crowd. The young men
who were below responded to this signal
with cries and yells, and they also asked
numerous questions while the speech
was in progress. Evidently, too, a quite
large per cent. Of the students were in
sympathy with Mr.. Bryan, and some of
them shouted Justify for him when his
replies to the questions of their fellows
were especially to their liking. Mr..
Bryan was generally voted to have met
the occasion successfully and that he did
so was evidenced by the fact that the
Interruptions grew fewer and farther
apart as the speech proceeded and at
last ceased altogether.
The day was rendered interesting by
a spirited meeting at Auburn, the home
during his lifetime Of Secretary Seward.
and by Mr.. Bryan'S pointed reference in
his speech there to the manager of an
important manufa cturing enterprise 10
Gated at that point, which he evidently
intended should have greater than local
application Speeches were also made
during the day at Courtlandt and Bing-
hamton and at several other smaller
points. The days work closed with
meeting at Rochester late last night
The meetings. of the day were generally
attended and those at Ithaca and Bling
hamton were especially large. Probably
the Binghanton meeting was the most
enthusiastic meeting of the day. In all
instances except at the beginning of the
Ithaca meeting close attention was given
to the speeches
Mr.. Bryan's speech at Cortlandt was
addressed almost wholly to the farmers
and he expressed the opinion that one
person out OF a hundred was benefited
by Republican policies. He pleaded to
his auditors to throw off the yoke Of
craftsmanship and assert their indepen-
dence-
He declared that the farmers were
every year owing more and owning less
of the wealth they create.
At Binghamton where Mr.. Bryan had
the largest and most enthusiastic
audience of the day he took especial
notice of the fact that some of the man
ufacturing plants of that town were
closed, saying:
1T is strange to me that 1t is neces-
sary for you people to have an empty
and silent tannery and match factory
in town to know what q. trust means
and without doubt 1t seems that any
man with power to think ought to know
that industrial monopoly means the
closing of factories, the throwing of
men out of employment and the making
of slaves out of those whe are employed
In response to a question during the
B1nghamtOn speech he announced him
self as favorable to the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people and in this connection made the
following reference to Senator DepeW:
7 think if there is any state in the union
that needs that sort OF privilege it is
New York When John Quincy Adams
became a member of congress he sold
all the stock he had in the national bank
of that day because he said he did not
believe that q man in congress ought to
be interested in legislation I wish you
would read that to Chauncey NJ. Depew
and let him resign his position as presi-
dent of railroad or senator of the
United States. How do you expect that
a man will decide on the peoples side
in a case where he is interested on the
other Slde2 Is there any man in this
audience who would try a case before
juryrnan who had an interest in the re-
suit of the case2 Then why is it that you
fill your legislatures with men who are
interested in legislation. men who repre-
sent themselves and their big corpora
tons instead of tax payers?''
THIRD DAY IN NEW YORK
Opened by Mr.. Bryan With q Speech