Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-10-02
POLITICAL.

Mr.. Bryan yesterday trsversed whs
are known ss the Pine Bsrrens and thu
Scrub OAK portion of Minnesots, reach
ing the agricultural part OF the State
| north OF St.. Paul during the afternoon
He made the first speech OF the day al
West Superior, Wis, beginning before
| o'clock in the morning. He immedi
ately crossed the st. Louis river to Du.
luth, and starting with an hours
speech there, he made speeches al
eight other places on the way, which
together with the speech at Duluth
and Superior and those made last night
10 st. Paul, made an even dozen
speeches for the day.
At st. Paul in speaking to the color
ed men he sad:
Certainly you have repaid the pres
snt republican leaders for all that they
nave done for your race. So far as
offices are concerned you have bestow
presidences upon the republican party
and received janitors hips 10 return
So far as legislation is concerned you
have been the victims of the same vi
ci rus policies which have injured the
white man. More Of your race are en-
gagged ia he production of cotton than
10 any other industry, and yet the cot
ton growers, without receiving any
benefit from a high tariff when they
sell their product, suffer from the i'm
position of high tariff duties when they
buy"
At Rush City Mr.. Bryan said that
turing the present administration the
republican party had done many thin, s
which were far worse than the widest
prophet could have predicted of them
ia 1896. One of these deeds was the
crease Of the army and another the
toleration OF the trusts. Asked about
the ice rust, Mr.. Bryan again sasd that
all the directors OF it were republican
10 politics. Moreover, the affairs Of
the State of New York, where the ice
trust was said to exist, were in the
hands OF a republican governor who,
instead OF stumping the west 10 the in
terest OF the gold standard, should be
al home protecting his people against
this trust, as the fusion administration
10 his own State at Nebraska wss
doing.
At West Duluth Mr.. Bryan said "the
republicans nave reached the point at
which they want not only to revise the
constitution, but also the Ten COm-
mandments, as to make one of them
read 'Thon shalt not steal on a small
scale Lincoln wanted government
OF the people. for the people and by the
people. The republicans would have
it government of the syndicates, for
the syndicates and by the syndicates.
The Academy of Music in Brooklyn
was jammed last night with democrats
who went there to near David B. Hill,
who was the principal speaker, at
ratification meeting arranged by Hugh
Mclaughlin. Mr.. Hill was greeted
with a hatteriDg round of CHEERS, and
applause was frequent during his ad-
dress. Ex-Governor Stone, of Mis-.
souri,, also spoke.
Mr.. Hill stated that he had no apollo
gies to make for his support OF the
democratic ticket in the present cam
paign and that he is in line with all the
important issues. He took republican
leaders to task for misstatements con-
corning the bred Scott decision and said
il was not possible to extend the con-
to colonies and cited legal
opinions on the subject. He declared |
that il the constitution does not extend
10 islands jewellers they may be de- |
lrived OF life and property without due |
process of law. The republican policy |
ne said, denies all civil rights, grants no |
labeas corpus or jury trial. He is en-
irely in harmony with the ticket and |
paid tribute to both State and nation
II candidates.