The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-07
BRYAN CONCLUDED
HIS INDIANA TOUR,
Made Fourteen Speeches Before
Crossing the Ohio River
Into Kentucky.
DISCUSSED COST OF EMPIRE.
Great Crowds Stood in Pouring
Rain and Cheered Him Wildly
-Rested in Louisville
Last Night.

Louisville, Ky, Oct. 6.-Wrliam J. Bryan,
the Democratic presidenti., candidate. to-
day concluded his tour OF the State Of In
diar :. arriving here about $50 O'Clock to-
night. He made fourteen speeches during
the day before crossing the Ohio River.
These speeches were made at Piainfield,
a small station a few miles out from In
dianapolis: Greencast!e. where the De Pauw
University is located: Brazil, an important
mining center. Terre t:aute. Lewis, Linton.
Elnora. Washington. Shoals. Mitchell. Or
leans. Salem, New Albany and Jefferson
VILE. His audiences were al large. except
at the very small towns.
Rain Did Not Affect CrOvds.
At such places IS Terre Haute, Linton.
Salem and Washington there were multi
tudes of people. At all the stopping points
great enthusiasm Was displayed. and the
people rushed after Mr.. Bryan. whether he
was in a carriage or on the train. with a
recklessness which often imperiied their own
limbs, to say nothing OF his.
A light rain fell the greater part of the
day, but this circumstance was not allowed
to interfere with the meetings IN any way.
The people did not desert on account Of it,
ard Mr.. Bryan protected himself with an
umbrella Mr.. Bryan Is standing up won
derfuily under the strain Of the campaign,
and he said when he arrived here tonight
that he felt better than he did when he
started out.
Fearful Cost of Empire.
At Linton. Mir. Bryan discussed the
foreign policy OF the administration. say
Republicans. you want the splendor of
an Empire: We want the happiness OF 4
You want the American trumpet TO DO
heard around the world: we want the sun
Of liberty to shine so that IL will be seen
a p.trr tho .xnrI1 Won nanr thfl nation N
go out as a bully and as a braSgart: you
want this nation to jump onto inferior peo-
pies as you call them; you want this nation
to purchase trade with human blood. You
say IT will pay. How much Is a man worth,
measured by trade? Two thousand dead
bodies have fioated back across the Pa
cidc. How much are they worth In trade?
Temptation and Opportunity.
II believe in Almighty God. l believe he
knows the thoughts and the purposes OF
men. but am not willing to blame God for
evil thoughts. If feel in my heart an
impulse to do good l viii trace It to God:
II | feel in my heart an impulse TO do bad
1 will not lay il on him..
You must distinguish between temptation !
and opportunity. formulation comes to 10
wrong. opportunity comes to do good: but
you at your peril must decide whether it IS
a temptation or an opportunity. Teinpta- |
tons have come in the past. Sometimes |
men have yielded to temptation and fallen
from their high estates. sometimes they
to grander things.
The Bible tells US that eighteen hundred
years ago Satan took the Savior onto a high
and showed him all the kingdoms
OF the earth and promised them to him II |
he would fail down and worship him; bat !
Christ said: Get thee behind me, SATAN
The Republican party was taken up onto 4 !
high mountain and shown the Philippine
Islands, but il did not have the courage to
resist temptation. Instead of saying Get
thee behind me-. Satan they looked I'D TO
the Spanish monarchy and said Wen give /
you $50 for those fellows"
Remedy of the Secret BALLOT.
Mr.. 4Sryan arrived at Washington an hour
behind his schedule time. lie found a wildly \
enthusiastic crowd of immense proportions
his coming. He spoke for half an
hour and almost every sentence was punct-
udeei with cheers. Taking up the issues of
the campaign, MIR. Bryan declared that tha
lines between the parties We're distinctly
drawn in the present campaign and, in out
lining the policies of the two parties, he as
serted that 10 party could permanently pro-
tect trusts and monopolies, as, he said. the
Republican party was doing, unless the peo-
pie desire to have trusts and monoDoiies
nor he went or, "can the Government be-
into an Empire unless the people
want an Empire"
mo policy can be long pursued unless in