The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-03
Democratic Presidential Nominee Spoke Eleven
Times Yesterday Before Leaving
the State
Last Night He Opened the Attack on Badger
dom With Three Addresses at
La Crosse.

upon the depot platform as the train
with Mr.. Bryan upon the rear of hja
prlVte car was pulling out slowly and spv-
ing the distinguished orator the little girl
mlsehfeVously yelled 'fHello. Billie.
goodby." The facetiousness of the act
struck Mr.. Bryan, who smiled pleasantly
and politely tipped his hat to the little
glri. AT another little village the train
arrived When Mr.. Bryan was reclining
IN his private apartment There was but
1ve minutes to spend and Mr. Bryan. In
MS haSte to get to the rear platform
rushed out with no tie or collar ON
When someone reminded him of 1t hA
turned, rushed back to his rooms. snatch
eo collar and tie and donned them while
ne ran TO the rear of the car and spoke
briefly to the people.
ROYAL WELCOME AT ST. PETER
St Peter was grandIy prepared to re-
serve Mr. Bryan. In the heart of the
CITY, number Of blocks from the depot
ne spoke from a well designed speakers
stand to fully 1000 people The decora-
tlons were very elaborate During hts
speech at st. Peter Mr.. BRYAN. stated
that If elected president, he could not
wish or hope to make a better president
tnan John Lind has made a governor.
6oV. Llnd was most enthusiastically re-
celVed at st. Peter as he was at Roch-
ester, Waseca, Mankato, Winona and
every town along the road. The tour
just completed has been the means Of re-
Veahng the remarkable strength and pou-
larity of Gov Lind
TRUST QUESTION LOCALIZED
AT Mankato Mr.. Bryan struck a nonu-
lar local chord when he said, in speak
ing of the trusts, that perhaps some dav
cracker trust may be organized and
viii close down cracker factory in your
own midst" N'
Inc Mankato people are not slow tn
grasp the significance of the references.
Their cracker factories have already met
with the fate suggested
In MS speech at Mankato Gov. Lind
drew the people to their utmost zeal
when he told them that within two weeks
more they would be enjoying the same
rights and privileges as to shipping man
ufaetured goods that manufacturers Of
the Twin Cities have.
AT every town between st. Paul and
Winona, where Mr.. Bryan spoke. the
audiences consisted mostly OF the farm
ers and their families, whose rigs lined
the streets.
PUBLIC HOLIDAY AT WINONA.
Col. Bryan reached Winona at $40 ao.
cording to the schedule He found thor
sands of people awaiting him and was
conveyed to the platform from which
ne addressed $4,000 people in front of the
Iederal building. This was the most
oemonstratlye audience that met Mr.
Bryan at any city on his tour, with the
exception of that at the Minneapolis Ex-
position building.
The best part Of Winona's population
thronged the streets and listened atten-
lively to Mr.. Bryan. The beautiful little
city with the rythmicaI name had
a<7Ia -0d
time in order to hear what the Demo,
cratic leader had to tell them. There
were as many of opposite faith as those
whose ideas accorded with Mr. Bryan's
L. l.. Brown, son of Winona, who
is the Democratic candidate for con-
gress in the First district, opened the
meeting by merely presenting Mr..
Lind. He need not have attempted to
speak, for his words would have been
drowned In turbulence of the roaring
thousands. Gov. Lind occupied only
minute, giving way to Col. Bryan. The
governor was urged to deliver ansaddress,
but took his seat without acceding Tho
voice of Col. Bryan served to quiet the
restless crowd, and by the time he had
uttered his first word the terrible din
was instantly transformed into compara-
tive silence. Never was a crowd of Min
nesotans more anxious to hear the silver
though having delivered eleven speeches
since the day began, Col. Bryan was
more aggressive in this, his farewell,
speech to Minnesota this fall than he had
been in any other. AS consequence it
was the most forcible, eloquent and eff
fectual of any speech heard during his
tour through this state. There were re-
pcated demonstrations made to Mr..
Bryan by this particular audience oe
fnaIv.
the sympathy which they felt for his
cause, which obviously was theirs as
well.
The ice man, who had propounded to
Mr. Bryan the stereQtyped query on sew
eral occasions: What about Dick Crok-
er and the ice trust?" was not present on
this occasion, but another Republican
who was anxious about the Philippine
question, was there. and when Col Bry-
an was citing some of the misdeeds Of
the administration in handling the Fill
ptnos, came from this distressed citizen
the question: What would you ~do?''
said Col. Bryan: 'I would do the same
by the Filipinoes as we proposed to do
for the Cubans. Let them understand
that we would stand by them as pro-
tectorate against outside interference
and give them a chance to work out their
own destiny
Inc SenlleHlSn was edSIly convinced III
Mr.. Bryan's way of thinking. and en-
dorsed the theory, saying:
'I suppose that is the only right
course"
Leaving the speakers stand in Vino
ma Col Bryan went directly to his private
car and proceeded at once on
his way to La Crosse. where ne spoke
three times last night.
Winona's farewell to Col. Bryan was
cordially rendered, and many Of her
leading Democrats accompanied the dis
tinguished orator into the Badger state.