Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
BRYAN HAS Finished
HIS JERSEY CAMPAIGN
NOW FOR CONNECTICUT.
A DAY DEVOTED TO THE REGION
POPULATED MOSTLY By NEW
WORKERS.
DESPITE THE MANY ABSENT.
CROWDS WERE VERY GOOD.
EVERHWHERE THE CANDIDATE
WAS TREATED WITH DEF
ERENCE.
MANY CROWDS ENTHUSIASTIC.
A TOUCHING TRIBUTE ny A BAND
OF GERMAN SING
ERS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Hon. w. J.
Bryan to-day concluded his campaign
tour of the State OF New Jersey. The
| day was successful one in that the
| crowds which he addressed were both
attentive. and OF fair size. but the ma
jority of them were neither so large nor
as demonstrative as those of New
| York.
To-day was given up to section OF
Jersey which is populated largely by
people who do business in New York
| city, and the people at the various
towns at which stops were made said
that in view of the absence OF so many
of their townsmen, the attendance was
excellent
The tour was made over the Dela-
ware & Lackawanna railroad, the
most distant point touched being Do
yer, forty miles south of New York.
/ The other towns at which speeches.
were made were Hoboken, Harrison.
Orange. Sumit, Morristown, Boonton,
speeches being made at the later place. +
In reality Mr.. Bryan's Thursday
work extended into to-day, for he did
not retire this morning until about 2 /
o'clock. and one of the pleasantest oc-
casions of last night was the last of tho
series.
When he reached his hotel in Hobo,
ken, after his carriage tour OF the city,
he found about five hundred GermanI
citizens awaiting his arrival. They in
! sisted upon rendering him serenade.
| and sang several songs OF tho Father
land in a way that delighted the Pres
idential candidate. Notwithstanding ho
| is unfamiliar with the language in
| which the songs are written.
MIR. Bryan Referred Frequently
to-day in private conversations to this
episode, showing that his appreciation
of 1t was very strong.
At the conclusion of the series OF
meetings in Newark tonight. Mr.. Bry-
an expressed himself as highly gratiaed
| WIN Lne Jersey tdupdjBu,
Mr.. Bryan will make brief run into
| Connecticut tomorrow, speaking at
New Haven and Bridgeport, but wills
return in time TO participate In the
meeting of the Democratic clubs In
New York city tomorrow night.
Mr.. Bryan made the longest stop to-
day at Dover, forty miles out OF New
York. He spoke at that place for
about an hour and addressed large
crowd, which listened to him attentive
ly, notwithstanding light rain was
falling at the time
He referred in his speech to criticism
of himself TO the effect that he made
charges for his campaign speeches. On
this subject. be said.
According to the Republicans my
farm is not my only source OF income.
They say that / am so ayarfcious that
when / am a candidate for President,
will not make a speech unless | am
paid several hundred dollars. They
also say that / am so ambitious 1
would spend all have 20 be President
II Is hard TO reconcile tue two stories.
II you are interested in knowing the
facts, / can tell you that i have been
able to make living under Demo
cratic administration and under Ro-
publican administration, and think I
shall be able 10 make better living
under a Republican administrations
than most Of the Republicans who will
be responsible for the administration,
but want to tell you that every dollar
/ have made in the last four years has
been made out Of
The voluntary Payment
by people for what they bought anA
wanted. / published book, and no.
body bought It unless be wanted 70
buy II. have written articles for the
newspapers. Nobody read them unless
he wanted TO- have delivered lee
lures, and nobody came unless he
wanted 10 come. Every dollar that I
have made has been made in that way
But II were the attorney for trust
and collected from people who paid
inyoIuntarily, would be a good maA
in the eyes Of the Republicans. need
not tell you that receive no money
for campaign speeches. II the people
OF the community pay any money when
have a meeting II liz 70 meet the ex-
penses Of the meeting. In some cases
the people have paid the expense Of the
train on which travel as 1t goes froa
town TO town. II any Republicans
complains OF that, ron tell him that .