The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-19

declared that the trust managers aspired
to control the votes and actions OF their
employees
At Herkimer a large crowd greeted the
train Mr.. Bryan devoted himself entirely
to consideration OF the interests OF the
farmers
utes: At Frankfort he again gave MS at
tention almost exclusively to the trusts.
HE WILL KILL THE TRUSTS.
Referring to the trusts in his Utica
speech, he said: IF the Democratic party
is intrusted with power it is pledged to put
forth every effort to destroy private mo-
nopoly in Nation. State and city. and L
think that even The Republicans now give
me credit for being honest in my deter
mination to carry out the platform. l have
promised that my attorney general will not
come from New Jersey, and 1 have prom
ised that he will enforce the law.
Closing his Rome address, Mr. Bryan
said: Il believe IL was here that the nrst
American flag was raised. 1 want you 10
look at that flag. / want you TO see IL you
can find in that flag anything that repre-
sents subjects. The white stands for the
purity of our Nations motives; the red
stands for the blood shed in the purchase
or liberty and the stars represent the
States, and every Territory sees In the fu-
ture a star of hope that is some day 10
find its place in the constellation. But
where in that flag is anything subject OF
a vassal can look to and love? l do not
want to change that flag. / would thou
sand times rather haul IL down and let the
Filipinos have their own flag than change
our flag TO the flag OF an empire and smear
1t with the blood of conquest.
Mr.. Bryan made ten-minute speeches at
the four towns OF Oneida. Canastota, Chit
tenango and Dewitt. At Oneida he said:
Il do not want to harbor an ambition that
rests for its qualification on what other
people do. / prefer that my highest amDl-
ton shall rest for its qualification upon
what can do myself, and then l. can avoid
disappointment and my highest ambition
is the same as your highest ambition
should be, namely, to do what i can 10
make this country so good that TO De
private citizen here will be greater than
to be a king of any other nation on earth
The Canastota speech was made from
carriage near the railroad station and was
addressed to farmers. Mr.. Bryan here re-
peated his declaration that the Republicans
had amended the commandment so as 10
read: Thou shalt not steal-on small
SCALE" and suggested another amendment
to the Ten Commandments as being In
consonance with the Republican policies.
making one of them read: Thou shalt not
kill-unless there are more OF you than OF
the other fellow"
I At Dewitt there was a number of rail-
road men in Mr.. Bryan's audience. He
spoke TO them of the full dinner pal"
ner pail for the laboring man ii would be
impossible to trace its existence to the
Republican party. 1.-THE labor organiza-
tons of the country" he said, "have done
more for labor in the past few years than
the Republican party could do in a Con-
tury."
He said that the newspaper organ of the
locomotive fremen had been reduced in
size because of an increased price of paper.
due to the paper trust, and added that the
Republicans would probably be willing to
cut all the remainder of the publication, so
that the readers of II could get nothing to
read except what the Republicans them
selves might supply.
At Oswego, in response to a voice from
the crowd concerning the starch combina-
ton, Mr.. Bryan said he knew nothing per-
sonally In regard to the Oswego works, but
that he had been told that the works were
employing fewer men now than formerly.
He concluded by warning his hearers
against all trusts, actual and prospective.
A cold, drizzling rain, which set in early
In the evening, did not dampen in the least
the ardor and enthusiasm of the immense
crowd which greeted Mr.. Bryan when he
arrived here at sos o'clock from Oswego.
Mr.. Bryan spoke at two places, for the
main part repeating former speeches He
said that he believed ii was possible to
prevent any private monopoly from doing
business in this country. His plan he out
lined as follows: First, make the corpora
ton take out license; then squeeze the
water out of the stock. believe that this
method will effectively prevent any monop-
oily from existing. believe that you have
got to destroy the trusts or they'll destroy
your liberty"