The Portland daily press., 1900-10-10
Greeted by Large Audi
ences Everywhere.
In Peoria Denies that He Has
Grown Rich.

O'Clock. He began at eight ''clock this
morning and made Is addresses during
the day. The audiences were generally
large but those at Peoria, Quincy and Jo-
tIet were especially so.
Mr.. Bryan while speaking at Preoria
took occasion to answer the charge that he
IS being paid for his speeches. In part he
said:
''I am not as rich a man as you would
imagine from reading ths Republican pa
pers. find it difficult to reconcile their
statements about my financial condition.
One time they say that am so ambitious
that would spend all my money to be
President and another time they say that
am so avaricious that 1 will not make a
speech until am paid for it. notice
a criticism in the papers that the people
Of the towns through which our train
passes have contributed to the expenses
of the train and it was suggested that
was for my benefit. 1 need not tell you
that receive nothing for making
speeches, but my friends, want you to
know that when men ride on trains they
must either pay or else the railroad COM
panies must furnish them with free rides.
We don t want a railroad to carry our
train tree-through the State and therefore
the State committee paid about a thous-
.anEdoIlars for the train for yesterday
and today. We believe 1t is better for
people to pay their way and to be inde
pendent than to have c operations run
them after election, I would a great
deal rather have Republican papers criti-
else me because people along the road pay
the expenses Of the train than to receive
free rides from the railroad companies and
have corporations run me if elected, be-
cause they furnished the trains.
The people of La Sale and the sur
rounding country met Mr.. Bryan at the
railroad station tonight. He was escorted
to a stand In the center of the city by
marching tiambeaux club and by innu-
merable citizens on foot. Mr.. Bryan ex
pressed the opinion at the beginning of
his speech that Illinois would be found in
the Democratic column after the next
election. The meeting at Joliet was held
In the court house grounds before an i'm
mense crowd. The Bryan train did not
arrive until after ten O'Clock. After the
meeting Mr.. Bryan left fors rsChIcago.
Tomorrow he begins his tour Of MIchi-
gan.
Quincy, III, October 9.-AI the mem
bers Of the Bryan party were sleeping
.sOundIy this morning when, at $50
0 clock, the train pulled into this city.
They were not, however, permitted 30
continue their slumbers owing to the calls
Of the crowd for Bryan and the beating
on the windows. Mr.. Bryan hastily
dressed, drank a cup OF coffee and was es-
corted to a carriage for the long drive to
Washington Park, where there was a
throng Of waiting people. Mr.. Bryan
spoke on the general issues of the cam
paign saying that so large a crowd at so
early an hour Of the day indicated that
the people were interested in themselves
rather than In him. In this connection
he said;
"As I look into the faces of some of
the careworn women, 1 wonder how the
husbands and sons of these women can
lind it in their hearts to support the poll
cies which are today amasslng wealth in
the hands OF a few people with a rapid
ty never known before in the history Of
the world.
He paid especial attention to the farm
ers, saying that even though there had
been advances in the price of some farm
products, the increase in price OF articles
OF consumption had been so much greater
as to far more than neutralize the ad-
vance in farm commodities
Taking up the statement that money
from this country is being loaned in
Europe, he asked: "Why don't they buy
American lands instead Of sending their
surplus money abroad, - and then replied
to his own question by saying that the
only reply that could be made was that
the Republican policy was reducing val
ues. A private individual could not put
his money IN manufacturing enterprises
for fear that his concern would be sold to
a trust and that he would be squeezed
out. He declared that It is his desire to
destroy all private monopoly, because he
does not want to see the doors of oppor-
tunity closed against the boys of the
country.
Carthage, Il October 9.-After leaving
Ouiney the next StOD was 7Oada at
Camp Point. where Mr.. Bryan spoke
briefly from the rear platform.
Golden was the next stopping place.
Mr.. Bryan discussed imperialism al
most exclusively.
1--WE must, - he said, ''plant ourselves
on the doctrines that all men are created
equal and that governments derive their I
just powers from the consent Of The gov
erned. They are still sacred with our
people, but sacred though they be, the