The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-05
The Senator Repeatedly Kissed, and
Greeted with Cries of @Put Him
Out." and Benedict ArnoId."
SEVERAL SPEECHES BY BRYAN
WHO BEGAN YESTERDAY IN OHIO
AND FINISHED IN MARYLAND.
Wellington Figuratively Patted ON
the Back and welcomed Into
the Popocratic Fold.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Sept AT the
opening of the Democratic campaign for
Maryland and West Virginia here tonight
William ]. Bryan and United States Sem
ator George l.. wellington, who was
elected as a Republican. appeared on the
same platform. Both were in good voice
Senator Wellington's speech, read from
manuscript, marked his formal renuncia-
ton of party ties an account OF the issues
growing out of the war with Spain. Mr..
Bryan spoke without notes.
The journey here was an arduous one.
covering, including the trip from Chicago.
about twenty-four hours. During the trip
Mr. Bryan made a number Of brief ad-
dresses from the train platform. The spe-
cial train was boarded at Benwood i'm
mediately after crossing the Ohio river
about noon, and on it, to receive him. Mr..
Bryan found Colonel ]. T. McGraw.
Democratic national committeeman OF
West Virginia. and Col. L. Victor Baugh-
man, the personal representative OF Sem
ator German. national committeeman for
this State.
During the day Mr.. Bryan's attention
was called to an extract from a New York
Republican newspaper saying that Mr..
crop raised on his Lincoln farm the pres
ent season than the entire farm had cost
him, putting the result at 81, 400 on 12o acres
of land. Commenting on this statement
Mr.. Bryan said: THE entire farm con-
tains only thirty acres. and cost me nearly
$4,000 although the land is not worth that
much to-day. Instead of having 10 acres
in oats, / had only five acres in oats, and
the oats have not yet been threshed. They
will hardly yield forty bushels to the acre.
Oats, instead OF being 30 cents a bushel in
Nebraska, are worth 2 cents I'm Chicago.
My oat crop will not bring me over $40.
The Republican papers use my farm TO
illustrate the prosperous condition of the
farmer. II my experience is a fair illustra-
tion of what is going on in the country IL
is not strange that the Republican party
is losing votes among the agricultural
class"
FIRST SPEECH OF THE DAY.
When the regular train carrying Mr.
Bryan reached Zionville, o., early this
morning there were calls for a speech. He
said in part: I'VE are i'm the midst OF an
other campaign. and you are 10 have your
part in the settlement OF the questions
which are at issue. In every campaign sew
eral issues are considered, but some one
issue must be paramount In the mind OF
each person. In this campaign the Demo-
cratic party believes the question OF impe-
rialism to be the most important. The
party stands where IL did I'm 1886 on the
money question. but IL believes that the
form OF government is more important than
the kind of money, and imperialism at
tacks the principles Of government. In say
ing this we are not indulging in prophecy.
The Porto Rican bill asserts the doctrine
that the Porto Ricans are beyond the pro-
lection OF the Constitution. Never until
within year. has any party asserted the
doctrine that the flag could be carried TO
places where the Constitution could not
CO."
At Cambridge. o.. Mr.. Bryan also spoke
to a good crowd. He suggested a number
of questions TO be put TO Republicans.
AT Benwood. w. Va. Mr.. Bryan left the
regular train and was taken aboard the
special. Before departing he said: I'm this
country, at present at least. the people
judge as to who shall bs elected. My fear
is that If we deny that doctrine when we
come to deal with the Porto Ricans and
the Filipinos we may not always have that
poin where we are willing to deny that any
people are capable OF self-government we
don't know how long IL will be before some
body else applies that doctrine TO Us. When
we abandon the principle that all men are
created equal we have 10 stop each time
TO prove that good as anybody
else. II we can always keep the doctrine
that all men are endowed with inalienahle
rights which belong TO them as men. which
the government neither can give nor can
take away, then have such a govern
ment as want. III IL Is bad. IL II our
fault. Once take away from the people the
power to govern themselves. and they
must submit 10 whatever government n
put upon them BY those able TO control"
THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
At Cameron. w. Va. Mr. W. J. Bryan
discussed the fuii-dinner pail proposition
in response 10 a suggestion from the crowd.
saying In part: ''rhe gentleman asks me 10
say something about the dinner pail The
Republican party Is trying TO escape dis
cussion OF its attack upon the foundation
principles OF government, and when Z A.