The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-30

New York, October 26.-William J.
Bryan today concluded his campaign
tour OF the state of New Jersey. The
day was a successful one, in that the
crowds which he addressed were both
attentive and of fair size, bat the ma
Jority of them were neither so large or
as demonstrative as those of New York
Today was given up to a 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 Della
ware and 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, Summit, Morristown, Boonton,
Paterson, Belleville and Newark, three
speeches being made at the last place.
In reality Mr.. Bryan'S Thursday
work extended into today, for he did
not retire his morning until about 2
o'clock, and one of the ~pleasantest &C.
casions of last night was the last of
the series. When he reached his hotel
in Hoboken after his carriage tour of
the city, he found about 500 German
citizens awaiting his arrival. They in
sisted upon rendering him a serenade,
and sang several of the songs of the
Fatherland in a way that delighted the
presidential candidate, Notwithstanding
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which the songs are written. Mr.. Bry-
an referred frequently today in private
conversations to this episode, showing
that his appreciation of it was very
strong.
At the conclusion of his series of
meetings in Newark tonight Mr.. Bry-
an expressed himself as highly graft
fed with the Jersey campaign.
Mr.. Bryan made the longest stop of
the day at Dover, forty miles out of
New York. He spoke at that place
for about an hour and addressed a large
crowd, which listened to him attentive
ly, Notwithstanding a light rain was
falling at the time he spoke.
Mr.. Bryan dwelt at some length on
the trust question and in referring to
the Standard Oil Company said that
company is, through it's power as a
monopoly, extorting money enough
from the people at large to pay annual
dividends amounting to $50, 600, 900 upon
IN original capital Of 500. 900, 900.
Mr.. Bryan referred to the fact that
Dover had supplied a company of VOL
unteers for the Cuban war and said
in this connection:
Il never learned Ito love the volun-
teer before l learned to love him when
l came in contact with him in the
Spanish war. / believe hat this ma
ton can rest upon the volunteers. I
fOund down in Florida a regiment from
this state. l got ~acquaited with the
New Jersey boys at that time and 1
believe you had a company from this
town. l remember them because when
ever l went into their camp they join
ed in three cheers"
There were evidently a number Of eX-
soldiers in the crowd, and they again
cheered as they had lone in the old
days in Florida.
Mr.. Bryan'S Paterson meeting was in
some respects the o notable of the
day and the street exhibition was eX-
ceptional. He was conducted from the
railroad station to the our house in
an open carriage, a distance of a mile
or more through the principal streets
and received an ovation from one end
of the route to the other. Most of the
houses were decorated with fiaos and
bunting and the windows apparently
almost without exception were filled
with women who vigorously 1uttered
handkerchiefs and small flags at the
candidate as he rode by, cheering
heartily all the time. The crowd in
the street was enormous and very en-
thusiastic and When the speaking place
was reached, Mr.. Bryan encountered
a very ocean of human beings. n
speech at Paterson touched upon the
general issues of the campaign and was
freely applauded as it progressed. He
talked on the trust question, but made
no reference to local conditions.
Mr.. Bryan arrived in Newark a few
minutes past z o'clock tonight and
here the scenes which were witnessed
in Jersey City last night were repeated
on a somewhat smaller scale. The
streets were thronged with people and
the pathway of the democratic standard
bearer was illuminated with Greek
fire. He was first driven to the resi-
dence of former United States Senator
James Smith, where he 10 dinner.
In front of the Smith mansion a S
multitude of people were assembled and
they cheered him heartily when Mr..
Bryan and his escort of committeemen
and marching clubs arrived at that
point. The meetings We're all largely
attended and hat Mr.. Bryan'S \ad-
mirers were in 1.-The saddle" was amply
attested by the applause which greeted
him at every turn.