Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-02
BIG CROWDS HEARD BRYAN
The Democratic Candidate Addressed
Different Meetings His Cam
paign In Windy City.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-William Jennings
Bryan began his three days itinerary
of this city. addressing vast con.
course at Randolph street and Mich
igan avenue. The speakers stand
was at the side of the public library
and so dense was the throng around
it that the presidential candidate was
literally dragged to the platform by
squad of policemen, who acted under
the personal supervision of Mayo
Harrison, who had ridden with Col.
onel Bryan from the railway station.
Colonel Bryan was escorted from the
Dearborn street station by the Cook
County Democracy, through Dearborn
street Jackson boulevard, Clark
street Madison, Lasalle and Ran
dolph streets. which were lined with
humanity The hour was especially
suspicious. as thousands of working
men and office employees had just com
pleted their days tasks and awaited
the coming of the Democratic cham
pion.
Colonel Bryan was in excellent voice,
and this he used to good effect in re-
ducing the storm of cheering that
by Michael Shields, vice president of
the county committee His speech
was applauded almost necessarily,
and at the conclusion he was driven
to the Auditorium, where he took
dinner, after which he proceeded on
his tour of the northwest side of the
city, where he made eight speeches,
all of which Were made to large
crowds.
At the public library he said in part:
Republicans have no remedy; they
propose no relief They congratulate
the country that things are as they
are. We demand remedy: we pro
pose remedy: we will apply rem
edy. If you believe me honest be-
lieve me when l say that if you make
me President every power of the ex-
ecutive will be used to make it inn
possible for private monopoly to
live under the American flag
"All I want is to rid the country of
this new system that is going to fas-
ten upon us slavery, a bondage
which is as bad as, if not worse, than
political bondage"
perialism, among other things Mr..
Bryan said
"If we are going to have an imperial
policy, If we are going to have a vas
sal territory, if those people are going
to be subjects and not citizens you
cannot send them our national hymns.
Think of Filipino over there, with
out any voice in the government what
ever, singing:
The star-spangled banner, oh, long
may it wave
Der the land Of the freeeand the home
of the brave
"You could not send that over there.
If you want national hymn for them
/ do not know of anything that we
could send them except "There'll Be
a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Someone remarked the other day
that in slavery times every slave had
a full dinner pail | went to the peni-
Tertiary the other day and they told
me there that every man in the peni-
Tertiary had full dinner pail.
"The Republican party has never
assisted the laboring man to get all
that he needs. The laboring man
needs shorter hours that he NAV be
with his family more n needs
shorter hours that he may fave time
to develop his mind"
Mr.. Bryan spent very busy time
in Indiana. speaking at jamestown.
Charlottesville. Darlington, Frank
fort, Delphi, Monticello, Monon. Rens-
selaer. Lowell and Hammond.
On leaving Hammond, where he
made his last speech on Hoosier soil,