Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-11-01
BRYAN SPEAKS TO A
BIG CROWD AT TOLEDO
Democratic Candidate Given
a Great Ovation.
MAKES TWO ADDRESSES

First Is to a Large Gathering at the
Hotels Then Driven to the Park
Where Thousands Awaited His Com.
-ing-Mayor Jones Also Speaks.
TOLEDO, o., Oct. 31.-Colonel anC
Mrs. Bryan arrived in this city at {
O'Clock this morning, coming direct
from Dunkirk, N. Y They were met
at the railroad station by Mayor anG
Mrs. Jones. Bryan was conveyed tt
the Body House by the mayor, while
Mrs. Bryan was conveyed to the mayors
residence for brief reception.
Beginning at 10 o'clock Mr.. Bryan
made speech of an hours duration in
Armory park here, leaving Immediately
afterward on his days tour of the state.
He was received by cheers from a big
crowd gathered about the depot when
he left his car and also found q large
number of people grouped about the ho-
tel when he reached it. They cheered
heartily.
Before proceeding to the park Mr.
Bryan made brief speech TO the crowd
assembled in front of the Body House,
telling them simply that he was pleased
to see so many people out so early in the
morning. At the park he was greeted by
several thousand persons, who cheered
heartily when he entered in company
with Mayor Jones. The mayor was in
troduced to make the first speech. Mr..
Bryan followed, making a strong appeal
to those present to support the Demo
cratic ticket.
Bryan on the Trusts.
While Mr.. Jones was talking 80 or 60
boys congregated together in part of
the park separated from the main crowd
and kept up such clamor that 1t be-
came necessary for the police to dispense
them.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by Mayor
Jones and he said he was proud to be
presented by man to whom duty was
a higher consideration than was any
party. Taking up the question of nom
only were former Republicans coming
over, but that gold Democrats were
coming back This, he said, was the
natural result of political conditions and
Of the Republican party's persistent dis
large.
Mr.. Bryan took up the question of
trusts, declaring that the utterances of
Roosevelt showed them to be more in
terested in protecting what they called
the good trusts than in suppressing the
bad trusts. He said that if times got
hard the corporations would cut down
irrf
dends. He would make it impossible
for private monopoly to live under the
American flag and if elected president
all the power vested in the executive
should be used to that end. This senti-
ment was vigorously cheered and there
were cries of Bravo
Philippines and the Army.
Speaking of the standing army, Mr..
Bryan declared that if the Repub-
ican ticket was elected there would
never be a smaller standing national
force than the present. He declared
that the Republicans were not prepared
to defend their foreign policy and he
gave the following as a resume of all
the Republican speeches on the Philip
pines question:
1--WE are sorry we have the Philippine
islands. They came to us by accident.
We are sorry we have them, but we
cannot let go Of them. 1t looks as if
God had sent us there; it looks as if we
were following the leadings of Divine
hand, and besides there's money in it. /"
That, he said, was the gist of all the
Republican speeches on the subject. He
declared that it was neither righteous
nor wise to coerce the Filipinos and he
thanked God that he had so firmly
linked together that which is wise and
that which is right, that they cannot be
torn asunder, asserting that the presi-
dent was exceeding the powers con-
ferred by the constitution.