The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-17
College Boys Howl
While Bryan Speaks.

Tie ssudepss of the State uoivsrs:;g =
which is located here were az the meet
iog ia large nuub bers aod eaca coe
made bis presence felt. z plasioFa
bad beer erected on tee south side oi
tie court house building aoa the en:ire
| aor:b side of toe square as welt IS lie
adjoining street vas co7ered with SOLID
mass Of humanity, a uaioTi:y Of those
nearest the staod 5eicg students
Mr.. Bryao had 90 sooaeT eaovn dis
face than the boys began clanor
which did not cease for 10 Or 10 min.
utes. Even after Mr. Bryan advanced
to tie sron: of the stand the din coa-
tinued, but it ultimately su6eided sufi-
cieo,ly to allow him to begin, "lf you
are wiling to listen.
A few vicces responded: ave are
willing"
IF | were an impe,ialist," Mr. Bryan
went on, Il should call out an army
to suppress you, bat am nos.'' This
sally seemed to please tne young men,
and d oss CT them laughed and cheered.
Some Of them jeered to such an ex-
tent, however, that an officer was com.
PEELED to enter the crowd and arrest
several of the noisiess. After this,
while the Interruptions we're frequent,
thew generally took the shape Of
questions. One of the questions
brought out the explicit declaration
from Mr. BryaO. "she Democratic party
is for the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of l6 to l without waiting for the
aid or consent Of any other nation"
By the tine Mr Bryao concluded the
confusion had ceased entirely aud be
departed amid cheers.
When Informed of the arrests Of the
studeo,s Mr. Bryan Immediately sent
the following letter:
"Hon NJ. j. Cavanaugh, Aun Afbos.
.sMy Dear Sir: II i: is true, as |
am in formed, that some Of the college
bows we're arrested for disturbing the
meeting, please ask for their discharge.
I am sure it vas the result Of boyish
thouebtlessoess and not malice.
"W. j. Bryan
Mr. Bryan took up the trust question
and at the beginning g Of the speech he vas
oekod Glow abort the Fee trust ?'
"Will you explain to me" be replied,
why every Republican knows there ls
an ice trust aud yet DO Republican
knows anything about auy other Kind
of trust /? Every director Of the ice
trust is Republican (Applause aud
cries of 30" aud chow about Gro
ker 2"
Mr. Croker is not q director. He ;s
simply stockbolder- (Criee Of "oh =
aod applause The governor of the
State Of New York is Republican and
if be we're in New York puuishiog the
ice trust instead Of making speeches
ont here there would be 20 zoe trust
(Applause We had an ice trust lrI
Omaha last spring, but we have Dem
ocras;c attorney general there aud be
commenced suit against the ice truss
there aud it dissolved on the FIRST Gay
of August, but they do not Go 1t io
New York in that way. (Applause
A voice-How about the eosson
trust ~
Mr. B.yau-The geotleman speaks
of the cotton bale trust Now. lei me
tell you the facts The cotton bale
company has pateot for making round
bales. and ii bales less than oue.twen-
,ieth Of the cotton Of the United States,
aud yet you Republicans say cothiog
about salt trus, tha. controls 50 per
oeot OF the output. but you howl abous
a cotton bale .rust that has one.sweo-
tiesh Of the output. Are you honest !?
(C,ics Of .'yes'') Then you must
havo been ignorant (grest spplause). }.
for no honest uaa would condemn 5
De. cent cotton bale trust and defepd a
50 per cens salt trust because it was
Repoblicsn. (Grea: applause Let
no call your attention to the fact that
your party has DO remedy for the
trusts
A voice-Whst would you do !?
Mr. Brysn-We have remedy, aod
GU, remedy IS, frs; TO put every trust
uade article on the free list second,
we propose that congress sball provide
that before any corporation does basi-
pess outside of the State Of it's origin
it shall take out a license from the
federal government aod this license
shall only be given when the corpora
ton shows tbzt it has no water In it's
stock and ,ha; it is not attempting to
mooopolize any branch Of business.
believe that that would be remedy for
.be trusts. believe that 90 private
monopoly could exist.