The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-26
BRYAN TOURS JERSEY
Expends Lois of Good Energy
in a Bad Cause.
TALKS TO .PRINCET0NlANS
His Voice More and More
HoWlful as He Nears the End
TALKS TO .PRINCET0NlANS


which closed here with six meetings to-
night, may be described as a mad rush.
From the time he entered Washington
Park, opposite Philadelphia, until he
closed his last meeting here, he had made
fifteen speeches. The average of their
duration was greater than usual. He
spoke in succession at Washington Park,
Riverside. Burlington, Trenton twice,
Princeton Junction, New Brunswick,
Elizabeth, Marion and Jersey City six
tines. His journey through the state
was a surprise to those accompanying
Mr.. Bryan, if not to him, for in few
states, if any, has he had larger or more
demonstrative audiences. His meeting at
Washington Park was almost record
breaker in both of these respects, and his
meetings in Trenton and his reception in
this city were only second to the Wash
ington Park meeting in numbers and in
for the presidency was ever so much
jostled about and pushed around in one
days time as Mr.. Bryan was today. At
most stopping places the police found it
impossible to protect him from the hun
dreds, not to say thousands, Of persons
who thronged his pathway and followed
him wherever he went.
Il have addressed a great many meet
ings of college boys, but 1 never had a
nicer meeting than this in my life" This
is what Mr.. Bryan said to a number of
the Princeton boys who followed him to
his train from his meeting place at
Princeton Junction this afternoon. He
arrived at the Junction at $50, and spoke
from a slightly raised stand on the green
in the rear of the railroad station. In
cluded in the audience were 1000 to 1,5O0
Of the students of Princeton college,
which institution is located three miles
distant from the Junction. The meeting
was one of the most orderly that Mr..
Bryan had in his whole campaign tour.
There was not an interruption from be-
ginning to end. When Mr.. Bryan arTtv-
ed he was greeted by the college yell
and there was a similar demonstration
upon his departure. His address there
was entirely to the students. He said:
Il want you to consider that in this
rapidly approaching an industrial despot
ism. Many of you are preparing your
selves for the legal profession, but you
will find under the system of monopoly,
tht the law business of the country will
gravitate towards the offices of the great
corporation attorneys, while the rest of
the lawyers will be clerks in the offices
of those attorneys.
want to call your attention to the
system which is now being proposed by
the Republicans, known as the colonial
system. One of our great institutions of
learning has established in the college a
department for instruction for dealing
with our dependencies and colonies.
Young men, we have never had colonies
and when we have reched the point
where we want colonies we have reached
the point where we do not have a re-
public. You cannot have one idea here
and another idea in the Orient. Govern
ments cannot come up from the people
here, and in the Philippines come out Of
the mouth of cannon
The New Brunswick meeting was the
first of long series held after nightfall.
The meeting was held in a public square
in the center Of the city. and was very
largely attended. There was no great
degree Of enthusiasm manifested while
Mr.. Bryan was talking, but majority of
the assemblage rushed after his carriage
to the train and gave him a most Demon
strative escort. He said: IF the Good
Samaritan had found a man beaten and
bruised; had taken and healed him and
had then said, after looking him over:
This is a likely fellow, and I think
will take him and own him. the Bible
would never have mentioned the fact.
Yet this is our attitude in our relation
ship to the Filipino
Mr.. Bryan's line Of travel from the
railroad station to the public park in
which the Elizabeth meeting was held
was brilliantly lighted by Greek fire.
Indeed. the fires were so thick that while
they lighted the presidential candidates
pathway they filled the atmosphere so
densely with disagreeable fumes that
some CT his admirers became alarmed
for the effect upon his throat This
alarm. however. was baseless, as was
proved by the fact that be never spoke
in clearer tones than he did to the i'm
mense audience which surrounded his
platform at this meeting.
Mr.. Bryan's train arrived at Marion,
suburb Of Jersey City, Sis O'Clock
and he was driven, after a brief meeting
az that place to St. Joseph hall, his first
stopping place in Jersey City.
In his Marion speech he gave his prin-
cipal attention to urging the voters not
TO allow themselves TO be either coerced
or persuaded into oting contrary to their
conictions at the coming election.
Mr.. Bryan made his tour Of the Jersey
metropolis drawn by four spirited black
norses. and he was escorted by a march
ing cllb Of several hundred young men
The tour covered a wide range Of terri
terry ard did not come to an end until
near midnight. He made four indoor
speeches When he concluded he went
to Hoboksn where he spent the night
The line Of progress was nlarSed BY loud
acc.airls on the part of the people and
the liberal discharge OF fireworks.
Everywhere he was accompanied By a
dozen stslwart policemen. who kept At a
distance the crowd which everywhere
seemed disposed 10 press iu and embrace
aka. The streets eyerywhe-e were crowd
= and many houses were brilliantly l.
lg,r2.-a;sd undl late al night in honor o.
TIE occasion. The halls a. which speeches
we're made we're crowded to their utmost
capacity. &r. Bryaa's speeches were ali
necessarily brief, but IN cash OF them h
found opportunity 70 express his views
Uaoa the subject agsta;iag the voting pub
lie. de undertook u each % them %
show that TIE trusts are expressing the
pesp.e; that there i greater danger TN
Der Republican rue % an army larger
;han tbs country needs Tor legitimate
purposes. and that there IS great danger
u drifting into imperialism Il TIE coun-
try adopts a colonial poicy- IN si1itlou
70 the hail meetings Mr.. Bryan addressed