Willmar tribune., 1900-10-20

ing had to be changed and Bryan
spoke from the top of dray. He oc-
cupied twenty minutes and Gov. Lind
also spoke to the demonstrative crowd.
Referring to trusts Mr.. Bryan said:
"Perhaps some day a cracker trust
may be organized and will close down
cracker factory in your own midst''
The people caught his meaning at
once. as Mankato has already lost a
promising cracker industry in the
manner suggested.
at Waseca a large crowd listened
attentively to Bryans exposition and
proposed remedies for trusts. 'That
l believe, would prevent every private
monopoly" he said in conclusion.
"But if you have any better plan I
would like to know it.' The trusts
must be suppressed and the first re-
quirement must be to secure an ad-
ministration that will oppose the
trusts.
At Owatonna Mr.. Bryan devoted
some time showing the effect of trusts
upon the dairy interests.
At Rochester Mr.. Bryan said that
he had read in The Minneapolis Tri-
bune OF few months ago an editorial
in regard to the famine in India. They
were suffering not from a food famine
but from a money famine.
1.-The paper also quoted" Mr. Bry-
an continued, what was said by a
man named Trine, who was asking
contributions from the American peo-
pie, IN which he had said the trouble
there was produced by overtaxatiO by
the British government, which pays
the governor general 1925, 900 a wear.
They govern 300, 900, 600 Indians with
out their consent and tax them without
representation, and rs per cent of the
taxes collected are used to pay for the
army that compels the collection of
the taxes, and 33 per cent of all the
money raid is drained out OF the coun-
try. And while that foreign govern
ment is draining the people of India 1t
is starving them to death. It taxes
them so heavily that when crops are
good they get barely enough to live,
Imperialism in India.
and when crops are bad they have
nothing at all. Then they come to the
United States and ask us to contri-
butte. Why does not England take the
money she spends in killing Beers to
keep the people of India?
''If we have colonial policy we will
not administer it with justice. God
never made people selfish enough to
want to govern other people and then
unselt1sh enough to govern them
we'll.
Republicans, do you want to tear
down the statue of liberty in New York
harbor and send it back to France to
tell them we are out of the liberty busi-
ness: Instead of that, we ought to put
another statue of liberty in the harbor
OF Manila and proclaim liberty
throughout the Orient''
At Winona one of the best meetings
OF the day was held. Bryan arrived
and begun his speech from high plat
form on one of the principal streets
just as the sun was setting. The street
was crowded for blocks and buildings
on either side were literally covered
with people. Gov. Lind was given an
ovation but refused to occupy any
time by speaking. Bryan spoke very
effectively for an hour. His audience
was very responsive He stated that
this would be the last opportunity he
would have to address a Minnesota
audience before election, but that he
would watch the results from Mime
sofa with interest. eff you people
do not re-elect Gov. John Lind you
do not deserve good governor and
I am sure you will not have one," be
said, and the people of Van SAINTS
town applauded the statement to the
echo. Mr.. Bryan crossed the river
and made three speeches at La Crosse,