The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-17
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REFERs No DEPEzv.

REFERS TO DEPEW.
IN his brief speech at Peekskill, Mr..
Bryan referred to Senator Depew, whose
home is located at this point, saying:
Il am surprised to find so many people
here, for I supposed that in this COM
munity where your distinguished SEN
ator lives you would be afraid of me as
a dangerous man. 1t is gratifying to
find that so many of you have formed
your opinion from reading other
speeches or other articles than those
which emanate from your senator
am sorry that I can not have his aid,
but there are SO many other Iaboring
men who are with me that I suppose I
can get along without his support in this
campaign. You have heard of the din
ner pail argument here, and your sem
ator is good man to preach It, for his
dinner pail is full. I suppose that his
senatorial salary win fill his dinner pail
and leave the railroad salary for fair
supper in the evening"
THOUSANDS AT NEWRURGH
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Oct. 17.-At New
hurgh Mr.. Bryan spoke to a crowd of
several thousand people from a stand in
front of the court house. and the speech
Before he was introduced Mayor Jones
of Toledo and John J. Delaney of New
York made brief speeches.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for about 80 minutes
He charged the Republican party with
dishonesty in its dealing with the people
and in support of this statement cited
the attitude of that party towards the
trusts which were, he said, entirely in
consistent with what the president had
promised. He read an editorial article
from Newburgh newspaper concerning
the trusts which he said was an effort
to convince the people that the trusts
are administered in their interest
Il want you to know" said Mr.. Bryan,
that the National Biscuit company has
116 factories, and when l was at Man
kato, Mimi, the other day I found a
asalrc foc "a hod 4orI,f
by the National Biscuit company and
closed down within a short time. You
will find that every one of the concerns
mentioned is one of the great trusts.
The American Steel and Wire company
controls 80 per cent. of the output of wire
nails and steel wire, and you remember
that within year that company closed
down Il factories, threw 5000 men out
of employment, and then reduced the
price of wire nails and barbed wire in
an instant, threw upon the men who
had bought up stocks of wire and nails
a heavy loss, and it was said that the
man who was responsible for it did it
in order to make more money on the
stock market in the depression of price
of stock than a man could make in any
ordinary business in a lifetime. Why is
it," he asked. that your papers viii
defend these trusts2"
Mr. Bryan charged that the Republi-
can party was circulating a book writ
ten by a man named Weeks, defending
trusts, and said:
1.-The National Publishing company OF
New York printed the books. 1t first
asked the trusts to buy the book and
circulate it. It found the trusts did not
want to undertake the circulation of the
book themselves, and this publishing
company wrote a letter to the trusts, a,
copy of which is in the hands of ex-
Governor Stone, saying:
To overcome that difficulty we have
arranged with the Republican national
committee to have it distribute the
books in such manner and in such places
as to insure the best result and Gov
ernor Stone has a receipt signed for the
national committee of the Republican
party by J. H. Manley for 500 copies of
the trusts, to be circulated by the Re
publican committee among people to
Convince them that trusts are good,
while the leaders say the Republican
party is opposed to trusts. I want to
ask you whether you have faith in a
party that thus promises the people re-
lief from the trusts while its committee
circnlates a book to defend the trusts?''
Mr.. Bryan also referred to the increase
of the standing army and asked those
who had asked for an increase to hold
up their hands. Two hands went up,
but the men who held their hands alOft
failed to state what business they were
engaged in when requested by Mr..
Bryan to do so.
Recalling the fact that General Wash
ington had headquarters here, Mr..
Bryan said:
Here it is that Washington refused
a. crown, and we love him because he
was great enough to prefer a govern
uent of the people, by the people and for
the people to government resting on
force