The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-09
BRYAN SGOURS EGYPT
Farmers and Miners Told of
Political Wrongs.
CHURCHES TAXED BIZ THE TRUSTS
Before Starting on His Trip Threash
Mt His Birthplace that Hi. Defeat May BE
Enc0IBpassed by Corruption Of the Bal
lot - Bribery and Corruption Are the
Agencies Nest to Re Feared.

St Louis. Oct S-That particrla POI
tion OF Illinois known as Egypt w4s pref
" thoroughly oanvassed by Hon William
]. Bryan to-day. The principal Giles OF
eleven OF the southern counties OF the
State and three OF the Congressional dis
tricts were visited. and large audiences
addressed al the various stopping places
Fourteen addresses were made from 4
O'Clock In the morning. when the first
speech, at Salem, was delivered, until the
train bearing the nominee and his party
pulled out OF Alton at nearly midnight
At every meeting the candidate was greet
ed with hearty demonstrations
At East st. Louis Mr. Bryan and Gov
Roosevelt passed each other Gov Roose-
velt addressed a meeting there while Mr.
Bryan went on to Alton
AT Marion a ten-minute stop was util-
iZed by Mr.. Bryan In a discussion of the
trust question There were many Repub-
ncans in the audience, as indicated by
the yellow ribbons. Mr.. Bryan said In
( part:
If the farmer or the laboring man will
compare his own condition with the con-
ditiOn OF the trust magnate, he will fnd
out who fares the best, and he eau then
decide whether he will live in the same
party with the trust magnate"
The Church and the Paper Trust.
| Mr. Bryan read a clipping which stated
| that DR. Jennings, in his financial report
/ Of the Western Methodist Book Concern
OF Cincinnati made TO the Ohio Confer
ence, declared the white paper trust has
/ increased the price of paper used my the
Methodist Episcopal Publishing House at
! Cincinnati $4,000 in the past twelve
months
] This means an increase" said Mr.. Brv-
an, of over 100000 in the past year for
the white paper used by the publishing
/ houses OF all churches And vet. nv
/ friends, Mr.. Hanna says there are no
trusts. There is trust taxing the
churches Of this country 100000 a year.
and the people who subscribe to churches
have to pay it. You will either have 20
subscribe more money or do less church
work.
Speaking Of the miners, Mr. Bryan said:
| The miner has to cast in his lot with
the farmer if he wants any protection or
any Justice in legislation. for the farmer
can stand bad laws longer than the min
er can. If things get so bad that the
Iarmer cannot buy coal he can burn corn:
but when things get so bad that the miner
cannot buy corn, he cannot eat coal The
RepuDlican party to-day stands as the
oefender OF the trust; it stands as the
exponent of large army idea and for a
colonial policy The fruits of imperial
ism. be they bitter or sweet. must he Ieft
TO the subjects of monarchy. This Is the
only tree of which the citizens of a re-
public cannot partake. 1t is the voice of
the serpent, ard not the voice of God that
| bids us eat"
Touches on the Boer War,
In speaking. Of the Boer war and the
Republican attitude toward it, Mr.. Brv-
an said:
zone hundred and twenty-four wears
ago the colonists declared their indie
pendence; this year the Queen of Eng
land issued an order authorizing the an
nexation of the South African republics
July T. 1Tl6. saw the birth of a repdblic.
July 4, lyOO witnessed the execution of
an empire; and yet the Republican narty
has so changed within the last few wears
that IL STANDS unmoved while the doc
trine OF self-government is being assailed
in Africa. Can you trust Republicans to
preserve liberty here when they are nm
moved by a tax upon liberty elsew where?"
Large Crowd at Cairo.
The whole South of Egypt was well
represented in Cairo when the Rrvau
train arrived. There had been excursions
from the neighboring towns and villages
and the result was a large crowd 10 well
come the Democratic nominee. He was
driven to a stand erected near the center
Of the city. His speech was devoted main
ly TO the trusts, although the question
OF large standing army and the oues-
tion of Imperialism each received some
attention at his hands. Among other
things, he said:
The Republican party has not fulfilled
us promises. II Will not do anything OF
permanent and lasting advantage to the
great majority OF the people, and the
reason Is that IL Is to-day controlled,
guided, and directed by organized. COM
bined wealth, and combined wealth de-
mands not equal rights but special priv;-
leges and every privilege granted by law
10 these great combinations is taken from
the people. Whenever you find that a
few people, by operation of law, are gain
ing an advantage, you may rest assured
that that advantage is coming from some
body The trouble Is that the govern
ment gathers little from each person
and dumps the whole amount into the
laps of a few and the few receive il in
large amounts, and you see the evidence
OF their prosperity, while the little is
collected from each one, and the Repub-
lican party is forgetting the man from
whom il collects while IL takes care OF
the man who receives.
"All over this land are the homes OF
| forgotten men, men whose rights are dis
regarded, men whose interests are ne
| elected because of the demands made by
! combined capital. We are not enemies OF
! honestly acquired wealth. No one Wh0
wants 10 eat the bread that he earns and
I 70 earn the bread that he eats need be
! afraid OF the success OF our ticket. The
only man who needs 10 fear Is the man
who wants 10 eat the bread that some
body else earns and wants 10 eat IL with
ont paying for It.
AiieEes Bribery and Corruption.
Before leaving Salem this morning, Mr.
Bryan spoke near the courthouse in
which his father held court from lsC0 to
1872. and in which the candidate made his
first political speech twenty years ago
, He referred 10 his boyhood days and
, friends with much feeling. Mr.. Bryan
said, in part:
81 hardly feel like making a political
speech here for this is sacred sDOt to
me. Here my parents are buried. and hers
learned the precepts which have tried
20 follow. ! know the people herr and
know how conscientious they are. When
] see the picture OF my opponent in the
windows Of the Republicans. know how
conscientious they must be. and how cer-
tain that my election would be injurious
10 the country. or they would not exhibit
the pictures upon the occasion OF my re-
turn 10 my birthplace, II is 10 these Re
prblicans that desire 10 appeal.
Mr.. Bryan told of the success OF tbs
meetings at the other places visited by
him, and the enthusiasm with which h.
has been received If the election wer,
held to-day" he said. there is no douLl