The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23

tNt.AEA tLts ElDAEAAlR luAH TINS a. Ter
noon. travelling the same route over which
Gov Roosevelt passed last Friday and
speaking az the same places. There is no
doubt that BTyaH's tour vastly excelled
E0oseyelJs In both numbers and enthus-
iasm Where Roosevelt created a zephyr
Bryan raised a whirlwind. The 80 miles
from Huntington 10 Hinton seemed like
one continuous streak Of people and bunt-
iag The marked difference between the
receptions accorded Bryan and Roosevelt
has given the Democratic leaders much
encouragement especially as two of the
counties trayersed today. Fayette and
kaUawha, gave Mckinley 1890 majority in
lss. Indeed, the outpOurings to-day have
been most remarkable I'm view OF the ad-
missions Of an almost fOrlOrn hope, which
The Democratic leaders themselves make.
Bryan made ten speeches to-day. the
principal points being Huntington,
Charleston, and Hinton. His audiences
were mainly composed OF miners. rail-
road employees. and laborers generally,
and his addresses were almost entirely
devoted 10 a discussion OF the working
mans condition. The keynote OF his
Speeches was a sentence uttered by him
al Huntington. when he said: ''The trou-
lie IS that d great majority Of the peo-
ple DO not share IN prosperity" He
elaborated the idea at Hurricane when
he said that the Republican party neg
lected the interests and the rights of the
people and enabled the few TO profit at
the expense Of the many. At st. Adams
De told the workingmen that the Repub-
hcan party was compelling all lab1Ters
70 depend upon trusts for every neces-
sary OF life, while at Charleston he took
occasion 20 answer Roosevelt's speech at
that place, wherein he was charged with
arraying class against class. II am not
aTraying class against class" exclaimed
Bryan, but / am arraying the bees that
make honey against the drones that eat
honey" This sentiment. uttered with
great emphasis. was loudly cheered
At Montgomery he told the assemblage
or grtmy miners that II they had ex-
Ierienced better times il was not due to
Republican policies, but to the labor or
ganizations. "But even the labor organ
izatiOns," he asserted, "do not get their
Just share. They will not get all that Is
sue the laboring man." added Mr. Bryan,
until he has better wages, more time to
spend with his family and a chance to
send TO school the boy or girl who now
has 10 go 10 work" There was no doubt
OF the popularity Of these sentiments. The
Voeiferous applause Of the miners echoed
for up the mountainside.
Telling Reply TO Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bryan found other topics congeniaI
20 his audience. One Of these was a quo
tation from an article by Theodore Roose-
welt in the Review of Reviews for Sep
tember, 1886, wherein Roosevelt asserted
that men who object TO government by in
clad savages or remote times who chased
and ate the mammoth and the woolly
Thinoceros. AS the audiences which lis
tened to this Rooseveltian sentence were
workngmen unanimously opposed TO gov
ernment by injunction, Mr.. Bryan was
Rble in very large degree to counteract
what favorable influence Roosevelt had
created by his presence IN the New River
Valley. In addition TO this, Mr.. Bryan
appealed 10 his hearers not TO be in
luenced by their employers, but to vote
their individual sentiments.
AT ST. Adams he said that If he could
have his way he would have law passed
making il a penal offense for an employer
10 rob an emplOye of his vote through
coercion. intimidation, or undue influence.
To every gathering of workingmen Mr..
Bryan also made an appeal for independ-
ence Ia the matter of suffrage. His re-
marks had especial force at Huntington
where some 1900 men are employed in
car works. When Roosevelt spoke al
Huntington last Friday the owner of the
Ensign Car Shops gave all his men two
hours holiday 10 allow them an oppOr-
tuHlty 10 hear the Republican candidate
Last Saturday notice was posted in the
same shops saying that liberty would be
given those men who wanted to hear
Bryan, but that the shops would not be
So-gd. Quite a number Of the employees
hent TO hear Bryan, but they were afraid,
they said, that they would have to pay
Tor the pleasure. To all the laborlng men
Mr. Bryan said that the Democratic party
was against government by Injunction
ana against the black list, and favored
arbitration, shorter hours, and a repre-
sentative of labor in the Presidents Cabi-
L.r IA brief, Bryan's speeches were call
t"-iri 10 win votes for him among the
ayA Who had gathered from kir and wide
% near him. He did not forget. OF course
~ NaAoGnce the trusts. one epigFammatic
itsrAce was uttered at Sewell. THE
- r-1Icans make trusts grow" he said.
we propose TO make trusts go"
To Old soldiers aud the Nesro.
Two other classes of voters were given
especial attention by Mr. Bryan to-day.
I"rse We're the old soldier and the negro.
~ charleston veteran displayed a large
picture Of Bryan. with this placard: This
picture Is carried by color bearer In the /
mon army" To this particular gray
Aaliel Vest Nirginian. Mr. Bryan ad-
u-'A'ea The remark that a man who had
D''h willing 10 sacrifice his life, II neces-
s"I}, 10 save one republic from becoming
IA
republic become an empire. In the little
mining town OF Sewell. Mr.. Bryan was
asked what he would DO for the old SOL
".ef. IF ] am elected President" he re-
Iiei. u viii appoint a Pension Commits
s.4Her who viii be more satisfactory TO
'.e o.l soldier imam the present Commits
s9htr' Nearly every gathering Of the
-ay contained a few old soldiers. and Mr.
-.}aH always managed 10 crowd into his
a."ilrst speeches word or two 10 them.
lL discussing the negro question. and
'.'ie We're on unusually large proportion
vi t"loFed men among the miners ar.
!-F-H insisted that the Republican party
A1- HJ right to condemn Democratic
Lr.-Has !u North Carolina when the
l'ilY Eicau law disfranchised s. per cent.
= lAe black and brown population CT
F'iD Rico, and when the entire uopula-
q
..rHalIt subsection. Mr. Bryan dWelt on
- - negro question al greater length and
WIN more emphasis than usual to-day.
size o. Ihr crowds.
j. has already been stated that the
crowds to-day were much greater than
lf9se which welcomed Roosevelt along
l-e same route. At Huntington last night
q" lEe hotels were Jammed full, and In
many of the rooms men slept six in a
room The capacity OF the private houses
sas Tested and even then great many
people walked the streets. There was 40
stasgal crowd al the hotels on the night
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