The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-10
Points from Speeches Delivered at
Quincy, Carthage, Peoria and
Elsewhere I'm Illinois.
EXPLANATION OF "HoLD-UPs''
REASONS FOR ExACTING TRIBUTE
AT TOWNS WHERE HE SPEAKS.
MIR. Bryan Says He Is Not Rich and
that He Must Have Money to
Pay for Special Trains.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Oct. 9.-W. j. Bryan con-
cluded the last speech of the day here to-
night at a few minutes before II o'clock.
He had begun at Quincy at o'clock and
he had made sixteen addresses during the
day, or one more than one speech for each
hour of the day occupied. The places at
which he spoke are: Quincy, Camp Point,
Golden. Carthage, Macomb. Abingdon,
Galesburg. Yates City. Elmwood. Chilli
cothe, Peoria, Sparland. Bureau, La Sale.
and Joliet. AT Peoria he spoke twice. The
audiences were generally large. but those
at Peoria, Quincy and Joliet were specially
so. At Quincy this morning Mr.. Bryan
said:
''As pass along the street and as look
women who never get a chance to take
summer vacation at some pleasant water
ing place, wonder how the husbands and
hearts to support the policies which are to-
day amassing great wealth in the hands
of a few people with rapidity never
known before in the history of the world.
/ wonder how 1t is that men who are not
interested In getting their hands into other
peoples pockets. but merely in keeping
pockets, can support the Republican ticket,
while to-day the Republican party denies
the principle OF equal rights TO all and spe-
cial privileges 10 none and makes this
government of the syndicates. by the syn
dicates and for the syndicates.
''The Republican party is net prepared to
challenge It to defend itself 1t talks
prosperity TO the farmer and full dinner
pail to the laboring man and that is all 1t
tempted to show in what respect it has
brought prosperity TO the farmer 1t would
fall. But a Republican said the other day
ship with the Almighty The Republican
party claims to be silent partner with
Jehovah. but the trouble is that instead of
being the silent partner neI.. the Republican
is the silent partner of the concern.
From the way the Republicans talk you
would imagine CINE. that f the 1 Republican party
have a large crop and if the crop fails it
was warning to you never to desert the
Republican party"
DIDN'T WRITE TIE EDITORIAL.
Mr.. Bryan again referred to the editorial
on the pension question which appeared In
the Omaha rld-Herald, with which he
was formerly connected. He said that the
editorial referred to was printed long be-
fore he was connected with the paper, ''yet
1 doubt not" he said, that every old SOL
dier will receive letter in which it will
be stated that 1 am author Of the editor
ial''
81 have already received one," shouted
an OiO SOluleT IN the CfOWO.
Il am not surprised" said Mr.. Bryan. "I
know that they have misrepresented every
thing that could be misrepresented. To-day
they have not the least hope Of carrying
this election unless they have a bigger
campaign fund than they have ever had
before and they can coerce every voter
that can be coerced.'
The first stop after leaving Quincy. was
DIT
spoke from the rear platform of his car.
AT Golden, the next stopping place. Mr.
Bryan discussed Imperialism almost ex-
clusively.
At Carthage Mr.. Bryan took cosnlzance
Of the criticisms of his personal participa-
ton In the campaign. saying: 'T have been
criticised some time as going before the
people as a presidential candidate and dis
eussing the questions before the people.
but according to my understanding of
politics the citizen is the sovereign and the
officeholder is the servant of the people
and the citizens have right to know what
the candidates think of public questions
They have right to come into contact
with their public officials and IL a cand;-
date loses votes because the people get
acquainted with him, he ought not to COM
plain, for 1t Is better to find him out before
the election than afterward IL he is bad.
The right to participate in government Is
one of the inalienaole rights a right that
you Republicans recognized when Lincoln
was your leader and a right that you never
repudiated until you fell from Lincoln
down 10 Hanna
MIR. Bryan had to stand on chair at
Macomb to enable the people who had as
senbled TO see him. Speaking of the policy
of the Republican party, he said that the
leaders of that party center their attention
upon questions of money and ignore oues-
tions that affect human rights. Their
party, he said, is party for the syndi
Gates. IL is looking after the interests of
the trusts and of organized wealth. but n
has no policy in the interest of the great
masses of the people. On the trust question
he declared that Republicans either were
ignorant or were not candid for they
seemed to know of no trust except the ice
trust. Why are you Republicans silent
about the other trusts? he asked. II is be-
cause. he added. you would rather live un-
der the trusts and vote the Republican
ticket than get relief by voting the Demo-
cratic ticket. He would. he said, put every
article manufactured by trusts on the free
list and he would require trust organized
in one State to take out licenses in all other
States. BY this plan he thought the water
would be squeezed out of their stock. Mr..
Bryan repeated his argument concerning
the army, and said IL would be far better.
bad as that was. TO have the army idle
than TO have it killing people. Which would
you prefer to have. the army idle or to have
IL killing people? he asked. and what was
TO be done with the large army In the
Philippines when it should come homer The
real object. he asserted. for permanently