The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-27

else earns has reason to fear the Demo-
cratic party. Our motto is equal rights
to all. special privileges to none That
principle benefits ninety-nine out Of 100
men, and in the long run it benefits the
| hundredth man also, for he is short-
| sighted and follows a bad policy when
he reaps only the profits Of today. We
have no right to accumulate money by
robbing others, and we have no assur-
ance that the people whom we would rob
| today would not rob our flesh and blood
| tomorrow, when we are not here.
THE poor man comes to the Democratic
party because it is the party which gives
the poor boy chance. The rich man
ought to come to the Democratic party
because his son or his sons son may some
| day be DOOR,,
The candidate reiterated that the Demo-
cratic party was opposed to private mos
nopolies, the acquisition of colonies and a.
large standing army. He added that thea
party was fighting its battles on theS
housetops, so that the world might look
! on.
| Acrowd of about hundred persons was
at the Chatham Depot, but they did not
see the candidate. At Convent Stations
| the train stopped, but the girl Students
who had asked that the train be stopped
evidently miscalculated about the time Of
the trains arrival, for they were not in
| evidence
| There was only small crowd at Nor
ristown to greet Bryan, and it didn't seem
| to enthuse worth a cent The local COM
mittee explained that the turnout was
meagre because special train had taken
load of men to the Dover meeting
| The candidate frau na ,intf for
| of the train, and for the first time dur
| ing his trip of the State he referred to
the loaning of money by the United
| States to foreign nations.
IF the Republican party Mr.. Bryan
| said, "can find any consolation in the
| fact that American money is going
abroad. they are welcome to it. But why
has our money been going abroad? 1t is
| because people don't care to invest it In
farm lands under a Republican adminis-
| tration. They don't dare to build fac
| tory, because the trusts will drive them
out of business, and they don't dare to
invest in trust stock, because they are
afraid the big trust magnates will freeze
| them out
4 want to say that every dollar of cap
| ital sent out of this country diminishes
| by SO much the American workingman's
chances of earning his living
| At Morris Plains and other small sta
tions along the road groups of men and
women shouted as the train sped rapidly
on its way to Dover.
Dover was fairly alive with people when
the Presidential candidate reached here
about 1880 o'clock. Special trains had
been run from various points within a
radius of twenty-five miles and political
clubs came to Dover from Morristown,s
Newton and other places. The Randolph
Bryan and Stevenson Club rode over from
Randolph Township. 1t was regular
| holiday in the city, and during the candi-
dates visit business was practically sus-
pended. Buildings along the main streets
Were generously decorated and there were
American flags in profusion.
1 "A stand mad been erected on WIlar is
known as the circus lot. From the depot
to the lot the candidate was escorted
| by several thousand men in line The
| local authorities estimate that there were
more than $4,000 persons present, but it
was almost impossible to get an accurate
| estimate.
| Tne candidate began his remarks with a
plunge at the trusts and then switched off
| on an argument intended chiefly for far
! mers. He declared the Republicans had
i been spending their time advising the far
merS to be thankful that they had rains to
bring forth abundant crops during the
| last four years. But he reminded them
| that the Republicans had had nothing to
do with the rains, for if they had they
would have had a monopoly of water and
made the farmers pay for every shower
| Mr.. Bryan referred to certain things
which the Republicans have been telling
| about him and the alleged profit he makes
out of his farm. He denied the stories
as to various details, such as to the price
| he claimed for oats and the number Of
bushels he had raised.
| The candidate said the Republicans were
talking of prosperity,yet oats were cheap
! er in their purchasing power today than
| they mad been at any previous time
| Mr.. Bryan spoke for nearly an hour and
was listened to attentively, though fine
drizzling rain was falling. The crowd was
liberal in its applause whenever the
| speaker made a point that appealed to
| them.
| The candidate and members Of the State
Committee were dined at the Park House
! after the meeting.
| A short stop was made at Boonton
| where the candidate spoke on general
lines to throng of about two thousand
| persons, who listened earnestly
| AT Paterson the streets for a mile or
more were jammed with people who had
| waited in the rain for an hour or more
| for Bryan to appear.
/ speech of three minutes was sched-
uled for Belleville, between Paterson and
Newark, and a throng of about 1000 peo-
pie were congregated at the railroad sta
ton. The train was late, however, and
stopped only long enough to permit the
crowd to look at the candidate, who spoke
simply few words of greeting.
Mr.. Bryan reached the Fourth avenue
depot of the Erie Railroad in Newark to
find five thousand persons waiting there
| to greet him.
| He was met by the Reception Commit
tee and escorted to the residence of for
! mer United States Senator James Smith.
| There five thousand more persons were
| gathered. No speech was scheduled at
| this point but in response to the calls
4 for one Mr.. Bryan said a few words from
| the steps of the house.
i From Senator Smiths house Mr. Brvan
| was driven through two and a quarter
| miles of red fire and fireworks to Rose
4 vile Park, where ten thousand persons
had been gathered forrtwo hours waiting
/ for him.
From the open-air meeting at the Krue-