The Irish standard., 1900-10-06
BRYAN IN MINNEAPOLIS.

The great event of the week in this
city was the spontaneous ovation to
William Jennings Bryan at the Expo
sition last Tuesday evening. The
capaciOus auditorium was too small to
seat half the multitude that flocked to
hear the popular orator, and though
he had addressed thousands during
the day and had made dozen
speeches on the way from Duluth to
the Twin Cities he appeared as fresh
as a daisy and spoke in clear, resonant
tones which reached every part of the
vast building. He made two speeches
on his arrival-one to those outside
who could not gain admission and
one lasting full hour to those inside
the building.
The big audience had been enter
tanned by Mayor Gray and Governor
Lind for an hour and a half before
Mr.. Bryan arrived and they were the
recipients of generous applause. 1t is
not often that three men like Bryan,
Lind and Gray appear together on the
same platform representing the prin-
ciples of any party. They made n trio
of whom the Democracy is proud.
Men of stainless moral character, of
official integrity, graduates of univer-
stiles, and the champions of the peo-
pie, what party Gun boast Of three
such men as Bryan, Lind and Gray?
The address of William J. Bryan
was perhaps the best yet delivered by
him during the campaign. He spoke
quite rapidly and produced profound
impression by his oratory. The Demo
Gratis applauded his telling points
while the Republicans paid the closest
attention to his arguments. He rid
died the trusts and showed how they
have developed under Republican
auspices. He quoted Mark Hanna as
saying "there are no trusts" and yet
every Republican believes there is III
ice trust in New York. They may not
know, however, that every director Of
it is n Republican, and that with a Re-
publican legislature and Republican
governor in New York nothing has
been done to stop its operations.
He addressed himself particularly
to the Republicans and asked them
why a large majority of them will
support the Republican ticket no mat
ter what the platform is and what the
party does, and declared they were
blinded by craftsmanship. He ridiculed
the full dinner pail rs Republi al
device for getting the votes of the
laboring men and referred to the
boast Of Republicans about loaning
money in Europe. He asked who was
loaning the money, and answered as
follows:
why, the men who are able to get
government money for nothing, and
loan it out at interest. they may have
something to loan to Europe. Zap
plause.) The men who have rich
army contracts may be able to loan
money in Europe; and the men who
have ships and rent them to the gov
ernment to carry live soldiers to the
Philippine islands and bring dead sol
diers back, they may make enough tc
loan money to Europe. WApplause.,
But want to ask you, you who boas
that we are loaning money in Europe
why would we loan money in Europe
if there was a place to invest 1t Al
profit in this country? Applause.
Why don't they use that money to buy
farm lands in Minnesota and Ne
braska? Because it doesn't pay then
to buy farm lands in the Unitet
States. Why don't they invest 1t II
business? Because the trusts hav'
made business uncertain. And whel
a Republican tells you that we ar,
loaning money in Europe, you tell hin
that it is nothing to boast of, to hav'
made conditions SO bad in this coun
try that capital goes out Of the coun