The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-27
DELAWARE GETS A
GL|MPSE OF BRYAN
The Leader Speaks at Smyr-
ma and Wilmington.
R0YAl WEI C0MCC ulC
ROYAL WELCOMES HIS
GUEST OF GOVERNOR AND
PROMINENT CITIZENS.
TRENCHANT BLOWS FOR THE INCOME TAX
IRE War Revenue Act Substitute That Lays
the Buf9uns of Taxation on III. Should
ers Of The Poor. Bryan in Wash
ngton Today.

Smyrna, delaware, Jan. 26-Wm. j.
Bryan arrived here from Harrisburg
shortly after noon today and met with
a great reception. This afternoon be
spoke to a large audience in the opera
house. Mr.. Bryan left the Pennsylvania
capital at one o'clock a. NJ, and break.
tasted at Broad Street Station, Phla-
delphia. There he was met by Gov
erior Tunnel, of Delaware and Con
gresham, Handy, who accompanied him
here
AT Wilmington Mr.. Bryan received an
enthusi3 site greeting from about one hun
dred people assembled at the station.
Her. former State Comptroller Turner,
of Easton. Maryland, joined tie party.
AT AlddletOwn a crowd of about a
hundred greeted the train and Mr.. Bryan
stepped upon the platform and shook
hands with a party of school girls.
The station at Clayton, where cars
Were changed, was thronged with people
who came out to see Mr. Bryan. There
he was met by the Kent County Demo
cratic Committee and the State capital
band of Dover
Arriving at Smyrna. Mr. Bryan was
driven to hotel. Here he was enter
tanned at luncheon by Governor Tunnel,
together with a number Of prominent cit
iZeEs.
An incident ON the train during the run
from Wilmington was a meeting between
Mr. Bryan and Abner Mckinley, brother
OF President Mckinley, who was on his
way to Norfolk. The two exchanged
pleasantries for five minutes to the great
amusement of the others in the car.
After luncheon Mr.. Bryan was driven
to the opera house, which was crowded
TO the doors. Governor Tunnel presided
and introduced Mr.. Bryan. he said he
was glad to meet and address the farmers
OF Delaware because the issues of the
day We're of vital Importance to them. He
told his hearers that the Republican party
was not taking care of farmers and that
the time had come when no farmers
could be members Of that party. He said
the tiller of the soil was the most help
less man in business. Even if prosperity
swept the land and crops We're good the
farmer would not get his just dues, be
cause the monied men who control trade
would not grant the farmer the price he
asked for his products. The monied men
control the Republican party. he said,
because it places one dollar above the
man.
This party is run in the interest Of the
traders and not i'll the interest of the
producer the speaker continued.
Colonel Bryan then said he wanted TO
speak to Republicans in particular, and
he wanted to show them how the Re
publican organization was controlled by
corporations and how it is throttling the
workingman day by day. He believed the
private in the ranks of the Republican
party are honest but wished to impress
them with the fact that they are being
misled. Mr.. Bryan then took up the in
come tax question. He spoke of the
benefits that would have accrued if that
measure had been put ON the statute
books. "When the Spanish War came
on" he said, ''the people of the country
realized the mistake that had been made
by reason of the income tax law being
relegated to the rear, and necessltatlng
the creation of the war revenue tax. In
stead of the rich being taxed now
revenue stamp stares the poor IL the race
every time they buy something
The speaker presented his we'll known
views on the money question and trusts
and closed his address with broadslde
against Imperialism in what he termed
'the unjust war against the Fll1pinos.
Hundreds of American lives are being
sacrificed he said, with the idea that 1t
would bring US trade.