The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12

One of the questions brought out the
explicit declaration from Mr.. Bryan:
THE Democratic party is for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation
BY the time Mr. Bryan concluded the
confusion has ceased entirely and he
closed amid cheers
At the time of the arrest of some of
the students Mr.. Bryan's attention was
not called to the fact and he did not
know of it until after the close OF the
meeting When informed of what had
been done, he Immediately sent the Iol-
lowing telegram:
IF it is true, as am informed that
some of the college boys were arrested
for disturbing the meeting, please ask
for their discharge. am sure it was the
result of boyish thoughtlessness and not
malice
Mr.. Bryan took up the trust question
at the beginning Of his speech and ask
ed:
Are you willing to defend a system
by which a few men control a great
branch of industry and sell to the people
at trust prices, buy of the people at
trust prices and then employ labor on
such terms and conditions as the trust
NAV fix You young men do not want
that kind of government You do not
want a government that can punish a
horsethief but cannot punish trust
magnate, do you? That is the kind OF
government you have now.
Mr.. Bryan was asked about the ice
trust and the cotton bale trust, and
made his usual reply. A voice asked
what he would do about trusts and Mr..
Bryan replied:
1--WE have a remedy, and our remedy,
is first to put every truSt-made article
on the free list; second, We propose that
congress shall provide that before any
corporation does business outside of the
state of its origin shall take out IL
cense from the federal government and
this shall only be given When the cor
poration shows that it has not water In
its stock and that it is not attempting
to monopolize any branch OF business. L
believe that would be a remedy for the
trusts. / believe that no private mon
opoly could exist
Hna?'
Mr.. Bryan: ct thought there would be
some North Carolina men here, and so
brought a bulletin issued by the gov
eminent under this administration and
therefore I know it must be right. 1t
was issued August 20, and when you
people worry about the educauonal
Qualification in North Carolina want
you to know that your own administra-
ton has fixed an educational quallfica-
ton for voters in Porto Rico and ac-
cording to this bulletin only II per cent
of the negroes Of voting age in Porto
Rico can vote under the educational
qualifications fixed by your president
And, my friends, remember that in the
south the educational qualification does
not take from the man the protection of
the constitution, so far as their rights
are concerned but you take from the
people of Porto Rico the protection Of
our constitution and under these quail
fcations we shut out 50 per cent of the
black men there" In conclusion Mr..
Bryan said:
IF you believe in a colonial policy for
this country, vote the Republican ticket;
but if you want trusts destroyed, the
army reduced to its forme- size, indus
trial independence here and indepenG-
ence in the Philippine islands, we viii
do all we can to carry out the promises
in our platform