The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16

those AZ New Phiiadelphia and Youngs-
biz attendance, and the meeting was an
enthusiastic one. There were two meet
ings at Youngstown. one In the public
SQUARE and the other az the opera house.
At the Presidents Birthplace.
stop OF fifteen minutes was made al
Niles, the birthplace OF President Mekin-
ley. Mr. Bryan did not leave the train
al that point, but reviewed the issues OF
the campaign in very brief manner 10 a
cOmps rativeIy small number OF people
ShO had cOngregated at the railroad sta
ton. He referred TO the fact that she
place was intimately associated with the
career Of his distinguished rival for Presi-
Dental honors. saying:
Il understand that this is the birthplace
Of the President of the United Stat :. You
have the honor now Of being the birth
place Of the President. whether he holds
one term or two. He cannot be born
again and give you another chance. You
have had all you can have out
OF II You are interested in the issues Of
this campaign. You are citizens, and
must share with other citizens in the de-
termination OF the questions which are
now before the country. The parties stand
nate their candidates and adopt their
platforms. but after all. the question Is
left in the hands of the citizen. No candi-
date has any claim upon a voter unless
the voter believes that that candidate Is
the best person 10 work out his ideas OF
government and 10 protect his interests,
fol every one is apt to look at public dues-
tons from his own standpoint We reason
from ourselves out. 1t is much easier n
believe that a thing. good for US is good
for others than TO believe that a thing
good for others must necessarily be good
for US"
Two Speeches at Youngstown.
Mr.. Bryan spoke twice in Youngstown.
first in the public square and then in the
opera house. People had been coming into
the city from Ohio and Pennsylvania all
day. so that when Mr.. Bryan arrived
all the principal streets were crowded and
the square around the speakers stand,
possibly 400 feet on each side was densely
packed with people struggling to. get near
the platform and to secure glimpse of
the lion Of the occasion. There was no eff
fort TO create trouble, but the natural
hum of the thousands of voices and the
struggle for place was such as almost to
destroy the effect of the speech. Those
who were able 10 hear received the speech
was often taken up by others far away
from the range of the speakers voice, so
that il may be said that the meeting was
enthusiastic. even though most of those
present failed 10 hear what was said.
After the outdoor meeting at Youngs-
town closed Mr.. Bryan was escorted to
the opera house, where he spoke to as
many people most of them ladies, as
find do Of ha
building Both speeches were general re-
views of the political situation. In the
opera house speech he spoke of the i'm
pOTtance OF the campaign. saying that
the contest was not more his than ii was
that of other people who were concern
cd about the welfare of the nation at
large. He referred to the presence of so
many ladies, and, addressing himself to
them, said:
Antitrust speech TO Women.
'I am gla to talk to an audience COM
posed so largely of women, for certainly
in this contest the woman is as much m
terested as the man. Is not the mother
interested in her son? Is not the mother
interested In making life worth some
thing for her son? / wish that every
mother in this land could study the trust
question and learn her own connection
with 1t. She finds out about 1t when she
goes to buy sugar and other articles con-
trolled by the trusts, and is told that the
trusts have raised the prices. But TO my
mind that is the least objection TO the
trust If the trust raise prices We ean
simply buy less, but when trust monop-
olizes an industry and closes the door of
opportunity against the young man, and
attempts to condemn man TO perpetual
Clerkship under monopoly, and TO servi-
tude under a great monopoly, then mo-
nopoly strikes a severer blow than II
does through the prices that it extorts.
Mothers. what would you have your
sons do? Would you have your boys 50
onto the farm2 Why, you know that TO-
day the farmer takes more chances than
any other man, and has less influence III
the government; at least. ne Is less con-
sidered by those who govern. Are you
going to have your boy go among the Ia
boring man and have but one ambition.
and that to have full dinner pail, and
only 10 have that when the trust viii let
him have it? Are you willing TO let your
son 20 into the anthracite coal region and
take his chances at less thah aollar a
day, with powder at s2.75 keg? Are you
satisfied to have your boy go there? %
you want him to go into store? DON'T
YOU know that to-day the trust Is hem
ming the stoTekeeper about? Don't you
know that the trust is shortening credit?
That il is laying upon the retailer all the
chances of business? Don't you know
that the trust to-day is compelling the
merchant 10 agree not to sell any bu:
trust-made goods?
Closed TO YOuBg Men.
'Would you have your boy go into big
factory, that tomorrow the trust may
cone and bankrupt him? Would you have
your boy have stock in a trust? The big
stockholders will freeze him out before the
year is over. What will you have youI
boy do? VIII you have him become a law
yer? Why, the law business is gravitat-
ing toward the Offices of the large corpo-
ration attorneys and the other lawyers are
clerks in their offices. What do you want
your boy TO do? Isn't it time you were
thinking? Isn't it time that you were
using your own influence to take this
government back and place it on its ole
foundation and make it again free gov.
ernment Of the people, by the people. anc
for the people, in which the humblest citi,
zen may aspire TO the highest reward iT
the political world? Isn't il time that yoy
mothers were thinking, and if an economic
question cannot arouse you. is il not time
A44CA 1Dl hNlN sNAAs AA-s AA4N al A4s 4u-S
TOM
Alr Bryan then took up the question.
pertaining 10 the increase OF the army
and the acquisition OF Pacific Ocean terri
tory.
y would rather a thousand times" N
said, that our nag should give way 10 tht
nag OF a republic. than that we should
raise the flag Of at empire and smear il
with the blood of conquest in order 10 Dc
So"
The ladies applauded the speech nber.
ally.
Bryan's speech qt Canton.
Mr. Bryan's first stopping place thi,
morning was Canton, the home OF PresL
dent Mckinley. This place was on tns
itinerary only cond-tiOnaily, and wher
1Ir. BRYAN was told that he could hay,
a stop there Of i've minutes II he so dc
sired. he replied simply that whether ns
should speak 0. not should depend upor
whether there was any crowd al l. sta.
tiGn.
Mr.. Bryan was Joined, before leaving