The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-05
Mr.. BRYAN IN MINNESOTA
He Makes Twelve Speeches In One
Day-Discusses Trusts and Mill
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St Paul, Mimi, October 1.-Mr. Bryan
today traversed what are known as the
pine barrens and the scrub oak por-
tons Of Minnesota, reaching b agri-
cultural part of the state north Of this
city during the afternoon. He mad
the first speech Of the day at West
Superior. Wis. beginning before s
O'Clock in the morning. He immediate
~ crossed the St. Louis river to
Duluth, and, starting with an hours
speech there. he made speeches at
eight other places on the way. which,
togetner with the speech at Duluth and
superior and those made tonight in
this city. made an even dozen speeches
Tor the day. -Four of the speeches av-
eraged an hour in duration and the re-
manning eight, fifteen minutes each,
making about six hours of speech
making all told for the day.
The train was decorated with the ma
tional colors and the special car bore
the inscription: THE republic, no en-
pire, and equal rights to all"
AT West Superior Mr.. Bryan referred
to a speech mad by President Nc
Kinney IN 1894 in which the president
attacked the democrats party. He
quoted the following from that speech:
"They We're the enemies of the trust
wnen they wanted the votes of the peo-
ole In 1892, and when they got the power
10 deal a blow at trusts, according TO
the testimony of their own members.
tney became the willing tools of the
most gigantic trust of the country"
Mr.. Mckinley complains that the
democrats did not destroy the trusts
when they had al opportunity and
when he complained you must believe
ne was honest in his complaint. You
cannot accuse him of Hypocrisy. and
yet Mr.. Mckinley has been president
Tor three years and a half, and during
that time more trusts have been orga-
nlzed thar in all the previous history
OF the country, and he has allowed
three sessions of congress to V
and adjourn and did not recommend
a specific measure for the destruction
OF the trusts. And Mr.. Hanna, who
stands at h head of the republican
national committee during this cam
palgn n who was at the head of the
republican committee in 1896, declared
the other day that there were no
trusts"
AT Duluth Mr.. Bryan spoke IN the
armory, from which all the seats had
been taken in order to accommodate
as many people as possible. Mr.. Bryan
adverted to what he characterized as
the republican fondness for the finan-
clal question as a paramount issue.
THAT party is bending all it's energies"
he said, towards the aggrandizement
of wealth and the degradation of man
kind; but partial as the republican
party is toward the money question,
the party is being driven from it and
some are taking refuge in the tariff
question"
MI. Bryan believed that they would
also be driven from hat position be-
fore the close of the present cam
paign.
MI. Bryan also discussed militarism
and expansion. With reference to the
army he said:
What domestic reason is there for
a large army? They want to build a
fort near every large city and have
the army there to suppress by force
that discomfort that ought to be cured
by legislation. Under the pretext that
We want a large army for foreign use.
there are republicans who want it for
domestic USE"