The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-08
BRYAN Talks 10 CROWDS
Democratic Candidate Makes a Pc
litical Speech at Shepherds
town, in West Virginia.
PEOPLE FROM NEARBY STATES PRESENT
Letter from Hon. w. L. Wilson, Ex-
Postmaster General, Read Strong
ly IndorsinE MIR. Bryan's Candi-
dacy-Mr. Bryan Corrects Reports
Circulated Regarding His Dat Crop.

dacy-Mr. Bryan Corrects Reports
Circulated Regarding His Dat Crop.
shepherdstown, w. Va, Sept. e.
Mr.. Bryan began the second day Of
his present tour at this point. His
first speech was made at Morgan's
grove, in the suburbs of the town,
where he began to speak a few min
utes past ten o'clock. At this grove
the people of the vicinity are in the
habit of congregating annually, to
hold q colt show. That show is now
on, and advantage was taken of the
fact to have the Bryan meeting at
the grounds. The attendance was inn
mense, people having come not only
from West Virginia, but from Mary
land and Pennsylvania, to hear the
speeches while they attended the fair.
There were, for instance, several hun
dred men in the procession wearing
"anti-imperia" badges who were from
Hagerstown, Md. There were also sew
eral other marching clubs in line.
Letter from Wilson Read.
A letter was read at the meeting
from Hon. w. L. Wilson, ex-postmas-
ter general, strongly indorsing Mr..
Bryan and saying that only sickness
prevented his attendance upon the
meeting. Col. r. P. Chew presided,
and introduced Hon. George Il. Wend-
ling, who, after reading Mr.. Wilson's
letter, in turn Introduce Mr.. Bryan.
He laid stress upon the fact that Mr..
Wilson had been a member of Mr..
Cleveland's cabinet. In his letter Mr..
Wilson emphasized his opposition to
colonial or imperialistic policy, say.
ing that he had early taken this po-
>sition. Mr.. Vending, who had op-
posed Mr.. Bryan in 1896, made brief
speech, himself vigorously attacking
the republication and pledging to
Mr.. Bryan his support in this cam
paign. He said he mad known Mr..
Bryan from his boyhood and that all
the money in Wall street could not
buy him.
Received with Denfening Applause.
Mr.. Bryan was received with deaf
ening applause. After this had SUBJ
sided he launched Immediately upon
his speech. He began by referring to
Mr.. Wilson in most complimentary
terms. He had known Mr.. Wilson
in congress and he had never be-
lieved that so kind and loving man
could indorse a war of conquest.
Mr.. Bryan expressed his pleasure at
being able to address an assemblage
of farmers. He wanted to know how
any farmer could be republican. 1t
was easy to understand how the head
of a trust or an army contractor could
be member of that party, he said,
but as, for the farmers, they were
not trying to get their hands into
others pockets and to keep others
hands out of their pockets. However
prosperous other classes might be, the
farmer was not O sharer of that pros.
perity. D..
Mr.. Brynn's Dat Crop.
Here Mr.. Bryan related the current
reports concerning his oat crop. claim
ing that the exaggeration in this mat.
ter was specimen of fallacious re.
ports in the east concerning the pros
porous condition of the agricultural
classes.
"They always exaggerate the possible
tiles of good CROP" he said land never
take into consideration the likelihood of
bad crop. And, after the farmer has
taken these chances, he passes between
the bulls and bears of Wall street. The
bulls horn him. the bears bite him. and
when he is through with them he has to
meet the gold bug. A good crop is made
the occasion of praising the republican
party" he continued, while a bad crop
is taken as a punishment for voting the
democratic ticket The claim is almost
made that the republican party controls
the rainfall, but this cannot be true. for
fit were there would be monopoly on
rain: the price would go up
Mr.. Bryan then took up the discus
sion of the financial question, showing
that more money was especially nee.
essary to the farmer.
Discussing the Philippine question,
Mr.. Bryan said, in part:
Republicans tell us that the Philip
pine war is the same as the war between
the states. A man does not need to have
much intelligence to see the difference
between the principles involved. In the
civil war the north was holding the peo-
pie of the south in the union, but the peo-
pie were not to be subjects, they were to
VIC NldASuS. 4liCJ WS1S IlOI IlSlO Ala LIS
union go be denied the privileges of citi-
zenship. They are to-day sharing with the
citizens of the north in the citizenship of
this union and they are vieing with the
citizens of the north to see which section
can add most to the grandeur and glory
of this, our common country. (Applause.)
That is not the same as it is in the Philip
pine islands. We are not bringing the
Filipinos in as citizens. We are bringing
them in as subjects and If you want to
know the difference between the south
sharing as she does in the guarantees of the
constitution and the Filipinos weighted
down by colonial system such as is prac-
tfced in other countries, just compare the
south to-day, self-governing, with the
south during the carpetbag period"
Democratic Subcommittee Meets.
New York, Sept. 6.-The subcommit-
tee of the democratic national COM
mittee which have charge of the cam
Paign here in the east met for the
first time with all members present
r., the hoffman house Wednesday.
The session was executive.
Two Drowned. I'D
Chicago, Sept. 5.-Frank Brewer.
the seven-year-old son of the auditor
OF the Rock Island road, was drowned
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