The age-herald., 1900-10-17
NEW YORK WENT
 WILD OVER BRYAN
Democratic Nominee Given Housing Reception by
 People of the First City of the Land.

attempt to renew the cheering, but hisses greeted it, and Colonel Bryan commenced speaking.
 audible hundred feet away from the stand. but he gradually spoke louder and in a moment his voice could be heard by the galleries.
 The crowd listened in silence for a time, but when the speaker declared that the Democratic party recognized the right of ability of mind and muscle to the fruits of it's toll, the crowd broke forth in cheer ing.
 Colonel Bryan began by referring to the vast audience before him, and said 1t indi- cated an interest in the campaign which must be gratifying to all who realized the importance of the questions involved. lie declared that he was not vain enough to accept the enthusiasm manifested as personal tribute to himself, because, he said, "the individual counts for nothing eX- cept that he may be the instrument used by the people to carry out their own will. He continued
 "To say that the people gathered here to support our cause are the enemies of honest wealth Is islander, which could not be uttered without the one who utter ed it knowing it to be false. We not opposed to that wealth which comes the reward of honest toll and is enjoyed by those who give to society something in re- turn for that which society throws upon them. The Democratic party today Is not only not the enemy of honest wealth, but the Democratic party of today is the best friend of that wealth that represents abil- ity of muscle of mind employed in its accumulation"
 Where the Line Is Drawn
 Colonel Bryan said the party draws the line between honest wealth and predatory wealth, "between the wealth which is just compensation for services rendered and that wealth which simply measures the advantages which some citizen has taken over many citizens"
 He declared that no honest industry, no honest occupation, no honest man need fear the success of the Democratic party. The Democratic party, he said, showed it's honesty by stating what it believed and telling the people what it would do" He asked for a comparison of the Democratic platform with the Republican platform and expressed confidence that any honest man making such compensation must be convinced of the sincerity of the Demo- cratic declaration and the hypocricy of the Republican platform. He declared the Re publican party is not prepared to make fight on a question before the country. And" he continued, 'ff you want proof let me remind you that the Republican party of today, instead of presenting any great principle and defending it, is pre- | senting an appeal to every class. of people SuppOstu lO DG dppIOCHdDiS III tilS uiSC- tion."
 He then enumerated the various classes to which he said the Republicans were making spacious appeals, and he included in the list, the farmer, the laborer, etc. Ut gives the laborer'' he said "the as- surance that he will have full dinner pail and then it assures him that there will be a large army to make him satisfied with his full dinner pail.'
 He declared that the prosperity of which the Republican party boasts is a different thing in different localities In the East. he said, they tell you how prosperous the farmer of the West is, and in the West you hear of the high wages and general employment of the laboring man through out the East
 In this connection Colonel Bryan related the report of his own prosperity as farm CT, and proceeded to show that the report was gross eXaggeration Colonel Bryan said he was willing to admit that the army contractors and the trust magnates might he prosperous. "A man who gets special privileges at the hands of the government can prosper under Republican admlnistra- tion,' he said "but I deny that the wealth producers of the country are enjoying their share of the governments productions" At this point there were cries of "Hannai" Hannah Colonel Bryan responded by ask ing his audience mot to trifle with great name"
 The Truat Issne
 Colonel Bryan declared trusts had grown under this administration more rapidly than ever before, and he asserted that the Re- pubicans refused to meet the issues they created He referrd to the position of Gov ernor Roosevelt and Senator Hanna on the subject of trusts, and their reference in both instances was met with groans and misses. MT. Hanna says there are no trusts" Colonel Bryan went on. Are you going to send a man out to hunt the trusts who know where every trust treasure is but says there are no trusts? In response to this last interrogation voice from the audience responded: "We will send you"
 Colonel Bryan quoted from President Me- Kinley's inaugural address on the subject of trusts and charged that the President had neither enforced the existing antitrust laws recommended new ones. His attor- ney general, he said, draws his salary and permits the trusts to go and oppress the people Colonel Bryan, referring to the ice trust, declared that apparently this was the only trust of which Republicans had any knowledge. "If a Republican tells you" he said That the ice trust is hurting the people, you tell him that you have so much confidence In the Republican Governor that you know he would not be out west mak- ing speeches if the people were suffering from the ice trust.'
 Mir BryAn's remedy for trusts was to put on the free list every trust article and to require all trust corporations to take out a, license and undergo strict scrutiny In all other States than those in which they were organized. He expressed the conviction that we are approaching a period of industrial despostsm where a. few men will control each great branch of industry, when every person who buys finished products will buy at trust prices. where every person who fur nishes raw material will furnish 1t at a trust price. and where every man who works for wages will work for the wages fixed by the trust"
 Such a condition as this meant, he said, serfdom for the people, for a government of the people by the people and for the peo- pie, was impossible under the reign of the trust.
 Colonel Bryan said that he was not sat- isfied to stop extortion, but that he would make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist in the United States This declara- tion was met with cheers and cries of good"
 Colonel Bryan then turned his attention to the increase of the standing army and