The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-10
WITH BoNDFIREs AND ROCKETS
Bryan Is Given a Great Ovation at
Wheeling.

Wheeling. w va. September 6.-The
tour Of West Virginia. which was begun
Wednesday last by Hon. W. J. Bryan,
was concluded here with a speech tonight.
He arrived here at l.i5 p. m. AMI was
greeted by bonfires and rockets IN thu
suburbs and the railroad for squares was
lined with people. Tho DAYS run COW
cred about three hundred miles
The three days tour is REGARDED by Mr.
Bryan and the West Virginia democrats,
who have been escorting him. as i'm every
way sue ,cssful from political stand
point lie has made, all told. six set
speech and n number Of briefes adj
dresses. and has had uniformly large au-
dfenccs The crowd ut .Clarksburg and
Parkcrsburg were both respectable in
number. while touights meeting was eX-
ceuti1DaIIv large. At the Parkeraburg
meeting cx-Unitcd states senator J. y
C.mlcu presided. He had supported
Palmer and BuclIner four years ago, hav-
inc presided over the meeting held here
Tor Hon. Pourke Cochran Today's meet
ing was held in the city park. and the au-
dicure was one Of the largest and most
attentive that Mr.. Bryan has had on the
Present tour. The speech was devoted
almost exclusively to imperialism. Mr..
Bryan said 1T was the question OF para
mount Importance. because It involves the
fundamental principles of our government.
Discussing the title to the Philippine
Islands, Mr.. Bryan asked:
who saws the Lord gave them to usT'
To this question voice in the crowd
responded:
MARK HANNAH
This response elected shout. and MT.
Bryan replied: "
God does sneak through the human voice
J al think that when He gets ready TO
speak TO the American people lie VIII
crccse some other mouthpiece than MI
Hanna"
Mr. Rrvan contended that under the re-
publican scheme for the control of the
PbfitpDln"s the people OF those islands
must certainty become subjects. as they
,ouId -ot become citizens under those
uIans and there was no place under a re-
publican form of government Tor SUP
iect He charged the republican party win
laclz of sympathy for the Beers, which
was a new experience for that party for
never before in it's history had the party
failed to take position In favor of re-
public str Igeling for liberty. The secret
of the present attitude was. Mr.. bryan
said the fear that If this country should
take a position favorable TO the Beers, the
British parliament would declare for the
Fipinos.
Much of the speech was devoted to the
trust question. Mr.. Bryan said:
.srhe republican party has been I'm
mower for nearly four years and more
trusts have been organized in the last
three and a half years than were organ
lied in all the previous history of the
United States. (Applause.) If "A repuh-
lican SAWS that a trust is a good thing,
YOU tell him that the republican plat
form denounCeS the trust. If Il repub-
lican says that trusts are bad thing.
Won ask him what his party has done
10 destroy the trusts
If YOU will take Duns report you Will
frd that every month i'm 1900 shows more
r. iIurps than the sa ne month the year be-
fore. | read in republican paper pub
Iisbed i'm Pittsburg an extract from The
o,,trut i'm the iron furnaces is now $4,000
tcns ner month. You will find that they
are closing down factories, and this morn
iyc,'s paper told of the cutting down of
~ zoos i'm n town not 200 miles from here.
Ven read a few days ago that at Fan
River, i'm Massachusetts, they were circu-
Jating a petition among the owners or the