The Princeton union., 1900-10-18
A A. CROWDED R E! HOUSE.
consress ssinan Morris Spoke to a Large
and Enthusiastic Audience
ast. - tuesday Evening.
4 TIE y 8 rents Of the Opposition Were
81 1AAHs Eered and That in a States
3 ianiike Manner Too,

FFIFF Tf
eneraI apathy which is said tc
obtafnsi q isecamp mpaign does not seen
to affsst cond ditions in this. section
AZ At Least the Morris meeting at the
JJes1nearg J ealg opera house last Tuesday even.
Ing lI world seem to refute the statement
Before o'clock the hall was com.
fortabIy filled and when Mr.. Morris
arose address the audience every
seat hal an occupant and there were
more han; q hundred interested list.
.enerssstan nding in the rear OF the room
and inth adjacent Railways. ;.
&. Mr. Morris was introduced by Com.
mlittt1eeman Briggs in a short and ap.
proprlate speech. Mr.. Morris began
by stating that If mems memories
.'1 could be trusted there would be little
need for campaign speeches this fall.
Those Who, RENE embered the condition
OF the country four years ago would
hardly feel disposed to vote for policy
which would cause those conditions to
return. The speaker then took up the
predictions Of Mr.. Bryan in 1896 and
those Of the Republican speakers in
the same campaign and showed that
all of the former had been proven false,
while three years Of Republican rule
had witnessed the fulfillment of the
predictions of the Republicans. {:
Fhe Democrats four years ago had
said that Republican victory would
mean dearer money and lower prices
for everything farmer had to. sell.
That ' the only remedy, was to take
silver from eyerybody ). who had it for
sale and BY coming so cents worth
into dollar and, giving the. govern
.ment's word that:it was worth a dollar,
increase the money in1. circulation.
There was a Republican victory and
the>opposite financial Legislation with
the result that gold instead of becom-
ing dearer was cheaper, the rate of
Interest, the lowest in the history of
the = hoWings this. IA gricul-
turaf products, instead Of decreasing in
value, had Increased and twelve mil
lions of people, who in 1896 were star
ing want in the:sface by reason of the
lack of employment, were to-day en-
joying prosperity.
Where the. government in 1896 was
borrowing from England, to-day it is
loaning its money to England, Ger
many, Russia and Sweden. We have
not inflated our currency as proposed
by the silverites in 1896 but still our
country has become the money center
of the world. = =: H..
Mr.. Morris in speaking Of the trusts
showed that the Democrats, If they
had really been against the trusts had
been offered an opportunity at the last
session of congress to curb them by
voting for the constitutional amend
ment, but all but five had voted against
it or lodged the issue. What can the
people expect OF them in the future?
When he asked the audience about
the wages, whether they were higher
now than in 1896, there came an en-
phatic answer that they were higher
now. He went on to.show how much
more employment there was now than
in '96 and demonstrated that no matter
how good times were there were al
ways skickers, people who always
looked down and never upward. 49,.
The audience listened with intense
interest throughout the speech and
frequently applauded the remarks of
our congressman. On the whole the
meeting was marked contrast to that
held under Democratic auspices less
than week before. ..... !.
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