The evening times., 1900-10-13

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Oct. 1S-Mr.
Bryan began his second days tour of Ohio
at ChiIlicothe this morning, where he
spoke for twenty minutes to at least 1900
people. The meeting was held at the Nor
folk and Western depot.
Despite the fact that Mr.. Bryan has made
five tours, of Ohio in the past four years,
his trip through Ohio at the present time
is the grandest ovation to his popularity
that has been given him. From Toledo to
Portsmouth yesterday it was journey
through good sized towns. and the crowds
that greeted Mr.. Bryan, while large. were
also extremely enthusiastic. AT Dayton
more than $4,000 people assembled at the
county fair grounds to pay their respects
to the Democratic candidate Even Repub-
iican Xenia turned out large crowd. The
Washington Court House demonstration
was one of the most enthusiastic. Green
field and Waverly also turned out good
crowds.
1t remained, though, for the days trip
to be crowned at Portsmouth, where 10000
people paid homage to the candidate.
Mr.. Bryan's arguments were almost
wholly confined to three important is
sues, trusts, militarism, and Imperialism.
At Dayton he spoke upon the pension
question at considerable length.
But while the crowds that greeted Mr..
Bryan yesterday were large, those that
have assembled today exceed them The
enthusiasm is also more intense, al
though that may be accounted from the
fact that the crowds are larger. The ref
were enthusiastically received at every
point.
Short stops were made at way stations
and even at these small points large
crowds assembled to catch a glimpse of
Mr. Bryan.
At Chillicothe Mr.. Bryan spoke from
the top of a chair, placed on the
front platform. He was introduced
by Wallace Yaple, Chairman of
the Ross County Democratic Committee.
Mr.. Bryan was evidently impressed with
the size of the crowd that greeted him so
enthusiastically at such an early hour. He
began by saying that if the people of Ohio
are as wide awake and vote as early as
the people OF Chillicothe had turned out to
hear him there would be no cause for
complaint.
Coercion of Employees.
Just before Mr.. Bryan began to talk he
was informed that several of the employees
of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Railway had made application TO lay off
an hour to hear the Nebraskan. but that
the officials had informed them that. if they
did they would be discharged. This in
formation led Mr. Bryan to refer to the
coercion Of employees. He said in part:
In 1896, there were frequent acts Of
coercion upon the part of many of the
large corporations and from evidence
that we have at the present time. there
may be attempts this year along the same |
line l hope that they will not be as sue |
cessful now as they were then large |
corporation is organized by charter to |
conduct business and not politics, and we |
will try to see TO it that they attend |!
TO their own business and allow their en-
ployes to do the same"
Mr. Bryan then took up the discus ion |
of the trust question He said:
II am not willing that the young msn |
of this country should be condemned TO a |
life of clerkship; yet that is what will |
e
They not only control the price of prod
ucts to the consumer, but they dictate the
price OF the raw materials. Being the
only employer of labor, they also deter
mine what the skill of their employees is
worth
From the trust question, Mr. Bryan went
into discussion of militarism. There was
great enthusiasm throughout his speech.
The Bryan train pulled out for Circle
vile five minutes late.
The itinerary today includes stops at
Circleville. Lancaster, New Lexington
GAINESVILLE, Trinway, Coshocton this
morning, and Mansfield and Akron this
afternoon.
The Farmer and the Trusts
CIRCLEVILLE. Ohio. Oct. ia crowd |
OF 5000 people, composed largely of the |
agricultural class, greeted Mr. Bryan at |
CircIeville at $50 o'clock During his |
address here. the Democratic candidate |
saidi
Why should man who lives on farm |
or who lives by earnings gained from the
farm. vote the Republican ticket? The
farmer is the chief victim of the trust You |
find it impossible to effect a combination
TO maintain the prices of your products.
but the trusts compel you TO pay what
they dictate. The Standard Oil Trust navs
a dividend of from 80 to 40 per cent. You |
do not participate in that dividend. but |
you set caught when the oil goes up. |
Then there is the Barbed Wire Trust. It |
pays dividend of from 30 to 40 per cent.
You do not participate in those dividends. |
but you get caught on the barb as the
wire goes up
Mr.. bryan then referred TO Hon. Frank
S. Monnett. In part he said:
Here in Ohio you had an Attorney
General that prosecuted the Standard oil
Company. He took his oath of office and
construed it to mean that he was to
prosecute under the laws of Ohio. He did
prosecute that trust and the Republican
party turned him down. If Monnett who
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