Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-11-01


the final day of his last campaign tour .
at this city last night. He began the .
day at Addison and spoke at Hornells-
vile. Almond Alfred, Audoyer, Wells |
vile, Belmont, Friendship, Cuba, Hins- /
dale. Oloau, Salamanca, Randolph,
Jamestown and Duukirk. All of these .
towns are in the southwestern part of /
the state, and all have been strongly /
republican in politics. The meetings |
of the day were generally we'll attend |
cd. and some of them quite enthusi- |
astic. Bryan left late last night for |
Ohio. expecting to begin on@-day /
tour of that state with a speech at To- |
lcdo this morning. All told, he made |
about 10 speeches in this state Be |
fore leaving last night Bryan made Il |
brief statement, giving his impress
sions of the situation in New York. !
He said: If the reports which come
from the various counties where polls
have been made can be taken as rep
resenting the general sentiment
throughout the state we have more
than an even chance of carrying the
state
At Cuba Bryan again discussed the
trusts and army question: but took oc-
casion to explain why the subject of
finance was not receiving more attcn-
ton at his hand. On that point he
said: In order that no republican
may go away and say ! did not say
anything on the money question, |
want to ten you there arc two reasons
why we do not spend our time talking
about the questions of 1896. The first
of the reasons is that our platform sets
forth the partys position so that ev-
erybody can find out Just wherC oar
party stands; but you cannot say that
of the republican platform. The sec
ond reason is that the republicans
have done so much since 1896 that was
bad that they keep us busy indicting
them for the high crimes and mtsdo-
meanOrs committed in the last three
years and a half. and we are not going
to abandon our contest against them
on the new issues merely because they
are not prepared to defend their rec
ord of the last three years and half
At Salamanca BRYAN made
appeal for republican votes.
He said mo one makes a
greater mistake than the man who
assume that any large number OF
people desire bad government and no
one makes a greater mistake than the
man who assumes that any large mum
her of people lack patriotism. You re
member the campaign Of 1896; you re
member how deeply the people were
stirred; You remember those who with
me in the campaign were called al
sorts of names yet within two years
after that campaign a war broke out
and the president asked for volunteers.
The people responded and | think itI
is safe to say that more men responded
who voted for me than responded who
voted for the president himself. There
IN find political differences forgotten,
and ! think it is safe to say that in
every company and in every regiment
we found menn differing in politics.
but loving their country. ! believe if
I were elected and war should break
out. that if | called for volunteers, re-
pubIicans would respond just like dem
ocrats Our people are patriots. and
these differences from time to time on
political questions. ought not to blind
the people Of the fact that back Of all
political questions there IS the purpose
of the citizen to do his his best with
tie light that he has made for his
country and for posterity; therefore
when | talk TO you. when | talk to re
publtcans. I talk to them, not as repUb-
Leans but as citizens: not as people
who love party, bus as people who love
their country better than any party.
At Lake Chautauqua he was enthus
iaetiCallv received when he entered the
hall, and his speech was frequently APP
plauded. He began with a discussion
of the question Of prosperity, denying
that there was as general prosperity
as had been claimed He said in part
Go to your sweatshops II you will
talk prosperity, to those who work in
sweatshops. Go, if you will talk OF
has sent his boys and girls away from
home 10 work when they ought tobe
in school. Talk to him about prosper
fty. You want to keep conditions just
as they are. Why conditions to-day
are such that the men who produce The
wealth are getting each year a less per
centage Of wealth they produce, while
the Spectator is getting a larger
share Of the country's wealth" Ia
closing Bryan said: u believe from
what have seen in this state that the
democracy of this state is united for
victory You have had up here in this
section your distinguished ex-senator
and IT is not necessary for me 70 make
speech in parts of the state whore
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