The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-11
DAY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAN
DIDATE WAS SPENT IN
MICHIGAN
REPUBLICANS WERE TOO BUSY
SYMPATHY FOR STRUGGLING RE-
PUBLICs KILLED BY CRAZE
OF IMPERIALISM
REPLIES TO MR.. ME1KLEJoHN
President Mckinley Taken to Task
for His Action in the Philip
ptncs and in the SuIu
Islands.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Oct 1O-The
weather for the first day of Mr. Bryan's
tour of the state of Michigan was all that
could be asked. He made sixteen ad-
dresses from first to last, and all but one
of the meetings were held in the open air
The tour was made under the manage
ment of State Chairman Campau and
was admirably conducted. The train was
at no time more than ten minutes behind
time, and all of the speaking platforms
were erected so near the railroad de-
pots that in only one instance was 1t
necessary for Mr.. Bryan to enter a car
riage in order to reach them. The towns
in which speeches were made were as
follows: Michigan City, New Buffalo,
Benton Harbor, Miles, Dowagiac, Lawton,
Kalamazoo, Plainwell, Otsege, Allegan,
Hamilton, Holland Grand Haven, Muske-
gon and Grand Rapids, two meetings be-
ing held at the last named place. The
crowds were all complimentary in size
as well as in attention given, but those of
the day were neither so large nor so en-
thsiastic as Mr.. Bryan's meetings in In
diana and Illinois. The night meetings
at Muskegon and Grand Rapids were
both, however, numerously attended, and
at both there were frequent bursts of ap-
plduse as well as words of approval
These meetings were equal to the best Of
the entire tour.
At Kalamazoo there was large crowd
to greet Mr. Bryan, who spoke about
forty minutes. He declared the trusts
are looking into every household and
demanding tribute from every family
and that the Republican party had stood
steadily for more trusts in the past three
years than had ever before been organ
ized in the history of the country. He
asserted that the trusts regard them
selves as the dispensers of all favors,
and said that as election approaches
there are intlmations that these favors
are to be withheld unless employees vote
the Republican ticket He gave cons.d-
cradle attention to the Boer war ques-
ton, saying that the Republican party is
too busy looking after the interest Of the
syndicates in the Philippines to express
any opinion on the question of the liberty
Of the people of Africa When Mr.. Bryan
was presented with a bunch of celery
grown at this place he referred to the
fact that much Of the celery is raised
by Hollanders, and, after expressing his
appreciatin of the gift, said:
II want to ask the newspaper men
not to make any mention of the fact that
celery is raised by Hollanders, for am
afraid the Republicans will boycott cell
cry ana use onions.
ENGLAND AND THE BOERs.
Mr.. Bryan was also doubtless mindful
of the presence of many of the natives
Of Holland when he referred to the Boer
war. On this subject he said:
England has attacked nation in
South Africa which is not one-thirtieth
her size, and on the 4th of July. of this
year the queen of Great Britain cele-
brated the anniversary of the independ-
ence of the United States by authoriz-
Ing the destruction of the independence
OF the Boer republics
-Four years ago the Republicans ex-
pressed their sympathy with the Cubans,
who were fighting for liberty. But three
years of imperialism have so paralyzed
the Republican party that when the
Beers are fighting, not to throw off a
yoke they have borne, but to keep off a
yoke they have not borne, the Republican
party is not willing to express its sympa-
thy Today If a king dies a Republican
president can send q message OF condol-
ence, but when two republics expire not
of liberty. OF ali the pathetic pages of
history none is sadder than the page
which is being enacted today. Down in
South Africa a liberty-loving people are
struggling for the rights that our fore
fathers fought for, and grandfather,
tather and son are dying together in the
trenches and the women take up the
guns and fight when the. men are dead,
and yet the Republican party is so busy
trying TO figure the profits of syndicates
IN the Philippine islands that it has no
time to be sorry for the Beers. My
friends, when did a party ever fall from
such high state in such a short time 90
Otsego, the scene of the next stop, was
Gown for only a three-minute speech.
but Mr.. Bryan extended the time to
about ten minutes. The trust question
had been considerably agitated at this
point and Mr.. Bryan plunged into Il at
the very beginning, saying tht he liked
to talk about trusts. He said:
THE TRUSTS.
II believe a trust is the same as a
man who stands IN mountain pass ana
says to these who go by stand and de-
nVer If 1 am elected [ shall make it
my business to make it impossible for one
private monopoly TO exist in the Unit
Cd States. l don't believe that God ever
nade man good enough to stand st
the mead of a private monopoly and I
90 not believe that nation which be-
neVeS in a government of the people
and by the people should permit a pri-
Vate monopoly to exist"
AT this point Mr.. Bryan was presented
with fine silk hat, to take the place
or the hat ne was reported to have lost
In North Dakota. In presenting The hat
the spokesman said that it was the eift
of the Democrats Of Otsego, and that
while they knew that ordinarily he did
not wear a silk hat. they desired that
ne should wear it On special occasions.
such as the 4th of next March Mr..
Bryan did not have time to reply, as the
train was already In motion, but he re-
sponded good naturcdly to the demands
OF the crowd that he put the hat or his
head. 1t was found to be a perfect nit,
and he was cheered loudly.
Allegan extended very hospitable well
come to Mr.. Bryan. At that point there
was a beautifully decorated stage, and q
number of children dressed In white
threw flowers in his path as he walked
across 1t. Here Mr.. Bryan referred to
the presence of David Irvine, aged 1oI
years. on the stand, saying:
II met here on the stand your towns
man whose life reaches back more than
a century. He first saw the light before
Jefferson became president. He has
watched the growth of this nation He
has seen 1t expand according to American
ideas with the constitution following the
flag. He has seen it grow from a little
nation to a mighty nation. He has been
through wars and fought for his coun-
try's flag. They will hardly accuse Mr.
Irvine of being little American, as they
have me, when he believes, as l do, that
this nation ought to be. a republic for
ever and never an empire at ALL
In this speech Mr.. Bryan discussed the
general issues Of the campaign. contrast