Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
BRYAN HAS FINISHED
HIS JERSEY CAMPAIGN !.
NOM FOR CONNECTICUT.
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man who rides on train must either
get pass over the railroad or pay his
fare, and l would rather the people
would pay for the train and leave me
Independent than have the railroad
company furnish it and then own me
after the election"
Mr.. Bryan dwelt at some length in
his Dover speech on the trusts and in
referring to the Standard Oil Company
said that company is, through its pow
er as a monopoly, extorting enough
money from the people at large to pay
annual dividends amounting to $780,
100000 upon an original capital of
s10O,000,000.
Mr. Bryan referred to the fact that
Dover had supplied company Of vol
unteeers for the Cuban war and said
in this connection:
Il had never learned TO love the
volunteers before learner to love them
when | came in contact with them in
the Spanish war l believe that this
nation
Can Rest Upon the Volunteers
| found down in Florida a regiment
from this State. l got acquainted with
the New Jersey boys at that time and
| believe you had company from
this town. l remember them because
whenever I went into their camp they
joined in three cheers.
There were evidently number of the
ex-soldiers in the crowd and they again
cheered as they had done in the old
days in Florida.
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan said:
II know from the circumstances Of
the cheering at the time that there
were some Democrats there. l have
confidence in those people who fight
when the country needs fighters and
who go back to work and work when
the country needs workers. / believe
that we can rely upon the citizen SOL
der that we do not want or need a
great standing army"
Mr.. Bryan spoke on general lines at
Boonton and his speech wan well re-
ceived.
Mr.. Bryan's Paterson meeting was in
some respects the most notable of the
day, and the street exhibition was ex-
ceptionally fine. He was conducted from
the railroad station TO the Court House
in an open carriage. distance Of a mile
or more through the principal streets. and
received an ovation from one end of the
route to the other. Most of the
Houses Were Decorated
with flags and bunting. The windows al
most without exception were filed with
women. who vigorously fiuttered hand
kerchiefs and small flags at the candidate
as he rode by, cheering Justify all the
time The crowd in the street was enor-
nous and very enthusiastic, and when
the speaking place was reached Mr.. Bryan
encountered a very ocean of human faces
The crowd was SO dense that he found
it extremely difficult to make himself
heard to the outskirts The speech at
Paterson touched upon the general issues
OF the campaign anu HdS AaEclg dPiiaANtA
as Il progressed
A speech OF three minutes was sched-
uled for BeIIeviIie. between Paterson and
Newark and a large number Of people
were congregated at the railroad station
the train, however. Stopping only LONG
enough 10 permit the crowd to look al
the candidate. Mr.. Bryan arrived In New
ark a few minutes past seven O'Clock to
night. and here the scenes which wers
witnessed in Jersey City last night were
repeated on a somewhat larger scale. The
streets were thronged with people, and
the pathway of the Democratic standard
bearer was illuminated with Greek fire
He was first driven TO the residence Of
former United States Senator James
Smith, where he took dinner. In from
Of the smith mansion a vast multitude Of
people were assembled. and they cheeret
Justify when Mr. Bryan and his escort Of
committeeman and marching clubs arrived
at that point. The speeches IN this city