The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-03
'BRIAN IN
NEW JERSEY
Trusts and Other Things
Denounced.
PHILIPPINES DWELT ON
Democratic Candidate for President
Well Received in Eastern
Towns.

NEW YORK, Oct 2s.-The second
day of Mr.. Bryans campaign tour of
New Jersey began in Hoboken to-day
with a meeting in the Lyric Theatre.
When Mr.. Bryan stepped upon the
platform he appeared somewhat IA
tigued, but as his speech progressed,
he soon regained his wound vivacity
He said that he believed that when
Democratic principles as now present
ed were throughly understood they
would be received as favorably in the
East as in the West. He contrasted his
reception in the East at this time with
the reception in 1896. He said:
Il did not complain when men left
us in 1896 for / have always contended
that mans vote was his own and
that he had a right to do with it as he
pleased, and / never doubted but that
the great mass of those who left US in
1896 left us because they honestly
thought that my election would be
harmful to thes country. 1 cannot de-
spise the man who places his country
above his party, even though l may
be the loser by his act. But the prin-
ciple which runs through Republican
policies has become apparent on these
later questions which have arisen. 1
contended in 1896 that the Republican
party was giving too much considera-
ton TO wealth and too little to human
rights. but since 1896 the Republican
party has shown its disregard of hui
man rights in ways that we did not
dream of then"
Mr.. Bryan denounced the trusts as
industrial despots" and declared that
the Republican party was fostering
them. He did not believe there could
be a good monopoly in private hands
until God sends angels to take charge
of them and he added: From our ex-
perience, we are inclined to think that
the angels now in charge came not
from above, but from below"
Someone has said" Mr.. Bryan con-
tinued, that he did not object to The
bed-bug so much. but that he did OBJ
ject to the way he made a living. So
we object to the trusts The COM
| parison caused loud applause.
/ Mr. Bryan predicted that if the re-
cent increase of the army to 100, 900 men
was endorsed by voting the Republican
ticket next November. there would
continue to be increases until the arm
/ ed force would be sufficient 10 com
/ pletely awe the people.
Taking up the question of the Philip
pines Mr.. Bryan gave what he said was
Republican speech in support of the
/ Republican policy. This presentation
was as follows:
We are very sorry we got the Phil
/ ippine Islands; we did not intend 70
get them. but they were thrown into
| our lap, and it is our duty TO keep them
God commands it and it will pay
Mr.. Bryan then related the biblical
story of Naboths vineyard and said:
II wish that on the Sunday before
election every preacher in the United
| states would take as his text that story
i of Naboth's vineyard. and / will tell
\ you how they would treat it. Every OPP
/ ponent of Imperialism would condemn
Ahab for wanting the vineyard and ev-
! cry imperialistic preacher would con-
denim NabOth for not letting Ahab have
! it,"
A large crowd followed Mr.. Bryan
! from the theatre to the railroad station
and called DANGEROUSLY for a speech
and he made a brief address from the
rear platform of his car.