The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-09
CLOSED WITH SPEECHES IN A DOZEN
TOWNS YESTERDAY
IN A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD
In the Manufacturing Centers of
State-The Meetings Largely Attend
strated-Introduced at Anderson by
a Former Republican Member OF
Congress-Trusts and Imperialism.
The Negro North and South

campaign at Noblesville, Ind. He ar
rived at S O'Clock and spoke from a
stand near the depot for fifteen min
utes. His audience was large and lib
eral with its applause.
AT EIwood the audience covered an
immense plot OF ground near the de-
pot and Mr.. Bryan gave practically all
OF the thirty minutes speech TO the
rust question.
Mr.. Bryan referred to the visit of
President Mckinley to Elwood when
the tin plate works here opened. say
ing:
To-day the republican party must
meet its record on the trust question.
on the army question and on its Colo
NAL policy. Whenever an institution
is opened the republicans make a great
day of it and invite distinguished peo-
pie from abroad TO be present at the
opening, but when a trust closes a
factory they do not invite a president
or anybody else to preside at the clos
ing. l find that the tin plate trust has
closed tin plate mills all over the
country. 1 find that these trusts, or
gained to monOpolize the trade and
control n market and fix the price
on raw material and finished product
and the price of labor, are today de-
stroying industrial independence and
condemning our children to perpetual
clerkship under monopoly"
Mr.. Bryan again referred to the
closing down of a part of the works
of the "barbed wire and wire nail
trust as ne put it, until after election
and asked: What does it mean? 1t
means intimidation Of the workingmen.
1t means that the manufacturer when
he has a monopoly will attempt to CO.
cree his employees"
Anderson, Ind, October 5.-The meet
ing which closed here at 10 o'clock to-
night was the last of a series of re-
markedly large political demonStra-
lions made in connection with the ap-
pearance in Indiana of w. j. Bryan,
the democratic candidate. Mr.. Bryan
left Indianapolis early this morning,
with the of visiting during
the day as many places as possible in
What is known as the gas belt of the
state and in pursuance of hat purpose
he almost circled the city of Indianapo-
lis, visiting no fewer than nine coun-
ties and making an even dozen speeches
at important manufacturing centers.
All the communities traversed are con-
sidered republican in politics.
There were immense ~outpouringS at
all the towns visited and no Interrupt
ton indicating pronounced opposition
occurred. On the contrary, there was
at most places much enthusiasm man
ifested by Mr.. Bryan's supporters.
Trusts formed the subject Of most Of
the speeches of the day, but at Rich
mond Mr.. Bryan devoted all his time
to imperialism.
The presiding officer at the Richmond
meeting waa Hon. Henry L. Johnson,
formerly . prominent member of con
gress and until recenxly a pronounced
republican. When he introduced Mr..
Bryan, the latter was received with
great applause by one of the largest
audiences of the day. The speech at
this place was prefaced by a reference
to Nr. Johnsoh's change of party af-
filiations. Referring to Mr.. Johnson,
he said: Mr.. johnson and l served in
the house together. l knew of his abili-
ty the and L knew of his industry. /
knew he was a conscientious man even
when he and L could not reach the
same conclusions on political questions.
I am glad that in this campaign he
is on our side, and if any one wants to
criticise Mr.. Johnson for leaving the
republican party, l want to remind
them that they did not criticise demo-
Gratis who left the party in 1896 to save
the gold standard n if a man can
leave the democratic party in order to
save the gold standard why cannot a
republican leave his party in order to
save the declaration of Independence"
Mr.. Bryan then said that imperial
ism is not a prophesy but history and
said that we We're taxing the Porto
Ricans without giving them represen-
tation.
Your own president" said Mr.. Bry-
an, said it was our plain duty to give
free trade to Porto Rico n your own
member of congress (Mr. WatSon) was
| opposed to the Porto Rican bill until
the president called him to the White
| house and begged him to vote for the
bill and asked him to do it, not for the
sake of duty, but for the sake of the
party harmony. Republicans, in the
game of republican politics party har-
| mony is a higher card than plain duty"
While Mr.. Bryan was speaking at
! Marion some one in the audience ask
ed in regard to the North Carolina law.
Mr.. Bryan said: MY friend, l am
| glad you asked me that; 1 am prepared
for you. Now I am going to assume
| that the republican who asked the Ques-
ton is an honest man. / am going to
ask him about the constitution of the
republican state of Oregon 1 will read
: a provision of that constitution. 1t
says:
! Section So. No free negro or mu-
; Iatto not residing in this state at the
time of the adoption of this constiu-
ion shall come, reside or be within this
state, hold any real estate or make
any contract Dr. any such
4 therein, Inc the legislative assembly
shall provide by penal laws for the re-
moval by public officers of all such ne
groes and mulattos aIl5 for their effec-
tual exclusion from she state and for
the punishment OF persons who shall
bring them into the state or employ
or harbor them
That amendment was adopted be-
fore the civil war, it makes it unlawful
for a free egr to go into the state
and it authorizes the officers TO put
him out. But o say that it is old
Let me remind you that last June ar
effort was made to repeal that portion
of the constitution, and the effort wa:
defeated. although the state went 10,
600 republican"
Pain-Killer as an internal remedy
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