Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-12
STUDENTS
Failed In an Attempt
To Confuse Col. Bryan In
Ann Arbor.
Their Jeers Were Soon
Turned to Cheers.
Several Students We're Ar
rested For Being Disorderly.
Col. Bryan Pleaded That the Boys
be Released.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct 12.-TherO
was mildly wild time yesterday af-
Iternoon when AR. Bryan came to Ann
Arbor. The students Of the State Uni.
yersity, which is located here, were at
the meeting In large numbers, and
each one made his presence felt. a
platform had been erected ON the south
side of the Court House building and
the entire south side of the square, as
well as the adjoining street, was COW
cred with solid mass of humanity
n majority of those nearest the stand
being students.
Mr.. Bryan had no sooner shown his
face than the boys began clamor
which did not cease for ten or fifteen
minutes. Even after Mr.. Bryan ad-
vanced to the front of the stand the
din continued, but il ultimately sub
sided sufficiently to allow him to be-
gin. II am glad to talk to you" he
began, "if you are willing to listen"
a few voices responded: I'VE are
willing
"lf / were an imperlalist,' Mr.. Bry-
an went OH, Il would call out an army
to suppress you, but | am not" This
sally seemed to please the young men
and most of them laughed and cheer
ed
Some of them jeered to such an ex-
tent, however, that an officer was
compelled to enter the crowd and ar
rest several of the noisiest. After this,
while the Interruptions were frequent,
they generally took the shape of ques-
tions One of the questions brought
out the explicit declaration from Mr..
Bryan; "The Democratic party Is for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to | without waiting for the
aid or consent Of any other nation
BY the time Mr.. Bryan concluded the
confusion had ceased entirely and he
closed amid cheers.
At the time of the arrest of some of
the students at Ann Arbor Mr. Bryan's
attention was not called to the fact
and he did not know of it until after
the close of the meeting. When in
formed of what had been done he in
medlately sent the following letter:
Hon NJ. j. Cavanaugh, Ann Arbor:
My Dear Sir;If it Is true, as l am in
formed, that some of the college boys
were arrested for disturbing the meet
ing, please ask for their discharge.
am sure it was the result of boyish
thoughtfulness and not malice.
"W. j. Bryan"
Mr.. Bryan took up the trust question
at the beginning of his speech and ask
ed: Are You willing to defend n sys-
TEN by which "A few men control Il
great branch of industry, and sell to
the people at trust prices and then en-
ploy labor on such terms and condi-
tlons AS the trusts may fix? Young
men do not want that kind of govern
ment. You do not want Il government
that can punish horse thief, but can
not punish n trust magnate do you
That Ia the kind Of IL government you
have now. (Applause and jeers, aud
cries of How about the ice trust?o
II shall stop now long enough to dis
cuss the Ice trust. Now, will you ex-
plain to me why every Republican
knows there is an ice trust, and yet no
Republican knows anything about any
other kind of trust? Every director
of the Ice trust is n Republican. (Ap-
plnuse, and cries of NO How about
CrokerY) Mr.. Croker is not director.
He is simply n stockholder. Cries of
Oh and applause) The Governor of
the state of New York Is a Republl-
can, and II he We're In New York pun
ishlng the Ice trust instead of making
speechs out here there would
he no Ice trust. (Applunse)
You have "A Republican Log
islature and Republican Governor
In New York, and yet the ice trust
iiourishes. (Applause) We had an
lee trust in Omaha last spring, but we
have Democratic attorney general
there and he commenced n suit against
the Ice trust and dissolved 1t ON the
first day of August but they do not do
II In New York In that way. (Ap.
plAuscl The Ice trust in New York
confines its evil TO the state of New
YORK, and the Republican Governor
and Legislature can protect the peo-
pie OF that state IL they want to. But
the standard oil trust covers the whole
United States; so does the sugar trust.
so does the oil trust so does the barb
wire trust; so does the wire nal trust.
"a voice. How about the cotton
trustTD
Mr., Bryan: "The gentleman speaks
OF the cotton bale trust. Now let me
tell YOU the facts, The cotton bale
company has patent for making
round Bales, and II bales less than one
twentieth of the cotton of the United
states, and yet you Republicans say
nothing about salt trust that controls
Do per cent Of the output, but you
howl about cotton trust that has one
twentieth of the output Are you
honest! Cries Of "Yes.'D Then you
must have been ignorant great ap.
plause)' for no honest man would con.
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