Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-10-23
SPOKE TO NEGROES.
Bryan Touched on Race Ques-
ton In West Virginia.
ALSO TALKED TO COAL MINERS.
Told Them Not TO ALLOW Themselves to
BE coereed, Into Voting Against Their
Convictions Train stopped to Reply to
an Eager Questioner


an Eager Questioper
Hinton, w. va. Oct. 23-NIr. Bryan
Travelled the line Of the Chesapeake
railroad, along the picturesque valleys
of the Big Kanawha and New rivers,
making speeches at Huntingdon Hur-
ricane, ST. Adams, Charleston, Browns
ton. East Bank. Montgomery. Sewell,
Thurnond and Hinton. The size Of
the audiences varied, but all Of them
were large ia proportion TO the p0pula
tion of the towns and Of the surround
ing country. There were especially fine
crowds Mt Huntington, Charleston and
Hinton, people coming into those towns
from all the adjacent region
One notable feature was Mr. Bryan's
reference at times to the race question.
His line of travel was farther south
than he had gone before. and farther
than he viii again 20, and there We're
quite number Of eolored people scat
tered through the crowds at all the
stopping places. Mr.. Bryan evidently
noted their presence and took occasion
to address portions of his speech to
them, appealing to them to do justice
by the Filipinos as they would have
justice done by themselves.
Mr.. Bryan spoke to congregation
composed largely of coal miners at
the little mountain town of Seweil.
lie told the people there that the Dem
ocratic party stood for the arbitration
of labor disputes and for a representa-
tive of the labor interest in the cabinet
of the president When someone in the
crowd asked him what he would do for
the old soldiers If elected he replied
| that he would appoint Il commissioner
of pensions who would be more salts
factory to the soldiers than the present
one.
After the train started to leave Sew
| ell a man in the outskirts of the crowd.
apparently very much in earnest very
| earnestly demanded to know about
| Mr.. Bryan's attitude toward the ratiti-
| cation Of the Paris peace treaty. Mr..
Bryan had the train stopped and made
a full explanation of his action and po-
| sition in that matter. When this ex-
PLANTATION had been concluded the same
man asked him about the expenditure
| of S20.000,00 in procuring those ISL
ands. To this inquiry Mr.. Bryan re-
Piled "If you had read an article that
I wrote about a month before the
| treaty was signed You would have seen
that we could have gof it back from
! the Filpinos in return for independ-
enee. but il YOU did not | would rather
| consider It contribution to liberty than
as part payment on men and their
! lands
When Mr. Bryan concluded his re-
ply his interrogation pushed his way
| through the crowd. and, coming I'D to
| the ear platform, offered his hand t.
the presidential candidate saying: II
thought had a right as an American
citizen to ask that question
Mr. Bryan said in response: "You
certainly did have, and | am glad you
| asked it,
The duestioner Joined in the cheers
as Mr. Bryan departed.
His audience at Thurmond was COM
posed largely of coal miners, and in
closing Mt BRYAN asked them to re-
member that their votes were their
| own. He warned them against allow
| ing themselves to be intimidated or
their votes purchased. At this place
he was introduced by General st. Clair
as 'neculiarly the candidate of the
workingman." Mr.. Bryan quoted from
| Gt8pflOT ltOOStAtil = dilttit III io''o Ill
regard to government by injunction.
and asked what is government by in
| Junction.
Replying TO his own question he said:
sit is n process by which the laboring
man is deprived of the right of trial by
jury The meanest thief who steals
is entitled to trial by jury. and a
man who kills another, no matter
whether from revenge or for love of
money, he is entitled to n trial by Jury;
and if the murderer and thief are en-
titled to trial by jury isn't the la
boring man entitled to trial by jury
also?"
After the meeting Mt Hinton Mr..
Bryan left for Washington en- route
for Maryland, to which state he will
| devote today Hinton is the home of
State Chairman Miller. and the meeting
here was in all respects one of the best
Of the day. Mr.. Bryan made a general
speech at this point. When someone
asked him about the necessity for Il
| large army In this country he said that
| If the Democratic plans for the settle
ment. of disputes by arbitration for
doing away with the blacklist and for
adjustment of government by iniunc-
| ton could be put into execution there
would be no necessity for a large army.
Wife of Scranton Dead.