The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-12
OPENS IN OHIO.
Col. Bryan Begins Campaign In
McKinley's State.
Will Spend Four Days Talking
to the Buckeyes.
STARTS IN AT TOLEDO.
Crowd Gathers at Six O'clock in
the Morning.
He Holds a Short Conference
With Mayor Jones.

Kenton, o., oct. 12.-It had not been
the intention Of the Ohio state Demo-
cratic committee that w. J. Bryan
should begin the speech making feature
OF his Ohio tour until the town OF
Bowling Green should be reached. This
plan was however. interfercd with to
slight extent by the demands of "a NUM-
ber of people who gathered about MT
Bryan's car IN the Toledo station before
the train pulled out The train had been
brought to Toledo from Saginaw ana
had arrived at Toledo in the early morn
ing. About half-past o'clock people
began to congregate in the vicinity II
Mr. Bryan's car and the clamor became
so great that the national candidate
was compelled to make his appearance.
The next stop was made at BpWhhb
Green, 20 miles out and the third az
F'indlay the center of the Ohio Gar belt
The Bowling Green speech was made be-
fore breakfast and the Findlay speech
Immediately after the close pf that meat.
Mr.. BRYAN announced during the prehh
fast hour that Mrs. Bryan would JOIN
him on the 27th instant IN New AolN
and remain with him thereafter tl the
close of the campaign. he SAID inat al-
ter leaving New York and making the
tour of West Virginia, Maryland, Deit~
ware and New Jersey he would asain
return to the empire state and probably
make several speeches on the occasion
of this second visit
Mr.. Brvan's audience at the station IN
Toledo was comprised OF laborers on
their way to work. He told them that
the Republican party seemed or tne
opinion that the full dinner PAN was
sufficient reply TO all argument as wen
as to all demands He secuted lht luta
that It could be sufficient To meet ne
requirements of the laboring man, pe-
cause he said. the laborcr was not AN
appetite. The Republicans seemed 20
forget, he said, all about anthracite coal
He also warned them against what he
considered the baneful influences .ol
trusts and talked at some length oI tn9
tendency towards a change ln our ioill
Of government as manifested IN out
treatment OF the Finpinos ana the PORTO
Ricans.
The speech was received with cheers.
At Rowling Green Mr.. Bryan eapeclal-
w urged the importance Of electiug the
whole Democratic ticket saying.
ssIf am elected president. ] DO not
want to be in the White House melr.g
to distribute patronage. II 1 am tutie
/ want to have a chance TO sign my
name to bills, and can not sign "a oiA
as president until il comes 10 me ana "a
bill can not reach the president uutl
IT passes the house and the senate. You
have a chance to help secure majority
in the house and II may be that tile
house viii be so close that one vote ih
the house of Representatives VIII ot-
termine the majority ana one NoU it
this district may determine the electel
of a congressman ana II you peileNe Z.
the doctrine for which we slauu W'tit
YOU to work from now until electloH
dav to send a congressman down 20
Washington, who will carry out tnose
ideas If we are right In the position
that we have taken you ought 70 De ~
terested in turning over the control "t
the government to those Who ptlleNe aA
we do" -
on his arrival at Findlay at $50 and he
made q speech OF five minutes at tnoL
place. He said in part.
Possibly it is not necessary 10 SPEAK
long on the trust question; Tor people
learn more by experience than they 90 pF
speeches and a speech can only point
out the lessons OF experience. lr uBea
to be that If "a mill closed down under
the Democratic administration every
Republican paper and editor pointed 10
the mill and TO the smOkeless chimney8
"a an evidence that Democratic policies
were destroying the Industries OF th-
country. But now trust buys plant
and closes it down and no hepuphcah
says a word about it,
AT this point some one in the crowd
suggested that there we're four trusts in
the town and Mr. Bryan said In reply
THE gentleman says you have -FOUR lh
this town 1 went 20 west super lo's
Wis. the other day and / found they
had six trusts. the flour mill trust ha1
closed down six mills. You VIII hnd that
the trust viii close more mills than any
policy that any other party ever stood
for When a Republican tells you that
those who fight the trusts are nEhtlnB
industries. you tell him tnat Wnen an
industry is independent h can not close
down without loss. It's lahoring men
scatter. its trade is lost. and not only
the Industry itself but the community
all these are interested in keeping DO go
ing. But when YOU put all the industries
of one line under one management the
management can close factory here or .
there and carry on the work spmeW here
else The trust can close down in order
to keep the price up. ans throw upon tha
laboring man and upon the community
the burden Of maintaining eNtortonate
prices"
The Bryan train viii be ia charge OF
an Ohio committee. who came aboard
at Toledo, for the next four days. Geo.
S. Long. chairman or the Democratic
state legislative committee is in chief
command. with n. -. Cochran, candi-
date for congress from the Toledo di4-
trict: ex-senator W. O. Loot. and eN-
Representative T.. q. Cole and h- a..
Garbter and "Coin" Harvey as principal
assistants
While the car was standing in the To-
ledO station, Mayor Jones of Toledo,
called upon Mr.. Bryan and they were in
conference for a few minutes IL has
been hoped that Mr. Jones would be- able
to accompany Mr.. Bryan on his ohio
tour. but his other campaign engage
ments prevented his doing 30.