The age-herald., 1900-10-20
Young Women Took Part in the
 Proceedings
STATIONED IN SCHOOL WINDOWS
Lowered Portrait of Mckinley Over the Speakers Stand While Male Pupils Piled Questions-Was Equal
 to the Emergency

Syracuse, N. Y, October 19-Hon w J. Bryan today experienced his second en- counter of the campaign with college stu dents.
 hundred or more of young women were stationed at windows in the high school just back of and over the stage from which MT. Bryan spoke, and they disturbed the pro- ceedings to as great an extent as they could by lowering posters bearing picture of President Mckinley so as to attract the attention of the crowd The young men who were below responded to these signals with cries and yells, and they also asked num- erous questions while the speech was in progress. Evidently, too, a large percen- tage' of the students were in sympathy with MT. Bryan, and some of them shouted lus- tiy for him when his replies to the Ques- tons of their fellows were especially to their liking. MT. Bryan was generally voted to have met the occasion successfully, and that he did so was evidenced by the fact that the interruptions grew fewer and farther apart as the speech proceeded and at last ceased altogether.
 The day was rendered interesting by spirited meeting at Auburn, the home dur ing his lifetime of Secretary Seward, and by MT. BryAn's pointed reference in his speech there to the manager of an important man. ufacturing enterprise located at that point, which he evidently intended should have greater than local application. Speeches were also made during the day at Cort- land and Binghamton and at several other smaller points. The days work closed with a meeting at Rochester late tonight. The meetings of the day were generally well at- tended, and those of Ithaca and Bingham ton were especially large. Probably the Binghamton meeting was the most enthus- iastic of the day.
 It was evident from the beginning of the Ithaca meeting that the college students meant to at least relieve that meeting from all charges of monotony. MT. Bryan was re- ceiyed there with cheers and shouts, and he was scarcely given an opportunity to ex- press his appreciation of the qualification he felt in being able to speak to the students when one of them broke in with '.how about North Carolina?"
 APrompt Rejoinder
 T will come to that In a moment; but if you will not hide down there, I will stop and tell you about it. I will tell you that : if you will examine the qualifications pro- vided by your administration for voter in Porto Rico you will find that 8S per cent of the colored men of voting age cannot
  uon's qualifications"
 This answer brought forth great ap- pause, and one enthusiastic man remarked in a loud tone to the questioner: 'I guess lAat will hold you for a while"
 MT. Bryan continued: "I do not want you to. hold me responsible for what's done in North Carolina while you shrk respon- sibility for what your own President has done in Porto Rico"
 MT. Bryan then expressed a willingness to hut stItda might want to ask, provided his questioner would stand up and let him see him. He had scarcely begun his discussion of the trust question when some one made an in- quiry about the cotton bale trust. Mr. Bryan replied to the effect that the cotton bale company owned pa tent for baling cotton and that it did not bale one-twen- teth of the cotton produced in this coun- try. And yet" he said, men who howl about a patent that does not bale one twentieth of the cotton will vote for a party that allows salt trust that controls 95 per cent of the salt of the United States. l want to ask whether the man who wor- fies about the cotton bale and does not worry about salt is-gnorant dshonest?"
 While MT. Bryan was discussing the ice trust a voice in the outskirts called out "How about Croker?"
 MT. Bryan turned sharply and said: MT. Crolcer has stock in the ice trust, but you are worried about Croker when you are not afraid of Platt."
 young man made an inquiry about the free coinage of silver, eliciting from MT. Bryan the following:
 Well, my friend, I stand today where William Mckinley used to stand before he bowed to the dictates of Wall street, and II you will defend him for changing his opinion l will defend myself for not chang ing my opinion. But let proceed"
 From the same voice: Answer the ques- tion'
 MT. Bryan: 'I have replied to you sir You do not have to answer questions. Look in our platform and you will find our posi- tion on every question. You dare not state yours in platform on the stump Our platform presents our views on every ques- tion.'
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 The yeilng man insisted upon a further response and repeated several times, "an- swer." MT Bryan responded:
 T have answered you, sir. I can't give understanding; l can simply give you an apswer."
 There was then let up in the questions here and MT. Bryan was permitted to go on with his speech. He attempted to show that the Republican party was making an Inconsistent record, and while he was dis cussipg the Porto Rico bdll there a miscellaneous assortment of questions hurled at MT. Bryan in indistinct tones of voice. Taking cognizance of them he said: Do you think it Is fair to interrupt me