The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-26
A MAD RUSH.
Of People to See and Hear Bryan
Throughout New Jersey.

Jersey City, N. J., Oct 26-The first
day of Mr.. Bryan's tour of New Jersey,
which closed here with six meetings last
night may be described as a, mad rush
From the time he entered Washington
park, opposite Philadelphia, until he
closed his last meeting here, he had
made Is speeches. The average of their
duration was greater than usual He
spoke in succession at washington park,
Riverside, Burlington, Trenton (twice),
Princeton Junction, New Brunswick.
Elizabeth, Marion and Jersey City (six
times). His Journey through the state
was q surprise to those accompanying
Mr.. Bryan if not to him, for in few
states if any has he had larger or more
demonstrative audiences His meeting
at Washington park was almost rec
ord breaker in these respects and his
meetings in Trenton and his reception in
this city were only second to the wash
ington park meeting in numbers and IN
feeling displayed Probably no canol-
date for the presidency was ever 50
much jostled about and pushed around
in one days time as Mr.. Bryan was At
most stopping places the police found IL
impossible to protect him from the nun
dreds. not to say thousands OF persons
who thronged his pathway and followed
him wherever he went.
Il have addressed a great many meet
L
nicer meeting than this in my life" This
is what Mr.. Bryan said to a number OF
Princeton boys who followed him to his
train from his meeting place at Prince
ton Junction. He arrived at the juno
ton at half past 5, and spoke from a
slightly raised stand on the green in the
rear Of the railway station. Included in
the audiences were from l,4OO TO LOU
students of Princeton college which in
stitution is located three miles distant
from the Junction. The meeting was one
of the most enthusiastic and orderly
that Mr.. Bryan has had IN MS WhO-e
campaign tour. There was not an in
terruption from beginning to end. When
Mr.. Bryan arrived he was greeted by
the college yell and there VASE similar
demonstration upon his departure. His
address there was entirely to the stu
dents. He said:
Il want you to consider that in this
nation a new policy exists and that it is
rapidly approaching an industrial des-
potism- I want you to consider whether
it is well for a free government to have
its industries collected under the man
agement of a few men SO that the rest
of the people will receive their daily
bread at the hands of these few. Many
of you are preparing yourselves for the
legal profession but you will find under
the system of monopoly that the law
business of the country will gravitate
towards the offices of the great corpora
ton attorneys while the rest of the law
yerS will be law clerks in the offices OF
those attorneys. You will find that as
monopoly increases the chance of the
young man becomes less and when you
take away the hope that has inspired
him in the past you render him a less
effective man. This nation is the great
est nation in the world, because here
there is more hope for the young man,
here life is before the young men. There
is no class distinction; there is no caste.
In this country the son of the humblest
citizen may aspire to the highest awards
in the industrial and political world. but
under an industrial despotism you take
away the prospect of independence aud
under this system you will find that po-
itical depotism will follow, fer when
ore employer can coerce thousands OF
employees and threaten them with idle
ness and starvation unless they vote the
ticket the employer favors you will find
a government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people will be thing
of the past.
Il want to call your attention also to
the system which is now being proposed
by the Republicans, known as the colon
ial system One of our great institutions
OF learning has established in the college
a department for instruction for dealing
with our dependencies and colonies.
Young men, We have never had colonies
and when have reached the point
where we want colonies. we have reached
the point where do not have re-
public You can not have one idea here
and another idea in the Orient Govern
mentS can not come up from the people
here and in the Philippine islands come
The New Brunswick meeting was the