The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-20
He Accuses Mr.. Metca1f Of Coercion
An Threatening to Close His Fac
tory IL Bryan IL Elected.
GIRLS At ITHACA ANNOY HIN
BY DISPLAYING A PICTURE OF PRES
IDENT M'KINLEY.
College students Also Cause . Com
motion by Yelling and Asking
Questions ~ to the Issues.

Bryan, the DemOcTdtlc StduudTQ ptdf cAs ~
day experienced his second encounter of the
campaign with college students. 1t oc-
CURED at Ithaca and the students were
from the Cornell University. The incident
was not so exciting as that at Ann Arbor
for the reason that the young men were
not so persistent and did not work in such
unison. but there was one feature Of in
terest which was not noticeable at Ann
Arbor. This was the participation of young
women In the affair. A hundred or more
members of the opposite sex were sta
toned at windows in the high school just
back and over the stage from which Mr..
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 sig
mails with cries and yells, and they also
asked numerous questions while the speech
was in progress. Evidently, too, large
percentage of the students were in SYM
pathy with Mr.. Bryan, and some Of them
shouted Justify for him when his replies
to the questions of their fellows were
especially to their liking. Mr.. Bryan was
generally voted to have met the occasion
successfully. and that he did so was evil
aenced by the fact that the Interruptions
grew fewer and farther apart as the
speech proceeded, and at last ceased alto
sether.
The day was rendered interesting by a
spirited meeting at Auburn, the home dur
ing his lifetime of Secretary Seward, and
Mr.. Bryan's pointed reference in his speech
there TO the manager of an important
manufacturing enterprise located at that
point. which he evidently intended should
have greater than local application.
Speeches were also made during the day
at Cortland and Binghamton and at sew
eral other smaller points. The days work
closed with a meeting at Rochester late
tonight. The meetings Of the day were
generally well attended, and those at
Ithaca and Binghamton were especially
large. Probably the Binghamton meeting
was the most enthusiastic meeting of the
day. In all instances. except at the be-
ginning of the Ithaca meeting, close atten-
ton was given to his speeches.
FIRST SPEECH OF THE DAY.
Mr.. Bryan's first stop was at Solvay, a
suburb of Syracuse, where he made short
speech to several hundred people. He made
no more direct reference to the great salt
interests of this place than to say that he
did not know enough about the local con-
ditions to be able TO discuss the things that
his auditors were thinking about" In con-
nection with trusts he said: 81 don't be-
lieve that it is good thing for Ireland to
have a few landlords and the rest of the
people tenants. Neither do believe that it
L l.
have few men standing at the head of
great Industries and all the rest merely
clerks under these industries"
He again referred to the increase in the
size OF the standing army and said that
upon the present basis of 100000 soldiers the
expense to the country would not be less
than $4,000, 900 a year for the military es-
tablishment, or an average of 81 for each
inhabitant OF s. for each family. Taking
up the Philippine question, Mr.. Bryan said
that the Republican party was promising
to be good to the Filipino THAT" he
said, lis what every king promises to his
subjects" On this question he further
said: when the Republicans tell you that
there is going to be great profit in the
exploitation Of the philippine islands, you
tell them that every dollar of money sent
from this country to exploit the Philippine
islands will be taken out of the available
money of this country for the establish
ment of industries here. and every time we
send over and establish big plant there
we make it less likely that big plant will
be established here, and If we allow those
people to come over here they will bring in
their Oriental manners and we will have
the same question on hand that we had in
the Chinese question
BRYAN SCORES A REPUBLICAN.
Mr.. Bryan reached Auburn at $50 and
spoke to several thousand people in Seward
square. The stand from which he addressed
his audience was SO located as to cause
him to face the bronze statue of William
H. Seward, from whom the square takes
its name. During his speech Mr. Bryan
made an incidental reference TO Mr.. Sew
ard while speaking OF a political resident
Of the city named Metcalf. who is the head
OF a large agricultural implement manu-
featuring company located at that place
Referring to Mr.. Metcalf. Mr.. Bryan said
II have had my attention called to the
fact that you have here great manu-
featuring plant and that at the head of
Il stands a man by the name OF Metcalf
Mr. Metcalf is reported in your Republican
paper as saying that In the event of my
election the plant will be closed. I want
to tell you to-day that the argument Of the
Republican party is not based on human
rights. but 1t IS based merely on CONNER
cialism and on business. There" he said,
pointing to the statue of Seward. stands
the statue OF the greatest man your city
produced until Mr.. Metcalf arose. and there
is the finger pointing upward. and I believe
on the pedestal you will find Ainscrip-
ton. There is a higher law. ~ 1xhs