The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-14

nave 1t because Of our foreign policy.
But there is a domestic reason, and
that domestic reason has its influence
with the holds of great syndicates of
this country. They tell you, If you viii
ask them in confidence, that they want
a bigger army for domestic purposes,
to preserve order and TO enforce the
law, but the object is to build a fort
near each large city and have an army
present to suppress by force the dis
content that ought to be cured by leg
islation- That is the domestic reason
for large army.
At Sterling, where a brief stop was
made, sIr. Bryan was introduced to
gigantic man named Captain Bates,
said to be the largest man in America
Mr.. Bryan responded to the introduce
ton by saying to him:
You are the only man in this crowd
that can afford 10 adopt the theory
that big man can whip q little man
and 20 own him.
Candidates Want to Parade.
Mr.. Bryan arrived in Akron at 1870
and began his speech more than an
hour afterward. The intervening time
was spent in a parade through the
streets of Akron, which was partici-
pated in by clubs from Akron and sur
rounding cities. 1t was stated that
1,50O persons had applied for places
from Canton and Massii.on alone The
line of march was marked with red fire
and the discharge OF other fireworks.
Mr. Bryan was driven to the place Of
meeting in an open carriage drawn by
four milk-white horses. The speaking
occurred on a stand erected on Main
street at the rear of the Butchet house.
Ii was impossible to drive the carriage
nearer than $50 feet of the stand be
cause of the density of the crowd, and
1t took five minutes OF time to get him
through the throng to the stand When
he reached the stand he faced q multi
thorOUgnfare on Main street for two or
three blocks and extended into the cross
streets for quite d dlstance. Inc de-
monstratiOn was one of the greatest
ever seen during the campaign. Mr.
Bryan was.in fine voice, but it is safe
to say that not One-fOurth of the peO-
pie present were able to follow the
speech because of the immensely of the
crowd and the constant noise and con-
fusion. When Mr.. Bryan arose to
speak he was received With great
cheers. He took UP the trust question
at the outset, and almost every SEN
tence of the speech devoted to this sub
ject was loudly appIauded.
He said that when suits were brought
to dissolve trusts there were generally
threats of leaving the town.
suppose he went on, "a man be-
ing prosecuted for horse stealing should
threaten to leave the state if prose-
cuted. Would you stop the prosecution
on that account?"
He concluded by saying that the law
should be enforced whether il affected
large offenders or small offenders.
In his discussion of the necessity for
the enforcement of the antitrust law,
Mr.. Bryan referred to the presence on
the stand of Mayor Jones of Toledo,
and said:
Our mayor here from Toledo says
that is what he wants. The Republi-
can party is driving its best men out
of the party. Jones had to leave the
Republican party or else leave the
golden rule, and he left the party and
brought the rule with him. Monnett
had to leave the Republican party or
else surrender his convictions on the
trust question. so he left the Republi-
can party and brought his convictions
with him. And men have had to leave
the Republican party or else surrender
the Declaration OF Independence, and
they have left the party and brought
the declaration with them
When Mr.. Bryan concluded, Mayor
Jones was introduced and spoke brief
~. He was received with wild applause.
Mr.. Bryan viii remain here until Mon
day.
Cites Case of Monnett.
Mr.. Bryan referred in his Circleville
and Lancaster speeches to the efforts
of Attorney General MOnnett. At Cir
cleville he made that official the prin-
cipal theme of his discourse, saying:
There was a young Republican of
ability and character nominated for at
tOrney general of the state of Ohio.
When he entered upon the duties of his
Office he took an oath to perform these
duties to the best of his ability, and in
the course Of his duty he was called
upon to commence suit under the laws
of this state against a great private
monopoly, the Standard Oil company,
and as soon as he commenced suit the
company began its persecution and its
opposition.
1T first tried to brighten him out of
| doing his duty, then il tried to bride
him, and when it could neither brighten
nor bride, it went into the Republican
party and defeated him for doing his
duty.
I want to ask you parents whether
you want to hold before your sons the
ideal of the Republican party as it now
stands, where a young man like Non
nett must be driven out of the party
because he dares to defend the labOrer
the farmer and the business man from
the extOrtiOn Of money by the mOnOpO-
lies.
You fathers, can you afford to tell
your sons that it is better to betray a
trust than to do their duty? Can YOU
tell your sons that it is better for an
! American to violate his oath of office
than to risk the hostility of a great
/ corporation?
If Monnett can leave the RepubIi-
| lahoring man and the business man,
whose interests he tried to protect, af-
/ ford 20 leave the Republican party, or
| wiz you say that you are so welded 10
/ the Republican party that you would
I rather stay with the Republicans and
defend the nlOnOpOlies of this country
! than TO leave the Republican party
/ even for brief time in order to obtain
{ relief from them?
| Continuing, Mr.. Bryan said that this
opposition 10 The enforcement of laws
/ was not confined to the state of Ohio,
/ but was found also in the Republican
administration of the affairs of the ma
| ton. He contrasted the conduct of the
affairs of the nation with the conduct
/ of the legal business of his own state
| of Nebraska, where, he said, the Demo-
cratic attorney general was Obeying the
| law and prosecuting the trusts.
Chances to Be President.
! At Chillicothe Mr.. Bryan was intro
! duced as the next president and in re-
| Spouse he said;
If the people will get out TO the
polls as early as they seem to be able
/ to get out TO meetings, and Will show
| as much interest on election day as
| they are showing now, it is possible
/ that the prophecy may be fulfilled.
/ But il is in your hands and in the
| hands of others throughout this coun-
| try upon whom the responsibility of