The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-31

each Of these places, the principal one
being at the Nelson opera house He
began his speech there at 10 o'clock, be-
York"
Mr. Bryan arrived at jamestown at
4.30 and q stop of about two hours was
made Mr.. Bryan made only a brief
speech. but his principal address was
made at Celeron, three miles distant, or.
Lake Chautauqua- He was escorted to
that resort by a local committee. The
mode Of conveyance was q trolley car
w lille the trolley trip was in progress
a heavy rain storm came I'D and when
Mr.. Bryan alighted from the car he
found himself in q very wet atmosphere.
He was soon, however, under shelter in
the large Auditorium where he made his
speech This building holds several
thousand and every available bit Of
space was occupied Mr.. Bryan was en-
Enthusiastically received when he entered
the han, and the speech was frequently
applauded as it progressed. Ee began
with a. discussion of the question OF
prosperity. denying that there is q gen
era1 prosperity as has been claimed On
that subject he said in part:
GO to your sweat shops if you will
and talk of prosperity to those who
and talk prosperity to a laboring man
who has to send his boys and girls away
from home when they ought to be in
school. Talk to him about prosperity.
You want to keep conditions just as
they are Why. conditions today are
such that the men who produce wealth
are getting each year a smaller per
centage of the wealth they produce
while the Spectator is getting a larger
and larger share of the country
wealth
Giving his remedy for trusts. Mr.
Bryan said ne would take the tariff off
| of every trust made article, as one
means Of preventing the formation OF
trust combinations
in favor of protection. Your votes show
that your country has been largely de-
voted to q protective tariff. But how
can any man defend protective tarlLE
/ when a trust hides behind it and plum
I ders the American citizen and then
treats foreign nations more kindly than
the home country
In closing, Mr. Bryan said:
7 believe from what I have seen IN
/ this state that the Democracy OF this
| state are united for victory. You have
| had I'D here in this section your dis
/ tinguished ex-senator and it is not nee
| essary for me to make a. speech in the
I parts of the state where Mr. Hill has
/ discussed the issues or the campaign
/ You viii find down in New York your
/ people are united there In New York
4 city. in Brooklyn, all over this state
4 they are fighting. and they are deter
mined that in this contest between an
1 American idea and a European idea,
| New York shall be on the side OF the
United States and not on the side OF
/ Europe"
Mr.. Bryan's audience at Cuba was
| composed largely Of men and nOtWlJn-
/ standing that rain fell during the entire
| time he was speaking he held on 70
! the end. There was close attention ana
| frequent though not general applause
I He again discussed the trusts and the
| army question but took occasion 70 ex-
| plain why the subject of the finances
! was not receiving more attention at ms
| hands On that point he said;
/ I'm order that no Republican may so
/ and say that I did not say anything on
! the money question l want 70 teI YOU
| there are two reasons why We 90 nor
/ spAnd orr time ia king about the queS-
/ lions Of 1896. The first reason IS ThaE our
| platform sets forth the party : position
| - f7af eax-er1-Fodv can 90 to the plat
| form and find out just where our party
stands but you can net say ina g; q 4b 5lT
the Republicans have done 50 mucn since
! 1895 that was bad that they keep US
/ bus fndfcting them for high crimes and
/ mfsderueanors committed II the last ne
| years and a half and we are not gong
1 10 abandon our contest against them on
! new issues merely because they are not
/ prepared TO defend thelr record OF the
| last three years and a half
/ Mr.. Bryan was introduced to the large
audience which assembled at the ralIro,td
! station to welcome him to Wellsv1lle by
| Manton Marble Wyviei- Mr. Wyviel IS a
] crornei university Mr. Bryan met him
/ upon the occasion Of his visit to ithaca
on his first tour Of the state and took such
! a fancy to the young man that he invited
| him 10 make this tour with him IN re-
! spending to the introduction Whleh VS.
/ gracefully delivered. Mr.. Bryan said that
] he was pleased to be presented BY the
/ Young man and then he came nearer de-
| livering a lecture on the aspirations and
/ possibilities of young manhood than to
/ he wanted this government to be 50 good
/ that any young man in it could aspire
4 to the highest position in either pol5lcs
] or business and that he was not willing
that it should be government Tor cor
/ While Mr.. Bryan was speaking at Wells
/ Vile two boys one OF them much larger
| the large one struck the smaller one with
I his fist When Mr.. Bryan had stopped
I begun Mr. Bryan walked across the plat
/ form of the car and called for the BOY
| who had received the blow, saving that
/ he wanted to shake hands with a young
ster who had become victim OF the
| policy Of force The boy seemed to forget
/ his affiction in the handshaking and when
Mr.. Bryan handed him rose from. a
| cup of joy seemed quite complete.
| In speech at Olean Mr.. Bryan again
| talked TO an audience composed almost
| exclusively of men, and among them were
/ a great many laborers- The crowd was
| large and the reception cordial, not 70 say
/ enthusiastic. He again referred to the
| charges that he was evading the old is
! sues and spoke at some length IN explain
/ alton of his course and that of his party
in the campaign. Mr. Bryan spoke for
4 about forty minutes at Salamanca and
< while he was speaking Mrs. Bryan was
entertained by a. committee Of ladies' The
| degree of enthusiasm was manifested. IN
/ PRODUCING his speech Mr.. Bryan made an
| appeal for Republican votes He said:
I mo one makes q greater mistake than
/ the man who assumes that any large
/ number of the people desire bad govern
Tnent and no one makes a greater mis-
take than the man who assumes that any
| large number of people lack patriotism.
You remember the campaign of 1885, and
| you remember how deeply the people were
/ stirred and you remember that those who
/ were with me in the campaign were call
/ ed all sorts Of names and myself did
| not escape: and yet within two years af-
ter that campaign a war broke out. and
| the president asked for volunteers and
| the people responded. and I think it IS
| safe to say that more men responded who
/ voted for me than responded who voted
| for the president There you found po-
HticaI differences forgotten and I think
! II is safe to say that in every company
/ and in every regiment we found men
/ differing in politics. but loving their