Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-25
GREAT CROWDS GREET
BRYAN IN MARYLAND
Heavy Rain Could Not Diminisl
Their Size or Dampen Their
Enthusiasm.
OLD TIME LEADERS ON PLATFORM
Former Political and Personal Encmlc,
lutte to Give Dcmocracy's Leader u
Cordial Welcome to My Mary
lnnd"-Paris Treaty.

Baltimore. oct. 25.--William j. Bryan
| devoted the entire day to speech maxi
| Ing in Maryland, speaking iii success
sion at Rockville. Frederick Bruce
| Vile. Onion bridge New Windsor,
| Westminster. Gilyndon and In this city
| In the evening. The Rockville meetings
WAS the only one of the day that was
not marred by rain. ON account of the
| doWnpour most OF the meetings We're
| cut short, but the crowds in each case
! remained until MIR. Bryan had conclud-
ed his remarks.
1 The greeting extended Mn Bryan on
! his arrival here in the evening and dur
| ing the meetings held inside and out
| side OF Music hall, was limited in NUM-
| befs only by the capacity OF the places
In which the meetings We're held, and
| In enthusiasm only by the power of the
\ immense crowd To give expression to 1t.
III was raining gently but steadily
when the special train bearing the
democratic presidential candidate
pulled into the Onion station an hour
\ late but this did not prevent the as
senbling OF a crowd of fully 10, 600 peo-
4 Pie about the depot. A parade was
formed and Mr. Bryan drove at it's
1 head to the hotel lsennert where he
| dined with several democratic leaders.
| including former United States Sena-
tor Arthur y. German Gov. Waiter
Smith and Mayor Hayes, of this city.
First Baltimore speech.
Mir. Bryan's first speech was made on
the platform erected outside Music hall
and the plaza surrounding the stand
\ was crowded as far back as MIR. Bry-
\ ans voice could possibly be heard. He
was introduced by Mayor Hayes, and
| said in part:
III you believe that a private mo-
nopoly is blessing to this country,
| vote the republican tisset and you will
get all the blessing you want
III you believe {, private monopoly
is bad, vote our ticket, and all the
power that the executive has will DO
employed to make it Impossible for u
single private monopoly to exist in the
United States.
IF you believe in large standing
army, vote the republican ticket and
You Will get a large army. We want a
small army and then want to make the
government so good that every citizen
Will be soldier when necessary to
preserve the government and its bless
nss to posterity
III you believe in the colonial policy
administered Ny England and now be-
ing administered by the United States
IN Porto Rico and administered i'm the
Philippines, vote the republican ticket
But if You believe in the Declaration of
Independence, vote our ticket.
The Threat to Discharge
III man threatens to discharge you
because YOU vote the democratic ticket.
tell him that if this country is a. pros
porous as republicans say 1t is YOU
ought TO have no trouble In getting am
other Job And, my friends. IL condi-
lions arc such that Il man having en-
pioyinent docs not so where he can get
another job, If he loses his present lob.
then conditions are nothing TO brag of
i'm this country Do not stop when YOU.
have voted the electoral ticket, but
vote to send democrats to congress to
carry out the democratic plans
When the evening of election comes
l shall listen for the returns from this
state, and ! hope that the returns will
be such that | can sing Maryland, MY
Maryland
Inside the hall the scene was an in
spring one. Every inch of space was
packed with sweltciing. cheering, jos
thing humanity. On the stage were
nearly all of the old time leaders of
the party in the state. including eX-
Governor Whyte and former Senator
German, who have not thus affiliated
for more than Il decade.
Mr.. Bryan covered the issues of the
campaign. and upon the conclusion of
his address was driven to the steamer
Cambridge, upon which he will go to
Claiborne, and thence on flying trip
through the eastern shore of Maryland,
On the Paris Treaty.
Frederick Md, Oct. 25.-During his
speech at Frederick some one in the
crowd. evidently not we'll informed.
asked Mr.. Bryan Why he had signed
the Paris treaty.
III did not sign it, replied Mr. Bryan.
i was not president and there would
have been no such treaty signed if /
had been president.
He then took occasion to explain his
participation in the matter of the rat
ification of the treaty, and said he had
no apologies to make for it. Continu-
ing his address, Mr. Bryan said:
I'm this town there is a monument
reared to man who wrote The Star
Spangled Banner Do you know that
when you vote for q colonial policy YOU
Vote TO destroy that as the national
hymn? A Filipino cannot sing The
Star Spangled Banner"
After leaving Frederick Mr.. BRYAN
made five and ten-mnute stops at
Bruceville, Union Bridge, New Wind
sor, Glyndon and Westminster
Not His Highest Ambition.
Washington, Oct. 25.-W. j. BRYAN
arrived at the national capital at this
morning from West Virginia. About
LOCO people We're at the station to greet
him. In company With eX-Judge Will
liam M. Springer. Bryan was driven to
the residence of the Judge for break
fast. Al . Bryan went to the Balti-
more and Ohio depot, where he made a
brief speech on Imperialism and civil
service. He closed with the statement
that it was not his highest ambition to
be president, but to make this govern
ment so good that to be private citi-
zen in this republic would be a greater
honor than to be a king in amy other
nation"
At the conclusion of his speech he
left on a special train for Rockville.
where he made the first of series of
speeches in the tour of Maryland
towns.
Other Campaign Issues.
In his Charleston speech Mr.. Bryan
spoke of the other issues, aside from
the race question. involved in the cam
pitign. He charged the republican par
ty with Il failure to meet these issues
and said
When they want to excuse a war of
conquest in the Philippines they saw
they are in partnership with the all
mighty, but | want you to notice this
Thing. that While they claim 10 be si-
lent partners with the almighty, the
republicans. instead of being silent
Wasted I.fFnrte