Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-18


rejected the matter would still have
been in the hands of the president, so
4 lar as this country was concerned;
that he believed it better to ratify the
| treaty and leave Americans to deal
with the Filipinos than to have the
i Spantards deal with them. He de-
clared that the treaty had not COM
ferred upon the United States the title
to the Philippines. and said:
We can now do what the republican
party ought to have done. and our
] platform declares that we shall do 1t.
have said that the first act of my adj
ministration will be to call congress to-
gether and ask 1T to do now what it
ought to have done year and a half
/ ago.
In closing Colonel Bryan said that
instead of desiring the nation to be
ever ready to resort to force he wanted
! 1T to be peacemaker among nations.
Then" he said, we can claim the
reward promised to the peacemakers
and say blessed are the peacemakers,
| for they shall be called the children Of
God.' -
Colonel Bryan concluded his speech
and fifteen minutes. The crowd rose
and cheered as he left the platform in
company with Mr.. Croker
Al al No Attraction.
The applause for Colonel Bryan as
he went away blended with that for.
\ Adlai f. Stevenson as he arose to
! speak. The cheers died out and the
noise of the crowd getting out pre-
vented MIR. Stevenson from speaking.
Three minutes after Colonel Bryan left
there We're vacant seats all over the
/ building. Mr. Stevenson began speak
| ing, but his voice could not be heard
al a halt ~
people left. Frequent attempts were
made by Chairman Shepard and Mr..
Stevenson to stop the exit and quiet
the audience, but they were unavail-
able. A few crowded close to the
stand to hear him above the noise, and
he was cheered family.
Mr.. Stevenson's speech was devoted
exclusively to discussion of impe-
rialism. He was followed by Webster
Davis, Mayor Jones OF Toledo and
John b. Stanchheld, democratic candi.
date for governor of New York
Oth,r Big Rallies.
Twenty thousand people We're assem-
bled in the vicinity of Madison avenue
and Twenty fourth streets when Mr..
Bryan arrived. The candidate was
given tremendous ovation. He spoke
briefly The party then drove to Tam
many hall through streets lined with
cheering tHouSallQS. MI. Bryan de-
liNered a speech OF some length, in
which he expressed appreciation of the
work that is being done by the Tam
many organization. He dwelt upon inn
perialism and other issues of the CAM
paign.
The last meeting of the night was
held at Cooper Union. His appearance
upon the platform was the signal for
one of the most enthusiastic greetings
ever accorded to any one man in Coop
err Union.
Mr.. Bryan will begin a four days
tour of the state this morning.
Tou, of the State.
The remainder of the week will be as
trying to Mr. Bryan as the program
cut out for him by Tammany for to-
night.
He will start from the Grand Central
station on Wednesday in q private car
ON a special train, which will zig-zag
It's way through the Empire state to
Lake Erie and half way back again,
striking into the most remote counties
reached by rail.
He will first go up the Hudson valley,
speaking at Yonkers. Tarrytown, Sing
Sing and Peellskill and later at Cold
Spring and Fishkill. Then he will cross
the Hudson river to Newburg on the
west bank. This is the home of Benja-
min Il. Odel, the republican candidate
for governor, but before Mr.. Odell's
time 1t was used by the revolutionary
army as a basis from which to operate
against the British.
Crossing the river at Newburg, Mr..
Bryan's next stops will be at Pough-
keepsie and Hudson. At night he will
be back in Albany, and will address a
great meeting organized by David B.
HIN. This will terminate the first day.
of Mr.. Bryans tour. He will on Thurs
day devote most of his time to the in
dustrial cities in the Mohawk valley,
speaking first at Schenectady, then at
Amsterdam and then at Fonda, Johns
town and GloNcrsvile, in Fulton coun-
ty. He will make short stops at Fort
Plain, Little Falls, Herkimer, Ilion and
Utica Meetings have been arranged
for him at Rome, Oneida. Canastot, Ca
natosta and Dewitt and he will make
no stop at Syracuse in passing through
that city en- route to these smaller
places. He will go from Dewitt to
Oswego, to which place trains Will be
run from all over northern New York.
lie will speak at Oswego thirty minutes
and, returning, Will address meetings
at Syracuse at night.
on Friday Mr.. Bryan will dip down
into the middle counties of western
New York. returning to the main line
OF the New York Central in time for a
great meeting in Rochester at night,
Where he will wind up the days cam
paigning.
Leaving Rochester at O'Clock on
Saturday morning. the Bryan train
VIII reach Elmira. the home of John u.
Stanchtield. at 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing. He Will next be heard at Corning
and Bath, in Steuben county, and will
visit adjoining counties in the SOUTH
western section of the state He will
| be IN Buffalo early Saturday evening.
IN time to address a number of meet
ings that have been arranged for him
there. This will end his first tour of
New York state
| Mr.. Bryan will return to New York
city on October 81. just after Governor
Roosevelt has had his reception in
Madison Square garden, and, after
speaking in this city, he will visit the
counties necessarily omitted on his first
| trip.
From New York Mr. Bryan will then
go through New Jersey, Delaware.
maryland, West Virginia and Ohio.
AdIai i'm New York.
New York. Oct 16.-The train on
which Stevenson journeyed from Cam
.en to Jersey City made short stops
t Burlington, Bordentown, Trenton
nd New York. At the latter Steven
IN made a four-minute speech Stew
hson arrived at the Hoffman house