The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-15
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN OPENED
THE CAMPAIGN IN COLUMBUS
YESTERDAY
GATITLED TO The OHIO VOTE
WHY DEMOCRACY SHOULD APPEAL
TO CITIZENS OF THE BUCK
EYE STATE
AS TO THE FULL DINNER PAIL
Candidate Predicted That the Re.
pubIicans Would Drop That Ar
gument Before the NOvem-
ber Election.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept 14-The Ohio
Democrats opened their campaign here
today with meeting IN the afternoon
at Goodale park and In the evening at
the Goodale Auditorium. The Democratic
presidential candidate, William J. Bryan,
made speeches at both meetings and
there was a large attendance of Demo-
cratic leaders from all parts of the state.
Previous to the afternoon meeting Mr..
Bryan was rendered a reception at the
Great Southern hotel, and he was es-
corted to the park by a number of sta1e
marching clubs, including the DuckWorth
club, of Cincinnati.
Col. James k<ilbourn, a manufacturer
of prominence, presided at the meeting
and introduced the candidate and said
that. the latter had been nominated with
out the add and against the wishes of the
would-be bosses of the party.
Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour and a
quarter and he appeared in good condi-
ton, despite his loss of sleep last night.
His audience numbered many thousand
people and they gave close attention as
was a general review of the political
situation and it was evidently intended
to set the pace for the campaign in
Ohio. He began with a reference to To-
cal conditions, touching briefly near the
outset upon the stand taken in behalf Of
the Democracy by Mayor Jones, of To-
ledo. and then launched into national
affairs regardless of local coloring De-
claring that he believed the Democratic
ticket entitled to the electoral vote of
Ohio Mr.. Bryan said:
MR.. BRYANS ADDRESS.
Measured by the principles for which
the party stands, there is every reason
why the people of this state should sup
port our ticket and if any feel like be-
ing restrained by matter of state
pride you should remember that you have
had presidents enough for this state to
satisfy any reasonable pride, and then
one term is long enough if a man does
what he ought to, and If he does not, it
IS too long.
1--WE have as our chairman today man
who is a representative of the manufac
turing interests of the state and nation
1t is Col. Kilbourn. If Col Ki. .bourn
is not afraid to trust his business under
a Democratic administration some of the
lesser lights need not worry so much
while we have a representative of the
business interests as a presiding officer
and one whose business is sufficiently
large to make him a representative of
the larger interests, I found as I ap-
preached the state that we also have
oil other men, who sticks for the labor
ing interests Of the state, Mayor Jones.
of Toledo Great applause and cheering)
There is no man in this state who stands
nearer to the labor:ng man than Mayor
Jones' He docs not support the ticket
because he advocates everything that I
do; nor because I advocate everything
that he does. But he believes that the
success of the Democratic party or of the
principles of this campaign will do more
for the laboring man than can be done
by the success of the Republican partv
and its principles in this state
Il don't know whether Mayor Jones
agrees with me on the silver question
or not. 1 don't know whether he Is
an advocate of the gold standard or not
But do know that he would rather see
eAO SO4Heh uIe put INTO operation In
our international policy than to have q
gold standard in the country (An-
plause.)
Declaring that the Democratic marty
had taken no backward step. Mr. RrvaT
charged that the Republicans had won
the campaign of 1896 under the false nra.
ter4se of wanting international bimetal-
ism, but, notwithstanding this fact, the
Republican party was, he said, now try
h1g to make the financial question the
paramount issue Of the campaign.
DEMOCRACY sTEADFAsT
THE Democratic party" he said
stands today for the principles that
drew together six millions and a half Of
Fotes IN 1896, but 1t adds to its platform
to cover new questions
Referring to the full dinner pait,, Mr.
Bryan predicted that it would not Ia #
through the campaign I'm the 6rst
place." he said, "the Republicans WIN
meet every argument made bv the In.
porlng men with a fun dinner pail in
stIts the laboring man because he as
stomach" Gil
He He continued on this line as follows.
The president said in his letter Of ao'
ceptance that the IaboIing man wants az .
snort DAY instead of short dollar Wen
my friends, If 1 had a blackhoard ber1, be,1,
l would just write three things on thaf
blackboard. l would write first of eli
that the laboring man wants a short dsV.
then i would write under it that a Re-
publican senate refused to pass an eiotf
hour law; and then 1 would write lin
der that, sounding brass and a tinl5lino
cymbal.' applause. If the laboring ma4
wants arbitration as a means of settIinp
danerences between labor and capital he
IS TOD that as long as he has a full ne9l
ne does not need anything else If the
Iaporlng man protests against govern
hent by Injunction the only answer he
gets is "a full dinner pail If the labor
IlS man points out that the Republican
party mas been in power for four years
Snu mas made no effort to protect the la
noI-hS man from government by ini1nc-
appetite. ei'l'e"i - h1s
my friends, if the Republican nartv
wants TO make its full dinner pail areu.
nent let It go into the anthracite coal
regions. Where the operatives get less
tnan S299 year. This morning's paper
this mornings Republican paper con-
talns the statement that the wages n9id
10 miners VIII, in some instances. aver.
sge less than $3.50 year. Why ~ nv M
trends, that Will not give the laborinS
man one full dinner pail day. and he
ought TO have three. (Applause.) I an
aIrald that when the Republican, nart1
#!S not looking, the lid Of that dfnnsy
Pc Y new OF and some coal got into tT9c
p0 :ket, ana understand il is coal thaI
w lghs nearly twice as much per ton as
Tn law requires, and the Republican