The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-18
PHENOMENAL
In Size and Enthusiasm We're
the Crowds
That Turned Out to Hear Bryan
at Albany and Troy.

addressed during the campaign. AL
Hudson he spoke to a gathering of bust
ness people of all classes; at Troy to the
capacity of an opera house and with an
overflow meeting of collar factory and
laundry employees; at NdechanicsviIle to
railroad people; at CohoeS to the mass
of the employees of the cotton and WOOL
en- mills and at Albany to two immense
meetings, one in the opera house and
one outside composed of the best ele-
ment of the city. The great meetings
of this trip were held at Troy, the home
of ex-senator Murphy and Albany, the
home of ex-senator Hill Mr.. Hill is
absent in the west. At both Troy and
Albany the meetings were phenomenal
" large and enthusiastic, immense
Overf1ows having to be held to accom-
modate those who desired to see or hear
Mr. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan alluded to many things
which he has not mentioned at many
other places during the campaign.
At Hudson he said:
IT believe that Mexico is far better
off because we took our flag down from
the capital when the Mexican war was
over and brought it back to the Rio
Grande. I think Mexico is better today
and we are better than if we held car
pet bag government in place there by
means of bayOnetS and think that self
government in Mexico, half Spanish and
half Indian, has developed the people
more and has brought them further than
would have been the case had we held
them under our domain and if you doubt
it look at Mexico and compare Mexico
with India. Under 80 years of self-gov-
eminent Mexico has made more progress
than India has made in $50 years, Op-
pressed by an Anglo-Saxon soIdiery
They only have 100, 900 English in India
out of 300 million, and it takes an army
of 10000 British soldiers to take care of
the British population and 1t takes a ma
tive army Of 100000 to help the British
army of 70, 900 in it's work of protection"
At Troy he said:
Il know that you are a persevering
people, for in this town you gave me
majority four years ago, and your zeal
seems to have lasted for four years.
At Cohoes Mr.. Bryan said:
''I recall a trip here only three years
ago, and I remember your cordial greet
ing at that time and I was much i'm
pressed by the falls that have been of so
much value to your industries. have
been sorry to hear that water has been
scarce in the Mohawk and I suppose
that if the Republican party can claim
credit for the abundance of rain in the
west it is responsible for the lack Of wa
ter here. Certainly it is poor rule that
does not work both ways, and if farm
er ought to vote the Republican ticket
because he got rain you ought to vote
the Democratic ticket because you did
not get any here.
1--WE will soon find the army here de-
handing the punishment of an inno-
cent man, as the army in France de-
manded the punishment of lDreyfus.
man so innocent that the president felt
that he must pardon as soon he was
convicted because of the outraged sense
of Justice expressed throughout the
world"
He paid a high tribute to Lafayette
and his service to the American colonies
in their war of freedom, and spoke Of the
gift of the statue of liberty in New York
harbor from the people of the French
republic and asked: Shall We take that
statue down and send 1t back to France
and tell the people of France that we
hug a
Shall we send over to England and get
statue of William the Conqueror and
place it in New York harbor to indicate
the change that has taken place IN our
Al Albany. meetings were not gun as
promptly as some that had taken place
elsewhere. a parade keeping the assem-
blages in the street and theater waiting
The theater was filed to repletion and
Mr. Bryan's attention. Mr.. Bryans voice
showed palpable signs of wear. He said
Il remember in 1896. your state Repub-
Hcan convention adopted a platform some
government shall be conducted by bust
ness men on business principles ana IN
the country or words to that effect, but
the trouble is that the men who talk that
way so limit definition of a business man
that very few are Included Is farmer
a business MANI Wen, tn1nk not ne
does work. That is all he does. he
Commences in the. morning and works all
days, commences in the spring and WORKS
a1i he Is able to show enough as the
result of his labor to realize a small per
is doing well. But he is no business man
Who is? The business man who goes on
board of trade at o'clock ana MAKES
before noon betting on the price Of What
the farmer raises more than the farmer
can make raising It. Is the la6orlng man
a business MANI No. he simply converts
raw material into finished products he
is not a business man. Who Isl me man
who trades in what this producer pro-
d11ces I believe that every man who by
his muscle or his brain adds to the great
tion is a business man and [ believe cleo
ton day is the most important business
.!The Republican party. goes on the
theory that society is built from the top
They say take care OF the well 70 90 anQ
well to do, and when you tell them OF the
story of Lazarus and Dives they say:
what a lucky man Lazarus was to have
a Dives near so he could get the crumbs
that fell from Dives table A man in
of the labOring man and the FARMER de-
nended 1Inon the prosperity of the banker
and the business man. He got 1t just
reversed. The prosperity of the business
man depends upon the prosperity of the
farmer and the laboring man for until
wealth is produced there IS no wealth to
they built a house as they built society
xvlI0Id build the roof first and then hang
The boI1se to the roof They go on the
theory that a man who has place to
~ his eHnnIover No man srnployes an
other unless the man employed can make
enough to pay his own wages and a pro-
fit besides TO the man who employs him.
And vet when election day comes the en-
ployer sometimes thinks that the man
who works for him sells his Citizenship
when he sells his labor. And often the
employer tries to coerce the laboring man.
If It is right for an employer to vote the
vote of his employee, then I insist that
the law should be changed so as to give
every employer as many votes as he has
employees As it is now they sometimes
get away and if the vote belongs to the
citizen and not the employer then every
citizen who prizes his ballot and appre-
GATES the responsibility of citizenship
should speak out against the intimidation
that is often practised against those who
are in the employ of others
Mr.. Bryan then took up the questions
of trusts and militarism along the usual
lines He called attention to Governor
Rooseve1ts argument that the people