Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-20
Mr.. BRYAN TALKS AT
The HOME OF SEWARD
Continued from Page I.

cannot do business under a Democr,.,,
administration, / want you to remen,o
per mat we Will have just as many
farmers here under a Democrats Az
ministration as we have under Re-
publican administration, and thew viii
nave TO use agricultural implement.
anc somebody will have to make them.
nno II tnese men tell you they are 60,
ing 20 let other people do the work and
make the implements for the farmer
because they won't do work under n
democratic Administration, l want Won
20 read their charter and see if YOU
t timu IN It anything that authorizes
can Administration, but forbids them
ooing SO under Il Democratic Admins
| tration.'
GENERAL TRUST QUESTIONS.
Entering then upon the discussion of
general trust questions Mr. Bryan said:
peileve the time has come when the
corporation should be compelled to
Keep It's hands out of politics and at
tenu 10 It's own business for which 1t
was organized. l am not willing that
the independence of the citizens should
pc destroyed and If it is right for this
company to coerce it's employees 1t
must be on the theory that a man who
stands at the head of corporation
mas right to the votes of his en-
ployees. and If he had then let us have
law enabling MIR. Metcalf to vote as
many times as he has employees, so
that none of the employees will get
away from him. But IL the vote be-
longs to the citizen then let us have
law that will make 1t a penitentiary
oflense for man to try to rob an
other man OF his citizenship because
ne works for him. I want you who
labor TO understand that when you
work you give the man who employs
you full recompense for what he pays
you. for If you did not he would not
employ you. They go on the theory
that a man who works for another
man ought to be under great obiga-
tons for job. Why. my friends. Mr.
Metcalf would not employ one single
man IL this man could not make
enough to make his own wages and
pay him for employing him. Then you
give full return for all that you get.
why should not you have your citizen
ship as your own, and why don't you
resent this damna BILE insult that is be-
coming too common in American poll
tics?"
OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
In his Auburn speech Mr.. BRYAN
dwelt at considerable length upon his
theory that the Republican party Is
manifesting n tendency towards n
change of our form or government,
and in this connection said
MT. Hanna said the other day that
you ought not to swap horses while
crossing a. stream. What sacrilege for
Hanna to quote any word that Abra-
ham Lincoln uttered? But MIR. Hanna.
in applying Lincolns remark to-day.
has mistaken the body of water. We
are not crossing n stream. The Repub-
ucan party is trying to cross an ocean
and get back onto European ground.
where the ideas originated"
PRESENT CONDITIONS.
Mr.. Bryan also quoted an extract
from local Republican paper telling
of farm which 'hau been sold for
$3.50 an acre. while II had been assessed
for SIG an acre. Commenting upon this
extract, Mr.. Bryan said. derisively:
Farmers. now vote to keep present
conditions. They are so satisfactory
that you cannot sell your land for half
what 1t is assessed for taxes. Go out
and find what per cent. of taxation is
levied on your large factories and see
IL they are assessed for more than
twice what they will call for at public
auction. If these conditions are sat
isfactory, let every one who believes 1t
vote the Republican, ticket, bo Use all
Republicans tell you that TIL, main
tain present conditions"
The speech was apparently we'll re-
ceived.