The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-01
His First Speech at Toledo, Where He
Praised Mayor Jones for His
Alleged independence.
FULL DINNER PAIL DERIDED
EFFORT TO RIDICULE REPUBLICAN
PROSPERITY ARGUMENTS.
PranLish Boys Arrested by Jones's
POlicemen-Meeting in Gin
cinnati at Night.

presidential candidate, w. j. Bryan, made
the first speech here tonight that he has
made i'm this city during the present cam
paign. He arrived on a special train at 8
o'clock tonight and went direct TO Music
Hall, where he talked for an hour. Hon.
Jpdson Harmon, formerly attorney
general under President Cleveland,
presided at the meeting. and there
were many other leading Demo-
Gratis present. The doors were opened
at p. m, but more than enough 10 fill the
hall were present before o'clock. The day
was spent entirely in this State and the
itinerary covered the country between this
city and Toledo. Beginning with an hour S
speech at Toledo at 10 o'clock this MORN
ing. Mr.. Bryan spoke In succession at
Wauseon. Napoleon. Ottawa. Lima, Wapa-
koneta, Sydney. Piqua, Troy, Dayton.
Hamilton and College Corner. With the ex-
ception of the Toledo speech none of the
others of the day exceeded twenty-five
minutes in length and six of them were
of only five minutes duration each. A ma
Jority of the places where stops were
made were small towns. and a rule the
crowds were not large. There were, how
ever. fine audiences at Toledo. Wauseon.
Piqua. Dayton and College Corner as well
as here.
Mr. Bryan's address at Toledo this morn
ing was delivered in Armory Park. Mayor
Golden Rule) Jones spoke first. He urged
on his hearers the importance of allowing
their votes to represent their conscientious
opinions. Whoever was elected he felt
sure the country would go on as it had been
going AS for himself. ne was following his
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There was considerable applause and also
some Kisses during the mayors address.
While Mr.. Jones was talking fifty or sixty
schoolboys congregated together in a part
of the park separate from the main crowd
and kept up such clamor that II became
necessary for the police to dispense them.
PROUD OF JONES.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by Mayor
Jones and he said he was proud to be pre-
sented by man 10 whom duty was high
er consideration than any party. Taking
up the question of nonpartisanship, Mr..
Bryan said that not only were former Re-
publicans coming over. but that Gold DEM
ocrats were coming back. This, he said,
was the natural result of political condi-
tons and of the Republican partys persist
ent disregard of the rights of the people at
large.
Mr.. Bryan gave considerable time to the
plea of prosperity. On that subject he said:
1.-The Republican party has failed in this
campaign and am going to show you how
one proposition after another put forth
by the Republicans has failed to meet with
q response from the people. When this
campaign opened up the ope cry was that
the country was prosperous; that the Re-
publican party had made IL so, and that to
keep IL so the Republican party must be
Lon in "a ana fafn md
10 represent that they had a full dinner
pail painted on their banners. The full din
ner pail II they wanted to paint that full
dinner pail as IL looks they would paint on
their banners the worst battered, most
beaten End most ot-full-of-holes dinner
pail thai was ever seen. Let me tell you
why the full dinner pail argument failed.
First, because every man has a full dinner
pail. They went on the theory that the
laboring man had not a full dinner pail.
but the anthracite coal strike opened the
eyes of the people 10 the failure of that
Republican argument, for down there in
the anthracite coal regions the strike
much as they ought to and paid twice as
much for powder they should. / would
be willing TO let this campaign be decided
on the full dinner pail argument but ]
would ask the laboring men who vote yes
or no on this proposition If they are salts
fed with the present condition and want
them to continue just as they are. would
be perfectly willing to vote upon that ar
gument, but before they vote / want them
to go to the sweatshops and ask them.
selves whether that is prosperity, and II
not true that the laboring men of this
country are receiving their fair share OF
the wealth that they produce. That is one
reason why the full dinner pail argumen,
fails"
Mr.. Bryan then took up the question OF
trusts declaring that the utterances OF
President Mckinley and Governor Roose-
Welt would show them TO be more interested
in protecting what they call the good
trusts than in suppressng the bad trusts
He said that if times got hard the corpora
tons would cut down wages rather thar
reduce their dividends. He would make /,
impossible for private monopoly to live
under the American flag, and If elected
President all the power invested in the ex.
ecutive should be used to that end That
sentiment was vigorously cheered and there
were cries of Bravo
Speaking of the standing army, Mr.. Bry.
an declared that IL the Republican ticket
is elected there never would be a smaller
standing army than at present He de.
clared that the Republicans were not pre-.
pard TO defend their foreign policy and he
gave the following as a resume of all the
Republican speeches on the Philippine ques
ton
we are sorry We nave the Philippine
islands They came TO us by accident. We
are sorry We have them, but We cannot IL
go OF them. Ii looks as If God had sent Us
there; IL looks as IL we were following the
leadings of a divine hand, and, besides
there's money in it,
That, he said, was the gist of all the Re.
publican speeches on the subject. He de-
clared that IL was neither righteous mol
wise 10 coerce the Filipinos and he
thanked God that he had so firmly taker
the ground that that which is wise and
| right cannot be torn asunder ASSERTING
that the President was exceeding the pow.
ers conferred by the Constitution Mr.
Bryan said: Our Constitution creates tho
President. and ne shall not outgrow hi.
creator"
In concluding his speech at Toledo Mr.
Bryan said: I'm your own city your mayo
had to choose between the Republica.
party and the golden rule, and he left III.
Republican party in order to stand by tn,
| golden rule. Monnett, who was your ar
torney general, who tried 10 fulfill his dut,
and carry out the laws and prosecute IN,
trusts. was driven out OF his party by m,
| trusts that controlled the party He has
Ia choose between his convictions and tn.
Republican party and he left the party AM
carried his convictions with him. You Re
publicans have boosted that you lovee
Abraham Lincoln. II you love the prin
| ciples OF Lincoln compare them with TN.
practices OF Hanna and see what a chang,
you have 10 make I'm your ideas TO fol
low the Republican party now
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