New-York tribune., 1900-10-20


fore he bowed TO the dictatiOn of Wall street
nnd IL you defend him for changing his ar,fr
ron L VIII defend myself for not changing
mine Our platform ttins our oriuci,le-
The Republican party stood for bfmetaI-
hsm, but now IL Is for the gold standard
William J. Bryan Cornell students At Irb.cs
yesterday,
IEY TELEGRAPH THE rRrRuvrl
Rochester. N Y, Oct. 19.-Wflliann T Frva,
under the inquiries OF Cornell University stu
dents. to-day announced frankly at Ithaca thar
he had not changed his opinion that silver
should be admitted to free coinage at a ratio %
10 to l. College students seem to have the art
Of wrestling from Mr. Bryan those secrets OF hIs
pohtieal heart which he especially desires to
Keep hidden, for it the students OF Michigan
University. at Ann ArbOr who recently extorted q
from him another admission of his devotion to
the cause of the silver mine owners His decIara-
uon at Ann Arbor was; Il am for the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver without the aid or
| consent Of any other nation"
his similar declaration at ithaca to-day Is
given above Mr.. Bryan followed up his coinage
statement at Ithaca with an attack upon the
10id currency act, and thus Indicated beyond
doubt his intention to use his influence IL elected
PRESIDENT TO change that shield OF the gold
standard Mr.. Bryan had arrived at Ithaca
after making address of considerable length
at Auburn in which he had not touched the Cur
rency issue. In the park at Ithaca he faced a
large body OF students Of Cornell University
some OF whom belong to th, BRYAN and steven
son Club Of the University while the others are
members OF the Mckinley and Roosevelt Club.
The Bryan students had gathered near the Mat
form from which Mr.. Bryan was 10 make his ad-
oress' while the student supporters OF President
Mckinley were grouped together at the outer
edge Of the crowd OF five thousand persons that
/ had gathered to hear Mr.. Bryan's speech In
/ the throng upon the platform was Professor
/ Duncan Campbell Lee. of Cornell Trrfversftv
/ VINO caused such discomfort to Richard Croker
| at the Democratic State Convention by intro
duclng the resolution denouncing the Ice Trust
/ Professor Lee seemed much interested in Mr.
| Bryans references in his speech to the Ice Trust
Mr. Bryan. as usual. had no word Of denuncia
/ ton of Croker for being a member of the Ice
Trust but. instead. sought clearly to excuse him
by saying that the Tammany Hall chief had
sold his stock in the iniquitous trust The cheers
and counter cheers Of the students began as soon
as MI Bryan appeared at the front Of the plat
1orm He good naturedly said he was pleased
| when he heard that he was to speak at Ithaca
since he always liked to talk to college boys
He had been college student himself and knew
what was the sentiment OF the students at Yale
'groans) and other colleges. His favOrite study
at college was political economy. He was about
TO give his sentiments about political economy
when he was Interrupted by continued cheering
! What do you think about the suppression o.
free speech in North Carolina inquired
| student
"I don't want you 20 hold me to respOnSi-
bfity in North Carolina answered Mr.
| Bryan, land not face your responsible
! ity in Porto Rico. The Republican partv =.
n party of Inconsistencies 4 few years ago
| IL stood for bimetaIlism. but "a Il for
/ the gold standards IL said il was opposed to
the trusts. and now il defenus them"
Tell US about the Cotton Bale Trust" said a
! student
Mr Bryan at once jumped to the defence OF
! his dear friend Senator Jones, of the Democrat
ic National Committee, one of the stockholders
of the Cotton Bale Trust.
The Cotton Bale Trust said he has
/ patent for baling cotton in a certain way. and
only bales a small portion OF the Gotten crop.
Republicans talk about the Cotton Bale Trust
! hut they don't say word about the Salt Trust
which controls 90 per cent of the trade in salt.
| They can see only two trusts. the Cotton Bale
| Trust and the Ice Trust
ALL ABOUT CROKER's ICE STOCK
What Of Croker's holdings in the Ice Trust7--
/ inquired a student.
"He has no holdings" said Mr. Bryan. be-
traying Intimate knowledge of Mr.
/ CrOker's financial affairs "Fe has sold his
/ stock; and n . the Ice Trust itself It's on
| GERS are Republicans. and the Republican
! Governor of this State, instead of remaining
here to suppress a.. Is out West making
| speeches"
How about free coinage?" now said a student
in loud voice. The question rang about the
| assembly: every one heard it. Mr. Bryan had
| to reply this question, since he had answered
others. With bold and resolute air he said:
| Il stand to-day where Mckinley stood before
| he bowed to the dictation OF Wall Street. and n
you defend him for changing his opinion
will defend myself for not changing mine Our
Platform contains our principles"
Mr. Bryan then launched into criticism Of
the Gold Currency act, and charged that il it
was maintained the United States would have
a permanent debt He declared that the Re
publican party had taken wrong position upon
every issue Of this campaign
Wait till November said a man in the
crowd
why wait till November" answered AIr.
Bryan IF your political principles are wrong
/ change them at once
| He then dealt at length with the question Of
/ imperialism and a standing army. and argued
/ that an army Of twenty-five thousand men was
sufficient for the United States. Mr.. Bryan. be-
sides the annoying questions Of the college
students was subjected to a mild attack from
the girls Of the Ithaca High School. the windows
Of which looked down upon the platform from
which he was speaking. At two windows OF the
school large Mckinley and Roosevelt posters
suddenly were flung to view Mr. Bryan
was speaking These posters contained portraits
Of Mckinley ard Roosevelt some predictions by
Mr. Mckinley and the words in large letters.
mckinley was right" The Democrats the
pIatform gIared at these posters and shouted:
"Shame! shame The girls laughed and the
Cornell students cheered. Mr.. Bryan looked
amused rather than irTitated over the incident.
and took occasion to express his opinion that