The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-20
BIG CROWD AT ST. JOSEPH.
Bryan Talks to Vast Multitude In
Ball Park

-NN~-~S ~ Y cNoI In
Ball Park.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 19.-There wera
three times as many present at Rasa-
ball park this afternoon as could hear
Mr.. Bryan. Not only were the grand
stand and the bleacher seats crowded
put the body of the park was also well
hlled- The women in the grand stand
waved small flags as Mr. Bryan nm
P p He was seated in a carriage
urdWn pV Two cream white and two
coal black horses. At this nOio: +ba
ARRANGEMENT for reaching the stand
was the pest yet experienced bv Mr.
Bryan, the way being cut off by a.
VIE renee Ihls saved much of the
lection. PIo-
Mr. Bryan was still hoarse, but he
SPOKE for an hour and a half. He said.
why should any man who voted
WIN US IN 1895 vote against us now?
L nave been over a large mart Of tba
country, and L have asked the neon1e
10, 10 you md any who were with ua in
1880 VINO are against us now?' There
was one exception; they told me that
mere was young attorney who had
oSsn Win US IN 1886 who is against u.s.
ana asked them what had caused If
Well, they said, since 1895 he has
Oecome the attorney of several corno-
fatlons and he is not his own master
AAON-
Plumber of Paper Trust. ,
said; Or an
Even the newspaper editors are
compelled TO write their editorials de-
lending the trusts on paper. the price
OF which has been raised by the trI1st
II IS pltiful thing to see an editor
WrItlng sucn an editorial at the same
time being plundered by the trust
+ 10 -
cans were disposed TO. make a o~raa+
zeal over a rise in farm products snd
10 give very little attention to the in
crease OF price in what the farmer hos
70 buy. If wheat goes up, all atten-
ton is, he said, directed to wheat while
if wheat goes down, and cattle goes I'M IIn-
attention is directed to cattle and al
yerted from wheat. So with nOtatoes
II potatoes rise, every Republican ora
cor IN the country has his pockets full
Oh potatoes. These orators convenient
ly forget that all prices are fxed nv,
the trust and that there is an aCIvapca
IN the price of everything the farmer
has to buy. ---'i
raging For Benevolent Assimilation,
-Everytime you send telegram now
you put on 1-cent stamp for the
benevolent assimilation of the Fill
pinos, he said. who pays it? The
telegraph company? No, the man who
nus 1hS tSleSEdIn. 4Ou go into the
pank and draw check and put on it
a 2-cent stamp. But while every man
mas been compelled TO pay a tax on his
telegram and his bank checks. the Re-
puOIlcan party has reduced the tax or,
national bank circulation one-half.
MS mas been done While the taxes of
the masses have increased instead of
decreased" %
Mr. Bryan said that if God was re-
Sponslble for our position with the FIJI
lplf and commanded us to govern
thei he command should be evil
dence. either by the Bible or by spe-
clal clspensation- He asserted that the
Bible did not justify our taking the
r1ilplnos, and said if there was a spe-
claI dlspensation he would like to know
TO whom he revealed his plans
A voice answered: Mark Hanna"
My friend, replied Mr. Bryan. THAT
is undue familiarity with a great
name, and went on with his speech.
Grave Position For Nation.
How shall this nation influence the
world? asked Mr.. Bryan What
shall be the instrument by which we
shall actE L have gone into communi-
ties ana round men so just, so upright,
that people brought their difficulties to
them, satisfied that settlement would
be Just one, and when I find in a
community a man whose reputation is
such that people trust his Justice and
submit to his arbitration, 1 am re-
minded Of the words of Solomon that
a good name is rather to be desired
than great riches, and loving favor
rather than silver and gold And so