The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
FOR BRYAN.
Endorsed for the Presidency by Penn
sylvauia Democratic COMMITTEES.

Harrisburg. Pa, January 25.-The
state democratic committee set the
pace for the democracy of other states
today by making Colonel William
Jennings Bryan its choice for the pres
idency in 1900. This action was taken
by the committee while Colonel Bryan
was on his way to Harrisburg from
New York TO attend the meeting and
confer with the party leaders. This
is probably the first time in the party's
history that he democrats of Penn
lsylvania have indicated their choice
for president in advance of the state
convention.
There was a large attendance Of DEM
locrats from all over the state to meet
Colonel Bryan and hear him discuss
the issues on which the coming CAM
lpaign will be waged. The state con-
lvention will be held in this city on
April 5th and will adopt a platform
along the lines laid down by the Ne
ibraska orator in his speech tonight, be-
fore 5000 people at the Kelker Street
hall. The platform will endorse the
iChicago declaration of principles, de-
~nounce trusts and Imperialism, advo-
cate ballot reform and pure elections
and condemn machine politics. The
convention will also nominate candi-
dates for auditor general, congress at
large, the presidential electors and
Ielect eight delegates at large to the
national convention.
Colonel Bryan reached here at 5
O'Clock and was escorted to the board
of trade rooms, where the state COM
lmittee was in session, by a committee
representing the state and local demo-
lcratic committees He was Introduces
to the assemblage by State Chairman
Rilling and made a short speech, which
Twas received with much enthusiasm.
lat the close of the meeting he held an
informal reception at the Common
wealth hotel and, later, he was the
guest of Mayor Fritchey at a dinner
party at which Colonel Guffey, chair
man Killing and other party leaders
were present. After tonight's meeting
he attended a session of the local lodge
of Modern Woodmer, of which he is
an active member at his home in Lin
Icoln.
Colonel Bryan will go from here to
Smyrna and Wilmington, Del, and
from there to Washington TO meet the
national leaders,.
A large crowd greeted the Nebraskan
lat this meeting. He con-
tended that the young men were grow
ing to see that republican principles
of monopoly kept down all but the
very few and dded:
we appreciate NhC obuo NooNSA IL
democrats AVE to contend against.
1T is easy to be a democrat in the south
and it is easier to be a democrat in the
west than it used to be. l believe the
time will come when Chicago platform
democracy will be as popular in Penn
I%sylvania as it is Out in Nebraska.
While no republicans can remember
what was in he republican platform
Iof 1896 and while no gold democrat
can repeat the Indianapolis platform,
every democrat n republican can
remember The Chicago platform. The
democrats ought to make progress in
this state because the republican party
is mode corrupt in this state than in
any other state in the union. Unless
the people have forgotten to think and
Iact for themselves they ought to rise
up and wipe the republican party out
of existence. 1 believe we are going
to win in the campaign of 1900"