Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
THREE GREAT QUESTIONS.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, January "a
VIM. J. Bryan arrived in New Haven
at 2:15 p. NJ. and was driven t the
city hall, where a reception was held.
After a brief rest, Mr.. Bryan repaired
to Music Hall, where fully 1000 people
awaited his coming, several hundred
were crowded into the aisles after he
arrived.
Mr.. Bryan's entrance onto the stage
was the signal for a wildly enthusiastic
demonstration. Men and women rose
to their feet and cheered themselves
hoarse. Mr.. Bryan bowed his thanks.
Mr.. Bryan, In p~refacing his remarks,
referred to his former visits to the city.
He did not directly refer to the Yale
student demonstration on the city
green in 1896, but his words were so
pointed as to indicate that he recall
ed it.
Mr.. Bryan paved the way hastily for
his speech by remarking that he had
so little time, scarcely an hour, in
which to say all that he wished to pre-
sent, that he would plunge at once into
a discussion of the three great leading
| questions of the day." namely, trusts,
money and Imperialism" Which of
them is paramount depends upon the
| point of view of the individual and he
said personally, / don't care to spec
ify.''
He believed that to assert that the
money question as a political issue is
dead is folly, for the reason that it
vitality concerns all men, and because
They Are Thinking of 1t,
no matter what their station in life.
Taking up the subject of trusts, Mr..
Bryan said:
"The constitution Of the United
States gives Congress all the power
needed to kill trusts. They are a
monopoly and are capable of being out
lawed. AS remedies under the consti-
tuition / would demand that the Con-
| gress before granting a corporation the
power to do business outside the State
in which it Is organized, should stipu-
late as a condition that there must be
no water in the stock. Squeeze out the
water and you have gone a long way
toward killing trusts. Next / would
have Congress insist that the corpora
tions must prove that they have not
been holding a monopoly on any manu-
featured article, do not hold such mon
| opo1y and will not hold any"
Mr.. Bryan concluded his speech by
dealing with the question of imperial
ism. He said:
There are three arguments usually
advanced in defense of imperialism. The
first is that there is money in it; sec
| ond, God is in 1t, a mere religious ar
gument about the destiny of our ma
ton, and third, the political argument
that we are in it and can't get out. As
to the first argument, l would not take
Gall @A0 bAo0O III OAC IA "a ~ h6A
to be purchased by the loss of a single
American life. When | hear the pro-
| phets speaking of the will Of God,
want to ask them where they get their
| credentials. AS TO the third argu-
ment,
Who Got Us Int 1t!
It ought to be remembered that i'm
perialism will impose on us the neces-
sity Of an army big enough to make
our flag feared, but not loved"
The conclusion of Mr.. Bryan's
speech was marked by another enthus-
/ iastic demonstration. He was driven
at once from the hall through a wildly
cheering crowd in the street TO the sta
ton, where he took the AIT p. m train
for New York.
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