The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-19

New York, October 17.-William ]
Bryan breakfasted today with ex-Gov-
ernor Stone, Congressman Richardson.
his private secretary and Judge Car
arrow and at $3.50 o'clock the start was
Fmade for the Grand Central depot 10
} take a train for upstate points.
I'm in good shape said Mr.. Bry-
an. Il understand I'm to have an easy
time of it up the state and 1 can afford
to feel good" He laughed at the joke,
for the fact is that he is to make
speeches at frequent intervals of the
tour.
Before leaving the Hoffman house
this morning Mr. Bryan turned to
a state committeeman and asked: do
you think the republicans rightly
gauge the significance of last nights
demonstrations" and several persons
present answered in the negative.
1.-The meeting carried. with it, added
Mr. Bryan, Its own story. 1t was the
largest demonstration 1 ever witness
ed anywhere ON any occasion. The en-
thusiasm appeared to be sincere and
at all the meetings of last night my
audience appeared to be en- rapporte.
I am perfectly satisfied"
TOUR THROUGH UPPER NEW
YORK.
Albany, n. Y, October 17.-William
]. Bryan ran around two sides of, a
triangle today from Hudson to Albany,
inclusive, and probably spoke to as
cosmopolitan a lot of people as he has
addressed during the campaign. AIT
Hudson he spoke to gathering of
business people of all classes; alt Troy
to the capacity of an opera house and
with an overflow meeting Of cOllar fac
tory and laundry employees at
Mtchanicsville to railroad people; at
Cohoes to the mass of the employees
of the cotton and WOOlen mills, and at
Albany to two immense meetings, one
in the opera house and one outside,
composed of the best element in the
city.
During this speech. making, Mr.. Bry-
an was accompanied by the chairman
of the state committee, Frank Camp
bell; Judge G.. n. Bulger, of Oswego;
Senator Edward Murphy; eX-Mayor
FrajfciS Malley, of Troy; Mayor Samuel
NJ. Jones, of Toledo, and ]. ]. Delaney.
of New York.
Messrs. BuIger, Delaney and Jones
alternated in the speaking with Mr..
Bryan, assisting particularly at places
where there were overflow meetings.
The great meetings of this trip We're
held ait Troy.Athe home of ex-senator
Murphy and Albany, the home OF ex-
Senator Hill. MIR. Hill is absent in the
west At both Troy and Albany the
meetings were phenomenally large and
enthusiastic, immense oVerftoWS having
to be held to accommodate those who
desired either to hear or see Mr.. Bry-
an.
During this traverse of the two sides
of the triangle Mr.. Bryan alluded to
many things which he has not mention
ed at many other places during the
campaign
AT Hudson he said: 1T is said Mexi-
CO is far better off because we took our
flag down from the capital when our
Mexican war was over and brought II
back to the Rio Grande. 1 think Mex
leo is better today and We are better
than if we have held carpet bag gov
ernment in place there by means OF
bayonets and 1 think that self-gov-
ernment in Mexico, half Spain and halt
Indian, has developed the people more
and has brought them further than
would have been the case had We held
them under our dominion, and if you
doubt it, look at Mexico and compare
Mexico with India. Under thirty years
of self-government Mexico has made
more progress than India has made in
one lily ycdlS Uy oPpI
ing Anglo-SaXOn SOldjery.
AT Troy he said The republican
party has changed it's ideas and lts
ideals in the last quarter of a century
I remember reading letter from
Abraham Lincoln to the republicans cd
Boston who were celebrating JefferSon's
birthday. Do you remember whether
the republicans Of this community have
celebrated JefferSon'S birthday lately
Have they had any banquets in his
honor under republican auspices in re-
cent years? 1 think not. Not in any
part of the country, and yet, my
friends, in 1856 when the republican
party was organized it's platform ap'
pealed to all those who wanted tc
carry the government back to the prln-
cfples of Washington and Jefferson
Today the republican party meets t6
celebrate the birthday, not OF Jefferson
but of Hamilton, Jefferson's great po-
Htical opponent
Poughkeepsie. n. Y, October ia
Newburgh Mr.. Bryan spoke to a crow,
of several thousand people from a stan,
in front of the court house and tn
speech was frequently and loudly ap
plauded.
Il want you to know" said Mr.. Bry
an, that the National Biscuit Com
pany has 116 factories. and when l wa
at Mankato, Mimi, the other day
found a cracker factory that had bee
bought by the National Biscuit Com
pany and closed down within shor
time You will find that every one G
the concerns mentioned is one OF tn
great trusts. The American steel an
Wire Company controls so per cent c
the output of wire nails and ste FL VII
and you remember that within yea
that company closed down twelve fac
tories, threw 5000 men out OF employ
ment and then reduced the price c
wire nails and barbed wire in an IN
slant, threw upon the men who ha
bought up the stocks of wire and nail
a heavy loss and it was stated that tn
man who was responsible for it did
in order to make more money on tn
stock market in the depression Of pric