Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-09
(By Telegraph to virglnlan-Pllot>


Indianapolis. Ind. Aug. S.-To- night
a mass meeting was held at Tomlin-
son hall. which was presided over by
Mayor Carter II. Harrison, OF Chicago.
and addressed by Mr.. Bryan and Hon.
Webster Davis The meeting was not
called to order until $50 o'clock, but
the hall. which is Il large one. was iill-
ed an hour before that time. Mr.
Bryan was received With vociferus
applause as he entered.
In opening the meeting Mayor Harri-
son made brief speech congratulating
the Democracy upon the promise. yes
the assurance OF success of our ticket
at the polls in November" He said
the people had gotten tired OF Mark
Hanna and his band of freebooters."
and were turning to the Democratic
party for relief.
MIR. Harrison also referred in con-
dcmnatory terms To the operations of
trusts as the great and growing evil
OF the day, and threatened the very
existence of our institutions. lie de-
nounccd imperialism and militarism
as rcpugnant TO all who believe in Il
republican form of government" In
conclusion he said he was the sew.
cnih son of a seventh daughter and
that he prophcsicd the election OF Mr..
bryan. lie then introduced Mr.. Bryan,
hoSc HPecth WIS important. as IL out
lined his ideas of the advantages en-
joycd by the Democrats in the present
campaign over those of 1896.
When the applause which greeted Mr..
bryan had concluded. he said:
THE SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
II am obliged to Mayor Harrison for
his kind prophesy. He is the president
Of Il Democratic club in Chicago that
lnl ,r1 tod TrDi Ia,
ing each year since 1896. / have been
present at each meeting of the club,
and he. as president of the club, has
nominated me for President on four
successive occasions. He has got so
into the habit that If you do not elect
me this time you are going to embar-
rasa Mayor Harrison very greatly"
daughter and applauseo
But. speaking of mayors want 10
say that We are in much better posi-
tion this year than we were in 1896 be-
cause of the fact that we have control
OF the city government of many, If not
most. of the large cities of this coun-
try. Mayor Harrison presides over the
city second in size in the United States.
| had suspicion that there were some
rcpcaters in Chicago in 1896. Indeed /
suspected that some of the Republicans
mp there were following the idea ex-
pressed by n gentleman after the cleo
ton lie was told there was some re-
peating. lie said: Well. l suppose il
was twice as honest to vote for honest
money as to vote once for it, We have
control of the government of the largest
city in Indiana. | am glad that we
have that much in this campaign. for.
while We do not want any unlawful
votes cast on our side. we are in n
position to prevent their being cast on
the other side. we nave control of the
city governments of New York City and
Buffalo, two of the largest cities of the
state of New York We have control
OF the city government OF Jersey civ:
we have Baltimore: we have Cleveland.
and in Toledo although the Mayor does
not call himself a Democrat, I know
he wont let any Republicans cheat in
that city" Q.aughter)
We have control of Louisville. XIV:
we nave control Of Denver and we hnve
control OF San Francisco
a GREAT ADVANTAGE.
It is great advantage to have con-
troll of the machinery in these great
cites. we have an advantage I'm this
cahlpaiSn-a wonderful advantage over
the campaign of 1896. because then
the papers were fun of announcements
or Democrats who were leaving the
party ana now II requires an EXPERT
mathematician TO stand at the door
and count them as they come back.
,.
RETURN OF WANDERERS
I'VE have with us this year ali we
had in 1896. we have with us a large
majority of the Gold Democrats who
were not in our favor in 1896 | knew
they would come back, because
knew that most OF them who went
away went because they did not recoE-
nizc the magnitude of the struggle in
which we were engascd-the beginning
of the struggle between Democracy and
plutocracy. ] believed that n great
majority of them would come back.
and l insisted that when they got
ready to come back [ wanted them TO
know where the old house was and not
have it moved around so that they
could not find 1t when they did come
back. applause and laughter). This
year we have coming to us the people
who now see the dangerous tendencies
OF the Republican party. although they
did not see those tendencies in 1895. we
pointed out in 1896 that IL the Repub.
lican party won. IL would have TO give
the trusts q chance TO get back out
of the people the money they had con-
trbuted to the campaign fund.
HOW TO EXTINGUISH TRUSTS.
ut was strange that the people did
not see It. hut those who could not
see 1t then now know that il you want
to extinguish trust you have rot to
take the extinguisher out of the hands
OF the trust. People who did not feel
the iniquity of the trusts have felt IL
since. and all through this land every
where people are coming with us this
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