The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-10
BRYAN GIVES
ENCOURAGEMENT.
He Calls Attention to Some
Sa lient Political Facts.
THE CONTROL OF THE CITIES
Gives Democrats . Better Chance Than
They Bad In 1s98-An Important
Utterancs by the Demo-
cratic Leader.

Indianapolis, Aug. 9.-Last night q
mass meeting was held at Tomlinson
hall, which was presided over by Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, and addressed
by Mr.. Bryan and Hon. Webster Davis.
The meeting was not called to order
until $3.50 but the hall was filled an hour
before that time. Mr.. Bryan was re-
ceived with vociferous applause. In
opening the meeting Mayor Harrison
made a brief speech congratulating the
Democracy upon the promise, yes the
assurance, of success of our ticket at
the polls in November" He said that
the people had got "tired of Mark
Hanna and his band of freebooters"
and were turning to the Democratic
party for relief. Mr.. Harrison also re-
ferred in condemnatory terms to the
operations of the trusts as the great
and growing evil Of the day and threat
ening the existence of the country. He
denounced imperialism and militarism
as repugnant to all who believe in a
republican form of government" Con-
cluding he said "he was the seventh
son of the seventh daughter and that
he prophesied the election Of Mr..
Bryan.
He then introduced Mr.. Bryan, whose
speech was important because 1t out
lined his ideas of the advantages en-
joyed by the Democrats in the pres
ent campaign over those Of 1896. When
the applause which had greeted Mr..
Bryan had ceased he said:
"Mr. Chaidman, Ladies and Gentle
men: I am obliged to Mayor Harrison
for his kind prophesy. He Is the pres.
ident of a Democratic club in Chicago
that has celebrated Jackson's birthday
during each year since 1896. I have
been present at each meeting Of the
club and he. as president of the club,
has nominated me for president Of our
into the habit that If you do not elect
me this time you are going to embar-
rass Mayor Harrison very greatly.
daughter and applause.) But speak
ing of mayors ! want to say that we
are in q much better position this year
than we were In 1896 because Of the
fact that we have control Of the city
governments of many, II not most, Of
the large cities Of the country. Mayor
Harrison presides over the city second
in size In the United tSates. had a
suspicion that there were some repeat
ers in Chicago in 1896. Indeed, I sus-
pected that some Of the Republicans
up there were following the idea ex-
pressed by man after the election.
He was told that there was some re-
peating. He said: Well, I suppose 1t
was twice as honest to vote twice for
honest money as to vote once for it.
Uaughter.)
I'VE have control of the government
Of the largest city In Indiana. (Ap-
plause.) 1 am glad that we have that
much in this campaign, for while we
don't want any unlawful votes cast on
our side we are glad to be in position
to prevent there being any cast on the
other side. We have control Of the
city governments of New York and
Buffalo, two of the largest cities Of the
state of New York. We have control
of the city of Baltimore; we have
Cleveland and in Toledo, although the
mayor does not call himself Demo-
crat I know he won't let any Republi-
cans repeat in that city. We have con-
troll Of Louisville; we have control of
Kansas City; We have control Of Den
yer and we have control Of San Fran
cisco. 1t is great advantage to have
control of the machinery i'm these great
cities. We have an advantage in this
campaign-a wonderful advantage
over the campaign Of 1896, because then
the papers were full Of announcements
Of Democrats who were leaving the
party. and now It requires an expert
mathematician to stand at the door
and count them as they come back
(Laughter.)
I'VE have with us this year all we
had in 1896; we have with as 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 those who went out went
because they did not realize the mag
nitude Of the struggle in which we were
engaged-the beginning Of the struggle
between Democracy and plutocracy.
believed that a majority Of them would
come back and I insisted that wher
they got ready to come back I wanted
them to know where the old house was
and not to have 1t moved around 81
that they could not find It when they
did come back"