The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-16
His ADDRESS WAS OF TRUSTS
SUBJECT OF VITAL IMPoRTANCEI
TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT
LISTENED
TO THE KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP
Candidate Spoke as the Guest of the
National Democratic Club
of Commercial
Travellers.

ST. LOUIS, Sept 15-A less expe4
rienced man than Hon. w. J. Bryan
| might very well have had his head turned
by the reception awarded him In st.
Louis tonight He spoke here at tha
Coliseum hall under the auspices OF the
National Democratic Club Of Commercial
Travellers. The hall is said to seat ll,0eU
people. Not only was every seat occu-
pied, but every available foot of standing
room was also covered. There were no
vacancies anywhere when the hour for
calling the meeting to order arrived, but
others continued to seek admission for
some time afterwards
Mr.. Bryan was late in arriving at tha
hall, having been detained by his at
tendance upon meeting of the knights
and Ladies of Honor at Concordia park.
where he also made brief address. Mr..
Bryan had arrived in the city about 5
o'clock coming here from East st. Louis.
He was escorted across The mississippi
by committee of commercial traveIers,
who met him in the Illinois city. Tney
brought him into this city i'll Carriages
drawn by four white horses and followed
by twenty others, all drawn oy wLita
horses, and accompanied 1y a nnou,2ted
guard and large squad of police. Fcoc1
the time the cavalcade crossed the long
bridge the reception began. The streets
were crowded and many large flags
foated from the buildings. There wets
occasional cheers, and altogether tha
street greeting was a faint index of what
the real reception was to be. The car4
riages were all decorated in the ma
tional colors and they made an impress
sive appearance.
AT THE COLISEUM.
The meeting at the Coliseum was pre-.
sided over by Mr.. j. w. Jump, chairlnan
of the commercial travellers committees,
and the time previous TO Mr.. Bryan
arrival was filed by other speakers. The
first of these was Hon John A. Lees
Democratic candIIlee foi lieutenant toy-
ernor of this state, AMI aimself cons
mercial traveller.
Hon. Webster Davis als0 spoke Mr..
Davis took occasion to reply to the re-
cent charge that he had received money
from President Kruger for taking a po-
sition in favor of the Democratic feieE
in the present campaign. He said that
he had gone &C South Africa to visit a.
a personal friend of his who was consul
there. He then referred to his career
as assistant secretary of the interior un-
der the present administration, saying
that he had worked day and night for
| the government for three years. In ad,
dition he had fought the battle of TIA
Republican party for four years, having
given several weeks of his time to sss-
cure the election of Mr.. Hanna to tnG
senatorship from Ohio.
Mr. Rryan arrived q and tnc audi.
ence rose almost as one man to greet hirt
as he strobe across the stage. mas
| jority of the vast multitude were
equipped with small American 1ags, and
they waved them with a will. The
demonstration continued for five or sss
minutes, and 1t was in some respects
repetition Of the flag episode in ths
Kansas City convention. Mr. Bryan
read his speech from manuscript. TliS
did not seem to meet the approval Oh
some of the audience, and he had n B.
proceeded far in his delivery when sew
eral persons seated in the rear of t4ai
hall left. The points of the address wa5i
cheered when made, and the entire docu~l
ment was well received.
A4r. Bryan's address was as follows:
MR. BRYANs ADDRESS.
Mr. Bryan said:
The lament of David over Absalom is
one of the most pathetic passages of the
Old Testament. The fact that the SON
was in rebellion against civil as we'll as
parental authority did not shake the fsL<
ther's affection, and the anxious querys
Is the young man Absalom, Sate?'>
fingers in the memory of all who study
the life of the great Hebrew King. And,
yet, the interest which David felt in h:S
son, Absalom, has its parallel in the
more than 100000 families which make
UP the American people
No language can describe a mother
love, or overstate the alb ding interest
which the father feels in the welfare of
his child. From the time when the moths
er's life hangs in the balance at the boys
birth until the death of the parents therS
Is scarcely a waking hour when the SON
is not present in their thoughts and planss
1t Is to this parental devotion, so uniSi
VERBALLY recognized, that 1 desire to ap-
peal on this occasion.
APPEAL TO PARENTAL DEVOTION.
I would call the attention of every fas3
ther and mother to present political and
industrial conditions. l would ask then
to analyze these conditions, invest gatd
their causes and their tendencies 1
would press upon them this question: '.IS
the young man, Absalom, safer Asa
you satisfied with the possibilities and the
probabilities which now open before yourA
son?
Is he safe when foreign or domestic
financiers are allowed to determine thdl
monetary system under which he livesf
Is he safe when national banks control
the volume Of money with which he does
business?
Is he safe when the bond holding clasa
determines the s'ze of the national debt
upon which he must help to pay interS
est?
Is he safe when by means Of taxes laid
almost entirely upon consumption he isi
compelled to contribute according to hiS
wants rather than according to his pos<
sessions?
Is he safe when corporate interests in-
fluence as they do today the selection
of those who are to represent him in the
senate of the United States.
If he is a wage-earner, and you do nos
know how soon he may be. even If he Ia
not now, is he safe when he is liabHA
to be deprived Of trial by jury, through
the system known as government by in-
junction?
Is he safe, If laboring man, when he
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