Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-25
WELCOMED IN OHIO.
Bryan Speaks at Several Points in
ne Buckeye State.
Presidential Nominee uousiy
Urges Election Of Entire Party
Ticket to Preserve the
Republic.

William j. Bryan closed the first
day of his Ohio tour by an address be-
fore a large and enthusiastic audience
at Portsmouth Friday night, October
u. Mr.. Bryan started out from To-
ledo early in the morning, but before
he left that city a great crowd gath
cred at the depot and demanded a
speech. Finally the national candi-
date was compelled to hurriedly dress
himself and make his appearance. 1t
had not been planned to make a speech
at that point Friday. Mr.. Bryan's
route during the day took him to
Bowling Green. Findlay. Kenton,
Springfield. Nenia, Washington Court
house. Greenfield, Waveriy and Day
ton.
At Dayton out of 100 vice presidents
of the meeting "a were Germans who
either as republicans or gold demo-
Gratis opposed Mr.. Bryan's election
four years ago. One Of them was the
ex-mayor of the city.
When Mr.. Bryan was introduced at
Springfield some enthusiastic admirer
in the crowd shouted:
"Hurrah for the farmer PRESIDENT"
The exclamation attracted Mr.. Bry-
ans attention and he said:
81 do not want to be elected under
false pretenses. l am not a farmer;
l am an agriculturist. You know the
difference between them. \ farmer
is a nan who makes his money on the
farm and spends it in town, while an
agriculturist is a man who makes his
money in town and spends it on the
farm"
This definition of the farmer pleased
the audience and all listened atten-
lively to his speech throughout.
Speaks for the Entire Ticket.
Trusts and imperialism formed the
basis of Mr.. Bryan's speeches, and he
also touched upon the Importance of
electing the whole democratic ticket.
He said in part:
"If I am elected president I do not want
to be in the white house merely to dis
tribute patronage. If 1 am there 1 want to
have a chance to sign my name to bills,
and / cannot sign a bill as president until
il comes to me, and a bill cannot reach the
president until it passes the house and the
senate.
You have a chance to help secur a
majority in the house and it may be that
the house will be so close that one vote
in the house of representatives will de-
the majority, and one vote in this
district may determine the election of a
congressman, and If you believe in the
doctrines for which we stand 1 want you
to work from now until election day to
send a congressman down to Washington
who will carry out these ideas. If we are
right in the position taken you ought to
be interested in turning over the control
of the government to those who believe as
we do.
Tells of Trust
Possibly it is not necessary to speak
long on the trust question, for people learn
speeches and a speech can only point out
the lessons of experience. 1t used to be
that If a mill closed down under a demo-
cratic administration every republican pa
per and editor pointed to the mill and to
it's smokeIess chimneys as an evidence that
democidtic policies were destroying the
industries of the country. But now when
a trust buys a plant and closes it down
no republican says a word about it.
Bowling Green, in this state, has four
trusts. l went to West Superior, Wis,
the other day and I found that they had
six there. The -four mill trust had closed
down six -four mills. You will find that
the trust will close more mills than any
policy that any other party ever stood for.
When a republican tells you that those
who fight the trusts are fighting industries
you tell him that when an industry is in
dependent it cannot close down without
loss. Its laboring men scatter, its trade
is lost and not only the industry itself but
the community suffer-all these are inter-
ested in keeping it going. But when you
put all the industries of one line under one
management the management can close
a factory here or there and carry on the
work somewhere else.
Says Public Officer Is a
According to my idea a public officer
is a public ervan He is chosen by the
people to do for them what they want
done, not what may be best for himself
as an individual necessary, but what is
best for the people, and they are entitled
to know, first, that he tan for things
that they believe in; and, second, that he
will carry out the things which he prom
fses to carry out. You know my platform
and you know whether you like 1t or not
If you like the platform you need not have
any fear but that it will be carried Out
If 1 am elected. 1 believe that even the
republicans now will give me credit for
meaning what 1 say. In fact, I believe the
greatest argument that is now used against
my election is that l am an honest man
and therefore dangerous. This argument
cannot be brought against many republic.
ans whom / might mention.
you will find that the republican party
to-day is insisting that a standard OF
money is more important than a question
of government; that it is more important
that a man shall have a gold dollar in his
pocket than that he shall have a republic
in which to live. You will hear them say
that every laboring man ought to be sat
isfed as long as he is not hungry and you
will hear them say that the farmers are
prosperous. You will hear them claim
credit for the farmers prosperity with.
aIYf ShnUinp anV connection hpfUaen any
prosperity a farmer may enjoy this veal
or any other year and the republican party
We insist that a money question Is more
important than a question or taxation
and because we believed that in 1896 We
declared the money question to be the para.
mount issue. Questions of taxation come
up every year, questions of money come
up every few years, but a question OF
government is a question of a century"
Imperial Policy.
In speaking of the increase in the stand.
ing army and also the wisdom of a colonia.
policy Mr.. Bryan declared that the people
had never voted for a large army and die
not want one, and that the only reason fol
the demand for an increase which had beer
made by the administration in addition tC
suppressing discomfort in the United States
was found in the desire to maintain q
colonial policy and establish an empire.
Discussing his plan to give protection tc
the Philippines as an independent republic
Mr.. Bryan said:
do you think that we are going to have
difficulty? Let me tell you that there is
not a nation in Europe that would be will
ing to let any other nation in Europe have
the Philippine islands.
IF you believe with us make this your
fight from now until election day and see
that the majority is so large that neither
corruption nor intimidation can defeat the
triumph of the ideas of a republic. and show
the people of the United States that Ohio
the home of presidents, is also the home OF
the principles of the early presidents and