The age-herald., 1900-10-14
GREAT CROWDS HEAR DEMOCRATIC
 CANDIDATE IN M'NNLEyS STATE

Akron, O., October 13.-A memorable day l in the Bryan campaign in Ohio closed here l tonight with a monster meeting, but large l as it was it did not far surpass others of the day. and it fell considerably be- 1 hind the meeting at Mansfield which was l the last important stop before reaching this place. There was a dozen or more speeches during the day, the most note- worthy of which were made at CircleviIle, Lancaster, Zanesville, Coshocton and Mansfield. The crowds appeared to in- crease gradually in size throughout the day from the initial meeting at Chillicothe, a little after sunrise, until the last day meeting at Mansfield, just before sunset. Mansfield was said to have had twice as many people as had ever before gathered there to hear a political speech.
 All things considered, the Mansfield street demonstration was the best that has been made. The stop here was for an hour and half and the speaking took place from an elaborately decorated platform m front of the court house. The escort in cluded a number of uniformed clubs on foot and horseback and number of ladies on floats representing several states of the union. There were a number of brass bands uniformed in the national colors. There were 300 small boys denominated as Uncle Sam's Guards"
 After a few words applied to the army question in general, MT. Bryan took up Governor Roosevelts rejoinder and said:
 When this campaign first opened the Re- publican candidate for Vice President made a speech at Detroit in which he said: Who Is afraid of this army? He had four sol- dierS Sta hpf0rp thp audience and he told the audience that soldiers bore the same proportion to that audience that the stand ing army of 100000 bore to the population of the United States. His answer to the charge that we had a large army was Whose afraid?' But my friends that is not what he is saying now. Within a week. the same candidate for Vice President, that militant member of the Republican ticket, has become frightened himself and few days ago he stated that we would not have had that army but for the war in the Philippines. Why are they now trying to explain it or excuse it, when the fact is plain, and I called attention to 1t once be- fore that the President asked fer the army two months before there was war In the Philippines. The president asked for the army at the beginning of December, and war broke out the fourth of February, two months afterwards.
 But now there is another. defense. As soon as the candidate for Vice President made that defenSe l saw that lie was III full retreat on this question and that ihe army was after him. But he has made another defense. He says that every. in teligent observer knew that there would be trouble in the Philippines if the treaty was confirmed. Why is that possible? Is it possible that when the President enter ed upon his colonial policy he knew there would be trouble in the Philippines? What becomes of the argument that there would be no trouble there If 1t were not Tor the people in this country who make speeches against imperialism? There is the state ment of the Republican candidate Tor Vice President. that two months before the war broke out everybody knew that there would be trouble in the Philippines if the treaty was ratified. I want to show you that in his retreat he has become so scared that he has hiden behind bill in troduced by a Democratic Senator. Let me read the text:
 GA bill for the temporary increase, which MT. Bryan apparently seeks to per- suade his hearers is permanent increase, was introduced by Senator Cockrell of Missouri a Democratic supporter of MT. Bryan and the bulk of the patriotic Dem ocrats in both houses voted for it.
 My frieds, that Is a different bill. The President asked for an army of 0,000 and a Republican house passed the bill, mak- ing the army 100000 as the President ask ed and when that Republican house did 1t the treaty had been signed with Spain and there was not an arm raised against this nation anywhere. What was that bill in- troduced by Senator Cockrell for? It was substituted for the present army bill. 1t was the Democratic proposition which was presented to offset the one asked for by the Republican President. I want you to know that the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican party instead of defend ing the Republican measure making per- manent increase of 100000 tries to hide. be-