Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-25
APPREC|AT|VE CROWDS
NET BRYAN EVERYWHERE.
A GOOD AND PROFITABLE DAYS
WORK IN MARYLAND AND
DELAWARE.
OVER ON THE EAST SHORE.
MIR. BRYAN TALKED TO LARGE
CROWDS, COMPOSED MOSTLY
OF FARMERS.

during the day. Beginning at ST. Mi
chaels, on the Eastern shore of Mary
land. he spoke in succession at Easton,
Preston, Hurlock, Vienna, Salisbury,
Berlin, all Of which places are in
Maryland, and at frankfort, George
town, Milford, Harrington, Dover, Clay
ton, Middletown, Kirkwood and New
Castle, in Delaware.
The audiences of the day were, as a
rule, fair-sized, and a majority of them
were thoroughly appreclative. At few
of the stopping places in Delaware there
was apparent lack of enthsuiasm.
Between Berlin and Frankfort, Mr
Bryan crossed the line from Maryland
into Delaware and began campaign
of the latter State, which extended into
all three of its counties. He was ac-
companied by delegation of Democrat
ic leaders, including United States SEM
ator Kenney, Governor Tunnell Hon.
J. P. Ford, Democratic candidate for
Governor; Hon. NJ. A. DAILY, Democratic
candidate for Congress- and willard
Salisbury, chairman of the Democratic
State committee.
The first meeting in Delaware proved
disappointment. Only a few were
congregated at the railroad station at
Firankford when Mr.. Bryan's train
pulled into that place, and while those
who were there listened with attention
to what he had to say, there were no
cheers. The speech was brief and
dealt with the issues of the campaign
Responding to very enthusiastic ad-
dress of introduction by the Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, Mr.. Bryan
said:
Il would have to have long time
here, | am afraid. to prove myself
worthy of the eulogy with which | am
introduced, but l live in a land where
the people can take one of their num-
Der, however humble, and make MIN
their representative, and when they
place behind him the power of $780,
900 people then he does become a great
man, not in his strength, but in their
strength"
Judge Springer Joined Mr.. Bryan at
Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex
and continued with him the remainder
of the day. speaking wherever it was
necessary with the national candidate.
At Georgetown the meeting was held
in the public square across the street
from the court house in the rear of
which stood a conspicuously pointed
post which under the laws of Delaware
is used as whipping post. At that
point Mr.. Bryan spoke for about forty
minutes, giving his special attention
to the interests of the farmers, OF whom
the audience was largely composed. IN
the beginning the audience appeared
quite cold, but it afterwards warmed
up considerably and the applause was
both frequent and general towards the
close of the speech.
In closing, Mr.. Bryan urged his hear
ers to do their duty at the polls on
election day, saying:
Show the world that little Delaware
still believes that the people are the
source of power and repudiate the
European Republican idea that a gov
eminent is thirteen inches in dame
ter, round in shape and fired out of a
cannon.
Mr.. Bryan at Milford was again in
troduced in very laudatory terms and
responding to this introduction he sac
that while he appreciated the kind
words he did not mean them to cause
him to get the big head. He appre-
ciated, he said. that the people came
to hear him, not because of any lnte.-
est in him, but because he stood for
certain ideas in which they believed
because they entertained the impress
sion that the Democratic party, whose
representative he was, offered them in
opportunity to scure redress for griev-
ances of which they complain.
In his speech at Milford, Mr.. Bryan
took strong grounds in support Of an
income tax, declaring that such a tax
was more just than levy upon land.
The tax upon land alone must be paid
whether the land produces anything or
not. but no tax on income could be
collected unless there was an income
upon which to base it.
Mr.. Bryan made his speech at Har-
rington from the rear platform of his
private car. He referred very briefly
to the question of tusts and also to The
subject of expansion. He declared his
belief in expansion under proper con-
ditions, but said that expansion like
marriage should De agreeable to both
parties.
The audience at both Milford and
Harrington were of good size and quite
appreciative
Mr.. Bryan had an excellent audience
at Dover, where he spoke for about
three-quarters of an hour. The crowd
was large and its appreciation was
manifested by frequent outbursts of ap-
plause Referring to the trusts as an
issue of the campaign, Mr. Bryan said
in his speech:
If Republican complains because
you discuss the trust question, you ask
him why his party did not eliminate
the trust question by eliminating the
trusts. If the Republican party had
done its duty during the last three
years and a half there would be no
trust question to discuss.
Mr.. Bryan again addressed himself