The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-23
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They opened the session by creating
a money trust and they closed il BY
practicing fraud in their pretended
effort to stop other trusts. The amend
ment to The constitution offered by
them was not necessary and its pur-
pose was not to give congress power
| that IL needed. 1t was to take away
from the states h power hat they
have, so that IL the republicans o n
troll the government the state will be
powerless to protect itself against a
pose of that amendment. and when IL
was defeated the republicans confessed
we did not need ii, because they then
brought in a bill which they a was
intended TO protect the people from
private monopoly, a bill brought in at
ter the amendment was defeated, show
ing that they did not need the amend
ment and all the democrats voted for
the bill. There was scarcely any OPP
position vote in the house. but hen
it went to the senate and the democrats
demanded that it be passed. al once
the republican senators sent il to the
judiciary committee and there IL sleeps
today"
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT BUFFALO
Buffalo, October 90 Mr.. Bryan de-
voted almost his entire speech at Medi-
ma to the trust question and his re-
marks were based largely on the fol-
lowing statement prepared by a local
today"
-Four years ago there were three
foundries at Medina under separate
management, each employing from 100
to go men. These foundries were
operated all through the hard times
previous to 1896. One of the foundry
owners called his men together and
told them emphatically that il Mr..
Bryan was elected they need not come
back after election day, as the u
dry would be closed. In July, 1899,
these three foundries entered the trust,
the Central Foundry Company which
has a monopoly in the manufacture of
soil pipe in the United States. Soil pipe
was
sumers fully 100 per cent. Very
one foundry was closed, was left with
out a Waterman and has been burned;
then a second n was closed and has
remained so about a year, and &c not
expected to be run again; five months
ago the third one was closed by the
trust, although it is now claimed it
will b. re-opened. Today the men are
either gone to other towns. Oh are
among the m helping gather
their apple crop"
Commenting upon this statement Mr..
Bryan aid why need L tell people
what a trust means in a town like
this?"
The reception here was all that Mr..
Bryan could have desired. A dense
| crowd of people filled the streets and
there was an elaborate display of fire
works from start to finish.
In the open air meeting at Broadway
| market, the speakers stand was sur
rounded with densely packed people
extending probably 200 to 300 feet in
every direction. Mr.. Bryan was in ex-
cellent voice, and the people were at
t~entive, SO that almost all OF them
heard all that he had to say. In this
| speech the national candidate gave es-
| pecial attention to the citizens of for
| eign birth, saying that to change our
|! form of government, as we were man
| ifesting a tendency to 10 in our deal
| ings with the Filipinos, would be a
| gross fraud upon those who had come
| to the United States. He referred es-
| pecially to the fact that there are a
| number of Poles in Buffalo and said
| that the sad history of Poland should
| be sufficient example of the effect OF
| the subjugation of an alien race.
| Hundreds had been turned away
| from Convention hall before Mr.. Bry-
| an arrived. When he entered the great
| audience arose and with waving flags
| and roaring cheers made a demonstra-
ton tina only h most Ell
forts Of the candidate could quiet. In
a few words, he pointed out that the
campaign was nearly closed and the
time of decision was close at hand.
While Mr.. Bryan was in the midst OF
his anti-imperialistic argument, a
1880 O'Clock he was told that he must
close at once to catch his train. Turn
ing to the audience Mr.. Bryan said:
Were I to consider my own strength
I should close now, but at the n o.
a hard weeks work 1 am willing Il
travel a little further for the sake o
staying a little longer-I am going t
stay with you"
The audience went into a tumult o
extacy that almost equaled the first.
At 11:15 O'Clock he concluded his ad