Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-02

ST. PAUL, October l.-Mf. Bryan 10
day traversed what are known as the
Pine Barrens and the scrub oak por-
ton of Minnesota, reaching the agrl-
cultural part of the State north OF this
city during the afternoon. He made the
first speech of the day at West SUI
perior, beginning before o'clock IN
the morning. He Immediately cross
ed the river to Duluth and starting with
an hour speech there, he made speech
es at eight other places on the way
which together with the speech at Du-
luth and Superior and those made to-
night in this city, made an even aozen
speeches for the day.
Four of the speeches averaged an
hour in duration and the remaining
eight, fifteen minutes each, making
about six hours of speechmaking all
told for the day.
He was accompanied throughout the
day by Governor Lind, Victor Lawson,
chairman of the State Populist COM
mittee; Hon. E. S. Corser, secretary OF
the National Silver Republican COM
mittee Mayor Gray, of Minneapolis;
Mayor Hugo of Duluth, National
Committeeman OBrien and the Dem
ocratic State candidates. The train
was decorated with the national colors
and the special car bore the inscrip-
ton: "Fhe Republic, No Empire and
Equal Rights to All" The attend
ance at the West Superior Duluth, Still
water, St. Paul and Minneapolis meet
ings was large, but owing to the spar
sity of population the other crowds
were comparatively small. I
This is the sixteenth anniversary OF
Mr.. Bryan's marriage and by a strange
coincidence, the 21st anniversary of
Governor Lind's marriage They cele-
brated with Poland water dinner"
The auditorium in which Mr.. Bryan
spoke was crowded to the very dome.
1t is a large building, said 20 hold 5000
people. Before proceeding with his
speech. MIR. Bryan was presented with
a
Life of Abraham Lincoln
by F. l.. McGhee, a colored man, on be-
half of the colored mems league.
In responding to this presentation,
Mr.. Bryan euloglzed Lincoln and con-
"a ad-
vancement made by his people and said
he was glad to know that so many OF
tnem are determined to study public
questions and vote according to their
convictions.
Continuing, he said:
Certainly you have repaid the pres
ent Republican leaders for all that they
have done for your race. So far as
offices are concerned, you have be-
slowed presidencies upon the Republi
can party and received Partnerships IN
return. So far as legislation is con-
cerned, you have been the victims of
the same vicious policies which have
injured the white man.
THE colored man Is, as rule. Meth
er a money lender nor holder of fix
ed investments, and therefore, does not
profit by the gold standard. He is not
a stakeholder in private monopolies,
but when the trust passes through the
land, even the blood of Lincoln,
sprinkled on the door posts of the col
ored mans humble home, would not
protect him from extortion.
mo one can deny the existence of
race prejudice In this country, how
ever much he may deplore it. The
race problem is with us and it will re-
quire the intelligence and patriotism
OF all our people, North and South,
white and black, to solve it. But the
existence of this very race prejudice
should be warning to us not to bring
in new race problem even more diff
suit of solution"
Mr.. Bryan devoted much of his
speech to the Governor, saying that if
he as President could
Do ns Well as Mr.. Lind.
had done as Governor. he would be en-
tirely satisfied. and he believed that
the people would be- He predicted that
at the coming election many Republic
ans would initiate Governor Lind's ex-
ample and come over to the Democratic
party.
/. At Rush City Mr.. Bryan said that
during the present administration the
Republican party had done many things
that were far worse than the widest
prophecy could have predicted of them
in 1896. One of these deeds was the
increase of the army and another toll
Grafton of the trusts. Asked about the
ice trust, Mr.. Bryan again said that
all the directors of it were Republican
in politics. Moreover. the affairs OF the
State of New York, where the Ice trust
was said to exist, were in the hands
of Republican Governor. who. instead
of stumping the West In the interest
Of the gold standard, should be at home
protecting his people against this trust
as the fusion administration In his own
State of Nebraska was doing.
The North Branch people were given
a ten minutes talk, largely devoted to
trusts.
H. ora1-.