The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20

Ask About the Cotton Bale Trust,
North CnrOIima and Croker.
Syracuse, N. Y, Oct 19.-Hon. Will
liam J. Bryan, the democratic standard
bearer, to-day encountered at Ithaca the
students from Cornell university, and
an additional feature of interest was
the participation of young women in
the affair. A hundred or more were
stationed at windows in the high school
just back of the stage from which Mr..
Bryan spoke, and they disturbed the
proceedings by lowering posters bear
ing picture of President Mckinley so
as to attract the attention of the crowd,
The young men who were below re-
sponded to the signals, and they also
asked numerous questions while the
speech was in progress. Evidently, too,
large percentage of the students We're
in sympathy with Mr.. Bryan, and some
of them shouted Justify for him.
1T was evident from the very begin
ming of the meeting that the students
meant to at least relieve the meeting
from all charges of monotony MIR. Bry-
an was scarcely given an opportunity
to express his qualification in being able
to speak to the students, when one of
them broke in with the query, How
about North Carolina?"
Mr., Bryan responded to this question
by saying: eff you will examine the
conditions prescribed by your admins
tration for a voter in Porto Rico you
will find that eighty-three per cent. of
the colored men of the voting age in
Porto Rico cannot vote under this ad-
ministration's qualifications"
He had scarcely begun his discussion
of the trust question, when some one
made an inquiry about the cotton bale
trust MIR. Bryan replied to the effect
that the cotton bale company owned a
patent for baling cotton and that it did
not bale one twentieth of the cotton
produced in this country. And yet
men who howl about patent that does
rot bale twentieth of the cotton will
vote for party that allows salt trust
to control ninety-fve per cent. of the
salt of the United States he said.
Having replied to this inquiry, Mr.
Bryan himself volunteered to take up
the ice trust question. There was an
from the crowd and voice
in the outskirts called out, "How about
Croker?"
Mr.. Bryan turned sharply and said:
"Mr Croker has no stock in the ice
trust; but why are you worried about
Croker when you are not afraid of
Plat2?'
He had not finished his reply to the
question, when young man made an
inquiry about the free coinage of silver,
eliciting the following reply: well, |
my friend, / stand to-day where Will
liam Mckinley stood before he bowed |
to the dlctation Of Wall street, and If
you will defend him for changing his
opinion I will defend myself for not |
changing my opinion. But let me pro-
ceed---"
From the same voice: Answer the
question"
Mr.. Bryan: II have replied to you,
sir. You do not have to ask questions.
Look in our platform and you will find |
our position on every question. You
dare not state yours in a platform or on
the stump. Our platform presents our |
views on every question"
The young man insisted upon fur
ther response and repeated several
times, "Answerl Answer!" Mr.. Bryan |
responded: Il have answered you, sir.
cannot give you understanding; | can
simply give you an answer
There was quite an intermission of |
questions here, and Mr.. Bryan was per-
nitted to go on with his speech.
He proceeded for some time without |
any interruption, but at last young
nan in the audience asked him for an
explanation Of his attitude in the matter
If the ratification of the Paris treaty
Mr.. Bryan replied
You have asked me a question.
want to ask you one. / am going to an
;wer yours. VIII yon answer mine?
What Is your plan?'
The young man: II have not got any,
am down here open to your convic-
ion. You are talking to all of us. You
,ame here especially to convince us"
Mr.. Bryan "Yes, and I am mighty
dad I have man ODan to conviction,
md / hope you nre not like the Scotch
woman who said she was open to con-
fiction. but added, I would like to see
he man who can convince me- "