Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-09-15
Crowd Heard Mr..
Bryan at Toledo.
He Spoke In the john
son Tent.
Praise For the Mayor Of CIeve-
land Town.

at tne tent meeting Shturuuy nlBnt.
Notable among the interesting features
of the meeting was Mr.. Bryar's warm
praise of Mr.. johnson for his work in
Ohio.
The crowd, which was extremely en-
thusiastic and denfonstrative, cheered
Mr. Bryan's remarks wildly, and Mr..
Johnson was accorded one of the great
est ovations of his political career. Mr.
johnson devoted his time to a consid-
Grafton of topics of interest to the peo-
pie of Toledo, paying particular atten-
ton to Godfrey, the auditor Of Lucas
county. Mayor Johnson has a very
clear-cut recollection of Godfrey's ac-
tions in Cleveland when he was a men,
ber Of the railroad assessing
board. The Mayor considers Godfrey
to have been the most arbitrary and
obnoxious of all the auditors who as
sembled in Cleveland on that memoir
able occasion fifteen months ago.
The circus tent was pitched in the
Toledo Base Ball park, which is To-
Gated near the heart of the city. The
tent was backed up against a portion
of the grandstand and the canvas lift
ed, so that these grandstand seats were
included in the circus auditorium. All
the space within the tent was occu-
pied, as well as ali that portion of the
stand which was within the range of
the speakers voices. 1t was one Of
the most notable political assemblages
that Toledo has ever seen in spite Of
insufficient advertising and the brevity
of time in which the local Democrats
HAD to complete their arrangements.
Mr.. johnson and Peter Witt came
from Oak Harbor in the automobile
in the afternoon, nothing daunted by
the mud When the machine started
there was not a person of Importance
ing to make affidavit that it was a
physical impossibility for Mr.. John
son to ever reach Toledo in the ''red
wagon" but Mr.. johnson had bet
ter knowledge of his own abilities and
those of his automobile and covered
the % miles in little over three. hours.
But he is willing to admit that in all
his life he never encountered mud
which could from any standpoint be
compared with the mud of those Otta-
wa county roads.
Mayor Johnson registered at the st.
Charles, whittier Mr.. Bigelow had pre-
ceded him by train from Oak Harbor,
and where Mr.. Bryan was already en-
joying an afternoon nap. Everyone
in Toledo who CHANGED to see the auto
mobile as it made its progress through
the crowded streets appeared to recog-
nize the Mayor as readily as If they
had known him all their lives.
Mr.. Bryan, who was the last speak
er at the big tent meeting, was greet
ed with cheers which lasted for sew
eral minutes. Although not so, hoarse
as Mr.. Johnson, Mr.. Bryan's voice was
noticeably in bad condition. Mr.. Bry-
an said:
II have such cold, and 1t pains me
SO much to speak, that / would not be
here at all except for the great inter-
est feel in the campaign you are wag-
ing here in Ohio. l could not be here
later, and l determined to come any
way and give my word of encourage
ment to the men who are fighting the
battle which Is of much wider import
ance than merely its effects, in this
state.
II really don't know what to say
after the speeches which I have lust
heard from Mr.. Bigelow and Mr.. John
son. / cannot conceive how any per-
son could differ with these. gentlemen
in what they have said. Mr.. Bigelow
is right when he says that there Is a
sense of justice in every human being.
and it is to this sense Of justice that
these men are appealing, 1t is a cam
paign much broader than one of party
politics. When / see this minister,
this man whose sole aim is to help his
fellow people and to make the road of
life easier for all those who travel it,
wonder how any workingman can
withhold his vote from him.
"How can any laboring man hope to
better his condition If ne refuses to
fight the man who is fighting him? If
he will not defend himself, how can
he expect others to defend him? How
can any laboring man expect someone
else to fight the battle of his wife and
children II he will not do 1t himself?
If you now turn your backs on this