The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-28
(Staff Special to Morning News.)

pie were at the B. & 0. depot this
morning at $50 to get a glimpse of the
great popular leader, William Jen-
nings Bryan. who Is making a flying
campaign trip through Ohio, today, in
behalf of the national Democratic
standard bearers. 1t was not SO much
the curiosity 10 see him as it was the
desire Of the crowd to hear what this
eloquent champion of the peoples
rights had to say. The train which
was special consisted of but two
cars and it hove in sight minutes
ahead of schedule time. The special
left Bridgeport, o., over the c. l.. &
w. division Of the B. & o. railroad this
morning at o'clock. At Bridge
port he addressed a lot of working
men. No stop was then made until
New Philadelphia was reached where
Mr.. Bryan addressed a large crowd
of Tuscarawas county people At this
place he urged upon the Democrats the
Importance of electing Democratic
congress and Hon. Edward J. Hurst,
the Democratic candidate for congress
in the 17th Ohio district, came in for
his share of Mr.. Bryan's words of
praise. Senator Hurst accompanied
Mr.. Bryan on his trip to Wooster.
The crowd at Massillon were not ex-
slusiveiy Massillonians. There were at
least 100 or more of Democrats from
Canton who went over on the inter-
urban line on a. special to see and hear
the great "Commoner" and there was
quite few farmers who drove to Mas
sillon to witness the scene. There
were also large number who came
there after 1t was all over. The train
was scheduled to arrive there at $50
a. m. and several of them figured that
it would be few minutes late. In
stead of that it hove in sight at just
9:25 a. m.
When the train had come to
stand still and Mr.. Bryan appeared
upon the rear platform there was a
sudden outburst of cheering from the
assemblase below. He looked just
the same as he did when he went
through Stark county on that memoir
able trip to New York city in July
1896 to receive the notification Of his
nomination for president, except that
he is more bald. There is the same
honesty in his eyes; the same firmness
in his jaw; the same melody In his
voice and the same sincerity in what
he says that has always characterized
his noble nature. He greeted his au-
dience with smile and when quiet
had been restored he spoke as follows:
Il have been allowed but five min
utes to talk to you because of the
long trip today. l want to urge all
Democrats to stand by the party at
the coming election. While the plat
form is not exactly the same as 1t
was when l was the candidate. the
principles of the party are of that
grand nature that makes peace and
prosperity and insures progress In ev-
cry line.
"You will get nothing from the Re-
publican party that will help to re-
duce the tariff; to regulate the trusts
or nothing of remedial nature in the
affairs of laboring man. We never
supposed eight years ago that we would
have an army twice as large now as
we had then. We never supposed that
the government would practice afro
cities in Colorado and In the Philip
pines that are of the same. nature and
where rights under the Constitution
have been denied. Colorado Is one Of
our states and the Philippines are q
dependency made so by the Republican
party but the Constitution Is meant for
the whole people and after a person
becomes a subject to the American flag
he is entitled to its protection no mat
ter where he be. The Republican
party is responsible for these condi-
tions and must answer for them.
1.-THE president has brought into the
White House spirit Of war that
means to permeate the Republican
party's entire actions This In itself
is antagonistic to the welfare of a
peaceful country. Look at the Pana-
ma incident. The president took that
little colony under his care because it
had canal In its pocket. Would we
not have had war with either Eng
land or Germany If We had siezed a
portion Of their territories as we did
from the government of Colombia
when we took Panama and its revo-
lutions? Some of you may say that
President Roosevelt would not have
taken piece of land from either OF
these countries as he did from Colon
bia. To those l say shame upon a
man who would rob a weak nation
The president stands for the Republi-
can party and Its actions are part
of that organization.
Roosevelt will also have a large
navy II he can have his way and al
D ready plans. are on foot to increase Il
materially. The first thing will bt
done. asa person remarked to me the