Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24
Bryan Addresses Large Crowd
at Wheeling Today.
STARTED WEST EARLY
REGRETTED INABILITY TO STAY
LONGER IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Determined to Garry on Fight Against
Imperialism-The. Itinerary
of His Trip.

| of the Hotel Windsor. Mr.. Bryan said that
| he was sorry he could not make longer
| stay in West Virginia. as in the last cam
| paign Senator Henry G. Davis had WORKED
| heart and soul for him, and now he was re-
| turning the favor. He said that while the
| money question was not the paramount
| issue this time he had determined to carry
| on the fight against Imperialism, as that
| was what threatened the people OF TINS
| country at this time more than any o.HeA
one thing.
He said that Judge Parker stands for the
| constitution and government most aoapt-
| able to this age. He condemned .ne coao
| NAL policy and said Mr.. Roosevelt $1,000
| for the enlargement of the army II mao
| cost the country s115,0O0OOO since the last
republican administration, and now MT.
Roosevelt wants 1t increased to $4fo,Ooo'OOo
| more.
II think it time that the republicans are
| giving us reasons for these increased e1-
penditures.' said Mr.. Bryan.
| In closing he referred to the 1ull oiInef
| pail by saying that when he reached ONO
| he found that Senator Beverage mao
| turned the dinner pail into coffee pot, anu
! that there were reasons to DelleVe tnal .he
| coffee pot would be turned into water
pitcher at the present rate OF progress ioi
| the poor man. ~,
| Mr. Bryan arrived in Wheeling SUNDAY
| afternoon at 3 O'Clock. He departed TINS
| morning over the Wheeling and Lake ERIE
| for Bridgeport. Ohio. where. after making
| a fifteen-m minute speech, he ieft 1of Canton,
Ohio at 80 o'clock this morning. ana Will
make speeches en- route,
Senator Fairbanks left in his private car
this morning for Ohio points, having been
in Wheeling since Saturday.
The Ohio Itinerary.
Mr.. BRYAN was accompanied by Chairman
Harry CARRIER of the Ohio executive COM
mittee who arranged the itinerary for Mr.
| Rryan and Is managing the democratic
| campaign in the state. The itinerary as
arranged provides for speeches of from
| five to thirty minutes duration today In
| eighteen towns in Ohio, concluding with
! night meeting at Hamilton; SomeWnae VI
an attempt at record-breaking in speech
making, regarding the number OF ADDRESS
es the number of miles travelled and the
| time consumed, was attempted by ChaIr-
| man CARRIER.
| It was at first intended to have Mr.. Bryan
| visit the state taking two days time, but
| this plan was abandoned and tour OF
| one day beginning early and lasting Until
late in the evening was mapped out TO
| save time reception committees and intro
| auctions were intended to be done away
with and it was planned to have Mr.. Bryan
| make all speeches in Ohio, with one excep-
| ton, from the rear platform OF MS spe-
| cial
| 1t was arranged for Mr.. Bryan to cover
| the entire state from Wheeling, w. Va,
and Bridgeport, Ohio. northwest to Masll-
|
| fifteen miles of the Indiana line, south
| 175 miles and ending the speech-maklng
| with an address at Hamilton, near Gin
| cinnati. The total distance is approx
| mately 400 miles. In addition to the speech
| in this city, the Ohio towns scheduled for
an address in the order following were:
| Bridgeport, Barton. New Philadelphia,
Massillon. Wooster. Loudensvflle, Mans
| field Crestline. Bucyrus Upper Sandusky,
| Dunkirk, Ada, Lima, Delphos Van Vert,
| Celina, Greenville and Hamilton.
| Following his tour through Ohio, Mr..
| Bryan is scheduled again to visit Indiana
| for several days of speech making. after
| which. he said today, he would go to Mis-
| souri, to make one address and then to
| Nebraska.
A Plea for Parker.
| BARTON, Ohio, October 24.-Mr. Bryan,
| In discussing the issues Of the campaign,
made a plea for the support of Judge
| Parker for President 1t was while discuss
ing mlitarism that Mr.. Bryan urged the
support of the former jurist, and in re-
ferring to Judge Parker's stand on this
question. Mr. Bryan said that in the White
House was the spirit of war in the face OF
the spirit of peace. He described the labor
troubles of Colorado and the suspension OF
constitutional liberty in that state. The
money question, he asserted, was not sc
important now as 1t was four years ago.
II used to see signs of the full dinner pail
| 1Our years ago, Sdl0 MT. Bryan, Out
don't it now, and think our opponents
onght at least to show us a souvenir of at
least an empty one
Talked at Massillon
MASSILLON, Ohio, October 24-As the
train bearing William ]. Bryan pulled out
of New Philadelphia, two veterans bearing
| large American flags dipped the emblems in
salute for the speaker, while three or four
engines footed whistles A speech of five
minutes was made at MassiIlon, where the
| car was switched to the Pennsylvania line
for the run across the state to Van Vert.
The crowd at Massillon was large, and
| men and women fairly fought their way
to the car to grasp the hand of Mr.. Bryan
| when he concluded his speech. Referring
to the Panama canal he said:
IF the President had dealt with England
or France as he acted toward Panama, we
| would now have been engaged in a disas-
| trous war.
Talks to Miners.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, October "a.
Although 1t was still very early when the
| engine and special car of Mr.. Bryan
reached Bridgeport and Barton. there was
a number of men, women and children
present at those places to greet Mr. Bryan.
At Bridgeport Mr.. Bryan spoke of the
necessity Of citizenship and advocated a
law compelling men to vote. At Barton Mr..
| Bryan's listeners were mostly miners. They
were attired in their working clothes and
just ready to begin their labors for the day
| when Mr.. Bryans special car arrived. Mr..
Bryan spoke briefly. referring to the mill
| tary rule that had existed in Colorado as 1t
| affected the liberty of the workngmen gen.
orally. His remarks were received enthusi-
asticaliy.
The swing northward over the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad to New Philadelphia was
then made At several Of the stations en-
route persons gathered and were greeted by
the speaker. At New Philadelphia a band
played as the train arrived and a cheer
went up as Mr.. Bryan appeared. 1t was
one of the largest crowds up to this point.
| Mr.. Bryan referred to the tariff as an issue
| In politics and urged the support Of the
democratic party by the gold democrats.
Mr.. Bryan said:
| Need a Democratic Congress.
I'VE need a democratic Congress as well
| as democratic President We needoa DEM
| ocratic Congress to carry out the recon-
| mendations of democratic President. The
| republicans promise nothing. They boast
| hoy hav h