The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-18
'CROWDHEARS
AT THE RALEIGH FAIR.
Probably More People in the Fair
Grounds Than Ever There
Before.
KIND WORD FOR LAWYERS
Puts Some Of Them in the Com
moner Glass and Tells Of Their
Good Work.
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RALEIGH, N. c., October 17.-Bryan
Day at the North Carolina state Tail
drew to the grounds to-day what was
probably the largest crowd ever gath
cred here at State Fair. It Is eHtl-
mated that nearly 10000 people passed
through the gates In the course OF the
day.
Mr.. Bryan spoke from the same stand
that had been erected for President
Roosevelt two years ago. President ~
L. Daughtridgc. OF the North Carolina
Agricultural Society, presented Cover
nor r. 3. Glenn, who introduced Mr..
Bryan. The great commoner began by
saying that he was glad to come into
a State whose Chief Executive had dis
played the sympathy with the people
and the moral courage 10 do ms auty
that Governor Glenn had displayed.
His subjec. was. "The Average Man.
.If the average man knows what Is
best for him." he said, ''hc can't be any
thing but Democrat"
The Commoncr.
Mr.. Bryan then enumerated the va
rious kinds OF men he put into the ay-
erage or commoner class.
First he named the farmers, who
have enough to keep them out OF the
poor-house and never make enough to
entice broken down nobility to come
over and disgrace their families by.
marrying into them. AT this point
the applause and laughter from the
grounds became very noticeable, and
Mr.. Bryan turned and began to talk
to the crowds outside and let the
grandstand hear AZ best 1t might
Next he put In the mechanics and
other toilers OF the cities All were
producers OF the nations Wealth "a
"a ha mn
battles In time OF war. The merchants
were put in too. although the mer-
chant princess plight climb out. Ply
sicians. too, who draw their income
from the mass OF the people and DO
more work for nothing than any other
class, were included. When Mr.. Bryan
put the lawyers in. there was laugh,
and he said some people always
laughed whenever anything good was
said OF lawyers.
The Oklahoma Constitution had been
laughed at by some who said Of 1t
in derision that 1t had been framed
by cornilcld lawyers. but Mr.. Bryan
declared that II was better than that
of any other State and better than
the Federal Constitution. and that the
Constitutional Convention of Oklahoma
mad been composed OF nine-tenths
Democrats.
Work of Cornneld Lawyers.
Mir. Bryan said he hId been amused
to see how the cornfield lawyers had
putticd up the holes that corpora
ton lawyers had been shooting into
the Constitution for years. That Con-
stitutIon was framed from the stand
poinl of. the common people: It had
carried the State by something like
100000 majority. with the support of
all the Democrats and many OF the
Rcpublicans Notwithstanding Secreta-
~ Taft went all the way down there
to tell them not to vote for 1t.
The newspaper men were put in also.
hut not all. Some he could not include
because he could not tell who some OF
them were. In the great cities men
owned newspapers without their names
appearing. Brilliant men were hired
to chloroform the readers. while the
owners picked their pockets. Some
metropolitan papers were champions
81 predatory wealth and worked against
the interests OF the people. The weekly
papers. with their editorials, backed by
personality and character. were a price
less asset OF liberty In this country;
also many of the smaller dailies of
smaller cities In this class he named
Josephus Daniels. OF this state, his old
and tried friend Then We're included
the teachers and the preachers. now
belt. there might be few occupants OF
.hiEh-priced pulpits in cities who might
not feel at home among the commoners.
Given a Luncheon.
Following the address OF Mr.. Bryan
luncheon was given him on the fair
grounds by the State Fair officers and
snarshals. Tonight Mr.. Bryan and
party occupied a box at a concert by
Campanani. He left at midnight for
SIartanburg. S. c.. where he will de-
liver an address at the State Fair to-
morrow.