BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1900 The Bryan Meeting At Mitchell. About 3,000 people were in town to see Bryan, and not one third of the number heard him. The special train was more than an hour late and the crowd stood out in the rain waiting patiently to see the great apostle of calamity. Bryan wore a self satisfied smile and a white collar a size too small for him, judging from the way he used his neck from time to time. His opening remarks were to the effect that he would rather have folks believe in his sincerity as a citizen desiring the highest good of his country than to be considered desiring the presidency. He also said, "My father was a lawyer. I am a lawyer, but several years ago I quit prosecuting for petit larceny and have been after the Republicans on a charge of grand larceny." He also expressed much fear lest 75,000,000 people of this country be put in chains by McKinley's great army of 100,000 men. He closed his harangue by saying: "If you want a government of the people for the people and by the people send Congressman Miers back, elect Kern Governor and myself President, but if you want a government of the syndicates for the syndicates and by the syndicates then vote the Republican ticket." His solution of trusts was free trade overlooking the fact that most of the great trust articles are on the free list. His whole speech was full of egotistical insincerity that anyone who was not a blind partisan could easily see.