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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1900.
GREAT MEETING
IN THE ARMORY
I Concluded from Page 3,
bout which he knena much si he knowi ol
njthlntr, that, la, the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1. Bryan made his ipecch
on that occasion and he was In love then with
this doctrine which he la now so afr.ild ot.niid
In that speech he said that wheat and silver
were the indications of tho financial conditions,
that they were married together hy a tllvlne
union, one was the bride and the other was the
bridegroom, and he said whom God itoth Join
lit no man put asunder, and yet within six
months after the election of William McKlnley
the logic of events divorced wheat and silver
qulcksr than a divorce was ever decreed In
Chicago, and wheat went up and silver went
down, and thla divinely united pair now, It la
aid, don't even speak when they pass by.
Well, that simply shows how much my friend
Bryan knew about that question, lie told tho
people r.f the republic and I want to mention
K'hsra because I aeo a large representation of
thla audience Is mndc up of men who earn
their bread In the sweat of their faces he told
tho men It they didn't have this free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 the laboring
men of the country would have to draw from
the akvlngs banks the money they had deposited
to take care of them In their old age and take
ca.res of their wives and chlldruiT and It haa
corns Justification, because during the adminis
tration of Orovcr Cleveland they illd have to
draw $37,000,000 from the savings banks for that
purpose, when they were out of employment,
had no labor to perform, and when' the soup
houses were tho frequent institution to bo found
on the corners of streets where men do most
congregate.
Now, ho had some justification for that state
ment; but what has turned out to be inc fact?
Since the administration of William McKlnley,
Instead of drawing out of the savings banks they
have increased their deposits $IS0,O00,O00. Well,
he was simply .!, 000,000 out of the way. It
la a mere trifle so far aa he is concerned; he
don't take any time to pass over that, merely
walk by it; he turns around and goes the other
way, That la simply an Illustration of the pro
phecies made by William Jennings Bryan.
(Voice; How about the trusts?)
I will come to the trusts In n minute, and
when t reacn it I will demonstrate to you, it
you are an intelligent man, that you will put
your trust in the Republican party. I don't
want this young man ta go out until I get
through with the discussion of trusts, because
I know what I am talking about, and if the
young man don't believe it when I get through
I would like to know for what reason he does
not.
BRYAN THE AHTFUIj DODDER.
Now let mo give you a practical illustration.
I say they increased their deposits. I believe in
s policy that allows labor and capital both to
live, and I will say what I think of this man
Bryan, because thin apostle of discontent, tho
prince of demagogues in the republic, has not
answered In this campaign honestly, rinrercly,
straightforwardly and candidly a single question;
he has dodged every question put to him. I
have got tired of calling that gentleman an
honest man, because I Know the contrary to be
true, and I can demonstrate it in any place and
anywhere and any time, and I will do it beforo
I get through with this speech.
(A voice: llanna says ho is honest.)
No, sir; Ilnnna says he is a hypocrite, llanna
says this, that if any man who ever worked for
him will say he ever wronged him out of a
dollar he will resign from the oBics of senator of
the United States. Will William Jcnniiics Bryan
say he net or wronged any of his clients, if he
had any clients; if they can say lie never
wronged them will be get out of this race? I
have given him that proposition twice, but he
does not seem to take up with it.
Now let mo give you just another illustration,
and I will reach tho trusts as quick as my
friend wants me to. In ltM and 1805 there was
a vast army marching through this republic. I
don't know whether it was recruited from this
vicinity or not, but it marched from the west
and tho only stops It made on its march were
stop at soup houses; it was the army of the
ut employed some wore shoes and some were
barefooted;" some wore coat and some no costs,
tome had hate others were bareheaded) and It
was an army that marched on Washington, D,
0., under a man by the name of Coxey, and It
wat Coicy's army, and It met at Washington,
D. C.t that enticing Invitation on the lawns of
tho capital nmt white house, "Keep off tho
grass," and that Is all It did meet at Washing
ton, 1). C,
Now where Is Coxey's army today under the
Republican administration! Is It matching
through any part of the republic? Is It march.
Ing anywhere? Where Is the army of the uncm
plojcd today that Misted In 1SDI, '03 and '00?
it l at wtrk. And I am very glad, by the way,
that they tire at work here. I congratulate the
operators and Ilia operatives upon the high plane
that has beecn followed In the settlement of
this controversy in this vicinity and the law
and order that has been maintained by the men.
and that has characterized! the proceedings
throughout. They romlucttd themselves prop
erly and In order. II Mark llanna did 11 he did
well. William Jennings Bryan never did any
thing of that kind, nor James K. Jones, nor
John P. Attgcld, nor Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina. They never furnished a day's employ,
ment, much less to harmonlre the conditions
betweecn labor and capital; they li.tv en' t any
such record or history.
WHEREABOUTS OF COXEY'S ARMY.
Wall, where Is Coxey's army today? The army
Is st work, alt of the army that wants to work,
anywhere and everywhere. Coxey himself Is In
Ohio advertising for five hundred men to build
a plant that will cost $250,000 to make cast
steel products, a demand for which has been
created by the prosperity of tho. last two yearn.
Now there is an object lesson of the two policies,
the policy of the Republican parly and the
policy of the Democratic parly; protection to
American laror and industry and a sound cur
rency based upon a gold standard and upon the
fundamental principles of public and private
honesty ns against free silver and free Irjde.
Now, which do we prefer with those Illustra
tions staring us In the face. Coxey's army
marching on Washington, 1). C attracting a
crowd of the unemployed, jeopardizing the peace
and tho welfare of the republic, or Coxey himself
at work, ndertlslng tor labor and unable to get
all the labor he wants to put it into his own em
ployment and build his own works. I prefer the
last, and for that reason I propose to vote the
Republican ticket. If any nun prefers the situa
tion of six years ago let him vote the Demo
cratic ticket and help Bryan bring about the
conditions that will produce that situation and
that army. We have the same threat now we
had in 1606; William Jennings Bryan in the
White House and many of us in the soup house
and the poor house as a result thereof. These
are the real practical issues in this campaign.
Whether or not the policies of the Republican
party, which it is conceded have produced tho
magnificent results that now bless the republic
from one end to the other, shall continue, or
whether you will go back to the policies of the
Democratic party acted up in 1804, when they
had an opportunity, and embraced it, of enact
ing an economic measure that plunged the in
dustries of this country into disaster and brought
upon us so much private bankruptcy and filled
the land with unemployed the Wilson tariff bill
built on the lines of free trade.
These arc the great practical questions and
upon these questions the state of Pennsylvania
stands as solid as tho eternal hills that exist
within her borders. She stands for the protection
of American labor and sound currency. Lot
nobody make any mistake; they can talk about
trusts, I am going to talk about trusts. They
can talk about imperialism, they can talk about
militarism and all of the other isms; they are
bound to Introduce this policy of, free trade;
William Jennings Brjan is hound to introduce
his policy of fiec silver, although he hasn't got
the courage in this campaign to say whether he
would pay the obligations of the republic In
coin silver or coin gold, because he is afraid
it would affright the business of this country
and destroy his prospects of election, he has not
the courage of his opinions in this campaign.
TIME TO TELL THE THUTH.
Make no mistake; these are the real issues.
The isms and the other issues they speak about
we aro perfectly willing to meet these gentlemen
on. It is getting about time in this campaign
to state things as they are, to tell the truth
and to call a spade a spade, as we say up where
I come from, and when I find the Democracy
guilty ol Insincerity I proposo to say to, 11 1
can demonstrate it, as t believe t can.
Now, t em going; to dliciiM thla question of
trusts. 1 am going to take In, my discussion a
text, and I do It because I desire to follow in
thla discission the line marked out by Brjan.
1 find In the western country that It is the fiablt
to tako texts from the scriptures) they don't do
It In my country) 1 don't know how universal
It may become. Now, Brjan'a text In St. Louis
on the fifteenth day ut September was, "Is the
Young Man Absalom safe?" and upon that he
proceeded to, demonstrate from his standpoint
that the young man was about to be deprived of
everything by the trusts.
1 am going to toke n text, my test Is from tho
scriptures, because I am familiar with them, and
my text Is this; "A hypocrite with his mouth
destroyed! hit neighbor, but through knowledge
shall the just be delivered." Now, as the first
step In this discussion I want to demonstrate
from tho mouth of Bryan himself that the
Democracy In 1694 simply sold out the people
of this republic and became the willing tools
of the most gigantic ttust tho country ever knew.
1 had the pleasure of following, about a week
later, this great apostle of discontent when he
made n speech In the northern part of Wisconsin,
and about an hour before 1 made my speech
I had placed In my hands a verbatim report
of the speech made by Bryan a week before,
and In his speech he made the quotation from
a speech of William McKlnley In tho campaign
of 1804, and I want to quote that just as Bryan
said It.
Ho said McKlnley charged that the Democracy
got Into power aa the enemy of trusts in 1602
when they wanted the votes of the people, but
when they got Into power, according to the
testimony of their own members, they became
willing tools of the most gigantic trust of the
country. Now, n very singular thing about that
speech of Bryan's is this: He quoted that
charge made by McKlnley; ho didn't undertake
to deny It; I had n verbatim ropy of his speech
taken by a stenographer, and the only way he
undertook to answer it was by making a counter
charge against the Republican party. Mr, Bry
an didn't deny that but McKlnley told the truth
when he sold that the Democracy had become
the willing tools of the most gigantic trust the
country ever knew. And a significant thing
about that speech is this: Bryan happened to
be situated so that he knew whether McKlnlcy's
charge was tnie or .(also.
BRYAN GLORIED IN HIS SHAME.
Why? Because Bryan himself was a member
of the house of representatives against whtqh
McKlnley made that charge. He was a member;
of the ways and means committee that made;
that Wilson tariff bill; he supported it by hie
speech on the floor, and he toted for it when
it tame to a test vote, and not only that, he
gloried in his shame, because he was one of the
three men who took Wilson on their shoulders
. and walked about the floor of the house glorying
in the success of that charge, which Orovcr
Cleveland said, under the manipulation of the
trusts, became tho product of perfidy and dis
honor. Now, there is William Jennings Bryan's
admission that McKlnlcy's charge was true.
His charge against tho Republican party was
that the administration of McKlnley bad not en
forced the law against trusts, and I left this
conondrum in Toledo, where I spoke last week,
and Bryan is to be there this week. I chal
lenged Bryan then and I challenge him now,
and I challenge any Democrat, or Populist, or
Anarchist, or Socialist, or Communist, if you
have any here, I challenge any of them, to
produce a single case where tho facts have been
presented to the department of justice that
would furnish the basis of a prosecution under
tho Sherman nnti-trust law when the department
of justice has not moved where the information
has been presented in good faith. I challenge
him, and I leave it here now to any Democrat
to produce a single case where the department
of justice has not moved.
Bryan said McKlnley had not made any specific
recommendation for tho amendment of the law
in relation to trusts, when Bryan knew that
McKlnley at the beginning of the last session
made a recommendation urging congress to exer
cise the whole of Its constitutional power against
trusts. He did not confine himself to a specific
recommendation, but he urged congress to exer
cise its power in every respect, and Bryan
knew it when he made that speech. Now he ad
mits this charge that the Democracy became
tho willing tools of the most gigantic trust,
and that tnist was the sugar trust, because the
testimony shows'that tho sugar trust contributed
In tnat campaign taigcly to the Dcmocratlo cam
paign fund,
1 submit this proposition upon this great
question of trusts. 1 submit when It appears
by tho admission of William Jennings Brjan that
his Dcmocratlo party became tha willing tools
of tho trusts In 1604, by whit assurance now
can ho ask tho republic to elect tho Democracy
to power again and take the chances of their
again becoming the willing tools of trusts when
ho himself was n part of tho bargain, sale and
delivery, and he knows It?
DEMOCRACY CANNOT BE TllUSIT.D.
1 left that question for him In Toledo, but
he won't answer It because thcro Is no answer
thereto that Is consistent with tho Dcmocratlo
programme. 01 whom can we take a bond and
make assurance doubly sure and trust the Dem
ocracy again In this campaign. Thbe own
mouth condemned! thee ami not I; yea, thine
own lips testify ag.ilnst lliee. There h not a
man th.it aits hero that wuuld employ an agent
that had behind Mm that record. If he did
and would sign bis name to the statement of
facts It would furnish him with a certificate tot
admission to a retreat for the feeble-minded and
a continuance therein dining tho rest of his
natural lifetime. Why can't people do their
politics as they do their business?
Perhaps I ought to stop liete and explain what
trust Is and state its constitutional limits.
Now- what is a trust, that people aio talking
about In this campaign? a trust is simply this:
It Is an agreement entered Into by corporations,
Anns and Individuals by vlrtuo of which the con
trol of the properties of 'the parties to the agree
ment la vested in a board of trustees; they have
the power to s.iy what tho output should bo and
what tho price cf It should be. Tho board of
trustees central the Invlness and all the parties
thereto. Tho Standaid Oil company wos In l!ss
a trust like this, consisting of about forty dif
ferent firms, Individuals and associations, but the
Standard Oil company Is now a vast corporation;
there is only one corporation now instead of
forty different firms and Individuals.
What they call a trust today Is a large cor
poration, nearly all of them organized under the
laws of the state of New Jersey. My Demo
cratle frlemli when they refer to a trust do not
say "trust"; they say "octopus" and ".hugger,
naut." One of my friends who Is a very able
lawyer anil a' vastly greater master of the Eng
lish language than William Jennings Brjan on
the floor of the house, was kj awfully impressed
with the tremendous gravity of the situation
described it like this: He said, "I think I see
coming up over the financial horizon a cloud
about the slc of n man's hand; I sec It spread
ing itself over the whole financial Armament
until it develops the republic in darkness through
which tho awful Jauggernaut, with Its tremen
dous strides, Is making Its progress from one
end of tho repuhllo to tha other, crushing into
tho earth helpless women and children," Bee
how bad lie felt,
QUESTION OP MILtTAfltSM.
I have Just ft few words to say about tho ques
tion of militarism, because It has some bearing
In this community, I take It. Mr, Bryan's
proposition In this campaign Is that we have
raised an army to 100,000 men and that we
propose to continue a standing army and among
other things lo erect forts near large cities for
tho purpose of Intcifcrlng with labor troubles In
the republic. That, la his proposition. Now in
tho first place the army now exists to tho
amount of 100,000 men; the bill raising It re
ceived in tho senate of the United States the
vote of twenty Democratic senators against
twelve, and when It passed It contained a pro
vision providing that the army was to be used
In the Philippine archipelago tn quell Insurgents
and maintain law and order. When It reached
tho house scvcnty-flvo Democrats voted to sus
tain tho rules when it should be voted upon
In tho house, and when It came up it passed
unanimously, every Democrat yotlng for It upon
tho floor of the house.
There Is the responsibility for the army of 100,.
000 men resting upon the Democrats and Repub
licans' alike. Tho Republicans do not seek to
cvado this responsibility. I want to say that It
It is necessary to keep the army at 100,000 men
or 150,000 men In order to maintain the dignity
of tho republic, law and order, protect life, per
tons nnd property, ami sec to the administration
of justice In tho lands where our flag floats,
and protect American citizens everywhere,
ABOUT WILLIAM CONXELL IN CONGRESS.
Vote for Hon. William Connell, who, by two
years faithful, efficient and effective service upon
tho floor of tho lower house, has demonstrated
jvh.it an Intelligent, self-made, conscientious man
can accomplish for tho constituents lie repre
sents; and I speak from personal knowledge
when I say that no man on the floor in his capa
city exercises a more conservative and effective
Influence tint Hon. William Connell, from this
district of Pennsylvania.
Let every Republican that believes In Itepu
llcan principles, in those that underlie the is
sues In this campaign, and In the honor and
Integrity of the republic, vote to return him
by an overwhelming and Increased majority, in
order that we may have not only the adminis
tration, but the lower house, with tho speaker
thereof, and the senate of tho United States,
so that the Republican party may again bless
the republic with fours years of Its glorious and
unparalleled prosperity.
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To the School Teachers of
The Lackawanna County Institute
You have an entire week to spend in Scranton.
There will be hours for study and hours for pleas
ure. Divide them as equally as vou can. This
may be your first visit to Scranton; but whether or
no, do not go away without
Going Through
Scranton's Biggest Store .
There are sixty departments of merchandise here -.
everything one might need. We credit your intel
ligence to judge of the splendor and completeness
of this up-to-date store. Dress Goods, Gloves,
Millinery. Coats and Suits, Corsets, Books, Shoes
whatever you can think' of, you'll find here. Just
now the store is'resplendent in its
Third Annual
Exhibition of Pure Food
Quite the most marvelous exposition ever held in
the state. More than an acre of floor space is de
voted to it almost the entire basement of this Big
Store. Do not go home without visiting the Food
Show. It is the sight of the city. Hundreds of
splendid foods are being demonstrated, and served
to you without charge. In addition are musical
programs of great interest every afternoon.
Todau, at Two O'clock,
Grand Concert by the Scranton
Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Club
The last concert by this famous N organization
" during the Food Show. Publicly endorsed every
where as being particularly "fine." Come out this
afternoon and listen to them.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) Grand Musicale by the-
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phy, Lizzie Hiltz and Mr. Andrew Hayes, pianists; Mr.
P. J. Quinn, baritone soloist, and Master George Francis
Keller, pianist. A feature of the concert will be the
playing of one composition on six different pianos, by
six different players, all at one time with them," the
famous Electrical Piano. ,n
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