The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-24
BRYAN TRIES THE
LABOR RACKET
Boy Orator Seeks TO Prejudice the
Workingmen at Phillipsburg.
COMPARISON OF DRONES AND BEES
All Men Opposed to Labor Organiza.
tions. lie States, Are Arrayed
A.ainst His Candidacy...Othcr
Speeches Made at Belvidere, Ma.
nunka Chunk and Washington.

nunka Chunk and Washington.
Brooklyn. Sept. a3.-Wiiliam J. Bry-
an journey from Philadelphia today by
way of Trenton, Lambertville, Phil
hpsburg, Washington. Newark ana Ho-
boken. At Trenton a big crowd was
in waiting at the station but the train
did not stop long enough for the canul-
date to make a speech. AT -ampert-
vile a large proportion OF the towrs-
people gave Mr.. Bryan stirring re-
ception. Stockton turned out a s!nali
gathering, while PhillipsburS's crowd
numbered between four and five thou
sand At the latter place there was
stop OF fifteen minutes and Mr.. Bryan
made a speech. in the course OF which
he said:
see here laboring men. l want you to
remember that in this campaign We have
opposed to us every man VINO mas at :
tempted to destroy labor or3ahiZatiols
and break up these associations OF iaoo.
ing men. Great applause.) wan' iGu " ~
understand that We have on our size IN
this campaign the only people VINO nay
aided labor in its erdeavor to better M tns
condition of those who toll ana we can
better submit our cause 10 thvse ;n Mho H. n
interested in the welfare OF the iaborlhs
man themselves than to submit the cause
10 these who in this election Try 10 le-
stroy everything that Is OF pehent ~ We ne
laboring man. ] remember wheh was ia
congress we had u bill up 10 conpel tie
railroads to put on couplers 10 prote.l
the lives of the railway employees ana eT
cry railway attorney opposed IL anu iolu
us that II would cost too much' neasui
Ing human life in dollars and cents, ana
when We insisted that we hai the same
right TO protect the lives of the laborins
man as We had of other men, We couio lot
touch the hearts of these people II the
,,.l. .,f dc ~ "A -
late the votes of their employees IN the
interests Of those whom the presidents ol
railroads want elected then the presidents
of the railroads will manipulate the men
after the election and will be deaf to eN-
cry entreaty of the men who voted Tor
their interests under coercion. Vireat
applauae)
HE REACHES BELVIDERE.
Several hundred people heard Mr..
Bryan for q few minutes at Belvidere.
A brass band augmented the enthusi-
asm. The noon day sun did little to
temper the chill air at Manunka
Chunk, reached by Mr.. Bryan at l2O5.
Manunka Chunk is a little junction
where the Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western roads meet.
1t is not settlement. Mr.. Bryan
stood on Il baggage truck in the CEN
ter of the platform between the two
tracks and talked a few minutes to @
couple of hundred people. He said the
issue was between the drones and the
bees. Those who had been producing
honey and those who had been eating
honey without producing it. When he
had finished somebody called for three
cheers for the candidate. They wer"
given heartily.
The Delaware, LackawanDa ana
Western tain came along just then and
Mr. BRYAN went aboard; the train
pulled out at l2.l5. Mir. Bryan and
those with him occupying the seats in
the rear division of the baggage car.
At oxford Furnace Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed crowd from the rear plat
form of the train. Washington was
reached at l.4j and Mr. Bryan was
greeted at the station by crowd of
several nundred people He was
cheercd as he stepped into gaily
decorated carriage with ex-Congress-
man Cornish. The candidate and his
travelling companions went immediate
ly t. Washington park, in the center OF
the town, where he addressed large
audience.
TALK AT WASHINGTON.
Mr. Biyan's speech here lasted three
ouarteIs, of an hour. He spoke from q
stand in the public square to an audi
enca of between $500 and 5000 people.
IT Washington. Garrett A. Hobart
Las an organ factory, and as the train
drew into the station Mr.. Bryan saw q
his Mckinley and Hobart flag floating
from one of its windows. In his speech
he referred to the organ industry of
the town. but did not mention Mr.. Io-
bart. His audienca was very atten-
'iv" ana showed some enthusiasm. A
feature of the meeting in the park was
It 'avaicade Of thiry young women.
Mr. Rryan spoke in part as follows:
want the interest you manifest in the
election to grow until the ballots are all
in. ] believe our cause will grow because
IT Is the truth and truth commends itself
20 those who think. Our opponents tell us
TO oren the mills. What is the use If
opening the mills unless you can buy
what the mills produce. You can open all
the factories you will, but until you put
enough money in the farmers pockets to
buy products. you might as well close your
ta1torles. Nearly half the people of this
country are engaged in agriculture. You
cannot destroy the property of those en-
gagged in agriculture and expect people to
prosper II you want prosperity in this
country you have got to begin at the bot
tom and let prosperity work up. Pros
perity never came down to the people
from the money changers of any country
on M the face of the earth. CheersD
SThe gold standard means half time in
the factories and double time on the farms
to make the same amount of money. 1t
means half time in the factories because
there Is not work enough for the people
TO be employed full time, and it means
double time on the farm to make living.
They tell us TO have confidence. Business
men have been living on confidence for
several years and it is getting to be mighty
thin diet. U.aughter.) You ask for some
thing TO eat and they say have confidence;
that you have had enough to eat and YOU
won't feel hungry They tell you to have
faith. Faith is the substance Of things
hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
u.aughterD
MORE WORK AND LESS FAITH.
You have been exercising faith so long
that you are getting tired of it. The Bi-
ble says that faith without work is dead
People are getting to point where they
want more work and less faith in this
doctrine the Republican party is giving us.
You can have just what kind of a dollar
you want because the dollars are made
by law and the laws are made by the peO-
pie whenever the syndicates let them.
tLaughterD The syndicates will let them
whenever the people make up their minds
they want to make the laws. If the dol
lar We now have is not dear enough you
can make il dearer and push IL up un.ii
you can't see it, let alone getting it. As
dollars go up the man who holds the Sc
curities draws regular amount of inter-
est every year and that interest buys
more and more every year.
Show me a man who makes his money
out Of legislation and 1 will show you a
man who will stand on a street corner and
abuse people who want to have legisla.
ton for themselves. He will say these
men want to get rich by law. Show
me a man who has made his money
ont of unjust laws aud he will DAM, Ino