The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-02
HANNA CLAIMS 81.
Announces His Table in a Speech Ex-
planning His Labor Record.

Chicago. Nov. I'm the Auditorium Sat
urday the Republicans held great rally.
at which speeches We're delivered by eX-
Congr essnan Mason. Judge Moran Mark
Hanna and others
attention. He said in part:
May God bless every loyal man and
length and bread In Of this great land 10
do honor to the flag This campaign has
no parallel in the history of American
politics. W hen the platform at 81 LOUIS
launched it came like a thunderbolt out
of a clear sky Tt shocked and stunned
the American people az never an event
nae done before pul railylhs from gaelf
stupefaction. they Immediately girded UP
their loins to do their duty
1T has been my privilege in the manage
ment OF AFFAIRS in which / have been con
cerned TO have IN my employ thousands
of men, and 7 am as close to them as
am to every patriotic citizen here today.
I don want to talk about myself, but
this campaign has narrowed down to per-
sonaHtfes- The man who asks for the
SURFACES of this people comes here and
lowers the dignity of himself and the
am not running for office. Whv didn't
fLe,- atfaoly RTeI<ir7Ia7-s r7l7e7- di5r+f dare
do it, They didn't dare to raise a Whis-
uer AGAINST the man who stood before the
American people for more than twenty
years devoting the best half of his life
in behalf Of the workingmen whom they
And when he left congress he was sue
ceeded on that ways and means commit
tee by a man named W j. Bryan (Hiss-
es and groans-)
During the consideration of the Wilson
bill very few men representing the great
industrial interests We're permitted 70 en-
ter that sacred room of the ways and
that the Glass Blowers association was
represented by large delegation of
Vorl1ingmen headed by the president of
that organization, rev moments time
was given to the consideration of that
one item. They heard patiently what the
employer and employees had 70 say ana
then the committee adjourned Standing
around the table ia that room Mr. Bryan,
walking up and addressing the employer
from Pittsburg, Mr. Chambers. said to
him, shaking his fist in his face You
are a robber baron. Then says Mr.
Campbell the president of the Glass
Blowers association: If he is a robber,
what are we2 Now. I viii quote the Ian
guage and L have got the affidavits to
prove it, Mr. Bryan said. ~ on are beg
cars that is what you are. coming here
ana qs3zine- for what Won have ~ RIGHT t0
ask. You are beggars.' I leave Mr.. Bry-
an to contradict that
This has been the center of the battle
never falfere5 in ol1T heller that e7-er1-
state OF this great middle west would be
~ nfI+ # RFoT<in1a9-fs own vE-orIs
have faith in the intelligence and loyalty
of the American people Now. I am going
to give youth confidence, understand, my
The speaker then read the following ta-
bic and as he announced the number of
votes from each state he was loudly ap-
rlauded by the audience
Indiana ------.---- l2. Iowa --------.--..-- l3
Kentucky .-...--- laI Maine --.------.---
Maryland ---.-.-. ST Massachusetts --- Is
Michigan --.------ IA Minnesota ---------
New Hamps hire a New Jersey ----..- 10
New York .------- 26i Nebraska --.-.----
North Carolina u North Dakota $50.
Ohio --.-.--..------ % oregon -----.--.-.-
PENNSYLVANIA .-.- 80 Rhode Island 900.
South Dakota ---- 4 Tennessee --+.-.... Il
West Virginia H.. q Wisconsin --.-...- IL
Wyoming .--.----- 81
Total -.....-..-..31 l
He went on: Now. those states we
have got sure Now viii give YOU few
states that. if L had forty-eisht hours
longer, ] could give you better reports
frou-probabl bly, safe for Mckinley:
Kansas -.-..-.-..- 1Q1 Washington $1,000
Virginia ---.----.- ~
"a voice. "GfNe Bryan Mexico Mis-
souri, is Just ON the brink. she VIII come
I'm about Monday. Now here comes my
pet scheme. There isn't one of the COM
mittee but what agrees with me that we
are going TO have ten votes i'm Texas. "a
voice. How about Nebraska2''1 oh.
that's all right I had q telegram yester-
day that I would like TO read today. but
7 am afraid somebody might tell Mr.
Jones about 1T and he wouldn' sleep to-
night. i had "a telegram that Georgia
will give 10000 majority for Mckinley