The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-10-19
A FEW GOOD THINGS
Which MS. Bryan Said 10 Che lava
Farmers nj sigearaey.


Nine thousand persons ware present
In the hons county Of Frederick II.
White, Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, to hear William j. Bryan ON the
9Th Inst. Mr.. Bryan told them shat
no farmer could afford to be Repab-
iican.
''No man who works a farm and
tolls for his daily bread, 4" said be, ''can
rsiond to support the Republican party.
and no man who lives In town eau si-
ford to support the Republican party.
''You will sometimes find the com.
mercial classes arraying themselves
against the agricultural classes. Prince
bismarck made a speech TO the farmers
Of Germany once. lie told them that
they must stand together and pro,ee,
Themselves from the tolls Of society
which produces nothing bu, laws.
''lou can talk to financier Ia New
York and he win tell you that a re-
publican convention In 1895 declared
that thls Government should be carried
On by business man In the interest Of
the business men Of the connlry. You
ask what IL business maa, and find
how narrow Is the difference. Ia a
farmer q business mani No. he Just
works; he begins In the morning aud
works oil day. lie Is not a business
man, The man on the Board Of Trade
who bets on the price Of that farmers
wheal----hc Is the business man, lie Ia
The one 10 be considered In legislation.
"We believe in bimetalllsm and II
should not take farmer one minute 10
decide on .whIch side he s,ands. A
dear dollar means l0w prices; low
prices mean hard times. never have
elalnIed that was preeocious child.
! never have Dragged Of how, early in
life, learned things, yet can say that
| cannot look back 10 the time when /
did poG know that when ono end Of Il
teeicr board was up the other was down.
The money question Is just tho same.
When money goes up property goes
down.
''Tho trust question Is ono you are
now thinking about. Until year ago
no Republican had ever heard a lie.
publican leader defend q trust, bat nov
you hear Republicans and Republican
papers defend trusts. You hear them
say there arc good trusts aah bad
trusts, and you must b. very careful
not to hurt the good trusts. There rs
lumber combination In ihis country.
DO you know that lumber has advanced
IS on 1000 feet? The farmers are
not on the inside Of this combination.
"One branch Of Industry after an
other Is bcing controlled by these grca,
aggrcgatlons Of wealth. believe these
trusts are antag1nistic to every interest
Of our Government. Remember the
enormous campaign fund collected from
the corporations 10 1896. This aggrc.
cation II wealth erealod the Republican
Administration, and the Republican
parry Is now directed to obey the cont
mandmeni. Remember the creator IN
the days of thy youth.
People do not want big army.
They do not want imperial policy We
cannot excuse ourselves on this expap-
sion question on religious grounds when
we go forth to spread the blessings of
salvation cut Of bursting shells. We
cannot Say that God is IN 1t.
"a Republican Senator ssid: God
opened the door of the Philippines,
pushed Us in aud shu, the door When
n man says that God sent him to notify
the world that we are going to cross
the ocean TO make slaves Of people who
are lighting for their independence, !
think be is mistaken. state TO you
ms my opinion that when God wishes
to speak to the American people he will
not choose Mark Hanna for his mouth
piece.