The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-10-25
BRYAN CROSSES INTO OHIO.
INVASION OF RANNA'S COUNTRY.

INVASION OF RANNA'S COUNTRY
Extracts from His Speeches on In
perialism, Trusts and tho Col
Standard
Y Mr.. VIM. j. Bryan spent the most c
: last week in Kentucky, where he mad
: telling speeches in tehalf of the Demo
, cracy, and then he crossed the rive
for three days tour in Ohio. Tn
, hrst place at which he spoke wa
, Greenville, In Darke county, and a.
} immense crowd was present. Mr.
John II. Mclean, the Democratic can
dldate for Governor, introduced Mr.
Bryan as the unchallenged leader O
the Democratic masses. Mr.. Bryan t.
avoid the crisp morning air, put O,
skull cap, which provoked good
natured laughter, in response to which
he said My hair is not as much pro
teclion as 1T used to be. aud you ough'
not to complain il ana getting little
bald. In 1896 they said | was too
young to be President Then had tC
depend upon the constitution to protec,
me. Now | can depend upon my bale
ness.
THE Chicago platform to which
you gave such loyal support in 1896 is
still the platform OF the Democratic
party and the platform of the Ohio
democracy again endorses that plat.
form. | believe the planks OF that
platform are stronger today than when n
they were written"
Mr. Bryan then entered into an
elat orate defense Of the income tax
ana predicted u popular endorsement
OF the proposition. He cited the
efforts OF the government to raise re-
venue to conduct the Spanish war be.
cause OF the decision OF the supreme
court against tho income tax. He
said the money question was still un.
settled ana the fight would be con.
tinued.
He treated the matter OF trusts in
practicaily the same manner as char
acterized his Kentucky utterances.
He claimed the Republican party
said some trusts were bad and others
good.
Trusts are actually SO bad" said
the speaker, that Republican con-
ventlo, in this State, a convention run
by Mark Hanna, denounced them.
DO you know the difference be-
tween good trust and bad trust ?
A good trust gives literally to Re-
publican campaign and bad one does
not. The Republican party cannon
destroy the trusts. When the attor-
ney general OF the United States is
asked to intervene there comes the
biblical Injunction, Remember thy
Creator The Republican party was
the creator Of the trusts"
MIR. Bryan denounced the increase
OF the regular army as being called
Tor by the President two months be-
fore there was any war or act of hos
Nlity, which he construed as the basis
OF republic to that of imperialism.
dare the Republicans to defend
the title by purchase of 10000, 900 men,"
continued Mr. Bryan.
They assert the right to be in the
Philippines by purchase and that, too, |
after having paid less price for hu-
man beings than we pay for hogs.
Let God choose between this de-
tinition OF the declaration Of indepen.
dence and that which says all govern. !
ments derive their just powers from
the consent Of the governed"
Mr.. Bryan said that when he first
went to Cincinnati, in March, 1895, to
advocate the cause OF free silver the |
first and foremost man to lend him as
sistance and sympathy was John r. |
Mclean.
Under his guidance" continued
Mr.. Bryan, "our party in this State |
polled more votes prior to 1896 than |
we would have done otherwise and the |
only reason we did not carry the State |
in 1896 was that there ere more votes |
counted than we or the law machinery |
supposed to exist In the State"
AT Celina the reception was ex.
trcmely cordial. Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
"This is one OF the States in which
an important campaign is being car
ried on this fall, and this election is
not only important because you choose |
your State officers this year, but be-
cause the verdict at the polls will be
accepted as your opinion upon the is
sues which are now before the people.
Some one has likened government to a
corporation in which every citizen is a
stock holder, which from time to time
elects it's directors. Taking that idea
of government the stockholders can
selec; u new board OF directors W hen |
they choose, and the directors ought |
to protect the interests OF the stock
holders.
"The voter has a right to expect
the officer to observe the conditions |
and promises OF the platform. The |
farmer is careful in the selection of |
the hired man and ought TO be In the |
selection Of the public officers, but it |
is said he allows himself to go to sleep |
and never awakens until the affairs OF |
the nation have run up against stone |
wall. | think the time has come when !
no farmer can afford to be Republi- |
can. The farmer who supports that
party stands in his own light, and is
doing himself an injustice. | believe
the members OF the Republican party |
OF on earle. date had great re-
verence for Abraham LinuUla. Great
changes within the party have taken !
place since then. Abraham Lincoln
In 1859 wrote letter in which he de.
mOnstrated that he believed in the
man first and the dollar afterward. |
Since those days the party has placed
the dollar first and the man afterwsrd.
and il you Republicans who reverence
the name of Lincoln want to change
conditions, bring the party back to
Lincoln's standard, you must employ
an artist to draw the difference be.
tween Mark Hanna and Abraham Lin
coin, employing the toboggan slide as
background. (Applause)
With Abraham Lincoln the man
came first, with Mark Hanna nothing
is genuine unless the dollar mark is
blown in the bottle. When the Re-
publican party was organized it was
with the idea that political convictions
were stronger than party lines. The
vicious dollar mark was not conside.