The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-20
SOME ANTITRUST LOGIC.
MetcaIf's Th-cats Theme of Bryan's
speech ne Auburn.

Ithaca. y. Y. oct. ia-Mr. Bryan reach
ed Auburn al $50 O'Clock ana spoke to
several thousand people IN Seward Square.
The stand from which he addressed IFS
audience was 60 located as 70 face the
bronze statue OF William IT Seward. from
whom the square takes its name.
During his speech Mr.. Bryan made Incl
dental rcfence TO Mr.. Seward. bu, he Gii
so while speaking OF q present res ident oi
the city named Metcaif who is the head
OF large agricultural implement manu-
featuring company located at this place.
Referring TO Mr.. Meicllf AR Bryan sail.
Il have had my attention called TO the
fact that you have here a ereat manu-
featuring plant and that az the head OF
Il stands a man by the name of Metcaf
Mr.. Metcalf is reported in your Repub-
licau paper as saying that In the event o.
my election the plant will be chs a.
want 10 tell you that to-day he argu-
ment OF the Republican party oi based
on human rights. but Il IS uased mere
ly on oommercialism and or business.
There he said. pointing 10 the sta
tue Of Seward stands 'he statue og the
greatest man your city produced until Mr
Metcalf arose and there Is the finger
pointing upword. ard believe on the
base you viii nnd the inscription. Tnere
u no higher law.
"Now when our good friend who stands
at the head Of this great manufacturing
concern IS called to his fathers, pro-
pose that you erect "a statue Of him near
By and have his finger pointing downward
and have Il say There - a lower law
Lincoln said that the Republican party
believed In the man and the dollar. bus
In case OF conflict n believed IN the man
before the dollar To-day the Republican
party believe In the dollar first and the
man afterwards. n a. all. and to-day
when you confront the Republican party
with the charge that Il is abandoning the
Declaration Of Independence. with the
charge that u is destroying the foun-
dalton OF free government, with the charge
that is tt dlsrcgarding the doctrines chat
governments derive their just powers from
th, consent Of the governed. what Is their
answer II is thls: II YOU dare TO vote
the Democratic tickes and manifest an M
terst IN the old principles. We VIII close
down our factories and destroy your
town.
II e. nm Old Trick.
later on IN his speech Mr Bryan re-
verteJ 10 MIR. Metcan and his Institution,
saying:
..Thls firm In your city threatens to'c!ose
ta factory That a. an Old trick. They
made the threat IN lsssi and yef after the
election many that had threatened TO
close the mills n was elected, cut down
wages and made their men suffer atter
Mr. Mckinley was elected
-"If this company tells you that Il can
not do business under a Democratic adj
mlnlstration. / want you 10 remember th1t
We will have Just as many farmers here
under "A Democratic administration. ns
We have under Republican admlnistra.
tion. and they viii have 60 use ngricul-
tural implements oud somebody viii have
20 make them. and n these men tell YOU
that they are going 10 iet other people 10
the work and make the implements for
the farmers because they won't do work
under "a Democratic administration.
want vou to read their charter ond go
n you nnd IN n anything tha, authorizes
them to DO business under a Republican
| administration but forhids them doing
huainess under a Democratic administrA
| tiou
Entering then upon the discussion Of
] the general trust question Mr. Bryan faii
u believe the time has come when tHe
I corporation should b. compelled 20 kee1
rs hands out Of politics AMI 20 attend %
its own business for which e Yves organ
lied ] am not willing that the irdepsnd-
I cncc OF the citizens shouii b. destroy q.
I and n Il f. riFht fer this comp1ny 20
coerce It's employees Il must b. o. tac
I theory that a nan who stands az the h. ad
/ of a corporation has a right % he votes
/ OF lts employees and n he has then let
ua have a law enabling Mr. Maieah 70
vote as many times az he has employes.
1contnued on Fifth Pase,)