Evening journal., 1900-10-29

those words above quoted showed him
in his true light, and he forfeited that
respect. Equivocation. evasion, agita-
tion, and appeals to the passions and
prejudices of the people followed in
rapid succession. He became the guest
OF Richard Croker and accepted the
hospitality Of Tammany Hall. PIE
demonstrated how easy it was to de-
nounce predatory wealth and at the
same time be cheek by jowl with the
most predatory political organization
in the world and to hobnob with men
whose fixed business it is to despoil
the people of the nations greatest
city. He lauded his host and the po-
litical institution of which he is the
head, saying; Great is Tammany.
and Croker is its prophet" He de-
nounced trusts with Croker and the
Van Wycks sitting beside him on the
platform and he knowing that they
represented that cruelest Of all cruel
combinations. the New York Ice Trust
When he visited New Jersey he was
the guest Of Billy Thompson, the no.
torious Duke OF Gloucester" who is
known wherever gambling is known,
and who is more fit TO consort with the
lowest grades of humanity than with
men who aspire to the country's great
est offices. While in New Jersey
under such unsayory auspices, Mr.
Bryan made a speech in Hoboken in
which he denounced the trusts as "ln-
dustrial despots' and declared that
the Republican party was fostering
them. He did not believe there could
be a good monopoly in private hands
until God sends angels to take charge
of them; and he added, from our
experience We are inclined to think
that the angels now in charge came
not from above but from below"
Some one has said" Mr.. Bryan con
tinued, that he did not object to the
bedbug so much, but that he did object
to the way he made living. So we OBJ
iect to the trusts"
Taking up the question of the Philip |
pines Mr.. Bryan gave what lie said
was a Republican speech in support of
the Republican policy. This presenta-
tion was as follows:
1--WE are very sorry we got the
Philippine Islands; we did not intend
to get them, but they were thrown
into our lap. and It is our duty to keep
them. God commands it, and it will
pay"
Mr.. Bryan then related the Biblical
story of Naboth's vineyard and said
Il wish that on the Sunday before
election every preacher in the United
States would take as his text that
story of Naboth's vineyard, and I will
tell you how they would treat it. Every
opponent of imperialism would con
denim Ahab for wanting the vineyard
and every imperialistic preacher would
condemn Naboth for not letting Ahab
have it."
Such utterances as these could be
expected from a heeler and howler at
a ward meeting, but how do they
sound coming from a man who pro-
fesses to possess the elements Of a
statesman and who asks the people
to put him at the head Of the nations
affairs? The first reference is a threat
against every man who has capital in
vested IN any enterprise ana an In
suit to high heaven. The second is a
vulgar illustration which would not
be tolerated for an instant in decent
society. The third is a falsehood, for
no Republican ever made a speech
containing such declarations, and the
fourth is an insult to every pulpit in
this broad land of churches
Decent, sensible, God-fearing. people
will not be parties TO an effort to make
man Of that caliber president OF this
republic. They place a higher value
on the Office. and expect greater dig
nifty to characterize its incumbent