The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-27
BRYAN
And Davis Make Two Great
Speeches IN Omaha

OMAHA, AUGUST 25.-Mr. Bryan made
two speeches here today. There was a
large attendance upon both speeches, and
applause was frequent and generl The
speeches were made from a rude plat
form OF which the boughs Of The fine
trees Of the park were the only covering.
This stand faced a rather steep hillside
upon which the people stood and ga., the
Increasing elevation lending to the place
the general effect or a huge theatre.
In the afternoon meeting Mr.. Nryan
was preceded by Webster Davis and
James r. Sovereign. He was not heard
until after 4 o'clock and he spoke hr,cily.
He devoted himself to a considerable ex-
tent to state politics. urging the fusion
forces Of the state TO make sure o. The
success not only Of the electoral ticket
but Of the members Of congress, United
States senator's and the state dcket as
we'll He said in part:
jefferson used to say that vigilance
was the price Of liberty, and l 5eteve
that the greatest danger that we have to
fear in this country is that the people
ruay not carefully study and fully under
land the questions upon which they are
)ting, for there is a partisanship that
is too apt to turn men away from the
truth or to make them refuse to listen
to any one except those who bear their
own party brand.
1--WE are today meeting important ques-
tions, and it is essential to the Welfare
of this nation that those should be elect
ed this fall who stand for the policies
which are best for the government. If
republican policies are right, then those
who represent the opinions held by Gem
ocrats, populists and silver republicans
ought to be overwhelmingly defeated, for
there is a difference between republican
policies and ours In their terms as wide
as the gulf that separated Lazarus in
Abraham's bosom from Dives.
He referred to the republican policy in
the newly acquired possessions, saying
among other things:
"The republicans say we want a 5)-cent
dollar they have given us an S5 per cent
citizen in Porto Rico"
Referring to the Importance Of the cleo
ton of United States senators, Mr.. Sryan
said:
81 want a senate that will be in har-
mony with the president and the congress-
If we win this fall If W. had a democrat
or populst in the senate in the place Of
John M. Thurston there would be today
no war in the Philippines because that
one vote would have been sufficient to
have carried the Bacon resolutions.
want you to feel interested In victory
for our principles and go to the polls
and vote for a legislative ticket that will
send to the senate men who stand for
these reform principles.
In conclusion he suggested a series of
questions for his hearers to propouna to
their republican friends, as follows:
IF any republican tells you that the
money question is the question of para
mount importance in the campaign, YOU
ask him why he has been saying for foLr
years that the silver question is dead f
it is such a live question.
'If the republican says the gold stand
ard is good ask him why Mr.. Mckinley
sent a commission TO Europe to get ria If
that question, and If the gold standard IS
bad enough to justify republican lresi-
dent in attempting to get rid of it, ask
him if it is not too bad to keep merely te-
cause England wants us to keep It, he
cause English financiers are the cause OF
our present financial system in this coun-
| try
If a. republican tells you that the trust
is a good thing ask him why the repun-
lican platform denounces the trusts; and
if he says the trust system is bad ASK
him why the republican party allowed
more trusts to be formed.