Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-05

anu near senator Hanna. On hat Occa-
sion Senator Hanna made the following
speech:
L a for my text MIR. Bryan's views 4
OH the minor issues of the campaign as
set forth in his letter of acceptance pub
lisii"d to-day. just before the Democrat
lc convention at Kansas City many pill
Eriila.es were made to Lincoln, Ncb.. by |
Democratic missionaries at the urgent
cni! "e Mir. Bryan. This was for the pur-
pose %! putting Rryan's pet scheme of
fire." silver in the platform.
tsui. if you remember correctly. that is |
sue was only placed in the platform by a
Maj"rity of one vote OF the committee. |
Now Bryan has rclegatcd the silver issue |
to the i'cnr, and brings out Imperialism as |
the chief issue. Bryan gained this issue
when tho treaty was made with Spain in |
which the Philippine Islands were pur.- /
chased. He went to Washington md by
his own influence forced certain Demo |
cratic Senators TO adopt the treaty. in
order that the Democratic party might
fight against ii in the coming campaign.
Thnt proves that Bryan has not the cour-
z 4" stand by his own convictions.
Rryan's letter speaks of trusts. Yet he
does not mention the ice trust or the cot
ton bale trust. In the latter Senator
Jones is heavily Interested. Every one
knows the story of the ice trust. AS
Bryan declares that the trust is one of
the main issues of this campaign. / can
say that we are ready to meet him on that
proposition as we'll as on any other.
Hanna's Relations with Labor.
Bryan also makes much ado concern
ing the conflict between capital and or
ganiacd labor. For myself, / nave this to
say: I was the first man in Ohio to rec
ognize organized labor. 1t was in 1871,
when ! was III the coal business in Cleve-
land, Ohio. John Scaney and John james.
President and Secretary of the first btu
minous coal miners organization in the
United States. called upon me and stated
thu, the miners had organized into Al
union. .
AS | was Il leading coal operator, the
two gentlemen urged me to use my infu-
enrc in organizing the operators. That
was my first experience with a trust. l
organized the operators in the district in
which l was interested, and during my
entire experience there we never had Il
strike or trouble of any kind.
l want 10 make this statement here,
once and for all. in reply to all these
charges and insinuations with reference
to my aspect toward labor: If any man
in the United States of America can
bring into my presence a man who has
ever worked for me and truthfully state
and s~ubs;antiate that l have refused to
meet nj any time and anywhere any man
in my employ, that l nave ever intention
ally done any man a harm. that | nave
ever insisted on lowering wages to any
man who works for me, or who can truth
fully SAY that /. have done evil to him. /
.,.ll 10. sL.- T. 81 N.-L-- Ss--.-
tomorrow. Great arplausc.) l made
the proposition in 1887 | have found no
takers. and it is still open. daughter and
appiaase.l
Republican Party Against Trusts.
Now. then. about this trust question. Il
few words more. ] would like to have
Mr.. Bryan OF amy other Democrat tell me
what IL trust is. | don't believe there is
IL trust in the United States. for every
State law and national law will destroy
any trust thai comes within its inrisdic-
tien: md the only laws. State and ma
%tional, that have ever been put upon stat
ute books were enacted by the Itepub-
licln party. "a voicc-Nevcr cnforced.)
Yes, they are enforced. (Noices-Put him
out.) No. don't put him on. / don't
want to put anybody out. "a voice-He
is Il good Democrat; he shoots in the
rear,
We have no objections to the Demo
cratic party being opposed to trusts, but
they have got no patent on it. U.augh-
tcr.)
Bryan's Policy for Philippines.
Now. then, one word more with refer
encc TO the position of Mr.. Bryan upon
this Philippine q~ucstion-and it has been
so thoroughly exploded that l won't men,
lion it except IN passing. L rccitcd to
you the part that he took in the cXecu-
ton of that treaty. and the authority
that he used with his party to ratify the
treaty. and l think l nave convinced n
grcat many of my hearers that his pur-
pose n motive was not patriotic. He
tells the people of the United States what
he will do if he is elected President of the
United States. His first act would be to
haul down the American flag in the Phil
ippincs. CA voice: HE never could do
it,
Then he would establish Il stable gov
ernment-he doesn't say republican gov
e%rnment-and probably put Aguinaldo at
the head of it. Then he said that he
would establish Il protectorate by the
United States, pull dow the American
flag. withdraw our soldiers from the soil.
and leave orr buried dead there under
the supervision of 4Aguinaldo. rcnounce
every vcsiisc OF power, which has come
TO us legally and lawfully. and then est::6-
fish n protectoratc-which means what:
1t means that the government of the
United States would be obliged to protect
the government of Aguinaldo from all for
eicn fees and interference. And what
would De the result?
Jlls.ng the future by the past, the next
actions of Aguinaldo would be such as to
shock the civilized world: and. if for no
other reason. the nations would Interfere
iii the interests OF humanity as we did in
Cuba. But if for selfish reasons any
European people should make up their
minds that they wanted n foothold in that
archipelago. and propose TO take it, what
would he the duty of the United States
government under Mr.. Bryan's ideas?
We would have to say, NO, hands off,
Feat of Intellectual Acrobat.
Mir. Bryan has performed Il wonderful
fenf an ocrnhot isn't IL, IL v.l,,,, In .on