The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-17
win Vote For Bryan.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
OPPOSED TO IMPERIAL.
ISM.
Mark Hanna's New Version,
Instead of In God We
Trust" He Makes the Fa-
nous Legend Read I'm the
Trusts We Find Our Gods. :"

w AoniNUION, mug 1S'-DO
many reports of the conversion of
prominent Republicans and gold
Democrats to the cause of anti
imperialism have reached the
headquarters of the Democratic
Congressional Committee that a
summary was given out tonight
of some of the most prominent
men who helped to elect McKin-
ley in 1896 but who will work for
Bryan this year. The statement
is as follows:
"From every quarter of the
country prominent Republicans
and former Mckinley men are
quitting the party Of Imperialism
and giving their allegiance to
Bryan aud true American princi-
pies. The list of such defections
is so large that only small per
cen tage of the influential men
who are leading the revolt against
absOlutism can be given.
"Dr. II. u. Leonard, Consul to
Clifton Falls, Canada, under
President Harrison, appeared at
indianapolis on Bryan day wear
ing a Bryan badge.
wI am for Bryan heart and
soul, , he said, and shall do all in
my power to aid in his election.
Mckinley has been a failure.
He has no backbone and is com.
pletely under the domination of
the trusts
"Colonel William E. Mclean,
First Deputy Commissioner of
Pensions under Cleveland, who
voted for Mckinley, announces
that he will'vOte for Bryan this
fall. Colonel Mclean lives at
Terre Haute, Indiana, where he
presided over the gold meeting
addressed by Bourke Cochran at
that place four years ago.
" / am opposed to the imper,
ialistic policy of Mckinley he
says, 'and could not think of
voting for him this year.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE.
an. G. Collins, a banker and
life long Republican, of Peotone,
Illinois, announces his unqualified
support of Bryan this year and
has contributed to the Bryan
campaign fund.
"I believe that Mr.. Bryan's,
position on Imperialism and mill
tarism is right says Mr.. Collins,
'and l believe that issue to be the
most important one now before
the people,
"Mr. James Alexander, of
Lockport, Illinois, another life
long Republican and President of
the Will County Farmers Insti.
tute, announces that he will sup
port Bryan.
"'McKinley's colonial policy
is a dangerous departure from
Republican institutions says Mr..
Alexander, 'and l cannot sup
port him. | shall vote and work
for Bryan this fall
Former Governor Andrew j.
Felt, one of the leading Rapub-
licans of Kansas, announces that
he will support the Democratic
State and National tickets this
year. In letter to Hon. John
w. Breidenthal, candidate for
Governor of Kansas on the Flu
sion ticket, Governor Felt says:
81 have this day rendered my
resignation as chairman of the
Republican County Central Com
mittee, OF Nemaha Comfy. In
this campaign my duty as citi.
zen leads me to cast my ballot for
Americans who still believe that
the legend upon the dollar GIN
God we trust" is more noble
ideal than the new Mark Hanna
version, "In the Trusts we find
our GOds.~
MILITARIsM MEANS MONARCHY.
"Herman Muller, a prominent
German manufactures of Zones
vile, Ohio, also quits the Re-
publican party. In an open let
ter to the German citizens of
Akron, he says:
'Militarism will, if successful.
III time create a monarchy. |
think, therefore, a standing army
is menace to peace. Monarch.
les are always created in time of
war and national or international
friction. Therefore l am unalter.
ably opposed to the policy of i'm
perialism inaugurated by the Nc.
Kinley administration
"Hon. Paul G. Schulz, of Cairo,
Illinois, head of one of the
largest wholesale drug companies
in Southern Illinois and a life.
long Republican is out for Bryan.
He is an old soldier, having been
private in the Ninth Illinois
Infantry.
=" Il cannot endorse the policy
of imperialism adopted by this
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. says Mr.. Schulz.