The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-19
W. j. BRYAN WORRIED
MUCH CONCERNED BECAUSE TOLL
ERs HAVE FULL DINNER PALS.
Insults Workingmen by Likening
Them to ~SqueaIing Hogs-More
AIIusions to Lincoln.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Sept. 1s--W- ].
Bryan delivered two speeches here this
m~orning-in Convention Hall and at the
public park. AT the latter place, speaking
Of the full dinner pail" he said: "When
the hog is hungry, he squeals; when he
Is full he goes TO sleep. That seems to
be the Republican idea of the working
man." No party, he argued, had any
claim upon a citizen except as a means
of promoting his welfare, and no man
was bound TO support any party which
was not true to the interests of the peo-
pie. The Republican party had, he as
serted, manifested no concern for the well
fare of the masses, hence it had forfeited
all claim upon their support. In sub
sanitation of this statement he instanced
to what he designated as the Republican
Partially for the trusts, which were, he
said, as private monopolies, entirely in
the interest of the few. and opposing TO
the interests of the many. Likewise the
increase in the army was seized upon as
one of the facts going to show that the
Republican party was not the party OF the
people. Accounting for the increase in
the size of the army, he said that perhaps
1t was Intended to meet such emergencies
as that which had arisen in the anthracite
coal regions. The only domestic reason
VI AhNA tAAO LAAL a ~ 0oo
by force that discomfort among the people
which should be cured by legislation. Mr..
Bryan again referred to the income tax
question, saying: Republicans, there was
a time when your party favored the in
come tax. Abraham Lincoln signed the
bill that made the income tax, and it was
not a plain income tax, but a graded one.
Now, when we advocate an income tax
to-day you call US Anarchists. How dare
you accuse Abraham Lincoln of being an
Anarchist for he did just what We are
He also said Abraham Lincoln signed
the bill providing for the ~greenbacks. He
believed that this Nation should issue its
own money, and that no private corpora
ton should issue or control one dollar
OF the money the people used. "Repub-
licans, he said. rs this a dangerous doc
trine? IL 1t is, Abraham Lincoln is re-
sponsible for the dangerous doctrine which
you now ~denounce."
In discussing the trusts, Mr.. Bryan said:
Read the letter of acceptance of the Pres
ident and see what he says In regard to
the trusts. He spends more time warning
you not TO harm the good trusts than
he does in telling you how to get rid
of the bad effects. Read the letter of the
vice presidential candidate and see how
anxious he is that nobody should say any
thing against the trusts. The Republican
party to-day stands sponsor at the cradle
of more trusts that ever sprang into ex-
istence before. The Republicans have had
the President, the Senate and the House,
and the Republican party has been in
power for three years, and as vet has
not made one specific suggestion look
ing toward the destruction of the trusts.
TIL only ray of hope the Republicans
can possibly throw out that they are able
to extinguish the trusts, might be found
in the argument that. having brought the
trusts into creation, they know the nature
OF them, and can consequently kill hat
they created.
You will read in a Republican paper
that the Republican national committee
is in consultation with Mr.. Gates, of the
harhad wire frlSf That docs not o1orp m
you farmers at all. The Republican farmer
seems TO think that the trust magnate
does not support the Republican ticket,
but they furnish the money with which
to carry on the campaign. The Repub-
lican party has taken the side of organized
wealth against the rest of the people. The
Republicans cannot be trusted to destroy
the trusts, and If you who oppose the
trusts are really in earnest. you must seek
relief else"
While he was discussing the question of
Imperialism and consent of the governed"
some one asked Mr.. Bryan: How about
North Carolina?'
81 am glad you mentioned North Caro-
lima" said Mr.. Bryan. Now. L want you
TO read the Sulu treaty, and, having done
that, I think you will blush until election
day. and never have time TO think of North
Carolina This sally brought a prolonged
cheer from the crowd, and when it had SUBJ
sided Mr.. Bryan outlined this treaty, al
leging that 1t recognizes slavery. He then
said that the Republican party had, many
years ago, ulSIrancnlSed the negro IN the
District of Columbia, and by legislation
during the last session of Congress the ne
groes of Porto Rico had even been denied
the right of trial by jury. No state legis-
latures of the United States had gone so
far. YES" said he, this race question is
a serious question wherever 1t is encoun-
tered. And is not the presence of race
prejudice in this country to-day a reason
why we should not take the chances of in
creasing it by adding to our population
5000. 900 people of a totally different race?
No intelligent citizen can deny the exist
ence of the race question here, and IL is
| such a serious question that it will take all
the intelligence of both white and black
people to settle, even under existing condi-
tions. For Gods sake, then, don't let us
take any step which will further compli-
cate the situation
Mr.. Bryan left at 1850 p. m. for Kansas
City.