Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-19
PALS NOT TOO FULL.
Bryan Attacks Republicans
Dinner-Bucket Argument.
REFERS TO ANTHRACITE sTRIKF.
speaking Mt Kansas City, He Pictured
the strikers' Condition Republicans.
He said Had Recourse to but One Ar
gument-Peopie should Elect Senator ,

gument-Peopie should Elect senator
Kansas City, No., Sept. 19.--Armour-
dale, the center of the packing and
stock yards interests oil the vicinity of
Kansas City. was invaded by w. J.
Bryan. He arrived In this city and
was driven across the Kaw to the
Industrial suburb. The employees Of
the various institutions of the vicinity
had already ceased their daily labors
ana had gathered in Shawnee Park in
great numbers when Mr. Bryan ar
| rived. The sky was overcast and
! threatening. and soon rain began to
fall. but, Notwithstanding these unto
ward circumstances, the crowd held
on manfully, giving close attention to
| the end. At night Mr.. Bryan spoke in
! d huge tent ia lis city.
| Mr.. Bryan made several brief
| speeches from the rear platform of his
car Oh his way from ort Scott to this
! city, the most noteworthy of these be-
/ ing made at Pleasanton. Lacygne, Pa
/ ola and 0lathe. lie was joined before
reaching Kansas City by Congressman
/ w. S. Gowheard and John L. Peak,
/ who was United States minister 10
| Switzerland under A'resident Cleve-
land. When Kansas City was reached
/ other members from the committee
| joined and Mr. Bryan was conducted
! to the packing house center
Mr.. Bryan's speech was addressed
/ entirely to the labor element of which
| his audience was composed. He plung-
ed Immediately into the full dinner
pail subject and in that connection
referred to the anthracite coal strike
as proof. He said that the dinner pail
| is not always so full as the Republi-
can orators would have their audiences
believe. Mr.. Bryan also repeated his
argument against the trusts, contend
! ing that they were calculated to cut off
all the old-time opportunities for young
men, The portion of the address
which was directed especially to the
labor problem as affected by politics
was as follows:
Il am glad to have this opportunity
of speaking in mis- great laboring cen
| ter am proud to have the Demo
cratic party receive the support of the
| laboring man. believe it is entitled
to his support. and if the laboring
man will take the two platforms and
compare the policies presented ! be-
! lieve tina we shall receive the vote of
every one Of them who does not prefer
success of party to the triumph of
principle
If we talk to the Republicans about
the impeftatn issues of this campaign
hey meet our argumen with one an
swer and that is the full dinner pail. If
we ask the Republicans why for three
| and half years they have failed to
give the iahoring men protection from
government by injunction. the only
| answer is that the laborng man has
fun dinner pail ana he ought not to
object to government by injunction If
the dinner pail Is full
The dinefpail argument is an insult
to the Worklngman and the diner
pail argument will not last through
this campafgn for, when the Republi-
can party assumes that all that la
boring man needs is the full dinner
pail ife assunles that the laboring man
is all stomach.
What has the Republican party
done tn shorten the hours of toll?
When the eight-hour law went before
the senate tie republican senate did
not have time to pass it, but the Re
publican senate had plenty of time to
pass q financial bill that gave to ma
ional banks the control of the paper
money of he country.
THE Republican party has had
plenty of time to legislate when il
wanted to legiSlate, but where is the
bill that protects the laboring man
from the fear Of the injunction?
We ask for the election of senators
by the people. You cannot get any
remedial legislation until your bill
passes the senate as we'll as the house.
Under the present method of clecting
senators the corporations have more
influence IN the selection of a senator
than they should have. and the com
mon man, the ordinary voter. has less
influence than he should have. We
want to elect senators by the people.
so that every voter can go to the polls
and write Oh his ballot the name of
the man who is to be his representa-
i've III the higher branch of the federal
| congress.
we want an income tax. The Re-
publican party is not willing that we
should have an income tax which
would give 10 the laboring men some
relief from the burden of taxation. We
believe that Il man should contribute
to the support of his government in
proportion to the benefit which he re-
ceives from his government. but the
Republican party puts the burden upon
consumnien and makes men pay in
proportion to what they want instead
of III proportion to what they have"
Mr.. Bryan then discussed the trusts.
Jones and Hill Conferred