Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-02

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term as treasurer. The principal fea-
ture of the convention was the address
of Mr.. Bryan. AS soon as the Demo-
cratic nominee appeared on the plat
form there was wild shout of greet
ing, and this soon developed into
demonstration that continued for
about twenty minutes.
Mr.. Bryan said:
1.-THE Republican party is not pre-
pared to meet the issues of this cam
paign. The Republican party is today
lodging, running from nearly every
issue in the campaign. When they
started out they said the money ques-
ton was the question of paramount
importance. But, my friends, they
found that when man says that
question of money is more important
than question of government he at
once arouses suspicion and people be-
gin to wonder whether he thinks
dollar is more important than man.
Think of trying to make the money
question paramount in this campaign
Why, my friends, when the money
question was paramount in 1896, we
found the Republicans trying to make
out that the tariff was the paramount
issue. They said let us open the mills
instead of the mints, and the first
thing they did when they got into
power was not to reform the currency,
but to reform the tariff. and give
the men who contributed a chance to
run their hands deeper into the peck
cts of the people.
'In 1896 they said we could not have
a double standard of money. Now they
think we can have a double standard
of government, republic here and
despotism in the Philippine islands.
They said in 1896 that we could not
maintain parity between a white
metal and a yellow. How can they
maintain parity between a white
citizen and a yellow subject in the
Philippine islands?
and yet, my friends, they are not
prepared to meet the other issues. MIR.
Hanna says there are no trusts. That
settles that question. lie ought to ask
his wife. Every wife knows there are
trusts. The only trust that any Repub-
lican in this country seems to know
about is the ice trust, and the Repub-
licans don't know much about that,
for il they did they would know that
every stakeholder is Republican.
New York has Republican governor,
Republican legislature, and you Re-
publicans who have been worrying so
much about the ice trust can just ease
your minds, for as long as the COVER
nor is out west making speeches you
may be sure nobody is being heard in
New York. (Applause.) Why Is it
that no Republican knows anything
about the Standard Oil trust, or the
sugar trust, or the salt trust. or the
cracker trust. or window glass trust,
| or the envelope trust. or the writing
paper trust. or the trust in the paper
| that Republican editors use to write
defense of the trusts upon? (Great
applause) Why don't they know about
these trusts? Is it dishonesty or is it
ignorance? Why is it that no Repub-
| lican speaks out against any trust eX-
cept the ice trust, and why is it that
the Republicans in charge do not de-
stroy that SO you can believe Mr..
Hanna when he says there are no
trusts. (Applause.)
THE Republican party is not pre-
pared to defend itself on the trust
question, therefore they try to get it
out of the campaign. The Republican
party is not prepared to defend itself
on the army question. They say there
is no question of militarism, and yet
an army four times as great as the
standing army of 1898 is demanded by
| the presidents message of December,
1898. How much do we spend for edu-
cation in the United States? Less than
$200,000,000 year. How much do the
Republicans want to spend on military
establishment? One hundred million
dollars a year. They want to spend
more than half as much for military
establishment as we spend for the edu
cation of all the children in the United
States. Is that not step toward mill
tarism?
There are two reasons which lead
men in this country to want large
standing army. One is domestic one,
the other is connected with our foreign
affairs. What domestic reason is there
for a large army? To protect us from
the Indians? No. the fewer indians
we have the more army the Republic
an party wants. That is not the cause
Why do they want it? So that they
can build a fort near every large city,
and use the army to suppress by force
the discomfort that ought to be cured
by remedial legislation. (Applause)
"The laboring man asks for arbitra
ton and gets large army; he asks
relief from government by injunc-
ton and gets a large army; he asks
protection from the blacklist and his
answer is a large army; he asks for
shorter hours of labor in order that he
may have more time with his family
and for the development of his mind,