La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03
PUBLIC PLEDGES ARE AS
SACRED AS PRIVATE PROMISES.
A Straight Talk From Straight Man.
Answers Governor Thomas Questions, and Few in
Return for Mr.. Bryan.-"Vote Americans. Com
pare Cur Promises and Performances with Their Prom
ises and Performances"
ises and Performances"

TO you here ia the West. but II was
4 made most strongly 10 Ills In the East
z that no man generally aud especially
! tile wage worker, should vote ~ as 10
2 Upset the existing system. because un-
I der that system some men were too
Z well ofr. That was nor the plea made
{ four years ago. Nobody complained OF
anybody being too well or then.
daughter and cheers, In 1872 the plea
WIS made to down the capitalist; down
: the employer. to down the business
man. for they wer. too well OIL. And
+, the plea WAS cffectuai. And my own
state. for instance. voted most Internal
| iy wrong. daughter and applause.'
w. pit In Mr.. Cleveland and the
] Democracy put In Democrat. princi-
! pies. and ladies and gentlemen. we
/ downcd the capitalists There WAS no
I question about that. daughter w.
I had him down. but all the resi- of us
were down. too daughter and ap-
plause.l Our eNultaflon over his misfor-
tune was tempered by the knowledge
OF our own. We spent four years of
misery. four years during which II i
10 wonder that we people srasped at
any remedy offered.
Then came the election OF four years
ago and President Mckinley WIS elect
which we said would bring good re-
suits were put into operation aud pros
perity came. Did IL stop In any see
tioni II did not. II knew no state lines.
IL came In California and In New York.
and Ii came also In Colorado and Wyo-
ming When in 1898 disaster ,Iime to
one class. IL caine to all cla- -ses. W hen
In 1897 prosperity came to one section
II came In all sections mpplaus-,. Re
cause. my fellow citizens. You cannot
| harm or benefit this community as
whole save by seeing that each Of Us
To a greater or less degree shares in the
adversity or the prosperity. We do not
share alike: IL comes uneuuaily. Some
OF us fall down and some Of MS rise
higher. When the general trend is up
ward then to each of us comes the gen
cral prosperity. When the general
trend IL downward to each Of us comes
somewhat Of his share In the hard
| times. so much for the past. much
1 for the reason why | have the right
to- appeal to you. not merely ms men
and women Of Colorado, hut as Ameri-
ems. 10 vote as Americans FOR what Is
best for the whole country. for our
/ prosperity and the honor of the nag
] Great ciecring.)
Now let me tuuc!i--for I have but
little time: would ike Ia talk I'd you
,hrrcc hours II l could. but have only
time to appeal TO you on one or two
issues OF the day. Let me touch then
on what has been said about trusts In
this campaign. In our vast. highly
+ complex and highly specialized eivili-
zaiion. which has produced such mar
vclous results during tue past nifty
years, undoubtedly some Of the results
have been evil. undoubtedly there have
I been some evil tendencies. When pros
perity comes. as IL does come. and has
come within the past four years, the
rain dcscenis on the just and the un-
Just alike. Evils havc undoubtedly
iiourlshcd. more now than they -four
isbed four years ago. because nothing
iiourtshed then daughter and APPLAUSE
A good year for crops is also "A good
year for weeds. Now l will join In
most heartily In any effort to get rid
OF the weeds. bnt | Will not plow the
crop under. tApplausel
Now. gentlemen. think for your
selves. | am not trying TO make an
orntion l could not II wished. but
l am trying TO speak to you us one
man would speak to another who feels
as one American must feel for all
Americans and as man must feel for
f, men who are Insisting ON having things
done properly. l have my children to
teach and to bring up to fight their
way in the world. you have your chill
dren. l am interested In having my
children brought up as you are inter
csted In having your children brought
mp. so that they may work their way in
the world.
want The afrnirs OF this government
80 carried on and so conducted that
I ms sNtrr n..ptf h,,s has.
n fair chance In the rnrid Do you
think could tell falssnood TO you In
a case k--e ,his2 | could not descend
to that, and any man who would do
II Is not worth the salt. Now. NIL 1
ask is that you shall weigh what say
and see II II corresponds with he
facts, and III you find IL eo that you
shall act accordingly.
Now, we nre faced with the fact
that many have made fortunes In the
country. some Individually and more
through corporations. and that some
OF those fortunes have not been used
Alright There are certain evils con.
nected with them. The word trust
has been applied to certain big cor
porntions. The conditions are wholly
new. 1t Is not only Of the old familiar
evils we are dealing with, but II is a
new evil. and. always, one dealing
with new evil has to feel his way TO
find out how he can best right It.
II the Individual II honest and he has
nm opportunity to right nm evil. be
will wipe II out II he can. He takes
the patient with the cancer. too.
| 0aughter).
Hls Ovn aeasAiss FOR rr.ss Evils TesssA
do not know the conditions lesal
| to yOuf state. do know that condl-
lions In my OWN state pretty vel.
can tell you better about that Nov,
| m 10 the question about trusts. Tie
| general question OF corporations -
curing justice to them and Justice
| from ihem-ls: What shou1d b do6e5