Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-27
RAILROAD MEN AT CHICAGO
Immense Audience Listens to Senators
Hanna and Burrows.
AUDITORIUM IS LITERALLY JAMMGD
Bryan's Ignorance of what n Trust
Really IL and His wild scheme
for WreckinR Combined
Capital Made Clear.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The Auditorium was
filled tonight with an immense audience
brought together to hear Senators Hanna
of Ohio and Senator Burrows of Michigan,
under the auspices OF the republican rail-
road employees of Chicago.
The audience was to large extent
composed Of railroad men and the chair
man Of the meeting was Lot Brown, local
agent OF the Chicago, Burlington e. Quincy
railroad. Unbounded enthusiasm was
manifested throughout the speeches and
large crowd, unable to find room in the
Auditorium was entertained by local ora
tors on the lake front An elaborate dis
play Of fireworks followed the close of
the meetings.
Senator Burrows was the first speaker.
He said the issue of Imperialism was alb
Gurd and he would waste no time discuss
Ing It.
''1f continued in power" he said, "the
republican party will continue the policy
of protection to American industries,
maintain the public credit and will never
issue one dollar whether of coin or pa
per, that is not worth it's face in gold. II
has established the gold standard and
under no circumstances will 1t take a
step backward. II Mr.. Bryan is elected
he and four, parties back of him will
bring to this country absolute free trade
and will establish the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver"
Hanna Example of Coercion.
After making a brief speech in the open
air Mr.. Hanna entered the Auditorium
near the close of Mr.. Burrows address
He was given generous round of ap-
plause and when he rose to speak the au-
dience cheered for several moments.
This is the greatest object lesson lr
coercion" said Senator Hanna, that I
have ever seen. l am in sympathy with
the men gathered here, even II they are
here under orders, as has been charged
by the opposition. But l think the only
coercion they have had Is the coercion OF
their own consciences.
II saw the president yesterday and told
him about this meeting tonight and he
sends greeting to the loyal railway men
Of Illinois. Now, imperialism and other
collateral issues in this campaign are only
designed to bewider and mislead the
voters 1t is an insult to the intelligence
Of the people to think that they do not
know and understand the questions which
affect them so directly as those which are
the paramount issues in this campaign.
In sheer desperation Bryan has abandoned
low plane Of demagogue and is making his
appeal on the issue of class against class.
That Is an admission of defeat.
"If the business men thought there was
possibility OF Bryan's being elected pres
ident, you would see such a paralysis OF
business as has never been known before"
The senator then reviewed financial con-
ditions in the United States during the last
two administrations and claimed that the
improved conditions accrued in large meas
ure to the laboring men and particularly
the railroad men.
bryan Doesn't Know What a Trust II.
"As to the question OF trusts" he con-
tinued, Bryan does not know what
trust Is and has advanced no arguments
as to the proper way to suppress them.
The democratic papers have been saying
that said there were no trusts. l made
the statement that there were trusts com
mercially and legally in the United States.
My position on this question is that
trust, under the law, Is an organization
where the capital stock Is put into the
hands Of the trustees and the products
OF the concern are handled by trustees and
the men who own the stock have no con-
troll over the business. The Sherman law
has put Its hand upon every such organiza-
tion and wiped it out. The Sherman law
was passed by a republican congress and
every state in the north that passed anti
trusts laws did SO through republican
Legislature. But Bryan claims that every
manufacturing institution in the United
States that controls large interests is a
trust. He says his remedy would be to
put upon the free list every product Of
every industry in trust. II he had the
power he would do this, except in the
case Of the ice trust and the cotton bale
trust. II that was done every branch OF
manufacturing in the United States would
be paralyzed. The result would be no
revenue to the government and therefore
direct taxation would be the only method
Of raising the expenses of the government.