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utters it knowing it to be false. We are
not opposed to that wealth which comes
as the reward of honest toll and is en-
joyed by those who give to society some
thing in return for that which society
bestows upon them. The Democratic party
today is not only not the enemy of honest
wealth, but the Democratic party
today is the best friend of that wealth
that represents ability of muscle or of
mind employed in its accumulation"
Colonel Bryan went on to say that the
party draws the line between honest
wealth and predatory wealth, between
that wealth which is just compensation
for services rendered and that wealth
which simply measures the advantages
which some citizen has taken over many
citizens"
NO HONEST MAN NEED FEAR.
He declared that no honest industry,
no honest occupation, no honest man need
fear the success of the Democratic party.
1.-THE Democratic party" he said,
showed it's honesty by stating what it
believed and telling the people what it
will do"
He asked for a comparison of the Dem
Ocratic platform with the Republican
platform and expressed confidence that
any honest man making such comparison
must be convinced of the sincerity of the
Democratic declaration and the hypocrisy
of the Republican platform.
Taking up the Republican declaration
Of principles, Colonel Bryan said that
that party is not prepared today to make
fight on question before the country.
and he continued, 'if you want proof
let me remind you that the Republican
party today instead of presenting any
great principle and defending it is pre-
senting an appeal to every class of peo
pie supposed to be approachable in any
direction"
He then went on to enumerate the va
rious classes to which he said the Re-
publicans were making spacious appeals
and ne included in the list the farmer
the laborer, etc.
ut gives the laborer," he said, "the
assurances that he will have a full din
ner pail and then it assures him that
there will, be large army to make him
satisfied with his full dinner pail" He
declared that the prosperity of which
the Republican party boasts is a differ
ent thing in different localities. In the
Gus the farmer of the West is, and in the
West you hear of the high wages and
general employment of the laboring man
throughout the East. In this connection,
Mr. Bryan related the report of his own
prosperity as a farmer and proceeded to
show that the report was as a gross
exaggeration.
eff he said ''I am a sample of what
is going on in the farm, | have some
idea of what is taking place there
THE PROSPEROUS GLASSES.
Referring to the Republican claim of
prosperity, Colonel Bryan claimed he
was willing to admit that the army con-
tractors and the trust magnates might
be prosperous. "a man who gets special
privileges at the hand of the Government
can prosper under Republican admins
tration," he said, "but l deny that the
wealth producers of the country are en-
joying their share of the Government S
productions.'t
At this pqnMt there were cries: Hanna,
Colonel Bryan merely responded by ask
ing his audience not to trife with a
great name.
Taking up the subject of trusts Mr..
der this Administration mere rapidly than
ever before and he asserted that the
Republicans refused to meet the issues
they created. He declared that the Pres
ident spends more time warning you not
to hurt your good trusts than he does
telling you how to hurt the bad ones" -
In the same connection he referred to
the position of Governor Roosevelt and
Senator Hanna on the subject of trusts,
and q reference in beth instances was
met with groans and Kisses
Mr. Hanna says there are no trusts, =
Colonel Bryan went on. Are you going
to send out to hunt the trusts who knows
where every trust treasure is, but says
there are no trus1ts?" In response to this
last interrogation a voice from the au-
dience responded:
1--WE will send you"
REIGN or THE TRUSTS.
Colonel Bryan again quoted from Pres
ident McKinleys inaugural address on
the subject of trusts and charged that
the President had neither enforced the
existing antitrust laws now recommend
ed new ones. His Attorney General, he
said, draws his salary and permits the
trusts to go and Cypress the people Col
onel Bryan referred to the Ice Trust, de-
claring that apparently this was the only
trust of which Republicans had any
knowledge. IF any Republican tells you, .
he said chat the Ice Trust is hurting
the people you tell them that you have
SO much confidence in the Republican Gov
ernor that you Know that he would not
be out West making speeches if the peo-
pie were suffering from the Ice Trust"