Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

worsted cloths. made by the american
Woolen company, exposed to the tree com.
petition u European worsted cloths. not
only driving American workingmen from
the wooden and worsted mills Of the United
States but depriving every Ohio farmer OF
an American market for American wool.
Mr.. Bryan policy would INCLUDE iree steei
rails. free glass, free china and pottery and
the exposure Of the American worklnsman
as well az the American capitalist TO unre-
stricted competition of the Chinese laborer
who makes sllks and porcelain and grows
rice and wool to compete with the products
Of American labor.
Republican Remedy for Trusts
We are opposed to correcting an evil by
the utter d d'struction OF the Industry In
which that evil exists. If drainpipc
get rid of the difficulty by burning down
the house Applausel Our method Of
corporation laws which permit such evils
to exist Now, the national government
under the, constitution has at present no
power to deal with those corporations on
the first OF last june the republicans in
troduced I'm congress a bill to give the ma
tional government power to regulate and
II necessary to suppress any OF the big
trusts or stfpilar corporation l say "
necessary to suppress. for there Is both
among individuals. We want to cut out
ne cancer, but We do not want to XIII
the patient ApplauseD Every replb-
lican but two voted for and every demo-
crat but four against the amendment to
the constitution and I'm favor Of the trusts,
and the democratic leader Mr. Richardson
Of Tennessee, stated that he voted for
trusts because II was bad policy from
democratic standpoint 10 take the trust
other words, they ayowcd with singular
shamelessness that they did not wish
trusts, bus that thcy wanted TO keep an
open sore that 1T might bencht their party
Gentlemen. you cannot afford TO support
a party that approaches n great pubic
question I'm that spirit (Applalso.)
against Mr.. Van Wyck. who was nomi-
mated BY MIR. Croker. II speak advisedly.
II is strictly a one-man power IN New
York;. They denounced trusts on the
they did because ! was hsmpered by the
fact that | intended to make my words
good. Intended 70 make my pTsTrforn;, per- II,;
through I'm New York the franchise tax
bin. under which s2OO.OO0Ooo Of corporate
property, street railway and similar fran
chises were added to the assessment roll.
The result is that within the last six years
Of republican rulo in New York the tax
Now that IL performance. applause
ON the. other hand, We have in New York
and he is one OF the biggest stockholders
n the ice trust Mr.. Crokers rival in
his loyal support of Mr.. Bryan is David
u. nm He is against trusts in his public
capacity. but in his private capacity he is
the retained counsel Of the big cor.ora-
tons tons IN the effort TO break down The fran, ran,
thing you want is sinccrity-in making
what you say on the stump good OF that
stump. and ron of oratorN does not count
SO much as a pound OF performance. |
tell you what we have done and ask you
TO compare II with what our opponents
talked, but what they did not do. tAp-
plause)
Man and the Dollar Issue.
Again, on the prosperity issue: You bus
mess men and wage-workers OF Cleveland
Just compare conditions four years ago and
L Inc IA i M.
this morning. He told me that four years
ago he was lucky If he could get s3p a
month. Now he cannot keep his Job unless
he makes S6j. (AppiauseD, \ lttle whit
ago Mr.. Ervin said HAT ho put the man
before the dollar and not the dollar before
the man. -Four years ago he had the mar
so far In front Of the dollar that he collil
not get hold Of II. (ApplsuseD. What We
have been doing Is to put the man and the
dollar together and let the man decide
whether the dollar should be in front OF
behind (Applause)
Now, gentlemen you can compare what
Mr.. Bryan .prophesied four years ago with
what has happened since. He said IL wc
did not have free silver we would have foui
years more OF hard times, tho wage WORKER
would stond idle and the business man fail
in business: that mortgages would go up
and the other day when he was asked how
he explained our prosperity. he said II was
not due TO the republican party, but &c
Providence. Well, gentlemen. | am per
feCtly willing to admit that there has beer
a fusion between Providencs and the re-.
publican party. (Applausel. The democracy
has fused with about eyerythding& & else ,,ii AZ
dence because Il IL not headed that way
tApplsuscl.
Oid-Iinc Democrats.
10 not wonder that now, in the days ot
the Bryanized democracy, that the demo
Gratis who stood for the principles OF ,'ef'
fcrgon and Jackson should stand with us
for jefferson believed In an honest ballot
and Jefferson said that demoCraCy meant
! hard money. expansion and the honor ~
/ the flag. CApplauseD. Old Hickory had MS
| tailings but ! tell y9u the man would hay,
/ him 10 lie down before Aguinaldo. CAP
| plausel.
! / appeal TO YOU. o men OF Ohio, who sent
| SO many OF your sons in the old days oi
/ the civil war | appeal to the young mer
! I'm tho name " the memories of those yet
! Grams, who proved their worth In the day
| that tried mems souls. Let us see TO Il
! that We do not disgrace their record.
GSS SpHn ~ F'n The 10 new w century to pTocan
/ once for all. in the face Of the nations %
mankind that where once the American
| rag has heen hoisted in honor It shall no
| be- hauled down in dishonor tcheersJ.
This was the fourteenth speech which
Governor Roosevelt made in ohio, begin
ming at Delaware. which city, Marion
| Upper Sandusky, Carey, Fostoria anC
/ Pcmberyile gave him rousing receptions
The first big demonstration, however, wal
made at Toledo, where the governor ad
| dressed a crowd that almost filled th
great circus lot. An hour and half wa'
spent here In parade and speaking.
! Leaving Toledo at 2:45 p. m. the TRAN
made brief stops at Clyde, Bellevue auC
Elyria at all OF which places Governo
Nash also spoke, as did Colonel Guild
At clyde the employees OF a granite AM
marble company presented the governo
with a bucket filled with sandwiches, pie
cake and coffee and bearing the legend
ght hours and full dinner pail
Governors Voice Needs Care.
Tonight Dr. Curtis, the governors ply
sioian, who will leave the train at Cantor
4 tomorrow, said;
Governor Roosevelt's voice depend
upon the avoidance of over fatigue. II h
exercises a little more care than he ha
in the past | think he may be able (
fulfill his engagements, but l could no
guarantee any voice where twenty hy
speeches are made on two consecutiv
days, with interrupted rest and unde
great nervous strain. Otherwise, Colone
Roosevelt Is In superb physical condi
tion"
Since leaving Chicago last Wednesda
morning Governor RooseYelt's train ha