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willing to Ride Any Hobby or In
dorse Any Igsue for the Pur-
pose Of Securing Election.
CALLS HIM A HYP0CRITE
WHO is PLANNING TO PRECIPITATE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
Mr.. Hanna of Opinion that No Real
Trusts Exist in This Countryside
IL a Friend Of Labor.

CHICAGO, Sept. Ex-senator M. A. Han
ma at noon to-day made an address to sew
eral thousand downtown business men and
mercial Mckinley Club. He said in part:
''You will find my text in the letter of ac-
ceptance of that great apostle of free sill
yer, w. j. Bryan. 1t is his last card, and
he begins his interesting appeal TO the peo-
pie of the United States by telling what he
knows about trusts. At the Kansas City
convention there developed wide differ
ence of opinion in the Democratic party as
to what they should do or ought to do, ana
various pilgrims to Lincoln found Mr.. bry-
an very uneasy, as well he might have
been, since the narrow edge OF one vote In
the convention meant the saving of his pet
hobby-free silver. But how has II been
since that convention that in all his
speeches during his campaign he made only
the bareSt references to free silver. But ne
took UP another issue, one which he Ia
bored in Washington to manufacture he
gave positive orders to certain members or
Congress to vote to ratify the treaty with
Spain. and for no other reason than he
might have an imaginary chance to attack
81 wish I could have together on this
platform William j. Bryan and Senator
George F. Hoar, that eacn might tell his
reasons for opposing expansion, or I'M
perialism' Senator Hoar would convince
you that he opposes it from conscientious
motives, but is on all other points unit
with the party. from which he differs In
that one respect, and that he is a sup
porter of William Mckinley. With these
two together / would tear the mask on
the face of that hypocrite. William J.
Bryan. lCheers and hisses.] One stands
for firm foundation of his convictions OF
right and the other on the flimsy founda-
ton of hypocrisy. Bryan has been afraid to
push the silver issue because he warts TO
carry New York and some other E;.stern
States. He tried Imperialism and made
from five to fifty speeches a day, his au-
diences growing less and less every day.
K is his trump and last card, and We Will
hold him down to that issue and on every
side of il.
'sIf our great corporations of amalga-
mated capital are in the interest OF the
manufacturer, then are not labor organiza-
tions and combinations In the interests of
the workingman? 1 was the first man In
Ohio to recognize organized labor In 1871,
and while the organization of bituminous
coal miners existed We never had a strike.
/ believe in arbitration between labor and
capital, and in 1887, when / stood before
1850 men and women in Cincinnati, told
them that if they would prove to me that
had ever wronged any man working for me
resign E FIR from te the United States M Senate next
day, and the offer still stands.
81 would like Mr.. Bryan any other
Democrat to tell me what trust is. 1 be-
lieve there is not a trust in the entire
United States. There is a national law, and
In every State there is law against trusts.
They cannot exist, and every law against
trusts. national or state. has been the prod
uct of Republican law makers, and the
credit is due the Republican party. 1 have
no objection to the Democrats opposing
trusts, but they have not got any patent
on ii.
Bryan tells what he would do IL elected
His first act would be to haul down the
American flag in the Philippines. [Cries Of
mo! Nov'J Well, that is what he says
he would do, but the American people
would not let him. Then he would estab-
lish "a stable government, probably with
Aguinaldo at the head of it. Think of it,
Pull down our flag, remove our troops, and
the tender mercies of Aguinaldo! Judging
from the past, Aguinaldo would soon shock
humanity, and the nations would interfere,
as we did in Cuba
advocates a protectorate In the Philippines.
The Monroe doctrine was established for
the Western hemisphere, but Bryan would
spread it all over the world If that is not
imperialism, then tell me what is. / am
for peace. but not for peace at any price,
and not while that brigand Aguinaldo is
hiding in the bushes shooting down our
soldiers.
Bryan is opposed to tariff as a trust
creator but the workngmen know that
the tariff is their protector He paints
rosy pictures of what he would do If
elected, and beside his pictures stands,
as something monumental, the work that
Mckinley has done. Bryan will stand on
any platform they make for him, ride any
hobby, tndOrSe any issue; yes, he VIII even
abuse for the sole purpose of being
President. That is all he wants. [Cheers
and cries of You're all right Yes, I
am ell right, for / talk about things L
know all about, and / don't lie either
Cast your votes in your own interests and
not in the interest of Mr.. Bryan.
"The Importance OF this campaign is
greater than any ever before known IN
the country, because any reversal of the
policy of the government would bring
about a change in commercial interests
which would dwarf the awful storm at
Galveston. 1t would mean a commercial
and industrial revolution from which this
country would not soon recover"
Senator NJ. A. Hanna, chairman of the
Republican national committee, will make
several speeches to the laboring men of
Chicago before the close of the CAM
paign. The principal one viii be made in
Congressman Lorimer's district some time
during October. This congressional dis
trict includes the stockyards of Chicago
The Republican county committee is also
arranging TO hold other meetings In labor
districts. at which Senator Hanna will
speak.