The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-24
He Uses Harsh and Uugentleman-
lv Words in His Remarks
About Bryan.
HAY CEASE HIS sPEeCHMaKlNG.
Republican Leader Declares That
Bryan Is an ASS and That
Croker Has Been Promised
Cabinet Positions.
REEUPLIC SPECIAL.

REFU2IlC SPECIAL
Cleveland. O.. Sept 2I-Tha Cleveland
Leader will publish tomorrow renarka-
bic interview with Senator Hanna, who
left for the East this evening. Mr.. Hanna's
temper has suffered severe strain. lie
says. in part:
This so-calIed trust issue is the veriest
rot ! am rot afraid to talk about the mat
ter but the Democratic newspapers garbie
everything 1 say. just as they garbled
Roosevel,s St. Paul speech
The speech made IN Chicago on tho So
called trust issue was garbled. I did not
say there were no trusts. What l said was
that there are no trusts in the meaning Of
the law. l did not say that there are no
combinations Of capital nor did L say that
there are no combinations Of capital that
work injustice to the people and harm to
the country
Having thus prefaced his remarks. MI
Hanna made this damaging statement:
''In the strict meaning Of the laws Of this
country there are no trusts. Let any one
lock up the commercial definition Of the
word trust and he will see that l am ex-
actIy right. Whatever laws have been en-
acted in this country TO regulate large
combinations Of capital and TO prevent the
been enacted by the Republican party.
Continuing. the Senator said:
BRYAN IS making an ass of himself. He
IS wahblirg around from one issue To an
other trying to find safe ground on which
TO stand.
BRYAN IS promising anything and every
thing with the unders tandinG that his prom
ises will be fulfilled In the event of his cleo
ton. He is burning up with the desire to
hold office. Democratic politicians all over
the country are promising party workers all
kinds of positions.
II know personally Of cases where people
who have been promised jobs under Bryan
have asked the ones who made the promises
what authority they had to make them. and
how they were to know whether the prom
iSes would be kent If Bryan were elected.
and they have been told that the authority
had come from Bryan himself. IN black
and white.
Il don't know how many Cabint positions
Bryan has promised. but l guess he will
have to create several new places II he ex-
poets to make good his promises.
Il do know that Bryan has promised Gro
kcr enc Of the Cabinet positions, and proba-
bly, more than one. By promising them 70
Croker, I mean that Bryan has agreed to al
low Croker TO name the men FOR certain
Cabinet positions.
Outside of the presidential contest the
Democrats are making desperate efforts to
gain control Of the next House of Repre-
SentatiVCs.
a Democratic majority in the next
House. in the event of tn. re-eicction of
President Mckinley, would check the prog
Tess Of the country. II would prevent the
Republican party from carrying out its
pledges during the first two years of Presi-
dent Mckinleys second administration.
From a Republican standpoint, the po-
Iitical situation throughout the country is
much better than IL was Il few weeks ago.
l do not care. however, to discuss the situa-
tion In detail.
Il will say that Chicago is about the
worst spot in the country, 50 far as Re
publicanS are concerned.
Il don't know whether 1 will make any
more speeches or not. The speeches | have
already made in this campaign have been
made at the urgent request of my friends.
During the rest OF the campaign ] viii prob
ably be too busy to make any speeches. II
Is possible, howe ger. that I may make one
or two If have the time to do So