The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-20

aggression? I am glad to have a Repub-
lican cheer for his candidate but 1 think
we oughgt to know which candidate he is
| endorsing"
| Referring to trusts Mr.. Bryan said that
! the letters of acceptance of both McKin-
ley and Roosevelt had warned the people
| that combinations bf capital should rot
be hurt. They spend more time IN plead
| ing for the good trusts than in condemn
! the bad trusts he said.
Discussing the plea that the acquisition
of the Philippines had divine sanction,
Mr.. Bryan said: 81 have seen Republi-
cans going up and down the land telling
what God wanted, when everybody knows
that God would never let them know
what he is going to do for fear they
would forestalI the market. Who speaks
with divine authority? Who is empower
ed to reveal the will of the Almighty"
Mr.. Bryan took dinner here and left at
o'clock for st. Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 19.-The Demo-
Gratis of St Joseph had engaged a special
train over the Burlington to convey W.
j. Bryan from this city to Lincoln this
afternoon, but when Mr.. Bryan heard of
the arrangement he declined to use the
train and said he preferred to travel on
the regular train, which leaves at $40
o clock p m. Bryan was greeted by 10000
people at the baseball park upon his ar
rival here from Atchison few minutes
before 2 o'clock this afternoon. He spoke
for nearly two hours and the crowd did
not want him to stop then.
There were three times as many people
at the park as could hear Mr.. Bryan.
Not only were the grand stand and the
bleacher seats crowded, but the body Of
the park was we'll filed. The ladies In
Thine grandstand waived small flags as
Mr.. Bryan approached. He was seated
in a carriage drawn by tow cream white
and two coal black horses. At this point
the arrangement for reaching the stand
was the best yet experienced by Mr..
Bryan, the way being cut off by q wire
fence. This saved much of the usual
crowding and was a great protection.
Mr. Bryan was still hoarse, but he spoke
for an hour and a half. He said:
''Why should any man who voted with
us in 1896 vote against US now? have
bee mover a large part of the country
and I have asked the people. DO you
find anyone who was with US in 1895 who
are now against us?' There was one ex-
ception; they told me that there was a
young attorney who had been with us
in 1896 who is against US and I asked
them what had caused it. Well, they
said since 1896 ne has become the at
torney of several corporations and he is
not his own master"
T., % H.
said: Even the newspaper editors are
compelled to write their editorials de-
Tending the trusts on paper, the price of |
which has been raised by the trust. 1t
is a pitiful thing to see nedtor writing
such an editorial at the same time being
plundered by the trusts"
"Mr. Bryan declared that the Repub-
licans were disposed to make a great
deal over a raise in farm products and
to give very little attention to the in
crease of price in what the farmer has
to buy. eff wheat goes up, all attention
is" he said, directed to wheat, while
if wheat goes down and cattle goes up,
attentio mis- directed to cattle and divert
ed from wheat. So with potatoes If
potatoes rises, every Republican orator
in the country has his pockets full Of
potatoes. These orators conveniently for
get that the prices are fixed by the
trusts and that there is an advance in
the price of everything that the farmer
has to buy.
Every time you send telegram now |
you put on a one-cent stamp for the
benevolent assimilation, of the Filipino"
''Who pays it? The telegraph COM
pany? No. The man who sends the tele-
gram. You go into the bank and drak
check and put nit two-cent stamp. !
But while every man has been compelled |
to pay a tax on his telegram and his /
bank checks, the Republican party has /
reduced the tax on national bank circula- 4,
ton one-half. This has been done while /
the taxes of the masses have increased |
instead of decrea sed."
Mr.. Bryan said that II God was re- /
sponsible for our position with the Fill |
pinos and commanded US to govern them /
the command should be evidenced either (
by the Bible or by special dispensation. /
He asserted that the Bible did not justi- /
fy our taking the Filipinos, and said If /
there was a special dispensation he
would ike to KNOW to who he revealed .
his plans. A voice answered.: Mark /
Hanna MY friend replied Mr.. 1
Bryan. that is undue familiarity with
great name" and went on with his .
speech.
How shall this nation influence the /
world?" asked Mr. Bryan. What shall |
be the instrument by which we shall T.
act? 1 have gone into communities and /
found men SO just, so upright that peo-
satisfied that their settlement would De a .
just one and when I find in commun-
ity a man whose reputati ton is such that
people trust his justice and submit 70
his arbitration. 1 am reminded of the
words Of solomon. that A good name .
is rather 70 De desired than great riches.
and loving favor rather thatn silver and 4
gold
And 50 believe this nation can stand .