The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-10-05
veys the Monroe doctrine to Asiatic wa.


tiers. Whoever heard of such q thing? ?
The Monroe doctrine Is founded purely
and simply on the determination on the
part Of the government Of the United
States that no foreign country should in
terfere in the western hemisphere. Mr..
Bryan would do what? Spread it all over
the world and we would stand behind and
defend it. What do you call that IL 1t
isn't Imperialism? As result Of that
procedure we would find ourselves in
volved in all kinds Of foreign wars. "a
voice-That is right) That is true-and
yet Mr.. Bryan is for peace. He was for
peace when he resigned from the army
and he has been for peace ever since. I
am for peace. Pm Quaker. l am for
peace. but not peace at any price. l am
not for peace, and know that the ma
jority of the people of this country are
not for peace, with that brigand Agui-
naldo as long as he is hiding in the bushes
and shooting down from ambush our boys
in blue. (Applause)
Bryan Switches Issues.
But Mr.. Bryan has already been driven
from his position on Imperialism. He
knows now what many of us knew In the
beginning-that it was only one rooster
that he was going to put in the pit, and
he would fight it as long as he could.
Now he has got his last gamecock, Trust,
and that goes into the pit for the next
thirty days, and the Republican party
will be prepared to meet him on all such
questions, and If had the time and voice
and opportunity I would like to speak to
every laboring man in the United States
upon that question; because in warning
the laboring people of this country against
this huge monster, the trusts, in the same
breath he says that the Dingley bill is
the incubator Of trusts.
Now. we are getting to know where we
stand with the laboring people when we
come to the tariff, and we won't allow
him to evade the issue that he has made
on the bald proposition that the protect
i've tariff principle goes hand in hand with
trusts. We keep the protective tariff
principle there and we will furnish our
own definition for trusts. say we are
at home ON that proposition because we
have at the head of our national ticket
that great advocate Of protection. Will
lam Mckinley; because in him we have
the best friend of the United States; and
there isn't laboring man in the city of
ShiCdSO, VI III Tue OLdIc VI llIHOlS, VI III
the United States, who knows anything
about public affairs, who knows anything
about the career Of President Mckinley,
that does not know from actual proof the
fact that during his whole public life he
is the only man that the workingmen Of
this country always felt at liberty to call
upon to support their interests, and he
never failed them. And he is just as
much their friend to-day as he was fifteen
years ago.
Bryan and the Laboring Men.
And now let me ask what has w. J.
Bryan done for the workingmen Of this
country? "a voice: Nothing" An
other voice: Eyes, he charged us half
dollar to hear him talk.') Not a thing.
Came near saying damn. Not thing.
His career in public life is available to
every man. His short service was mark
ed and made conspicuous by his opposi-
ton to the tariff bill. And what has he
done since to show any particular inter
est in the working people of this country?
He tells them what he would do. He is
prolific in promises, rosy in painting the
picture as to what would be the result of
his administration, but l charge you,
workingmen, turn away from that picture
and look upon the other; and the other is
Mckinley.
Do not let US take any promise from
any candidate or any man whose whole
record has shown that his overa wing am
bition is to be President of the United
States. He will ride any issue, he will
climb on to any platform that is made for
him, he will preach any doctrine, he will
even abuse me to be President of the
United States.
Most Important Issues.