The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
HANNA TO WORKINGMEN.
HE TELLS WHY HE rs ~ Politics
AND H'HIHLEY.
No Other Man Ever hid so Mach fer work
inEmen a. STR. Mckinley. senator Hanna
De~cIares-l,BOO Wurkneu From The Pull-
man shop. st n Notable Republican Meeting.

man Shopsath NOtsbie hepuDucan heetinR'
CHICAGO. Oct. s-Senator Marcus A. Hanna
"a liked 10 the workmen at the Pullman shops
this evening and his uttcranccS were enthu-
siastica.ly received by the 800 persons who
were able to crowd Market Hal. The men
came from their benches and machines In their
working clothes. and carried their empty
dinner pals with them The chairs had been
removed from the building and the men crowd
oil up TO the speakers platform. There was
no delay As soon as the hall was filed Senator
Hanna was introduced
I'VE are p rtners in this political bust
ness" he said, "and it is not the am
bition OF men We are concerned aboui
this year. The best Lesson in life are the
object lessons that come through experience
You will rememb r that when Harrison was de-
feated In 1892. the Democratic party took control
OF the entire machinery Of the Government
The first thing the Democrats did was TO re-
peal the tsriff that had been put upon the
statute hooks by that great commoner, Will
liam MoKlnlsy. We were just beginning to
know what that law meant when the wilson
bill wa put in its place.
Let lie examine the record and see whether
Mckinley or Bryan has been the friend OF the
la boring man. No man In public NE or In
history ever did so much for the working class
bii to attract attention 10 hiniself. there was
no desire on his part for personal agsrandize-
Interests Of the people ne represented.
"On the other hand. BRYAN was one 81 the
principal factors In the DESTRUCTION 81 me Mchln-
ley bill, when he was in Congress and he adj
yocated free trade to the fullest edtent p 6Ti
took Wilson on their shoulders and carried
him around the rooml Yet ~ 1909 Bryan Was
afraid 70 run on a platform of free trade. but
Some pcopie ask me Why I gave up my bust,
noss interests and went Into politics. J VIII tel
you am interested IN a numorr o. enter
number OF men as there are in Pullman, saw
under a Democratic Administration that my
must be- done had known Mckinley for
many year. and recognized That he was a man
Of %or,ncipl. and snd IA, C s Is the ana man
70 turn iihc tide from depression % prosperity
I saw that ! must Close my desk snd get out
and work, and the result shows the predictions
"f5Sy are tsik nS about imperialism. but |
want 10 tel you thai the America people win
.sociin stop Gown n"t The 'R Bows IN Blue in tie
Philippines are diSarmed. taken prisoner. or
shot Tn thirty days after Mckinney 5 eieenon
I'll a va been called a labor orusher by Bryan.
TO &c tack e McKiniey. WHO wa too well known 10
the people OF the country. The Democrats had
60 h,ve a target or DOGGY man to irishten me
people and they sell oted me.
IF have been suocessful II is because nave
been ndustr!o IS and fairly hor est worked
Tor t3s a month. worked as hard as a y nan
here. ana ! worked. more hours than
auy Of you. saved my money and l
nut IL into industries. Well. In the last cam
paign Bryan told what a crlsher OF labor was,
but he did not tell them hat | was the first EN-.
ployer OF labor in Ohio that ever recognized
Il never refused to meet labonng men either
! sinQly or by committee. In 1877 l offered 70
| resign INV seat in tho Senate II any case could
be rlted where | had refused 10 talk with WORK.
| men and there have been no takers yet, II
is stil open 10 hltgeld or any other demasogue
in the United States.
Now. my friends, I have come down here
70 show YOU that I haven't any horns and II
Won believe that tho condition Of the country
under McKlnley's ADMINISTRATOR has been
better than 70 was under The previous Admin
istratlon, which was Democratic, | ask yonr
votes for Mckinley and the Republican ticket