The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-22
Urges Republicans to FOrsake
Their Old Associations
And Come Out Against Imperi-
alism and Trusts.
SAYS OUR PLAIN DUTY
As Pointed Out by Mckinley
Has Been Neglected.
Accuses Administration of En-
tire Change of Front.

Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 22.-Mr. Bryan
addressed a large audience of Saunders
county people at Wahoo, the county
seat Yesterday afternoon The point IS
80 miles north of Lincoln, and the trip
there and back was made during the
afternoon The speaking occurred uE-
der the trees in the court house yard,
and the largest part Of the enclosure
was well filed, notwithstanding one OF
the heaviest transforms of the season
had Just passed over the place, leaving
the ground very wet and uncoIn1ort-
able. The speech. was one hour IN
length. Throughout it was an appear
20 Republicans to vote the Democratic
ticket
GIVING his reasons for this appeal,
Mr.. Bryan said:
Il want to talk to you Republicans,
believing that you are just as anxious
TO help your country and help your EEL
lows by your vote as the Democrats,
the Populists and the Silver Republic
cans are. If I did not have faith in the
honesty, in the patriotism and in the
good intentions of the republicans,
would not make speeches at all, be-
cause I would not want to make so
many speeches and do so much work
simply to please men who agree with
me. But desire to show you II 1 can
that it is your duty to vote with us
this fall"
Continuing he said:
Now, if you were with us in 1885,
there is no reason why you should be
against US now, unless the new ques-
tions have changed your opinion on the
ole questions. I do not believe you can
Iin.l in this country any man who voted
with Us in 1896 and who understood the
issues then before the country who has
changed his mind on those Issues and
now believes that the Republican party
was right in 1896. Therefore I want to
talk to you about some of the new
issues for f1n- xu1f 10 nd
Is a man who voted with US on the old
issues who believes the Republican
party to be right on the new ones. I
believe you will find many people who
were against US on the old issues who
are now with US on the new ones, and
will be on the old ones. The human
mind is consistent. A man will apply
the principle that he believes in to
everv question before the public if you
will just give him time. A man Will go
out of the party on one issue, but if he
goes out and begins to apply to all
questions the principle that ne applied
TO The one issue, he is apt to be with US
On all issues. We had men in go who
came to US on the silver question; Re
publicans who were not willing to turn
over and vote the Republican ticket
just because the Republican party had
changed its position on the money ques-
tom Republicans who were in earnest
in 1888 when they denounced the gold
Standard Republicans who were in
earnest when they advocated bimetaI-
lism in 1892, and therefore refused to
take the Republican position on The
money question in 49, And when they
got out of the Republican party and
began looking at the Republican party
from the outside they found that the
same vicious principles ran through all
the Republican doctrines and today
they are with us, not only on the silver
question, but upon all the new questions
also
Mr.. Bryan referred to the financial
question, saying:
THE Republican party is trying to-
day the same deception that il prac-
ticed in Sc on the money question.
When 1 say that the Republicans prac-
f1eed deception op the money question
IN SO, 1 do not want any Republicans
here to think that I mean they were
dishonest in their advocacy of the Re
publican position in 1896. The Repub-
lcan party held out the false hope of
international bimetallism. 1 want to
assert today that the Republican lead
ers never intended that we should have
international bimetaIlism in 1896 The
Republican leaders wanted the gold
standard then just as they want it now,
but they held out before the people the
delusion of international bimetalIis1n.
The president sent a committee of