The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-04

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Bryan would do what? Spread it all over
the world and we would stand behind and
defend it, What do you call that il it
isn't imperialism? As result Of that
procedure we would find ourselves in
volyed in all kinds of foreign wars. "a
yoice-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. I'm a Quaker. am for
peace, but not peace at any price. am
not for peace, and know that the ma
iority 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. tApplause.)
| 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 would like to speak to
every laboring man in the United States
| upon that question; because in warming
| the iaboring 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
live 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
Chicago. or In the State of Illinois, or in
the United States. who knows anything
about public affairs, who knows any thing
about the career Of President Mckinley,
that does not know from actual proof the
| fact that during his whole public LIE 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 be 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
Il A NY1t1, s,ors I'm.
/ ether voice: Yes, he charged us half a
dollar to hear him talk.") Not a thing.
i Came near saying damn. Not thing.
/ His career in public life is1ayailable 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
4 He tells them what he would do. He is
i prolific in promises, rosy in painting the
i picture as to what would be the result of
his administration, but charge you,
lworkingmen, turn away from that picture
4 and look upon the other; and the other is
Mckinley
i Do not let us take any promise from
/ any candidate or any man whose whole
j record has shown that his overawing am
hition is to be President Of the United
States. He will ride any issue, he will
climb on to any platform thatis made for
him, he will preach any doctrine, he will
I even abuse me to be President Of the
United States.
Most Important Issues.
i New, bringing these issues home to each
i and every individual, I want to bring
them there because expect and know
that every man who goes to the polls on
election day having heard the arguments
in the case. having considered how the de-
cision Of these issues will bear upon his
/ personal interests and those of his family,
i will cast that ballot intelligently in his
own interest and not in Mr.. Bryan's. But
there is a further responsibility which
comes to every man and to every woman
who can influence man.
say that the Importance Of the issues
in this campaign at this time and under
4 these conditions is greater than ever be-
i fore in the history Of our country. l say
so because believe it, because ! know
that any reversing of the present policy
Of the administration Of this government.
4 any change in that administration, would
i bring about condition of things in the
j business and industrial interests Of this
country that would dwarf the food and
/ storm at Galveston it would mean q hur-
4 ricane that would carry before it every
interest, it would be a food that would
! ingulf the property and the material in
i terests Of every man, woman and child
that enjoys the present prosperity.
i Where Interests Are.
4 There is no question where your inter
est is, because every year, every month,
and every day of the administration of
William Mckinley has been an object les
son. Every man who has an insurance
on his life for the benefit of his family,
every man who has his deposits in q saw
ings bank or loan association where he
has gathered together perhaps the saw
/ ings Of lifetime, where he believes it is
i safe, and it is, although that money that
he deposits in savings bank is not there,
/ for they don't keep the money in their
vaults. What do they do with it? They
\ invest it in securities. in bonds and mort
| Cages, satisfying themselves that the
property behind those securities is per-
/ fectly good for the loan made--and it is
under all normal conditions. But sup