The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-22
TO SWEDISH REPUBLICANS
On the National Issues In the present
Cnmpaiyn-The Club preparing ioh
Active Campaign Work,

The Swedish Republican club held
meeting at Carpenters hall, iSl Chap-
el street last evening The hall was
we'll filled, and the meeting was ealieo
to order by President Fred GARRISON
shortly after 5 o'clock, After reports
from the different wards and hst Oh
applicants for admission had been reau
the president introduced the speaker Oh
the evening, George r. Hall, nominee
for representative from TINS olstiie''
MI. Hall delivered a very aple aaufeeS'
speaking as follows.
( There is big work to be zone lhis
fall, and it is of the utmost importance
that you and every other voter shouio
fully understand the important issues.
During the present administrator tne
country has been prosperous ana unit
ed, and the republicans have nothlhg
to regret At the close or Harrison >
administration the country was pros
porous, but we listened to the tempter,
free trade, and elected Grover CleVe-
land president of the United States
Prosperity at OItG iCNSNtSN'
passed through the hardest times this
country has ever known. The wage
earners went through the streets peg
gng for food, and free lunch rooms
had to be established in some cities TO
keep the working people from starving.
We had four years of that, and when
the new tempter, 16 to l, came around
we would not listen to him, ana voted
against the democratic candidate. AS
a result we passed through such pros
perous times as we have never before
even hoped for We were bond issu-
ing nation, now we are bond buying
nation. Thi, condition could not exist
under democratic control; it does under
republican control.
! The speaker then spoke of the term
paramount issue" saying that only
the democrats have paramount issue;
one thing in the republican platform Is
as important as any other. He said
that imperialism is put forth as the
paramount issue of the democratic par
ty, but it is a false issue put forth to
cover the real issue of 16 to l. Bryan
himself insisted on having the l6 to |
plank in the platform. yet says that I'M
perialism is the paramount issue. He
went on to show that President Nc
Kinley's administration had been con-
sistent with that of each president be-
fore him, and that we have always
been expanslonists, citing Louisiana,
California, Texas, and other accessions
of territory as examples. He quoted
Teddy Roosevelt, saying, IF we give
up the Philippines we become contrac-
tionists instead of expansionlsts, since
these islands are a part Of the United
states, both by conquest and pur-
chase We can't give them up, be-
cause we have no one to give them to,
50 what shall we do with them? Bryan
would call a special session of con
| gress and form stable government
for them until they We're able to govern
| themselves, which is just what the re-
publicans have been doing. He said
little about trusts. simply that those
which increased the price of commodi-
ties were detrimental to the people, but
that those which decreased the price
ought to be sustained, After speaking
of each man on the republican state
ticket he closed by exhorting his hear