The sun., 1900-10-29

than az any other time In the remembrance OF
this generation, and that In short three years
SWsn mols Senera oaey and a Sfe
wages than ever before. ~ shown by the ofticlal
hggree; Of the Department Of l9bor, ~
ernment can take the son from his mother
or the husband from his wife and stand them
up before gun. while In time OF danger II
cannot lay its hand upon wealth and make
i bear IL share Of the expenses You know
that every man who enters the military service
Oi the Government does 80 voluntarily and
hat IN the late war, with Spain and hat In
he Philippines the volunteers we're vastly more
han we're required; while II YOU VIII examine
The receipts OF the Government under the war
tax you will see that the largest items OF the
tax collected are from the business classes.
At Indianapolis and Minneapolis YOU said
tlht the Rspublican party wants standing
army Of lO.DD men Tor the plrpos" Of e-tabl -h-
ing fort near every larg" city and suppr'ssing
by legislation. Yet you know that the ac'
increasing the Amy 10 lD.m men which was
6v a Rapu6Hran Prcident. provid ', that the
army shall drop back To lt7ss than nuD men
On July II pcxt year, while yon also know that
thG h, c"cti"n u Pr,Sidcmi NJ McRney ia Ras ended
he diicnnirnt WHICH existed as a result OF ! he
yOn actively partcipNted
You had good deal to say to the people
Of lndianai and TO the farmers everywhere
Steel Trust aud the standard oil Trust and
the Copper Trust and the Tin Plate Trust.
and asserted that they were controlling prices
Of the articles which the farmer must have.
Yet how l. II that II they are all-powerfu there
has been drop IN the past year OF from 10 10
IS per cent In The prices OF Iron and steel and
plates and glass. and many other art tlcles manu-
faclnred by trusts, as shown by Brddstrcefs
At Mlnsne.d. Ohio. you said that when the
Republican House passed the hill increasing
the army 10 lOoOO there was not an arm raised
against the Cnitei state. You know PER
fcct,y well from pub 1he Official reports that
active preparation, for hoStilitieS against our
soldiers in the Phi'tpplnet ha1 been In prog
reSS for months wneu the bill was passed,
ami that tIe few American troops there were
known 10 he in imminent danger. ana NJ that
ratification Of the reltv with Spain which
would NECESSARILY require temporary force IN
the Phi iptlne' largely III excess Of the Regular
army which. under the provisions of the former
act, was restored tp IT, original size of 27,uO
AT the terminate on OF t'e war with Spain.
You meet every reference to the Tanmany
Ice trust with the eva,ive an Inaccurate state
ment that the Republican Governor OF New
York ana can1idatc Of hi- party for the Vice
Pre-l 1ency has neglected ana is negecting to
prosecute that trust, when YOU know from hi1
own statement AM must know from the public
records that an action for it, dissolution is now
in progress AMI being fought al every step by
the Democratic stockholders Of that organl7a-
ton, who are meantime furnishing funcs for
the support OF your campaign IN New York ana
elsewhere
these are a few OF the Inconsistencies. eva
sions and misleading statements which YOU are
every day repeating to the thousands of voters
whom YOU address he conclusion is ire
-istible that they are deceptive in fact, what
ever NAV be their intent. As one who would
9o see he hsh hoRor no. Gl PSdennI Tana
and deception. ! resneCtfuy urge that you
exchange your present methods Tor the con-
Ststent and honorable course which CharaC-
tcrized your discussions in Congress and IN
1890 and which gave YOU the respect OF nll
men. no matter how much they Nigh, dis
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