The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-18

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he was as strong an advocate as he had
ever been. He said the poor man had
no objection to individual wealth accum-
ulated by the exercise of muscle or brain.
but what he did object to was govern
mental assistance to the few at the
pense of the many He took exception,
he said, to the system which gave long
vacations and short hours to those to
those who live upon the wealth produced
by others, while it prolonged the hours
and shortened the vacations of the
wealth. producers themselves With ref
erence to the income tax he said: I'VE
endeavored to get an income taxa tax
which would make people pay in pro-
portion to their incomes. 1t was declared
to be unconstitutional. / am as much
in favor OF an income tax today as I was
in 1894, when / helped to prepare the
law which was declared unconstitutional
I believe in the principle of the income
tax In the hour of danger this gov
eminent can draft the citizen, but it can
not draft the pocketbook. In the hour of
danger the government can take a man,
but it can not lay its hand on accumu-
lated wealth and make that wealth bear
its share of the expenses of the govern
ment / want to see the taxes more
justly distributed and more equitably
borne by the people. want to see spe-
cial privileges taken away, and believe
that when we can strip those privileges
from those who have been enjoying them
at the expense of the people there will
be more equal distribution of wealth.
Republicans, why is your party opposed
signed a graded income tax bill and yet
today the Republican party is not will
ing we should have a simple income
tax"
A voice-'How about the negro in
North Carolina? ''
Mr.. Bryan-.'If you will read the Sulu
treaty you will never have chance to
pity the negro. hope the gentleman
who has referred to the North Carolina
law has read the Sulu treaty. 1t pro-
vides that the Sultan of Sulu shall re-
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American flag over his palace, and in
the treaty it provides not for the free
dom of the slaves, but that the slave
may have a. chance to buy his freedom,
when by working for nothing a day he
can purchase himself"
While Mr.. Bryan was discussing the
trust question some one in the crowd
shouted an inquiry about THE New
York Ice Trust"
Mr.. Bryan replied: 81 want to say a
word to you The Ice Tust is a local af-
fair and concerns the people of New
York, and if it was a bad thing the gov
ernor of New York would not be going
over the west making Republican
speeches, but would go back there and
destroy that trust
After Mr. Bryan concluded his speech
he was rendered a public reception at
the Stillwell house. He left at a. m.
for Fort Scott.
At Galena, Mr. Bryan addressed a
large crowd, speaking from an elabor-
ate and beautifully decorated stand
erected at the intersection of two
streets. The crowd extended well up
and down each street and not only filled
the adjoining yards, but covered many
of the house tops. Numerous small boys
found perches in the adjoining trees,
and front windows were at a premium.
Among those present on the platform
was Ex-Governor S. J. Crawford, for
merly Republican. Mr.. Bryan made a
general review of the political issues.
He took up the Philippine question at
nT1fc af ri in
that the Democrats were quoting the
Declaration of Independence more in
this campaign than Republicans were.
They are getting into the habit of
speaking of it as a string of glittering
generalitieS,' he said
He repeated his former declaration
taht the common soldier suffers greater
hardShipS than the officers, and made
an appeal for the soldier vote.
81 believe" he said, that the Demo-
cratic party can be trusted to do justice
to the soldiers and their dependents, and
am satisfied from all that have heard
that if I am elected I shall be able to
find a commissioner of pensions who
will be as satisfactory as the present
one.''
He continued on this point: ct no.
ticed that this morning as we came from
the depot to the hotel there was COM
pany of old soldiers acting as an escort
I felt honored that veterans of the civil
war should take upon themselves the
labor of furnishing this escort, but, my
friends, if a Republican tells you that
there is any inconsistency in such action
on the part of soldiers, want you to be
prepared to meet the criticism. Why
should not a soldier support the Demo-
cratic ticket2 The questions at issue
in this campaign are those which con-
Germ the very foundation principles of
this government. The soldier was will
ing to fight for years to apply the Dec
laration of Independence to a black man
why should he. not be willing to vote
once to apply the Declaration of indie
pendence to a brown man?
IT believe that the soldiers in this
country are safer in the hands of people
who believe in small standing army
and a citizen soldiery than they will be
in the hands of those who believe in a
large standing army. If you have a
penses up to 100000 year and in
crease the expense of the war depart
ment of the army you will find that the
great corporations will proceed to re-
duce the appropriations for pensions
rather than the appropriations for the
standing army. The nations that have
large armies are the least liberal with
their pensions, and the nation that relies
most upon its citizen soldiery is the ma
ton that is the most liberal in providing
for it's soldiers whenever they suffer in
the army. It must do it for If the nation |
must call at any time upon the citizens
to volunteer the government must be |
just, aye, generous in its treatment of |
that volunteer and his dependents. SO, |
/ repeat, that the soldier need not fear |
injustice at the hands of the Democratic |
party and if the soldier believes with US |
on the questions now before the country, |
1 believe that he can safely give his sup |
port to the Democratic ticket. Why |
should a soldier take the side of the |
Republican party on any of the queS- /
lions now before the country The sol |
der is a citizen and as a citizen he is |
interested in every question that con- |
Germs his nations welfare The soldier |
and his children and his children's chill |
dren must share in this nations future, |
whether for veal or woe, and am going |
to assume that evely soldier in this |
audience will look at these questions
from the standpoint of the citizen. If ! /
can convince him that on this great /