The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22
He Says They Can Help the Country by
Supporting NJ and Pa
triot Stevenson"
ATTACKS THE PRESIDENT
By INITIATING HIS ACTIONS ARE
CONTROLLED BY TRUSTS,
Makes Other Radical Statements, but
Forgcts to Explain His own
Glaring In~sincerfty.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. N.-Mr. Bryan ad-
dressed a large audience of !coun-
ty people at Wahoo. the county seat, this
afternoon in the open air. speaking for one
hour. Throughout he appealed to Republic
ans to vote the Democratic ticket Giving
his reasons for this appeal. Mr.. Bryan said:
1T want to talk to you Republicans. be-
lieving that you are just as anxious to help
your country and help your fellows by your
vote as the Democrat, the Populist and
the Silver Republican are. If 1 did not
nave faith in the honesty, in the patriotism
and in the good intentions of the Republic
ans I would not make speeches at all, be-
cause l would not want to make so many
speeches and do so much work simply to
please men who already agree with me.
But / desire to show you If I can that Ii Is
your duty to vote with us this fall.
IF you were with us in 1896" said he.
there is no reason why you should be
against us now unless the new questions
have changed your opinions or unless you
have changed your opinion on the old
questions. But 1 do not believe you can find
IL 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, / want to talk with you
about some of the new issues for a little
while and see II there is a man who voted
with us on the old issues who believes
the Republican party to be right on the
new ones. / believe you will find many
people who were against us on the old is
sues who are now with lis on ire new ones.
and will be ON the old ones. The human
mind is consistent. A man will apply the
principle that he believes in every ques-
ton 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 be-
gins to apply to all questions the principle
that he applied to the one issue, he Is apt
to be with us on all issues. We had men
In 1896 who came to us on the sill
yer question. Republicans who were not
willing to turn over and vote the Republic
an ticket just because the Republican party
had changed its position on the money
neutrality-suspicious. who were in earnest
in 1855 when they denounced the gold
Standard; Republicans who were in earnest
when they advocated bimetallism in 1892,
and therefore they refused to tax the Re-
publican position on the money question in
1896. And when they got out of the Repub-
lican party and began looking at the Re-
publican party from the outside they find
that the same vicious principles ran
through all the Republican doctrines and
to-day they are with us. not only on the
silver question, but upon all the new ques-
tons also. [~Applause.]
ALLEGED DECEPTIO.
In this connection Mr.. Bryan continued:
1.-THE Republican party is trying to-day
the same deception that they practiced In
1896 on the money question. When 1 say
that the Republican party practiced decep-
ton on the money question in 1896 I do not
want any Republican here to think that
mean he was dishonest in his advocacy OF
the Republican position in 1896. The Re.
publican party held out the false hope OF
international bimetallism. / want to assert
to-day that the Republican leaders never
intended that we should have internationa
bimetallism in 1896. The Republican leaders
wanted the gold standard then just as they
want it now. but they held out be-
fore the people the delusion Of inter.
national bimetallism. The President Sent
a committee of three distinguished gentle
men, and they were TO labor with the Eu-
ropean nations and try to get those. ma
tions to help us. Did they succeed? OF
course they did not. We told you I'm 1885,
that they would not succeed. You could
not expect England TO join with us in re.
tell whether the Republicans were in earn.
| est or not when they held out that prom.
Use? Ii a man sets his heart on a thing anC
does not get 1T he feels sore, and sad, AND
unhappy, and sorrowful. You cannot find g
Republican to-day that felt sorrowful be-
cause they did not get International bi'
metallism that they promised to get In
1896" lApplause.1
At this point some one in the rear Of
the crowd shouted: "Hurrah for McKin
ley!" to which Mr.. Bryan promptly re
that man is hurrahing for the Mckinley
that denounced Grover Cleveland or tn,
one following in Cleveland's footsteps.
want to assure you that 1 do not objec
to anyone cheering for Mckinley, but
think that you owe il TO the audience Il
describe which Mckinley you are cheering
for when you are cheering lApplaus'
and cheers.l
He then went ON: Now the Republican
party to-day does not talk in favor o
silver at all. There is no talk about inter
national bimetallism. If International bi
metalism was good in 1896. IL Is good now
If the double standard was desirable in 1S9
1t is desirable now. Then, why is IL tina
the Republicans did not talk about it
Because they did not want II in 80"
AS TO TRUSTS.
Speaking of trusts, he said: 1.-The Re
publican party is trying to-day the yer,
same policy on these other questions tina
they tried on the money question in 1896
They attack the trust question in thei
platform, and yet you cannot find a Re
publican paper and read ii. If IL is a daily
for a week. and IL IL is a weekly paper
for a month. without finding a defens
of the trusts. The Republican platform
~denounces the trusts and Republican
editors are spreading before the peopl
arguments defending the trusts. You viii
be told what a liberal man the man a
the head of the trust is. Yo,
will be told of the great advantage
to be derived from the corporation
because of the p~ermanency in the employ
ment of men. Now, why is IL? IL is be
cause the platform is hpyicrisy. The Re
publican party does not intend to destro,
the trust, but under the cover Of a plat
form denunciation OF the trust the Repuh
lican leaders are trying TO quiet the mind
of the people and maxi them accept tn
trust as a good thing. 1 want you WIN
have been voting the Republican tickle
to SAX yourselves how the Republican POI
icy is going TO help the people of this com
munity. Let every man ask himself no,
the trust is going 10 help him. / woul
ask that. but / would be accused OF ap
pealing TO selhshness. The man VIII
stands at the head of the trust may b
selfish, while the man being gouged can
not be selfish. II is all right for the hea
of the trust 10 vote the Republican ticke
and contribute to the campaign fund. bu
If / tell the man who pays the dividend
that he ought TO look out for his own In
terests, the Republican party says i ar
bringing the appeal down to too low
level"
.'The man who buys a trust-made articl
has as much right TO look after his ow
interests In the campaign as the mar VIII
| sells "A trI<l-mada article. Hnnnnka Vn