The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-30

III employed; some wore shoes and some were
barefooted; some wore coats and some no coats.
some had hats others were bareheaded; and Il
was an army that marched on Washington, d.
c., under a man by the name Of Coxey, and 1t
was Coxey's army, and II met at Washington,
d. C., that enticihg invitation on the lawns OF
the capital and white house, keep on tho
grass" and that Is all II did meet at Washing
ten, y. c.
Now where Is Coxcys army today Under the
Republican administration Is II marching
through any part Of the republicf Is It march.
ing anywhere? Where is the army Of the unen1'
ployed today that existed In 1894, '05 and '06f
1t is at work. And am very glad, by the way,
that they are at work here. congratulate the
operators and the operatives upon the high plane
that has beeen followed in the settlement Of
this controversy in this vicinity and the law
and order that has been maintained by the men.
and that has characterized the proceedings
throughout They conducted themselves prop
erly and in order. II Mark Hanna did IL he did
we'll William Jennings Bryan never did any.
thing Of that kind, nor James X. Jones, nor
John p. Altveld, nor Senator Tilman. OF South
Carolina. They never furnished days employ
ment, much less to larmonize the conditions
betweeen labor and capital; they haven't any
such record or history.
WHEREABOUTS OF CoxEy's ARMY.
Well, where is Coxcy's army today9 The army
Is at work, all Of the army that wants to work,
anywhere and everywhere. Coxey himself Is in
Ohio advertising for Ave hundred men to build
a plant that will cost s250,OO0 to make cast
steel products, a demand for which has been
created by the prosperity Of the last two years.
Now there Is an object lesson Of the two policies,
the policy Of the Republican party and the
policy Of the Democratic party; protection to
American 1ator and ipdstry and n eo,ind Cur-
renty based upon gold standard and upon the
fundamental principles Of public and private
honesty az against free silver and free trade.
Now, which do we prefer with those ilustra
tions staring lis in the face. Coxey's army
marching on Washington. d. c.. attracting a
crowd Of the unemployed, icopardizing the peace
and the welfare Of the republic, or Coxey himself
at work, advertising for labor and unable to get
all the labor he wants to put it into his own EN-.
ployment and build his own works. prefer the
last, and for that reason I propose to vote the
Republican ticket II any man prefers the situa.
tion Of six years ago let him vote the Demo.
cratic ticket and help Bryan bring about the
conditions that will produce that situation and
that army. We have the same threat now we
had in 1895; William Jennings Bryan in the
White House and many OF us in the soup house
and the poor house q result thereof These
are the real practical issues in this campaign.
Whether or not the policies Of the Republican
party, which 1t Is conceded have produced the
magnificent results that now bless the republic
from one end to the other, shall continue, or
whether you will 60 back to the policies Of the
Democratic party acted up in 1894, when they
had an opportunity, and embraced it, Of enact.
ing an economic measure that plunged the in.
dustres Of this country into disaster and brought
upon us so much private bankruptcy and filled
the land with unemployed-the Wilson tariff bill
built on the lines of free trade.
These are the great practical questions and
upon these questions the state Of Pennsylvania
stands as solid as the eternal hills that exist
within her borders She stands for the protection
of American labor and sound currency. Let
nobody make any mistake; they can talk about
trusts, am going to talk about trusts. They
can talk about imperialism, they talk about
militarsm and all Of the other isms; they are
bound to introduce this policy of free trade
William Jennings Bryan is bound to introduce
his policy Of free silver, although he hasn't got
the courage in this campaign to say whether he
would pay the obligations Of the republic in
coin silver or coin gold, because he is afraid
it would alright the business of this country
and destroy his prospects Of election, lie has not
the courage of his opinions in this campaign.
TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH.
Make no mistake; these are the real issues
The isms and the other issues they speak about
we are perfectly willing to meet these gentlemen
on 1t is getting about time in this campaign
to state things as they are, to tell the truth
and to call a spade spade, as we say up where
come from, and when find the Democracy