The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-13

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that there may be evils which need cor
rections and yet that this may not mean
general and senseless destruction of all
corporations and the conditions of our
modern industrial development"
2. O." If the trusts are bad thing
why did the Republican administration
allow more trusts to be organized than
during all previous history of the coun-
try?'
A.-'The Republican administration
did not allow more trusts to be organic
ed than during all previous history of
the country. The Standard Oil company,
the American Sugar Refining company
and all the other more prominent trusts
came into existence long before the
present administration. Moreover, Mr.
Bryan knows perfectly well that the ma
tional government cannot prevent with
its present powers the organization of
these trusts and that it was the action
of his own party associates in congress
on June /, last, which prevented the pas
sage by congress of the constitutional
amendment which would have given the
national government the power sought
for"
g. O." IF some trusts are good and
tween a good one and a bad one?'
4. O." Do you know of any good
monopoly in private hands?'
s. @ Do you know any man good
enough to stand at the head of a mon
Opoly and determine the price of that
which others are to use?'
A.-"Mr. Bryan's Technology is here
so loose that it is difficult to know what
he means. If he uses trust in the sense
of large corporations, any intelligent
man must know that there are good cor
porations and bad corporations, and the
difference between them can be told as
readily as the difference between two
wealthy private individuals. AS for the
mOnOpOlles in private hands, patents are
such monOpOlies, and If Mr.. Bryan means
that all monopolies are bad, he means
that patent laws should be abolished
outright. Does he really mean this? If
not, his words mean nothing. The I'M
doubted evils connected with some par
tial Industrial mOnOpOlies will never be
affected in the least by an opposition
until dealing with them their opponents
learn and practice both precision of
thought and precision of statement"
6. O." Do you know of any good
reason why the army should be made
100 O002'
A.-'Here again Mr.. Bryan's lang
uage is loose If ne is speaking of the
present army of 65. coo regulars and 30
600 volunteers, then every man who pos
sesses an ounce of common sense, or 10
ounce of patriotism must know not only
ludl there IS very SOOu reason Tor nav
ing had it, but no possible excuse for re-
fusing to have it It has been needed in
the Philippines; it has been needed in
China; and only the allies of Aguinaldo
and the boxers can eriticise it. Half of
the Democrats in congress voted for it
when it was provided for.
z. O." Would you be willing to make
the army 100000, II the Republican lead
ers said so, or q half million. if they
wanted it?'
At is hard to believe that this
question is put in good faith, for no one
has dreamed of asking for any army of
Lincoln once had to ask for a large
army and in spite of the opposition of
the politicians whose political heir and
assignee Mr. Bryan is, the people gave
army will ever be asked for by Repub-
licans, save because of reasons which
would satisfy the people as they were
satisfied in the days of Lincoln.
s. O." What is your title to the Fill
pino? Did you buy him. or did you get
him by force?'
A.-"There is of course no title to the
Filipino, save as there is a title to the
inhabitants Of Alaska or Of the Ha-
waiian islands, and he was net bought
save, exactly as jewellers in the Louis
lana territory including what is now Mr..
Bryan's own state of Nebraska were
bought by Thomas Jefferson. The Phil
ippine islands We're acquired under Pres
ident Mckinley by treaty and purchase
exactly as the Louisiana territory was
acquired under Jefferson, Florida under
Monroe and all the rest of the territory
which we have acquired
g. O." DO you think you can buy
the right to govern people?'
A.-"This has already been answered
in my reply to No. s. Evidently Thomas
! Jefferson thought that we could buy the
right to govern the Indians of the Louis
lana purchase and Andrew Jackson
thought we could similarly acquire the
right to govern the Seminoles of Florida.
10. O." What are you going to do
with the Filipino when you get him?
Are you going to kill him2
Ave are not going to kill the FIJI
ipino unless he tries to kill our soldiers
and he will stop trying to kill our sol
diers very soon after he becomes con-
WINGED that he viii receive no further
aid in the effort from the party of which
Mr.. Bryan is chief As to what we are
going to do with him, the answer is
simple We are going to civilize him
and give him the peace. order and indi-
vidual liberty and gradual increase of
government of which Mr.. Bryan
would deprive him for all time by turn
ing him over to Il syndicate OF corrupt
Chinese half breeds and ferocious Tagal
bandits"
At vincennes, Governor Roosevelt said
in part:
Speaking here in Vincennes. I am in
evita bly, reminded of the first expansion
of the United States Tt was a hundred
and twenty-one years ago that George
Rogers Clark and his troop of rihemen,
Joined by some of the old French
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