Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
BRYAN and COCHRAN
They We're the Central Attractions
at indianapolis Convention Of
Democratic Clubs.
Bryan Makes the Usual Democratic
Arguments and Appeals to
Glass Prejudice.
Cochran Discusses Imperialism and
Praises the Service Of the
Filipino.

rlllpluO.
indianapolis, Oct. 5.-william Jen-
nings Bryan and Bourke Cochran We're
the central figures at the convention of
the National Association of Demo
cratic Clubs here yesterday. Tomlin-
son hall was crowded in the afternoon
with delegates and visitors eager to
hear the Nebraskan and at night the
capacity of the building was again.
tested While the New Yorker spoke.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
You have heard this afternoon from
my distinguished colleague on the
ticket, who disputes the saying of Mes
tor when he complained that tbs. gods
did not give all things TO man ut the
same time; that the gods Withheld the
vigor of youth when they gave the Wis
dom of age. think you Will agree with
me that my colleague is able to cons
.bine both the vigor of youth with the
wisdom of age.
But | appreciate the work done and
being done and to be done by tins as
ISOLATION of democratic clubs. We need
clubs Tar more than the republicans
need clubs In fact, my friends. the
work OF democracy, being work for
the people, must be done bysthe people.
We need the clubs to help us collect
none. to carry on our campaign. The
republican party can get its money
from the corporations. which plunder
the peoplA between campaigns in re-
rod
campaigns.
10 help US, because we do not expect to
he helped. We know that every speech
made by a democrat against these
trusts naakessit easier for their party to
raise a campaign fund.
We need the clubs to help circulate
literature. We need the clubs 10 poll
the votes, for we must do by voluntary
effort what the republicans can afford
70 pay for having done. We need these
clubs to help get the vote counted and
To prevent fraud aftersit is cast.
The republican party is not prepared
TO meet the issues 8of this campaign.
The republican party is today lodging,
running from every issue in the cam
jpaign. When the money question was
paramount in 1896 W. found the .epub-
Leans trying 10 make out that the tar
if was the paramount issue They said
let us open the mills instead of THE
minis. and the first thing they did
when they got into power was not to
reform the currency, but to reform the
tariff and give the men who contribut-5
ed a chance to run their hands deeper
into the pockets of the people.
Now. when the questions of human
race and human liberty are at stake,
the republicans say that the money
question is the paramount issue They.
said in 1896 that we could not maintain
yellow. How can they maintain a parity
between. a white citizen and a yellow
subject in the Philippine islands,
Mr.. Hanna says there are no trusts.
That settles that question. He ought
to ask his Wife Every wife knows there
are trusts. The on,Y trust that any re-
publican in this country seems TO know
about is the ice trust and the republi-
cans don't know much about that. for
if they did they would know that every
3stock!lolder is a republican. II they
knew more about the ice truss they
would know that its harm was confined
to the people of New York. and If they
knew that they had a governor of the
state of New York, a man who would
mot let any harm come to his people.
they would know there was no ice trust
there or the governor would Kill II.
Why is 1t that no republican knows
anything about the Standard Oil trust,
or the sugar trust. or the salt trust. or
the cracker trust, or the window glass
thrust. or the envelope trust the writing
paper trust. the trust in the paper that
l@republican editors use 70 write de-
Tense of trusts upon? Why don't they
know about these trusts?
.sIa ii dishonesty or is 1t ignorance?
Why ia ii thai no republican speaks out
| against any trust except the ice trust
| and why ia 1t that the republicans In
|3chaTge do moi destroy that, SO you can
| believe Mr. Hanna when he says there
Isare no trlsts9
The republican party is not prepared
4 TO defend itself on the army q uestion
4 They say there is no question of nlili-
ltarisn. How much do We spend for ed
l8ucation in the United States? Less thar
! 100000 900 a year Fl wsmuch do the re.
/ publicans want to spend on military es-
\ Establishments? One hundred million dol
/ lars a year. They want to spend moro
/ than half az much for a military estab-
/ liahlnent az we spend for the education
| of all the children in the United States
| Is that not a step towards militarism;
Why do they want il? So that they car
/ build fort near every large city anc
| use the army to suppress by force the
4 discantent that ought to be cured by
remedial legislation.
1.-The Iaboring man asks for arbitra.
/ tion and gets a large army; he asks re-
i lief from government by injunction anC
gets a. large army; he asks protection
/ from the blacklist and his answer is {
large army; he asks for shorter hour.
4 of labor in order that he may have more
I time with his family and for the devel
4 iopment Of hismind, and his answer is {
llarge army. He asks for representation
1 in the presidents cabinet in order tina
labor may be protected and his answel
4 is a large army. What is the reason
| they give? They say we need 1t for ou
1foreign policy, but, my friends, the!
asked for the army before the American
/ people had ever decided upon a foreign
/ policy that made a large army neces
sar...
THE republicans say now that the
reason we are in the Philippines, tn,
reason our boys are dying, the. reasor
1 large army Unnecessary, the reason W,
can not come home. is because I helpet