The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-04

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not for peace, and l know that the ma
jority of the people Of this country are
not for peace, with that brigand Agui-
naldo as long as he is hiding in the bushes
and shooting down from ambush our boys
in blue. (Applause.)
Bryan Switches Issues.
But Mr.. Bryan has already been driven
from his position on Imperialism. He
knows now what many Of us knew in the
beginning-that it was only one rooster
that he was going to put in the pit, and
he would fight it as long as he could.
Now he has got his last gamecock, Trust,
and that goes into the pit for the next
thirty days, and the Republican party
will be prepared to meet him on all such
questions, and if 1 had the time and voice
and opportunity l would like to speak to
every laboring man in the United States
upon that question; because in warning
the laboring people of this country against
this huge monster, the trusts. in the same
breath he says that the Dingley bill is
the incubator of trusts.
Now, we are getting to know where we
stand with the laboring people when we
come to the tariff, and we won't allow
him to evade the issue that he has made
on the bald proposition that the protect
i've tariff principle goes hand in hand with
trusts. We keep the protective tariff
principle there and we will furnish our
W definition for trusts. l say we are
at home on that proposition because we
have ut the head of our national ticket
that great advocate Of protection, Will
lam Mckinley; because in him we have
the best friend Of the United States; and
there isn't a laboring man in the city Of
Chicago, or in the State of Illinois, or in
the United States, who knows anything
about public affairs, who knows anything
about the career Of President Mckinley.
that does not know from actual proof the
fact that during his whole public life he
is the only man that the workingmen of
this country always felt at liberty to call
upon to support their interests, and he
never failed them. And he is just as
much their friend to-day as he was fifteen.
years ago.
Bryan and the Laboring Men.
AND now let ME ask what has w. J.
Bryan done for the workingmen of this
country? "a voice: Nothing" An
other voice: "Yes, he charged lis half u
dollar to hear him talk.") Not a thing.
Came near saying damn. Not a thing.
His career in public life is available to
every man. His short service was mark
ed and made conspicuous by his 'opposi-
ton to the tariff bill. And what has he
done since to show any particular inter
est in the working people Of this country?
He tells them what he would do. He is
prolific in promises, rosy in painting the
picture as to what would be the result of
his administration, but l charge you,
workingmen, turn away from that picture
and look upon the other; and the other is
Mckinley.
DO not let us take any promise from
any candidate or any man whose whole
record has shown that his overawing am
bition is to be President of the United
States. He will ride any issue, he vii!
climb on to any platform that is made for
him, he will preach any doctrine, he will
even abuse me to be President of the
United States.
Most Important Issues.
Now, bringing these issues home to each
and every individual, I want to bring
them there because l expect and I know
that every man who goes to the polls on
election day having heard the arguments
in the case, having considered how the de-
cision of these issues will bear upon his
personal interests and those of his family,
will cast that ballot intelligently in his
W interest and not in Mr.. Bryan's. But
there is a further responsibility which
comes to every mar and to every woman
who can influence a man.
l say that the Importance of the issues
in this campaign at this time and under
| thaSa cnnhitinnc ic Oraotor thop --o, L.,
fore in the history of our country. 1 say
SO because 1 believe it, because I know
that any reversing of the present policy
of the administration of this government,
any change In that administration, would
bring about a condition of things in the
BUSINESS and industrial interests Of this
country that would dwarf the flood and
storm at Galveston it would mean a hur-
ricane that would carry before it every
interest, it would be a food that would
ingulf the property and the material in
terests Of every man, woman and child
that enjoys the present prosperity.
Where Interests Are.
There is no question where your inter-
est IS, because every year, every month,
and every day Of the administration of
William Mckinley has been an object les
son. Every man who has an insurance
on his life for the benefit Of his family,
every man who has his deposits in n saw
ings bank or a loan association where he
has gathered together perhaps the say
ings of a lifetime, where he believes it is
safe, and it is, although that money that
he deposits in a savings bank is not there,
for they don't keep the money in their
vaults What do they do with it? They
invest it in securities, in bonds and mort
cages, satisfying themselves that the
property behind those securities is per-
fectly good for the loan madc-and it is
under all normal conditions. But sup
posing that Mr.. Bryan should be elected
God forbid. CA voice-AmenD Sup
posing he should be. Remember 1898.
Immediately capital is withdrawn from
the avenues of business panic seizes and
dethrones confidence and we find a condi-
ton Of things that sends values down the
toboggan slide until they are cut in two
and CHARTERED; and the property that is
represented by the securities in the vaults
Of these banks covering your deposit is
reduced in value. That is your property,
1t doesn't belong to the savings bank or
the life insurance company. 1t is yours,
you have put it in their custody for safe
keeping. They are doing their duty. They
have builded vaults of deposit secure
against the burglar and the thief, they
have employed men Of integrity and abil-
ity to invest your money and protect your
interests, and therefore I say they have
done their duty.