New-York tribune., 1900-08-10
TO THE GERMAN VOTERS.
ELOQUENT AND CONVINCING APPEAL
OF THE GERMAN-AMERICAN
MKINLEY AND ROOSE-
WELT IEAGT-F
WELT LEAGUE.

The German-Americsu Mckinley and Roosevelt
League, whose headquarters are at No 1O4 East
Fourteenth-st.. yesterday issued an address 10
citizens of German descent" well calculated 70
enlist their attention.
The officers Of the league are representative bust
ness men who speak from experience and with
wisdom concerning the probable results OF a Bryan
triumph The address brings prominently 70 the
front the silver question and insists that Bryan's
election would cause the loss Of all TO which I'VE
owe our present favored position in the world OF
business The address follows:
Fellow Citizens: The greater and more powerful
ment be in safe hands and controlled nv soII1S
PRINCIPLES. Never before were the United States as
had never yet attained the present emsnence Never
oeIore did We occupy as commanding a position
and commercial DEVELOPMENT The generaI Bros "a
perity Of the people has reached unknown prooor-
tons II Is our prime pal duty 10 maintain these
acquisitions, namely. prosperity our Industrial
development and our commanding position in reIa-
ton TO other Powers This duty requires 20 give
70 the country al the next election the best and
70 y Lnat our Ea{lonal honor IS held high Proved
dom must be found in the men in whose hands
We propose to place the rens OF government for The
German honesty is one of the qualities which We
man descent will never permit dishonest principles
10 prevail IN the conduct OF their Government
1t is easy TO that the principles for which
William Jennings Bryan mainly stands are not
vail
Bryan insisted that the silver question should
again be made prominent -Four years ago this
question decided by votes, the judgment
which we pronounced in 1895 We certainly will not
reverse in 1900 The Siverites by the Is 70 1 plank
desire obtain legal support for the proposition
tIl4t lhe MINUS OF Ine CnlIeo states ShaL pe re
qulred 10 give to the owner of silver full dollar
in return for half a dollar. thus enriChng that
owner If they should succeed in this the result
would be the destruction Of the credit Of the coUn
try, diminished purchasing value Of our money
and our absolute dtshOnOr Four years ago Bryan
said in Of his speeches that the maintenance
Of honest money would ruin the people and would
expose them first 10 poverty and then 70 crime,
first defeat have proved the tncorrectuess Of his
judgment Through honest money and honest
financial mana cement our prosperity grew never
before Bryan's election would the loss OF
ago. all that TO which We mainly owe CUR present
favored position.
MOST GIGANTIC TRUST.
Bryan also says that he desires TO combat trusts
What contra dtctiou, AS though the intended sill
yer grab would not De the most gigantic trust ever
created The laws which the Congress OF the
United States has far passed against the mis-
Of trusts ernanated from the opponents. and
not the adherents Of Bryan The trust plank in
tiva ting the unwary Should Bryan be defeate
however, all corrupt trusts will be proceeded
against with energy, FOR such Is the proclamation
in the platform which Messrs, Mckinley and
Roosevelt have accepted and which contains dis
tinct plank to that effect
Imperialism Is the next catch word Are 70
abandon Cuba, Porto Rico. Hayti and the Philip
pines2 Are we now that our country has become
and powerful country The sound common sense
Of the American people and their desire for fair
play are a guarantee that the inhabitants Of the
countries recently acquired by US will be given the