The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-16
BRYAN'S TOUR OF OHIO
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The candidate for vice president says
hat every intelligent observer knew
hat there would be trouble In the
Philippines IL the treaty was confirm
ed. Why, In it possible that when the
president entered o his colonial
policy he knew there would be trouble
in the Philippine island? What be-
comes Of the argument that there
would be nc trouble there IL IL were
not for the people In this country who
make speeches against Imperialism"
In his speech here Mr.. Bryan took up
b trust question at the outset and
almost every sentence devoted to this
ring to Senator Hanna's reported dec
laration that there are no trusts"
Mr.. Bryan said: He should come to
Akron and make that statement"
This was evidently accepted as a ref
erence to the fact that a number OF
business combinations have their
headquarters in this city and IL ap-
A4SN Az oRHAohaA VI -
OF those present Mr.. Bryan again
referred to the case of Attorney Gen.
eral Monnett and said the lesson to
be drawn from Ii was that I'm the re-
publican party it is better for a man
to violate his oath Of Office than to
encur the enmity OF the great corpor-
alton" He said that when suits were
hrn,ruhf ~ af1~ntra srRtesz fha~a ~-ar>
generally threats of leaving the town.
Suppose" he went on. "a man being
prosecuted for horse stealing should
threaten to leave the state IL prosecut-
ed. would you stop the prosecution on
that
He concluded by saying that the law
should be enforced whether II affected
large offenders or mall ones.
New Lexington. Ohio. October a.
Mr.. Bryan referred in both his Cir
cleville and lancaster speeches 10 the
case OF Attorney General Monnett, of
lis state. At lancaster he made that
official the principal theme OF his dis
course, saying: Il wan to call the at
tention OF republicans to something
which has taken place in their own
state and l want to ask the republicans
whether they can afford to endorse
what has been done by the republican
party in this state. / see before me pa
rents who are raising sons and those
parents are hoping for great things for
their sons. / want to tell you what.
has occurred in connection with young
men in Ohio.
There was a young republican of
ability and of character nominated for
attorney general Of the state of Ohio.
When he entered upon the duties of
his office he took an oath to perform
these duties to the best OF his ability
and in the course of his duty he was
called upon to commence suit under the
laws Of this state against a grea. pri-
vate monopoly, the Standard OIL Com
pany, and as soon as he commenced
suit the company began its persecution
and its opposition.
1T first tried to brighten him out OF
doing his duty, then it tried to bride
him out Of doing his duty. and when
it could neither brighten or bride. IL
went to the republican party and de-
feated him for doing his duty.
II want to ask you parents whether
you want TO hold before your sons the
ideal Of the republican party as it now
stands, where a young man like Mon
nett must be driven out of the party
because he dares to defend the labor
er, h farmer and the business man
from the extortion Of private monopoly.
Republican fathers. can you afford to
tell your SONS that 1t IS better for a
man to betray a trust than to do his
duty? Can you tell your sons that IL
is better for a man to violate his oath
Of office than TO risk the hostility OF
a great corporation
"If Monnett can leave the republican
party, cannot the farmer and laboring
man and business man whose interest
he tried to protect, afford to leave the
republican party, or viii o say that
you are SO welded to the republican
party, that YOU wouid rather stay with
the republicans and defend the monopo-
lies Of this country than to leave the re-
publican party even for a brief time In
order to obtain relief from them"
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan said that this
opposition to the enforcement of laws
was not confined to the state of Ohio.
but was found in the republican ad-
m~inistration Of affairs Of the nation.
He contrasted the conduct OF the legal
business Of his own state of Nebraska,
where he said the democratic attor-
new general was chewing the Iaw and
prosecuting the trusts.