The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-04
STORY THAT HE RECEIVED $780,
600 OR ANY OTHER SUM
FROM SILVER MEN
is Ill ABSOLUTE FALSEHOOD
TALE OF s'MR. KINGMAN.Y OF Pc
oFiLA, WAS MADE FROM
WHOLE CLOTH
DAY SPENT IN WISCONSIN
Accompanied by the Democratic
GubernatOriaI Nominee, Mr..
BOhmrich, and Other Prom
inent Badgers.

PORTAGE, Wise, Oct. s.-wm. ]. Bry-
an and party spent half day here, hav-
ing arrived during the night from La
Crosse. Mr.. Bryan spoke here at 1890
o'clock and left at 1880 p. m for Column
bus, Wis. He took breakfast with Hon.
"A. F. Warden, chairman of the state cen
tral committee, and lunched with Mayor
Jones of this city.
Mr.. Bryan's Wisconsin escort included
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
L. G. Bohmrich; E. c. Wall, former ma
tional committeeman for the state; T. il.
Ryan, present committeeman; A F. War
den, chairman of the state Democratic
committee; Mayor Rose and Melville A.
Hoyt, of Milwaukee, and Rev. Father
Miller. Of Waukesha.
EMPHATIC STATEMENT.
At Portage, when Mr.. Bryan's attention
was called today to a statement alleged
to have been made by a Mr. Kingman,
that he received $3.50, 900 for insisting upon
the silver planks of the Kansas City plat
form, he said:
'tIt is hardly worth while to deny the
charge of a man who hides behind Il
woman whose name he will not give, but
In order that the most unscrupulous Re
publican may have no reason for repeat
ing the charge, will say that it is abso-
lutely false in every particular. No one
ever offered, promised or gave me that
sum, or any other sum, for urging that
plank or any plank in the Kansas City
platform or any other platform. I do
not know anything of Mr.. Kingman, but
it Is said that he is a cousin of Senator
Cullom, and L do know something of
Senator Cullom. The Senator ought to
know whether his cousin is trustworthy
or not, and il the Senator will state over
his own signature that he believes what
his cousin says and is willing to represent
him in an investigation Of the charge, 1
will make him a proposition which will
give him an opportunity to produce mis-
evidence"
Mayor Jones presided over the meeting.
He first introduced Mr.. Bohmrich, who
spoke on the subject of the equalization
Of taxes. Mr.. Bohmrich, who is a native
of Germany. made plea against the un-
due increase of the army, based upon his
observation Of affairs in Europe. In in
PRODUCING Mr.. Bryan, Mayor Jones pre-
dicted that five months from today lie
would move from the plains of Nebraska
to the executive mansion at Washington.
w neither that happy prophesy shall be
fulfilled will depend somewhat upon your
votes" said Mr.. Bryan. But I want you
to know that, in the language of the
7 will fO
Home for You"
UNJUST TAXATION.
Mr.. Bryan also took UP the question of
taxation, saying: Unjust taxation sim
ply transfers money from one mans
pocket to anothers and is larceny PEI
petrated by law, and do you know, my
friends, as I have studied government
and the policies of government, I have
made up my mind that the stealing that
is done by those in the penetentiary is
not so great as the stealing that is done
by unjust law. You may think that that
Is a strong statement, but just remember
that the number of men in the peniten-
hary is small compared with the popuia-
ton"
He took up the question of the tariff
next. He spoke of the tax on binding
CWlQo, Saying IudL WUl8 the increase
amounted to only half a cent an acre. the
aggregate benefit to the manufacturers
was not less than 100000. He said that
while the binding twine men were On
hand to look after the tariff in this case,
there We're no farmers in Washington to
protect themselves.
They had enough to do at home,''
some one interjected, to which ME-. Bryan
responded:
''Yes, they were busy making enough to
pay the tax"
Mr. Bryan said that the time had come
to take official steps to prevent stealing
The same kind of stripped clothes should
be put upon the big thieves as upon the
little ones. and if this was done, he be-
lieYed the trusts and private monopolies
would soon be destroyed.
TRUSTS AND TRUSTS.
Defining the different kinds OF trusts,
Mr.. Bryan said that investigation would
develope that "a good trust" is trust
which gives literally to the Republican
campaign fund. while a bad trust is
stingy. Speaking of putting business men
In office, he said that the most of those
who made that plea wanted to exclude
the most important business men, They
did not want the producers of wealth, bu
the traders in products of those whG
create wealth
''Mr. Hanna has told u.s." he said, "tha
there are no trusts. He now says there Il
no such question as that of Imperialism
That settles it, of course. Indeed, 1 an
beginning to think there is no question
except that as.to whether the Republican
ticket shall be elected"
Mr.. Bryan referred to the Republican
plea that Jefferson had favored expa1
sion That, he said, was true. jefferson
had favored expansion, but not imperial
ism. The territory that he had acquired
had been converted into ten states and it.
people had become citizens, but 1.-The Re
publican party is not giving us lands Il
build into states. It is giving US only {
people to subjugate. The Philippines ar,
more densely populated than the Unitet
Gtates, and instead of Offering US plac
for surplus population, the result is ap
to be the bringing Of oriental. labor int
errnnatitiorn with our own Ia hnr .,