The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-04
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Now, it IS perfectly natural that men
should differ. They always have done
So I do not find fault with you be-
cause you honestly differ with me on
some political question. You have that
right. I think that what we need more
mora in this country Is not more ballots
but more honest ballots When iEteln-
gence and honesty control men in the
casting Of their votes the nation is not
IN danger.
II want to take as a basis Of my re-
marks this evening the utterances o.
two leaders of four years ago" Cover
nor Stanley quoted at length from the
speeches Of both Mr.. Bryan and DIcKin-
ley. He quoted them on the labor ques-
ton and the money question. Then ne
quoted from the Kansas City market Of
four years ago and compared the report
to the market prices Of today. The re-
port showed that there had been large
increase in the prices. Not only that but
he went on to show from labor reports
that the average earnings Of the wage
Garner have been increased. He then
gave a report Of the bank deposits in
Kansas. This showed that in the year
Of 1886 there were about $50, 100000 on de-
post in Kansas banks. Now there are
over S5loo0,00, making an increase of
over 1o0. per cent Governor Stanley said
that the balloon dollars that Bryan talked
of in SO had settled down in Kansas as
a result we are enjoying prosperous
times
Now. my good Populist friends, If
there are any of you left for me to talk
to. down here four years ago you talked
q great deal about per capita I want to
tell you that we have it now right here
in Kansas. You said that in order to
run this government 1t would take $50
per capita, and 1 say it in all kindness
that we have It. and we have 1t with
your assistance And now that We have
come Up to your ideal, what is there 70
keep you in the Populist party Why
not now some over to the Republica
party, where you belong?
Il have been over the state Of Kansas
a great deal this fall and I want to say
that there never was a time when there
were so many prodigaIs returning to the
Republican, fold And 1 want TO say
further that there never was time when
there were so many fatted calves being
prepared to kill when they return On
next Tuesday evening we are going to
have q great babacue and all Of you are
invited to come.
I'VE have no sooner got well Of the
state calamity howl than we are infect
ed with a great national calamity. From
our neighbor state goes out the prophet
of national disaster He would have Us
believe that we are on the verge Of ruin
and that there is not salvation for the
country unless he is called upon, and
then all wiz be wen.
When one Of your children is sick you
call il the doctor. He feels the pulse of
the child, has it to stick out its tongue
and proceeds to diagnose the case. Now.
in the year 1892, DR.. Bryan concluded
that the country was sick. He took it
upon himself TO diagnose the case. In
stead of having the country to stick out
its tongue he stuck out his tongue. He
said that the country was affected with
the Infamous robber tariff Of the Repub-
hcan party. He went over the country
and told the people that they paid a
tariff on every article that they used.
Mr. Bryan met the workinEman and told
him that he paid q tariff on the dinner
pail that he was carrying. Then he went
into the dinner pail and told the man
that he paid a tariff on his cold conee and
on his salt that went on his boiled egg
This kind Of talk fooled a whole lot Of
people and the Republicans were turned
out It was not long until the people
found the mistake that they had made
Instead OF the workingman paying a
and his salt he did not have any dinner
bucket, for he had no dinner TO so into
the bucket.
In 1895 DR.. Bryan came before the peo-
pie again and said the nation was sick
He stuck out his tongue a little further
and said that It was a terrible disease
He acknowledged that ne was mistaken
before. but he declared that he knew
what was the matter. He said the coun-
try ought to have free silver. He PRO
claimed that unless the free coinage Of
silver was obtained the country would
20 to destruction. But the people did not
believe him. Dr. Mckinley was called Eta
and he has administered to the people
what they have most desired. He has
given TO the country a prosperous four
again heard and he says that something
is the matter with the country. This time
il is imperialism. He SAYS that IF Ne
Klnley IS elected again that we viii have
no more Fourth of July. he says that
we are threatened with miltarism He
says that the standing army Is 8 ue1scz
to this country. / would like 90 ask who
il was that gave 70 us the liberties that
we now enjoy SO a people 1t was the
army OF the Revelation Then after ire
establishment of the nation who was b
that saved the nation for liberty and
union7 Here they are-the old soldiers of
the sixties.
what is imperialism tt IS ONLY the
Democratic scare crow name Tor s1psz-
sion, and expansion means growth a
few months ago stood oa- west ana
saw the great waving felds 81 wheat It
looked like a mighty sea Sot long aE1
was back there and beheld uat the va T-
ing "a heat but The thousands ~ stacks
of The harvested grain. AS loosed upon
al this / Thought so myself t11t Z
had net been fsr expansion we wo1t6
mex have those fields il rhs
was out n The great stats - Colorado
and here beaeld tae tawerinE p-s
TIE mountain range ana ss shl- -
he immense wealth - the C
mines raEneosr-1 ,hat NE
eXransi1D. Ana taau na- T
seo vas Gus e. he PHe
stood srd loose5 eet over sire vast
stretch - water aad eehe3 ae mites
coast line ( Thought tAat sc oVs q -
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