The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30
NINE SPEECHES IN NORTHWEST
SPENT ALL SATURDAY IN NORTH DA-
KoTA AND MINNESOTA,
Mtsrepresentfng Republicans ON
Trust and Expansion Questions
Accused OF Initiating England.


| agricultural section from Wahpeton TO
| Grafton. and turning back from Grafton to
Grand Forks, then starting eastward ana
| reaching this place at 7:15 o'clock tonight
He made nine speeches again to-day and
| several Of them were again more than an
| hour in length. The speeches were gener-
ally addressed to farmers and Mr.. Bryan
! smoke TO them as a farmer. TIVE
Grand Forks and Grafton some one carried
| OF Mr.. Bryan's best hat. for a souvenir. 1t
IL supposed.
In response to a question In regard TO the
| advisability of arbitration as the means OF
settling the strike in the anthracite coal
region, Mr.. Bryan said to-day: "Arbitra-
| ton is the only justihable means of adjust
| ing matters between corporate employers
| and their employees. While arbitration is
usually asked by the employees il ought to
be acceptable TO the employers If they be-
| lieve they are treating the miners fairly.
, and it ought TO be demanded by the public
| generally because every great strike affects
| the public at large even more than 1T does
| either the employers or the employees.
| Those who refuse arbitration confess that
they are not prepared TO submit their
| arguments to an impartial tribunal"
In his speech here, tonight. Mr.. Bryan
said no relief could be secured from the
Republican party. for had not Senator
Hanna, the chairman of the Republican
| national committee, constituted himself a
defender Of the trusts? Mr.. Hanna, Mr..
Bryan said. had recently made three de-
lenses Of the trusts; First, he had said
there were no trusts; second, that trusts
were natural evolutions of business and
were made necessary by the growth of the
manufacturing interests of the country, and
third, that the people need not be afraid OF
the trusts for IL they Should nrOVe TO be
dangerous the Republican party would take
care OF them. Taking up the question OF
the acquisition Of new territory Mr.. Bryan
said he was not opposed TO expansion un-
der proper conditions but. he said, w
want to bring people in by seizing their
hearts. not by aking them by their hair
and dragging them In"
SPEECHES OF THE MORNING.
Speech-making from the rear platform
of the Bryan special train began early this
morning. Mr.. Bryan changed trains dur
ing the night at Aberdeen. S. D.. and
the town Of Hankinson was the first stop
to-day. The Bryan party had been aug
mented at Aberdeen by a delegation Of
Democratic leaders from North Dakota,
who are escorting him across this State.
Mr.. Bryan talked to the assemblage at
Hankinson this morning for five minutes.
| dealing freely with the questions of the
IN NaA@aAA 80 oAA III
| perialism. The next stop was at wahpeton.
Referring to the Introduction of himself
as THE next President" Mr.. Bryan said
that whether he should be the next Presi-
uenr or TN not Would dePend In part at least;
never too late to correct q mistake, he said,
and he wanted North Dakota to remember
that, and at the election next November
reverse the decision of four years ago. a
government is like a corporation in some
respects" he continued. Each citizen Is
a stakeholder, and on election day the citi-
zens select their directors, and the direc-
tors manage the affair OF the corporation.
II those whom you elect manage the affairs
well. then you give them your approval, IL
they don't do what you want done, you
condemn them We nave had four years
OF Republican administration You know
Mnat the kepuolican party stands for. you
Know what Democratic policies are, and
you are the ones to choose between that
party and these policies. Under the Re
R Innra ! and administra TOR the trusts have
ought TO vote the Republican ticket. II
you nave not enough of them now, You will
get enough II the Republican party stays
In power. But when 1 remember how peo-
pie have learned in the last four years
what the trust is, when they ought to have
Hno|n In advance. 1 am reminded Of one
OF proverbs. He said, The
wise man foreseeth the evil and hideth
nlmself, but the foolish pass on and are
R3 onrsneo, Sometimes find a Repub-
mean VINO cannot remember long sentences.
SO L nave condensed this that they can re-
member IL. Solomon's proverb CONDENSED
reads this way: The wise man gets an
ioea into his head; the foolish man gets IL
in the neck"
Discussing the Philippine question. he
salo, You VIII search history in vain for
a more dishonorable part b the Repub-
iican party has taken in turning a war for
humanity into a war OF conquest" He then
re1erred to the fact that a company OF SOL
oIers Tor the philippines had been organ
lied in Wahpeton, and asked how much Of
the oriental trade should be required in
exchange for the life of one of them. He
ma au expansion of trade as much as any
one ne said, but he was mot willing to
put one American boy on the block and
8ucuon MIN on for all the trade Of the
INITIATING ENGLAND.
In Fargo Mr.. Bryan spoke to a large as
semoiage, dwelling especially on what he
designated as a tendency 20 imitate Eng
iano- My attention has been called to an
other tendency to initiate English meth
oos' ne said. 1T will be remembered that
the Republican party. in order to meet the
protests which the Porto Rican bill aroused.
onered to give back to the natives the
taxes which had been collected from them.
Ihis was paraded before the public as an
act OF great benevolence and yet IL was an
act In imitation of the action of the Eng
nsn eoxernment In dealing with the Ameri-
can Soionies- On Page 264 of Volume z. OF
lne worlds Great Orations.' will be found
q protest read in the American Congress.
IN lnf, oy Mr.. Jay, who had been an
pointed 10 prepare an address to the peo-
PIE OF Great Britain. 1t was reported 20
congress on the 2lst day OF October of thar
year. In this 1t will be seen that the Eng
nsn government, in order to silence com
piaint, provided that the revenue collecfed
IN america should be expended I'm America
LOT It's protection and defense. The Repub-
ncans, VINO never. by their votes. Endorsed
Imperialism or the colonial idea, should be
alarmed at the constant tendency of me
HepuDhcan party TO abandon American
ooctrlnes and substitute European ideas"
MT. bryan said that IL was not his inten-
uon 70 DISCUSS the money question ar this
ums You have never mad occasion 10
aouDt my position on the money question .
ne saio- But when the Republicans tell
YOU mat the money question is more i'm
Po,taht tnan any other they stamn their
Poiicies as 'dolar-mark policies ana con-
Tess themselves unable 10 see around a Soi-
lar, no matter IL human rights stand -
yond. But III the money question was na~a-
mount. the Republican party would MOI he
apie 10 defend it's POSITION
wine speaking on trusts. Mr. R-xa,
a.o whenever any Republican comes 20
you and tries TO answer ycur anfi-s~,ss
argume by telling you thar there Is an
ne trnst IN New York. 1 want YOU 10 tell