Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06

rltory or the Union, by Hon. w. j.
Bryan, the Democratic candidate for
President
Il appreciate the work done and be-
Ing done and to be done by this asso-
citation Of Democratic clubs, and / ap-
preciate the. energy. the enthusiasm
Hearst. the president OF this assoca-
ton. believe in these clubs. The
work of Democracy. being a work for
the people, must be done by the peo-
ple;,We need the clubs to help us TO
collect money to cary on our cam
paign. The Republican party can get
It's money from the corporations, which
plumber the people between campaigns
In return for the money contributed
during campaigns. We cannot go to a
trust and ask it help us. because we
do not expect to be helped. The Re-
publican party does not collect money
for Its national campaign from one
Republican out of q hundred. and
when the election is over ninety nine
out of one hundred Republicans have
nothing to say about the running of
the government.
WHAT WE EXPECT AND NEED.
we expect that the administration
VIII be conducted In behalf of the great
mass of the American people, and we
nave the right to call upon them to
heip with their money. as we'll as their
votes. to win this fight. which is their
night and not our fight. We need the
every member of the clubs will pick
out some acquaintance and find out
what he is thinking about, prepare 10
his arguments. supply him with Iitern-
ture and work for his conversion, the
members of these clubs will be aston
ished to find out how much can be-.
oohe. we need the clubs to poll the
votes. Tor we must do by voluntary
enort what the Republicans can afford
TO pay for having done
II ~
Inc Republican party Is not pre-
pared to meet the issues of this cam
paiSn. The Republican party is to-day
oous>ng. running from nearly every
issue In the campaign. When they
started out they said the money aues.
ton was the question of paramount i'm
portance. But. my friends. they found
that when n man says that u question
OF money is more important than n
question OF government he at once
arouses suspicion and people begin to
wonder whether he thinks "a dollar is
more important than n man. Think of
Trying TO make the money question
paramount In this campaign! Why.
my friends. when the money question
Wes paramount In 1886. we found the
Republicans trying to make out that
the tariff was the paramount issue.
Ihey said. Let us open the mills in
stead of the minis and the first thing
they did when they got into power was.
not 10 reform the currency. but to re-
form the tariff and give the mon who
contributed chance to run their hands
deeper into the pockets of the people.
THE MONEY QUESTION.
NOW. wheh the question of the hu-
man race and human liberty are at
money question is the paramount is
sue. They were afraid in 1886 that we
were going to have fifty cent dollar
nov they have given us an SIS per cent.
Sitlzen IN Porto Rico and they don't
dare to tell us what per cent. of citizen
snip the Filipino is to have. In 1896
they said we could not have double
standard of money. Now they think
we can nave double standard of gov
eminent. republic here and q desDot-
ism In the Philippine islands They
sald in 1896 that we could not maintain
parity between white metal and a
yellow. How can they maintain n pari-
~ between white citizen and a yellow
subject in the Philippine islands 2. They
find that 1t is too sordid doctrine to
say that the standard OF money you
have is more important than the form of
government under which you live.
THE TRUSTS.
And yet. my friends. while they can
not now boast Of the supremacy OF the
money questions. they are not prepared
to meet the other issues Mr.. Hanna
that question. He ought to ask his
wife. Every wife knows there are
trusts. The only trust that any Repub-
lican in this country seems to know
about is the ice trust, and the Republi-
cans don't know much about that. for
If they did they would know that every
stockholder is n Republican. If they
knew more about the ice trust they
would know that It's harm was confined
to the people of New York. and If they
knew that they had a governor of the
State of New York, man who would
not let any harm come to his people,
they would know that there would be
no trust there or the governor would
kill 1t.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
New York has n Republican Gov
ernor and & Republican Legislature,
and you Republicans who have been
worrying so much about the ice trust
can just ease your minds. f6r as long
as the Governor is out West making
speeches you may be sure nobody Is
being heard in New York. Why is 1t
that no Republican knows anything
about the Standard OIL trust or the SUI
gar trust. or the salt trust or the
cracker trust, or the window glass
trust. or the envelope trust. or the
writing paper trust. or the trust in
paper that Republican editors use to
write defense of the trusts upon?
trusts? Is 1t dishonesty or Is it ig-
norance? Why is 1t that no Republi-
can speaks out against any trust ex-
cept the ice trust. and why is 1t that
the Republicans In charge do not de.
stroy that so you can believe Mr..
Hanna When he says there are no
trusts?
REPUBLICAN LACK OF DEFENCE.
The Republican party Is not pre-
pared to defend itself on the trust
question, therefore they try to get 1t
out of the campaign. The Republican