New-York tribune., 1900-09-19
HANNA re BUSINESS MEN.
HE TAKES BRYAN'S LETTER OF AZ
CEPTANCE AS HIS TEXT.

Chicago. Sept Ex-senator Hanna at noon to-day
! made an address several thousand downtown
| business men and their employees at the rooms OF
! the Commercial Mckinley Club. He said in part
You will my in the letter Of acceptance i'
oi th' ina grea aPSst@e @ oI Iee Ire baeins his interesting
appeal to the people of the United states Dy sehg %
what he knows about trusts AT me hsnsas ~ ~
Convention there developed wide % bef fbey %
should do or ought to do, and various pilgrims to
Lincoln found Mr.. Bryan very uneasy, as wen ne
hobbT, W free silver But how has 1t been since that
paign he has made only the barest references to
which he labored in Washington to manufacture.
lie gave positive orders to certain memDeTs Ho G1 ap
for no other reason than that he might have an
wish could have together on tn TINS aaJe pIagIorEn =
Hoar that each might tell his reasons for opposing
expansion imperialism" Senator Hoar would
convince YOU that he opposes il from conscientious
motives but is all OH er points unit with the
party from which he differs In that one respect
With these two together 1 would the mask off
Cheers and hisses). One stands on the firm toun-
dation Of his convictions Of right and the other on
been afraid to push the silver issue because he
wants to carry New-York and some other Eastern
to fifty speeches day, his audiences growing less
and will hold him down to that issue and on
every side Of it. If our great corporations oI
manufacturer. then not labor organiza tons and
combinations in the interests Of the workingman?
labor in 1871. and while that organization of
bituminous coal miners existed we never had n
capital. and in 1897. when ! stood before 100 men
and women in Cincinnati. told them that If they
would prove to me that had ever wronged any
man working for me or urged the reduction of mis-
the next day. and the offer still stands
I would like Mr.. Bryan or any other Democrat
rust in the entire tinted states, There is IA
tional law. and i'm every State there is law
against trusts National or State, has been the
product Of Republican lawmakers. and the credit
is due the Republican party. ] have no objection
to the Democrats opposing trusts, but they have
BRYAN tells what he would do if elected HIS first
act D6nd be 10 h2g dTn % he S6 ATc2n Ws nag sa m
is what he saws he would do, but the American
people would not let him. Then he would establish
the head of it. Think of it! Pull down our flag,
remove our troops and leave the brave dead our our
boys in blue. 70 the tender mercies Of Aguinaldol
Judging from the past Aguinaldo would soon shock
did in Cuba. Bryan talks of the Monroe Doctrine,
and advocates protectorate In the Philippines
Western Hemisphere but Bryan would spread it all
over the world. If that is Imperialism then
peace pea m at any Price ann not While that bTigand
Aguinaldo is hanging in the bushes shooting down
Bryan is opposed to tariff as a trust creator
protector He tells in rosy pictures what he would
DO II elected. and beside his pictures STANDS as
has done. Bryan will stand on any platform they
make for him. ride any hobby. indorse any issue:
yes he will even abuse me for the sole purpose OF
being President. That is all he wants. (Cries o.
You all righti'D Yes, 1 am all right for l
either eth r''''
the interests Of Mr.. Bryan The importance OF this
campaign is greater than any ever before known
IN the country because any reVersai OF me pohGg
commercial interests which would dwarf the awful
and Industrial revolution from which this country
would not recover.