Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-18
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Hieu tne ponD, grabbed MIN and huS-
tied him and his camera out into the
aisle and out of the garden.
Colonel Bryan had stood quietly at
| the rail on the platform. There was
another attempt to renew the cheer
! ing, but misses greeted 1t and Colonel
Bryan commenced speaking.
HIS Principal Address.
Colonel Bryan entered upon de-
tense OF the democratic causes and
said in part:
ITO say that the people gathered
here who support our cause arc the
enemies of honest wealth is II SANDER
| which could not be uttered without
the one who uttered it knew it to be
false. We are not opposed to that
/ wealth which comes as the reward of
] honest toll and is enjoyed by those who
give To society something in return for
That which society throws upon them.
/ The democratic party today is not only
! the democratic party of today IS the
best friend of that wealth that reps.
sents ability of muscle ar OF m:rl en,-
4 ploNed IN it's accumulation
I Colonel Bryan went on to say that
( the party draws the line between hon
est wealth and predatory wealth, "be-
I tween that wealth which is Just COM
l'slsauon Tor service rendered and
4 that wealth which simply measures
the advantages which some citizen has
taken over many citizens
He declared that no honest indus
try, no homes! occupation, no honest
man. heed fear the success of the dem.
ocratic party. The democratic party.
he said, showed it's honesty by stat
ling what 1t believed and telling the
people what it will do"
He asked for a comparison of the
/ democratic platform With the repub-
li.an party platform and expressed
confidence that any honest man maxi
ing such comparison must be con-
WINGED of the sincerity of the demo-
cratic declaration and the hypocrisy
lof the republican platform.
| Taking up the republican declaration
lof principles, Colonel Bryan said that
that party is not prepared today to
make a fight on a question before the
| country. And he continued "if YOU
want proof let me remind you that
the republican party today, instead of
presenting any great principle and de-
Tending 1T, is presenting an appeal to
appfoachable in any direction
The Full tpinner Pail.
| lie went on to enumerate the vari-
publicans We're making specious an
peals, and he included In the list the
farmer, the laborer, etc. 1T gives the
laborer,' he said, 1.-THE assurance that
he will have u full dinner pail. and
Then it assures him that there will be
large army to make him satisfied
With his full dinner pail"
He declared that the prosperity OF
winch the republican party boasts is
different thing i'm different localities,
I In the east. he said. they tell you how
prosperous the farmer OF the west is.
/ ana in the west YOU hear of the high
wages and general employment of the
laborinS man throughout the east. In.
TINS connection Colonel BRYAN cited the
report OF his own prosperity as a
FARMER and proceeded to show that the
report was {; gross eXaggeration. &C.
he said, II am a sample of what is
going on ON the farm / have some idea
oil what is taking place there
Referring further to the republican
claims of prosperity. Colonel Bryan.
claimed he was willing to admit that
the army contractors and the trust
masnates might be prosperous "A
man who gets special privileges at the
hands of the government can prosper
under republican administration" he
said but deny that the wealth pro-
ducers OF the country are enjoying
their share of the governments pro-
fductions. Al this point there We're
cries of .'Hanna," "IIanna,,
Colonel Bryan merely responded by
asking his audience not to trifle with
a great name.
Trusts Discussed.
Taking up the subject of trusts Col
onel Bryan said that they had grown
under this administration more rapid
ly than ever, and he asserted that the
republicans refused To meet the issues
they created. He referred to the po-
sition of Governor Roosevelt and SEN
ator Hanna on the subject of trusts.
and the reference "Reminiscences was
met with groans and Misses. MIR.
Hanna says there are no trusts" Col
onel Bryan went on. Are You going
to send a man out to hunt the trusts
who knows where every trust treas
ury is but says there are no trusts?,
In response to this last Interrogation
voice from The audience responaed:
We Will send YOU.
Colonel Bryan quoted from President
MclNniey's inaugural address on the
subject of trusts. and charged that the
president had neither enforced the ex-
listing antitrust laws nor recommends
ed new ones. His attorney general, he
said, draws his salary and permits the
trusts to go on and Cypress the peo-
PIE. Colonel Bryan referred to the ice
trust, declaring that recently this was
the only trust of which republicans had
any knowledge.
If republican tells you," he said,
that the ice trust is hurting the peo-
pie, YOU tel, him that you have so
much confidence in the republican gov
hot m
not be out west making speeches if
the people We're suffering from the ice
trust.
This remark was received with
cheers.
His Remedy for Trusts.
Colonel Bryan outlined his remedy
for trusts, which was to put on the free
list every trust made article, and to re-
Guire trust corporations to take out a
license and undergo strict scrutiny i'm
all other states than those in which
they We're organized. He expressed
conviction that we We're approaching a
period of Industrial despotism, where
few men Will control each great
branch of industry, when every person
who buys finished products will buy
at trust price, and where every man
| who works for wages will work for
the wages fixed by the trust" Such
condition as this meant, he said, serf-
dom for the people. for u government
of the people, by the people and for
the people, was impossible under a
1 reign of trust.
(. Colonel Bryan said that he would
! make it impossible for a private mo-
| nopoly to exist in the United States
The declaration was met with cheers
i and cries of Good" II do not be-
i lieve," he said, that God ever made a