The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-18

"iVtt ~ ltlltI u III Iuct@s "a NOPJ VI
which is in the hands OF Ex-Governor
Stone, saying: To overcome that diff
Guilty we have arranged with the Repub-
hcan national committee to have 1t dis
tribute books in such manner and In such
places as to insure the best result and
Governor Stone has n receipt signed for
the national committed of the Republican
party by j. III. Manley for 500 copies OF
a book in defense of trusts, paid for by the
trusts, to be circulated by the Republican
committee among people 10 convince them
that trusts are good, while the leaders
say the Republican party is opposed 10
trusts. | want 10 ask you whether you
nave faith in a party that thus promises
the people relief from the trusts, while its
committee circulates a book to defend the
trusts
Recalling the fact that General Washing
ton had headquarters at Newburg. Mr..
Bryan said: Here IL was where WASH
lngton refused a crown, and we love him
because he preferred n government of the
people. for the people and by the people to
a government resting on force"
Mr.. Bryan had a fine crowd at Pough-
keepsie and was well received. He spoke
there ten minutes, devoting himself largely
saying there was no ~demagogism in such
defense. why" he asked, us IL such a
bad thing to be one of the common people?
Lincoln said he knew the Lord loved the
common people because he had made so
many of them" Continuing. Mr.. Bryan
said IL is upon the common people that we
depend to light our battles in time of war,
and that every nation must res. upon them
both in war and In peace.
AT Hudson Mr.. Bryan said: II believe
that Mexico is far better off because we
took our flag down from the Capitol when
the Mexican war was over and brought il
pack to the Rio Grande. L think Mexico
Is better to-day and We are better than
II We had held a carpetbag government
l hin that self-government in Mexico,
half Spanish and half Indian, has de-
veloped the people more and has brought
them further. than would AVE been the
case had we held them under our domin-
ion; and If YOU doubt ii look at Mexico
and compare Mexico with India. Under
made more progress than India has made
In loo years oppressed by an Anglo-Saxon
soldiery. They only have 10000 English in
India out of 300. 00o, 000. and it takes an army
of 10000 British soldiers to take care of
the British population. and 1t takes a ma
tive army of 40. 600 to help the British army
OF 1900 in its work of protection
AT MURPHY'S HOME.
At Troy he said: II know that you are
persevering people. for in this town you
gave me "A majority four years ago, and
your zeal seems to have lasted for four
years. 1 am glad to come among you. /
am glad to defend in your presence the
principles for which our party stands. TIL
Republican party has changed its ideas and
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1 remember reading a letter from Abraham
Lincoln to the Republicans of Boston who
were celebrating Jeferson's birthday. Do
you remember whether the Republicans of
this community have celebrated Jefferson's
birthday lately? Have they had any ban
quets in his honor under Republican
auspices in recent years? L think not, not
I'm any part OF the country; and yet, my
friarlc In, 1875 uvhop tho Ran,hIfcan marty
was organized its platform appealed 10 all
those who wanted to carry the government
back to the principles of Washington and
Jefferson. To-day the Republican party
meets TO celebrate the birthday, not OF
Jefferson, but of Hamilton. Jefferson's
great political opponent"
At CohOes Mr.. Bryan said: Il recall a trip
here only three years ago, and L remember
your cordial greeting at that time. and /
was much impressed by the falls that have
been of such value to your industries. l
have been sorry to hear that water has
been scarce in the Mohawk, and L suppose
that If the Republican party can claim
credit for the abundance of rain In the
West that it is responsible for the lack of
water here. Certainly it is a poor rule that
does not work both ways, and If a farmer
ought to vote the Republican ticket because
he got rain you ought to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket because you did not get any
here. We will soon find the army here de-
handing the punishment of an innocent
man as the army in France demanded the
punishment of Dreyfus, a man so innocent
that the President felt that he must pardon
him as soon as he was convicted. because
of the outraged sense of justice expressed
throughout the world"
He paid a high tribute to Lafayette and
his services to the American colonies in
their war for freedom and spoke o. the
gift of the statue of liberty in New York
harbor from the people of the French re-
public and asked: shall we take that
statue down and send il back to France
and fell the ToOnla of France that we are
not in the liberty business any more? Shall
we send over to England and get a statue
of William the Conqueror and place 1T in
New York harbor to Indicate the change
that has taken place in our Nations
ideaS?'
THE ALBANY MEETINGS.
The Albany meetings were not begun as
promptly as some that had taken place
elsewhere, a parade keeping the assem-
blages I'm the streets and theater waiting.
The theater was filled to repletion, and a
large overflow on the outside commanded
Mr.. Bryan's attention. Mr.. Bryan's voice
showed palpable signs of wear. He said in
part:
81 remember in 1896 your Republican state
convention adopted a platform something
like this: We demand that this govern
ment shall be conducted by business men
on business principles and In the interest
of the business interests of the country
vi "a " lIGl tllcOl. oul tHt llOuDiC
is that the men who talk that way so limit
the definition of a business man that very
few are included. Is the farmer a business
man? Well / think not. He does work.
That is all he does. He commences In the
morning and works all day-commences in
the spring and works all summer, and If at
the end of the summer he Is able TO show
enough as the result of his labor to realize
a small percentage on the investment he
thinks he is doing well. But he is no busi-
ness man. Who is? The man who goes on
to the board of trade at 10 O'Clock In the
morning and makes more before noon bet
ting on the price of what the farmer raises
than the farmer can make raising Ii. Is
the laboring man a business man? No. He
simply converts raw material into finished
product. But he is not a business man
Who is? The man who trades in what this
producer produces. / believe that every
man who by his muscle or his brain adds
to the greatness, the wealth or the glory
of this Nation is a business man, and j be-
lieve election day is the most important
business day of all the year.
The Republican party goes on the theory
that society is built from the top. They
say take care of the weli-to-do and they
Will take care of those who are not well-to-
do, and when you tell them of the story of
Lazarus and Dives they say, What a lucky
man Lazarus was TO have q Dives near so
he could get the crumbs that fell from
Dives's table A man in your State in 1896
said that the prosperity OF the laboring
man and the farmer depended on the pros
perity of the banker and the business man.
He got il just reversed. The prosperity of
the business man depends upon the pros
for until wealth is produced there is no
wealth TO exchange. And yet the Republic
ans If they built a house as they built So
ciety would build the roof first and then