Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18

| ''''ius anu people tonight. The para
mount issue is, what is for the best
interests of our people, each individ.
ual and the whole country. My life
mas been spent as a business man. /
am In public life because | felt II was
my DUTY. / left my business in 1895
because | thought l saw that unless
ehange was effected in this country
we would go down hill even more
rapidly than we had been going
Nearly all of our great industries
were paralyzed, Everyone seemed TO
nave lost confidence in the future and
II wanted some man whose character
whose ability, whose integrity OF pur.
pose, and whose patriotism would
gather around him the support of all
loyal public spirited American citl.
zens to save this country from com.
mercial ruin. Such a a man was
William Mckinley.
He was nominated and elected and
since then this republic has passed
through four years, second in import
ance TO none Of the four years preced-
ing. lie has served his country and
has placed it in the front rank of ma.
lions, commanding the respect of all
others, having risen from debtor to
creditor nation. What better proof
is there to sho, that we were right,
that Mckinley was right, when in
three and half years we have resur.
rected the business of this country
from dependency and gloom, have
again lighted the fires of our furnaces
and have set in motion the wheels of
industry in every city and today we
are loaning gold by millions to Europe
itself. In order to secure a continual
ton of these conditions we must secure
to the people their confidence in the
future. All business is conducted on
a large scale through confidence.
Prosperity is the only issue in this
campaign today. Mr.. Bryan was OBJ
liged to relinquish the silver issue.
He was Oold il would not do for him to
talk free silver in the east, and when
Mr. Bryan came to New York-and
watch him next week-he was not to
talk free silver. The question of i'm
perialism was settled to the satisfac-
ton Of every intelligent man by Nc
kinley's letter of acceptance; what
people wanted was facts They did
not want wild statements.
Bryan talks about trusts. have
been quoted as saying there are no
trusts. | did say there are no trusts
legally or commercially in existence in
this country. a trust is an organization
whose stockholders do not vote except
through trustees, who hold the stock
for that purpose. Such organizations
have been entirely wiped out by the
sherman act, and the only monopoly in
this country today is that governed by
a patent. TO show you that the demo
Gratis are not sincere in their talk
against trusts, | will remind you that
i''oN hAhCci III ColSleSS q ItSOluIlOn
was offered TO amend the constitution
so as to give power to the government
to lay it hands upon any perncious
organization and as far as was neces-
sary to protect the interests of the
people, control it, That resolution was
ably discussed for two whole days,
n VII
crat in that house voted against it;
every republican save two voted for
it; and the necessary two-thirds vote
being lacking, it was defeated. Who
was responsible for that The demo
cratic party under Mr. Bryans leader
ship and advice.
What does Mr. Bryan know about
business? What has he ever done for
the working people OF the United
States? AS you all know he never
did a thing TO help a man who works
with his hands in his life. Did you
ever hear of organized labor when Mr.
Bryan was IN congress appealing to
him to aid them in the passage Of a !
law which would protect their daily
bread Never. Now in contrast from
the first day that William Mckinley
entered public life as a member OF
congress from Ohio he began to make
a study of mis- question and devoted !
his whole life and energy to it. and |
so far did he establish himself in the |
confidence nj the working people of |
this country tnat no working man or
delegation of workingmen ever went |
TO Washington to get advice or aid !
that did not go straight to William |
Mckinley (applause), and the advice /
that he got was the result of mature /
judgment and honest purpose on the |
part Of that congressman, until he |
was admitted to be, Of all others In .
public life, the friend Of the work
ingman, and he has continued 50 ever
since (applause).
Mr.. Bryan in his mad ambition
to be president Of the United States,