The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
Mr.. BRYAN TALKS
TO LAB0RING MEN.
Combrfs the Full Dfnner-Pnn ArRu-
menf white Admitting the Fact
NJ ffs Existence.

KANSAS CITY. Sept. is---Armourdale.
the center Of the packing house ana stocs
yards interests OF Kansas city. turnea
out q great crowd tonight 70 hear Will
la,y I Rryan. who spoke In shawnee
mark. he arrived in Kansas city az 5'gt
and was driven across the river 10 the
meeting place. arriving at e:ls The en-
Moves of the various establishments IN
The neirhhorhood had already ceased LABOR
ana large numbers of them had gathered
In the park. despite the threatening sky
and even slight fan o. ram; Ahe
worklngmen gave the closest attention.
Tonight Mr.. Bryan spoke IN q huge
circus tent IN Shelly park, In the heart
of this city.
CITY Mr. Bryan made several brief
speeches fram the rear platform Of MS
car. the most noteworthy Of these being
at Plcasanton. Lacogne, Paola and oiathe.
Mr. Hryau's speech at Arm0urdaie was
addressed entirely to the labor element,
of which his audience was composed. he
said In part;
ar we talk 10 the Republicans ABOUT
they meet our argument with one answer
and that n the full dinner pail. II we
ask the Republicans why for three and a
half years they have failed TO give TO the
iaboring men protection from government
by Injunction, the only answer r. that
the iaborinR man has a fun dinner pail
and he ought not 10 object 70 govern
ment BY injunction II the dinner pan IS
.'The fun dinner pail is satisfactory 70
the stomach. hut, my friends, II II the anil
NAL and not the man that complains
only when II II hungry and goes TO sleep
when II Is full want TO appeal. TO
something in the Iaboring man besides
his appetite. I want to ask the laboring
nothing more Than than faI dinner pail.
Mayor Jones. 0f Toledo. we'll described
II when he said that the lahorer always
had a fun dinner pail In slavery days. that
- II. 4 81. 49, -
could not work IL he did not have plenty
20 eat He said that the slave owner had
selfish interest. In giving TO the slave
fun dinner pail and plenty. g eat and
He not only has HIS body but he has his
brain and he has his heart also. and
the laboring man needs more than three
meals a day. lie needs shortened hours
time 10 his family and to intellectual de-
velopment
Question OF LegssIation.
what has the Republican party done TO
shorten the hours OF toil7 When the
eisht-hour law went before the senate
20 pass H. lint tho Republican senate had
plenty of time 10 pass n financial bill
that gives the national hanks the control
q the paper money OF the country. zap
"The Republican party has had plenty OF
time to iegislate when II wanted to legis-
late. but where Ia the bill that protects
the lshoring man from the fear of the
fnjunction1 We are opposed to govern
ment by Injunction
I'm our platform we ask for n labor
bureau with cabinet officer al its head
what does the Repuhican party aak for7
Whv. 4 department ~ commerce ana in
dustry.
1--WE also ask for the election OF senators
hv the people You cannot get remedial
legislation until your hlIl passes the srn-
ate as well ns the house. Under the
present method Of clacting senators the
..,In,, as'"ns nHN. no1" innusnce N we
Ss 800. ~ srnatu. man .hey snoulu
s,s.,ss. anu me cu'n n man. the Ordinary
hara "anx,ams ,i'"e"ae theh ne shouia
avva 49,, ~, ,., -., -,
- ,"ou ,i,s .aS, ne hepuon.
MI. Psp w. Mnhhg .nat we should
~ *. n, anns .ss wnsn wound give
burden ~ tass, ,nrn 'o''e 'e"ei from 'he
s"svn ~ 1Natioh.