The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-09
on ISSUES OF The CAHPlIGy
REPUBLIoANs ARE NOW AFRAID
TO DEFEND THEIR OWN
WAR POLICY
BARTERING BLOOD FOR TRADE
Policy of Imperialism Is Driving
Men Out of the Party Who Have
shown 1t Life Long Al
Iegiance.

! INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 8.-At night a
mass meeting was held at Tomlinson
hah, which was presided over by Hon.
| Carter M. Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
and addressed by Mr.. Bryan and Hon
! Webster Davis. The meeting was not
called to order until $3.50 o'clock, but the
hall, which is a large one, was filed an
hour before that time. Mr.. Bryan was
received with yociferous applause when
| he entered.
In opening the meeting Mr. Harrison
made a brief speech congratulating tie
Democracy upon the promise, yes as
surance of success of our ticket at the
polls in November" He said, 1.-The people
had gotten tired of Mark Hanna and his
band of freebooters," and were turning
to the Democratic party for relief
Mr.. Harrison Also referred In condem-
natory terms to the operations of the
trusts as the great and growing evil of
the day, and threatening the very ex-
istence of our institutions. He de-
nounced Imperialism and militarlsm as
repugnant to all who believe in a Re-
publican form of government. In con-
clusion Mayor Harrison said he was the
| seventh son of a seventh daughter, and
that he prophesied the election Of Mr..
Bryan. He then introduced Mr.. Bryan,
whose speech was important because he
outlined his ideas of the advantages en-
joyed by the Democrats in the present
| campaign over those of 1896. When the
applause which greeted Mr.. Bryan had
concluded. he said:
''Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen:
am obliged to Mayor Harrison Tor his
Kind piophesy. He is the president OF a
Democratic club in Chicago which has
celebrated Jefferson,s birthday each year
since 1856. i have been present at each
meeting of the Cub, and he has nom
mated me for president for four Success
sive years. He has got SO in the habit
OF 1t, that IL you do not elect me this
time you will greatly embarrass Mayor
HARRISON. daughter and appIauSe.) But
speaking OF mayors l want to say that
we are In much better position this year
than we were in 1885, for we have con-
troll of many If not most of the large
cities of this country. Mayor Harrison
presides over a city second in size in the
United States. l had a suspicion that
mere Wee some repeaters in Chicago in
1876. Indeed, l suspected that some OF
the Republicans up there were following
the idea expressed by a gentlemen after
the election. He was told that there was
some repeating. He said, Well, he
supposed it was twice as honest to vote
twice for honest money as to vote once
for it, Laughter.)
We have control of the city govern
ment of the largest city In Indiana CAP
plause) am glad that we have that
much in this campaign, for while we d1
| not want any unlawful votes cast on our
SIDE, we are glad to be in position to
20 prevent their being cast on the other
side. We have control of the city govern
ments OF New York city and Buffalo, two
OF the largest cities of the state of New
York. We have control of the city gov
ernment of Jersey City; we have Balti-
more. we have Cleveland, and in Toledo.
although the mayor does not call himself
democrat / know he won't let any Re
publicans cheat in that city. daughter
We have control of Louisville KY, we
have control of Detroit, we have control
of Milwaukee, we. have control of Kansas
city, we have control of Denver and we
nave control of San Francisco 1t IS a
great advantage to have control of the
machinery in these great cities.
We have a great advantage in this
campa1gn-a wonderful advantage-over
the campaign of 1886, because then the
papers were full of announcements of
now 1t requires an expert mathematician
to stand at the door and count them as
they come back. daughter and anplause)
We have with US this year ALI we had
In 1896; we have with us a large majority
of the Gold Democrats who were not in
our favor in 1886 l knew thev would
come back, for knew that most of them
went away because they did not realize
the magnitude of the struggle in which
we were engaged-the beginning of the
struggle between democracy and plutoc-
racy. / believed that a great majority Of
them would come back and insisted that
when they got ready to come back I
wanted the party to remain where it
was and not to move round so thev
would be able to find it. daughter and
applause) This year they realize the
dangerous. tendencies of the Republican
party, although they did not see those
tendencies in 1885, We pointed out to
them in 1896 that if the Republicans won
1t would have to give the trusts a chance
to get back the money they had contrib
the people could not see 1t, but those
who could not see it then, now know that
If you want to extinguish trust, you
have to take the extinguisher out of the
hands of the trusts. People who did not
feel the iniquity of the trust feel It now,
and all through this land people are com
Ing to us because they realize If the con-
centratfon of wealth is continued 1t wi
be only question of time when the in
dividual will disappear. Hence mothers
and fathers are thinking for their boys.
meet us on the trust question. I chaI-
lenge 1t to condemn the young men to
perpetual clerkships in this country like
under monarclies. CONTINUED aDpiause
/ believe that in the old questions we
are stronger this year than we were in
1896 ] believe if there were no new Is
sues we WOulO De dDle TO wage a success
full campaign against the Republican
party. 1t is on the defensive this year
before the American people Tt wants to
make an issue of the money question. 1
promise you before this campaign is over
the Republican party will be as much
afraid of silver as It now is Of imperial
ism. (Applause) There is not a ques-
tion upon which 1t dares to state its
position and invite the Judgment of the
American people. (Applause) Why the
Republican party Is not willing to take the
people into its confidence on any ques-
ton now before the American public 1t
claims credit for anything that happens
for its aid and rejects responsibility for
everything that 1t does in this country.
It has claimed credit for large crops; It
has claimed credit for the discovery of
gold In Alaska; It has claimed credit for
the famine in India: 1t has claimed credit
for the activity In business when 1t
comes from nortgaging the future and
spending the money. 1t has claimed credit
for things for which 1t is not responsible,
and yet it dares not assume the re-
sponsibility for those things which 1t has
brought upon the American people.
But. repeat that in this campaign 1t
will be on the defensive on every cues
ton, and It will run from one issue to