The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-11

over the issues of the campaign during
the 20 minute stop. He again defended
his declaration that the president of the
United states IS only a hired man and
said that when any man in a republic
reached the conclusion that he had q
Iignt 70 rule, he was very sure to be
found wrong himself. He charged the
republican party with defense Of the
trusts because the trusts We're the chief
source Of supply in their campaign fund.
Discussing the increase of the size Of
the army. Mr.. Bryan asked if there was
a man in the audience who had ever
written to any public official asking for
an army of 100000 men, one hand went
up. A voice ia the crowd shouted: He
can't write
The man then said that he had never
resigned commission in the army, and
to this Mr.. Bryan replied that he had re-
signed his commission and that he had
done so because he thought this coun-
try in more danger at that time than
was Cuba He said he had volunteered
on the day that war was declared and
had resigned on the day that the treaty
of peace was signed. He said that when
he found the Republican party was try
ing TO esta blish here the doctrines which
underlie the empires of the old world,
he could be OF more service as citizen
than a soldier
At Bellevue Mr. Bryan made a one
minute speech and at 20 a m the train
reached Battle Creek, where he talked
for half an hour.
Marshall Mich, Oct 1O-At Battle
Creek Mr.. Bryan spoke in a large park
adjoining the Michigan Central depot,
and had one of the best audiences of the
tour In beginning his speech he de-
clared that the Republican party is ask
ing for an entire change of our ideas of
government without apparently being
able or willing to give any reason for
wanting such a change.
The Republicans say" Mr. Byan
said, that prosperity is a sufficient re-
Spouse to all Inquiries
He declared that the administration
party, through its assistance to the
trusts, had even raised the price of
Bibles in order that the trust might con-
tribute from its stealing to the Republi-
can campaign fund and thus secure the
right to steal for four years more. TAX
ing up the question of militarisn,' Mr..
Bryan asserted that the Republican
party wanted to turn the people from
the arts Of peace to the scienhe of war
Discussing our title to the Philippines.
he said: They say that it is good in
Europe; I want a title that is good in
the United States. The declaration OF
independence was not good in Europe
but SPANS title to Cuba was good there.
Notwithstanding this fact, we did not
regard that title when we found it
proper to interfere in Cubas struggle
for liberty
In his speech here Mr.. Bryan again
referred to the necessity for deciding
between the policies Of the two parties,
and among other things said:
If you are satisfied with the prin-
ciples that the Republican party IS ap-
plying to public affairs then the Ike
publican party is entitled to your sup
port. II you are not satisfied it has no
calm on your suffrage; for If you want
a party to do well you must not oniy pc
ready to reward it when it IS good, but
you must be ready to punish when It IS
bad"
Discussing the question of a colonial
policy, Mr.. Bryan asked: II colonial
policy is good. what objection can you
find to England's policy of 125 years
ago.
At Albion Mr. Bryan said:
I want at this time TO call Afternoon
TO something that was said yesterday by
the Republican candidate for vice preSl-
dent. You remember that few weeks
ago when he began his speaking ne
made fun of our suggestion that lOO,oVV
soldiers constituted a large army, and
he said: Are you afraid Of an army OF
10000? And in this state ne arranged
to have four soldiers rise up IN the au-
dience and then told the people that
the four soldiers, compared with me
audience. We're about the same as the
standing army with the people OF the
Uaited States
afraid of a large arnny?' But, my friends,
he has found that the defense VIII not
die and this morning We nave the new
defense The increase in the army mas
heen made necessary by the war in the
Philippines to which his own utterances
(speaking of myself and those OF ms
Darty associates nave contlnudlly et0dSu
fuel Now mark the words, the m
crease in the army has been made neces-
sarv by the war in the Philippines
7 want to tell you that the president
in his message of December, 1898, asked
f0r. an army of 100 900, two months be-
fore a shot was fired in the Philippines.
Now. does Mr. Roosevelt know that?
He ought to know the history of the
Republican army and the record Of his
own administration. And yet here IS a
statement that the increased army was
made necessary by the war IN the Pnll-
ippines when the record shows that the
president asked for the army two
months before there was war in the
and a Republican house OF
passed the bill raising
the army to 10O, 600, and it did it after the
treaty was signed with Spain and before
an arm was raised against this country /
anywhere Ny friends, that is the fact /
in regard to the army the president asked !
for.
"At that time Imperialism was in con- |
temptation, for no war had broken out |
Did the Republicans then know that war |
would break out? Did they know that |
imnerialsn meant bloodshed? If they |
did. why do they try to lay the blame /
upon those who are opposed to an i'm !
DeriaI policy. They ask for their large I
army before there was war and the only /
vyay to explain it is that either there /
would be war under this policy, or else |
they wanted a large army whether there
was or not