Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
From the Literary Digest. Oct. g7th.l

From the Literary Digest, Oct. 27th.1
AS the democrats are expressing con-
siderable confidence in their ability to
carry New York state, and as victory
in this state might mean the election of
Mr. Bryan if other doubtful states should
incline his way, his visit to New York
City, his speeches, and his wildly enthu-
siastic reception become matters of gen
eral Importance His first and most
important speech Che made four in one
EVENING" was devoted to discussion of
trusts and Imperialism. The following
paragraphs are fairly representative of
his remarks on the trust problem
"A government of the people, by the
people, and for the people, is impossible
under the reign of the trusts. | want
you to believe me when say that | am
more interested in this campaign as a
citizen than / am as a candidate, more
interested as father than / am as a
democrat. l have son and | have
daughters. | don't know what my son
will be, | don't know what my sons-in-
law will be. / don't want govern
ment good only for lawyers or bankers
or trust magnates.
81 want government that will clamp
a hope in the heart of every child born
in the world, and give every being
something to live for If | can leave to
my children a government which will
protect them in the enjoyment of life
and liberty and in the pursuit Of happi-
ness, and guarante to them fair share
of the proceeds of their own toll, / will
leave to my children a richer inherit
lance than ever trust magnate that
ever lived, if he left his fortune and the
law by which he robbed others to get it.
IF were choosing an emblem which
would represent our right against IN
dustrial monopoly, would take the
mother with her child in her arms. |
need not tell you that the mother loves
her child. need not tell you that from
the moment when her life hangs in the
balance at the child's birth until death
takes one or the other, there is no
moment of her waking hours when that
child is out of the mothers thought
What is the mother raising her child
for 1t is with the hope that that child
may make the most of life's opportuni-
ties. 1t is the hone that that child may
be its own master, and may have some
chance to work out glorious destiny
Republicans, if you be here, dare
you to shut tie door upon the humblest
child and take away from it the posi-
bility of being Independent. | am not
satisfied to stop extortion, want to
make it impossible for private monop-
oily to exist in the United States. do
not believe that God ever made man
good enough to stand at the head of a
private monopoly and fix for his own
profit the price of a necessary of life"
In the course of his remarks on i'm
periaIism he said
But, my friends, as to the second
objection, they say that there would be
no war in the Philippine Islands now
but for the campaign. They say but
for the hope of my election the Filipi-
nos would lay down their arms in des-
pair. They do me too much honor.
They say that I have placed in the
hearts of the Filipinos the hatred of
foreign domination.
Ca, my friends, if | am guilty of
this charge, then who is responsible for
the fact that our forefathers fought the
same battle a hundred years before ]
was born If / am responsible, who is
responsible for the fact that the Cnbans
were thirty years lighting the same bat
tie before they ever heard my name.
Who is responsible for the fact that the
Filipinos issued a declaration of indie
peDdence patterned after ours before /
was candidate for the presidency
Who is responsible for these things
Why. If the republicans woald read
the speeches Of Abraham Lincoln they
would know that it is God Himself who