The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23
WHY SMILEY "FLOPPED"
The Congressman Tells Eloauentiy why lie
Can't Vote Again for Bryan.

From a Speech nv ne hon. JoJsph CROKER Sioisv al
Bradford, "a.
You charge me with changed opinions. This
Is true Each day Of life diners from any day
preceding The man who stands still or hanks
back to the dead past will be left in the rear.
New OCCASIONS teach new duties;
Time makes ancient good uncouih.
They must onward sti and upward
VINO would keep abreast OF uuth.
You charge me with being a topper Yes. I
guess that Is so. II a topper may properly be
defined "a one who did not know II all yester-
day. l. wiser to-day and aims for progress
tomorrow, then | am "A topper. II a fopper
il one who finds a position Of yesterday IN
tenable to-day. positively wrong tomorrow.
then II seeking To leave the untenable position,
the occupation Of which would stuitiiy my
intelligence. warp my conscience, and work an
injury to my fellows, then YOU may define M"
a. a topper If looking at the present aud rust
Ing fora grander future. raI herth facing back
ward TO fan the snoulderin. emberS OF tie
past, constitutes ono as topper. please enume-
rate me "a such.
Whenever | see men who have been working
for 81 a dav able TO earn 81 when the man VINO
earned 81 can have the opportunity to earn SO.
i will Hop as often as 1t may be necessary TO
help that condition.. for that man 10 continue.
When from 1893 to 1896 Il per cent. OF the
wage carriers OF this country were unemployed
or working on short hours, and to-day only
three-eIgnths of Der cent OF the wage carriers
ur- unCnplOyed, ! will iiOp 10 help these men
employed. whenever and wherever II i de-
mandrd.
nation largely importing Us manufactured
necesSitie, and when under this Admlnlstra-
ton We are manufacturing not only Tor our
selye, hut are surprising the other nations
Of the world with the products fabricated 10y
American hands in american workshops you
can make Il iair guess that will Hop TO help
that cause along
last year 10 sent from our American work.
shops TO foreign nations 3Sa.OJ0,UUO Of manu-
featured products; this 432,DO,Uvo OF dollars.
and with tho assured certainty that. with the
Presidents policy maintained, those exports
sand millions Of dollars annually. thereby
requiring double the workshops 81 the present.
and anording double, tho present opportunity
for honest labor and honest capital TO meet
with substantial erompense, ] will flop. and
fop until / can be right side up in line with
Wien 4 pound Of wool brings the farmer
30 cents to-day instead Of II cents. and when
his sheep, that were only salsbie at ~ a head
in 1890, are worth to-day 81 to - per head,
Viii nop whenever 1t is required Tor me TO do so
To help maintain that condition for the WOOL
wien cotton that sold for four cents per
pound under the last ADMINISTRATION. brings
! from 8 to 10 cents per pound under the Mckinley
Administration, l Will mop To help The cotton
When we see an advance in the price Of all
| farm products ranging from 20 70 10 per cent,
and my Hopping from one attitude To another
viii hc!p that farmer, ! will try to be the fist
When We see furnaces blazing. FORCES glow
inc. looms weaving when we hear shuttles
eli king and spindles humming when Drawn
and brain each finds fair recompenSe, whether
in factory or in field. ] will. as a man who aims
To be loyal to his. fellow, his country and his
Creator. try my level bc,t 70, maintain that
condition, call mo what you will.
last fan. skiing after n man in your city
who was once my warm political friend, and
was informed that he nude moro money
in 1890 than he had ever made IN amy previous
year Of his life. Vas II hard for me 10 mop 10
help him and others to many such years Of
* Democratic friend Of mine in your county,
! n large manufacturer Of lumber, told me, much
loss than a year ago, that he was bothered
to get enough good lumb"rmen 20 20 into the
I woods at s? 50 per day, where a few years ago
day And ne further told me- that for many
year, there had not been much Of a margin
or profit for lumbtr1nen. hut II present prices
could continue for two wears he, would never
need To struggle for another dollar in all his
life l. il strange that should flop Tor the
benefit Of those men?
When wages have increased from 10 TO 30
per cent IA neaIlE all Industries; when In 1909
I this land than We did in 1890, with the assured
certainty that they will still further increase
il We will only let our craftsmanship shrivel and
our patriotism expand, are Won justified in
doubling. II NV attitude 81 YESTERDAY binders
thai Increase / will fop, if my position Of to-day
which, hrmanitv. from the heights Of the de- ,
lectable mountains, can see grand visions of a
When for two wears the New York Central
Railroad had thirty-fye miles OF freight cars
standing continuously idle upon its side tracks,
and when the same effect was prorortlonately
true on every great railway in America, when
divided so a 10 give each man an occasional
chance to earn a %pittanCe. and to-day, with
hundreds Of thousands Of new cars and thou
sands Of additional locomotives, We find every
wheel turning, every crew emnloved, can YOU
doubt whether or not | will foT, If in so doing
] can help TO keep those wheels turning and
When we see tht. nations products carried
to market under a foreign flag, in foreign ships,
manned bv foreign sealnen. and TO whom we
nav 5000, 90, 900 each ear; when the proposition
Is made by this Administration to build up an
American merchant marine, which shall carry
our products to market in American ships, sailed
bv American sailors, and when the committee q
Of which M honored friend from Ohio Gen,
in the House of Representatives, and | have
to either oEp3,e, that bill or flop, which do YOU
When We see the flag fred upon. when We soc
the brave BOYS in blue. your brothers, your
sons aud your swcethearts shot down by men
to them rather than To- q Tagal savage. and
| have got To for. As ! love my country, my
fellow man and my God, no man will flop ahead
When to &C, to the dictates Of an honest
conscience. guided by the best Of my Intelligence, /
my duty 10 my fellow man. my country and my
Creator. prompts me that when | am wrong
my du'v iStO get right. ] shall follow the prompt
ings and ;he diCtation OF that conscience, let
them lead where they may,
You may hurl your c%ontumelious epithcts.
they have been hurled in the past. Washington
was called n traitor, the rnbble and the mob
through all the ages have cried cruelty, cru
city. g; every man who has dared 10 stand
bv his free conscience IN an effort To make this
a grandrr and better word, wherein true man
hood and true wom4nl3od may cherish higher
ideals and attain to higher degrees Of political, |
social and moral wcllDeIng.
When We sec each month a surplus in our
national budget instead Of a deficit when We
see. instead Of borrowing money of England,
as We did under tho last Administration. We
have loaned within the last Two years 10 Sweden.
Russia, Germany and England more than 500
10000 when We soc our exports doubling
and our imports dividing when We see happy
faces Of a well-fed and y well-clad citizenship.
and contrast il with the days Of the CoNey
army Of the UNEMPLOYED, when the pincl ed
faces Of hungry men and women and littl,
children. clad in tRtters, in the biting blast Of
tho winters storm, souRht for cold charity
and cold soup IN the souphou~cs God IN Ills
grao. grant that you and shall never witness