The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05
BRYAN THE CLUBS IDOL.
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point 10 give Mrs. NJ. II. NdlAtr, 1T6Sl-
dent of the Woman's Bryan League;
Cora L. V. Richmond, Vice President os
the same Organization, and Emma Nc
| Donald Vallish, newspaper CORE
| spondent. an opportunity to speak. The
last named spoke of the coal miners
| strike in Pennsylvania. She said that
when the trusts found that the starva-
tion plan failed they tried the standing
| army, and the convention, in passing a
resolution relative to the miners was
| recognizing that the condition OF the
miners might some day be theirs.
Mrs. Walker told of the work Of the
| Woman's League
Mrs. Richmond talked of the elect of
| Imperialism and the hopes CT the "0:lfn
Of the Bryan League OF Democratic sue
cess.
Mr.. d. NJ. Lockwood, of Pennsylvania,
! devoted his time to an arraignme1t Of
I the trusts and plea to the people fer
| cooperation with the American ANTI
| Trust League
The trust system he said, rs turning
the profits of the producing forces of the
| nation into the Golfers of the favored class
es, into tn, Golfers of the Havemeyers, the
ArmoilTs, tie Carnegies, the Rockefellers
and these Of their kind. This infamous
| system is fast gathering the wealth OF the
nation into the hands of few men,
Continuing he claimed that the majority
| Of American families, are, on account of
| this condition, without homes Of their own
and that the tsaant farms are increasing
by the hundreds of thousands yearly and
| that the best young men of the nation will
soon be turned as paupers upon the high
ways with no homes OF their own.
The Resolutions Adopted.
The COMMITTEES on Resolutions then re-
ported, and the pronouncement was adopted
unanimously. The resolutions declare
against the corrupt use of money and as
sert that Bryan was defeated through this
means four years ago. The resolutions in
part are as follows:
Following its practices as in 1896 the
Republican party through its agents and
benehciaries, is organizing a vast system
OF terrorism and Corruption. Workingme-i
are being threatened that factories win
be closed down If the Democratic ticket is
successful. This threat of the Republican
party is IN insult to the intelligence OF the
American workingmen. No matter what
may be the political complexion of the
Administration. business men will go on
doing business. Workingmen need not hes
itate to exercise their rights as American
citizens and they should keep in mind that
they viii lose more by yielding to coercion
now than they could gain by years Of sac
rifice. -
We condemn the present Republican
Administrations for its fragrant failure to
enforce the Federal antitrust syndicate
law. Since MoKinley's election more than
400 trusts have been formed, and yet the
Attorney General of the United States ad-
mits that he has during that time COM
menced but three antitrust suits.
Grave peril eonfronts the country. Our
most cherished institutions are in danger.
The hope of the future, and the success of
the moment, depends upon the patriotism
of the people. We ask those who believe,
as We do, that American institutions are
in jeopardy, to organize themselves into
clubs and to secure recruits for the DEM
ocratic party. which is the party of pa
triotism.
I'VE share in the general sympathy
with the coal miners of Pennsylvania in
their heroic stand against the Anthracite
Coal Trust, and hope that they may speed
lily secure such settlement as will afford
them fair wages and the recognition of
the union, through which they are alone
able to resist the oppression Of this trust.
IF. as we are informed by the Republic
can press, Mark A. Hanna, Chairman of
the Republican Committee can, by inter-
cession with one man. bring about set
tIement of this strike, then we direct pub
lie attention TO this significant fact as
showing:
''First-The concentration of CONNER
cial and industrial power into one mans
hand.
''Second-The intimate relations that
exist between such corporations and the
Republican party.
'.Third-The plain inference that Han
mas interest in the adjustment of the
labor trouble is only for campaign pur-
poses, and that after the election the
striking miners of Pennsylvania, like the
striking miners of the Occur d'Alene, will
be suppressed by the standing army"
BY the Vice Presidential Candidate.
The convention opened this evening
with a speech by the Vice Presidential
candidate. which consumed more than an
hour, but which was responded to
throughout by enthusiastic cheers from
the crowd that filled every inch of avail
able space in the hall. He discussed all
the issues in the campaign. but gave the
subject of Imperialism the greatest
amount of attention. He said in part:
important and far-feaching as the
trust evil is, it is secondary TO the yet
greater evil of Imperialism. The Repub-
lican Administration is engaged in the
prosecution of war, and this Without
the constitutional requirement of
formal declaration Of war ny Congress.
1t is in the strictest sense an Admins
tration war. The reelection of Fresi-
dent Mckinley will be held by himself
and his party-and justly so-an en-
dorsement of the policy OF the AdmiHi3-
tration toward the Philippine Islands.
The reelection of the present Executive
would be vote of confidence. solemn
endorsement by the American reople
of q war of corquest-the salient feature
of his Administration.
"Imperialists claim that they can give
the Filipinos a better government than
they can possibly establish for themselves
This plan OF governing other peoples for
their own good did not originate with the
imperiallsts OF today. 1t was the plan
urged by the crafty heartless Talleyrand |
for the government of the American col !
onies of the Revolutionary war
He was followed by John R. Sovereign, |
cx-Master Workman of the Knights of La
bcr. who was billed to speak last night, but, |
owing TO the lateness Of the hour, declined |
to talk at length. He made the hit of the !
afternon and was kept speaking long after |
he would have retired from the platform.
Twice during his remarks he was in
terrupted by cries of Three cheers for |
Sovereign" and each time they were Civ
en- with hearty good will. Referring to
the charge that the Democrats will not |
discuss the money question, he said that |
II n man were reading the Lords prayer
and a bear should enter his house he
would throw away the prayer till he had
killed the bear. This, he said vas the
position Of the Democratic party and II
does not intend TO discuss the money
question so long as vital issue Of imper-
ialism remains unsettled.
X. Milton Turner, the colored orator of
Missouri, was the next speaker but the
crowd was becoming anxious to hear Mr.
BRYAN and the speaker announced that he |