The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23
Hanna So Appraises Bryan in
Speech at Lincoln.
HOME CITY CHOSEN FOR ATTACK
Cheers Mingled with Kisses Greet the Saw
age Assault Upon the Nebrnskan-
Qaiek TeHr and Many speeches In the
staie-Promps Retsrt TO Iatredsetien
Of a Local ChairmaB-Popuiists Warn
ed TO Chain Their Children at win.ide.

knowingly or unknowingly viii circulate
ISLANDERS about another man is not 1T 10
be constable" said Senator Hanna, in his
speech at the oliver House. in Lincoln.
! tonight, referring to William Jennings
Bryan. When IL comes down to person.
alities. / am willing TO stand before the
American people on my record as a busi-
ness man. and let him stand on his. /
have been In business forty years; am
employing 500 men. pay the highest
wages, treat them like men, and they all
respect me. and when Mr.. Bryan. or any
other man, charges upon me-and / am
willing to appropriate 1t all, as | am
chairman of the board of managers or
this Republican campaign-any such
methods as those. l propose. as j said,
to hurl it back and denOunce him as a
| demagogue-in his own town.
Senator Hanna then referred to AIR.
Bryan's alleged reference to him as a
labor erusher," made first during his
! Senatorial campaign in 1897, and con-
| tinued:
| II want to remind every man that a
man who in a contest will drag an hon
orable name into the mire for the sake
OF making votes is not worthy 10 be con-
sidered for the high office of President
of the United States. And believe that
there are thousands of people in the State
of Nebraska who resent it as an insult
to their intelligence and their ideas OF
fair Play and justice; because when
man has the opportunity through news
papers or from the public rostrum TO
make charges too trifiing to De denied,
and those charges go undenied, and en-
ter into the minds of the people whom
the man so charged has no opportunity
| to see, say any man who Will use those
tactics to further his own selfish ambi-
ton is not MT to be constable
Hurled the Charge Back.
Senator Hanna spoke at some length.
taking up the silver and anti-imperialist
issues, and finally referred 70 the charges
which Mr.. Hanna said had been recently
been made by Mr.. Bryan, that the Repuo-
lican campaign managers had entered
upon extensive systems of bribery In or
der to secure the election of the Republic
an ticket.
"In regard to that statement" said
Senator Hanna, before an audience IN
Lincoln, / want to hurl it back In his
| teeth and tell him it Is as false as hell.
In the speech, which was one of the
longest delivered on his present tour,
Senator Hanna bitterly denounced Mr..
Bryan for what he termed his attempts
to SANDER me in my own State"
This is Mr.. Bryan's home town, and the
speech of Senator Hanna was received
with mingled cheers and Kisses.
Only two meetings had been planned but
Senator Hanna was induced to address
an overflow meeting from the balcony of
the Lincoln Hotel. Excursion trains were
run from many points in the State. and
the parade which took place this even
ing included dozen uniformed marching
clubs, among them several women's Or
CARNATIONS
All of Senator Hanna's speeches to-day
| IN Nebraska were longer than those of
any previous day of the tour. and in or
der to complete the programme, the first
speech this morning. at Sioux City, occur
red before o'clock. Tomorrow. the
last day of the tour, will be spent prin-
cipally in the southeastern portion of the
State, the two principal meetings at Ne
braska City in the afternoon, and at
Omaha in the evening. The special train.
II is expected, will leave Omaha immedi-
ately after the close of the meeting to-
morrow night, and will run straight
through to Chicago.
small Audience Of Farmers.
Small crowds, mainly of farmers, were
present at Humphrey and Platte Center,
and Senator Hanna divided his time be-
tween talking and handshaking. Pros
perity the comfort OF yourself, and fam
lies, your home, is the the real issue in
this campaign" said Senator Hanna, at
Plat Center. The present condition of
the country, the prosperity that exists in
every branch Of business, is not alto
gether due to the workings OF Providence,
my friends II has been brought about in
part, at least, by Republican legislation.
which has made these conditions pos
sible."
A more extended stop was made at Co
lumbus. In this district the Populist vote
is in large majority and Senator Hanna
spoke at length 10 large crowd.
The run between Columbus and Schuy-
Ter, sixteen miles. was made In eighteen
given new name by the local chairman
''Fellow-citiZens. ! want to introduce to
you the man who commands the sun
sometimes. if he wants 10" said he
well. / wish / could command every
son OF a gun OF Populist in this State"
said Senator Hanna. amid laughter land
that of every good Democrat, too. be-
cause my friends. / want the people of
this State 10 fully appreciate and under
stand the Importance OF this election"
Rapid Run 40 North BEND.
More rapid running was done between
Schuyler and North Bend, and between
sixty and sixty-fiye miles an hour was
made.
An enormous crowd turned out 20 hear
Mr. Hanna al Fremont In his address
here. Mr.. Hanna was frequently inter-
Tupted by the blowing OF a nearby whis- |
tie, and finally he said: 1T must be that
Mr.. Bryan has hold OF that valve and Is
trying 10 shut me on"
Mr. Hanna said Ia part: ANY man |
who charges President Mckinley with |
personal ambition in his course toward |
the Philippine Islands. I almost charge
with being traitor TO his country, be- |
cause the President OF the United States |
has sworn a sacred oath 10 perform his |
duty under the Constitution
when, by the victory OF Dewey al Ma
Mia and our boys in blue IN Cuba as a re- |
suit OF the war with Spain. these Islands |
came into our possession by treaty and by |
purchase, because legally. lawfully, and
morally a part OF the domain Of the |
United States. It was the sovereign duty
OF our President 10 protect life and prop |
erty. In the exercise OF that duty ne has |
been conscientious II is not a part o. his |
prerogatiVe 10 say what kind OF govern |
ment We shall have in the Philippines, bus |
there will never Be a consideration OF any
further development Of government until |
the rebels against the American flag shall /
have laid down their arms. We must have /
peace first and then We Will consider the !