The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-09-28
Mr.. j. r. sovereign's Speech.

looking man, lacking much of the
dyspeptic look which one would expect
to see in a person who takes such
gloomy views of American people and
the American future. His talk was
chiefly addressed to workingmen, and
so the committee in charge had G. NJ.
johnson, George Ferguson and other
Woodworking Demo-
Gratis well displayed on the rostrum.
Mr.. Sovereign is leader in labor
circles and his remarks on this head |
showed familiarity with the subject,
but when he got off onto history and |
imperialism" he was evidently say
ing what he had been instructed to
say.
81 never expected to have to join in
a campaign for the maintenance of our
in stitutions, :" he said, "but in.the past
four years new things have arisen.
We do not recede one step from the
Chicago platform and we still main
tain the importance of free silver. II
however, a man were reading the
Testament and bear should enter his
door he would throw away the Bible
and wrestle with the bear So we have
tossed aside the silver question and
are tussling with imperialism"
He said the cry of imperialism is not
silly, that the trusts and England are
leading this country by the nose. In
70 the rich were all Tories, in 81 they
formed an elegantly which wanted
slavery maintained and today the
workingmen, as always, must save
the country.
He assumed that Mckinley and the
Republican party had schemed the
whole war with Spain so as to have
slavery once more under the Stars and
Stripes. He dwelt at length on the
Sultan of Sulu. his wives and slaves
and his annuity from this government
were endangered by the 80, POO spent
in salaries in those islands. "Whl
we even pay seven year old kid
grandson of the Sultan, Sl5 a montl
so he can grow up, own wives anC
slaves. he said.
Because Spain couldn't control the
Cubans and Filipinos by force We
can never control them by consent
he said. We ought to cede back t
England the original fifteen colonie
il we take the Philippines.
They tell us we've got prosperity
but the coal strike disproves this AM
when they talk of the full dinner pail
they insult the workmen, for the
mean that his politics should rise n
higher than his stomach. Now | woul
like to see the workmen do withou
: dinner pail and order his meals a
/ the restaurant, la carte" He instr
5 uated that the Republicans were OF
posed to this, but never even hinte
how Bryan was going to accomplis
e 1t.
With Bryan and the panic which /
s himself says would follow his election
l. free trade and conditions such q
marked Cleveland's administration
II cheap money and cheap labor as a
)t silver countries have, the workma
TX would certainly not be bothered wit
an Insulting full dinner pail"
lie "Of course we are honestly gratef,
n for what prosperity wehave," he sal,
st but you are not getting your shar
you working men," Which would i
I'd dictate that under Bryan, as und
Of Cleveland, the workman would 2
Is nearer the share he deserves.
The Filipinos, he said, occul
is the same position that the thirte'
a colonies did after the revolutio
when France said they were not cap
BILE of self government. OF course
didn't mention the fact that the Tag
ne los are the only tribe asking to be t
PIT lowed to boss the others, while
e. America the colonies were a unit
70 purpose.
He said Mark Hanna, who emplo
- G, 1000 men and stays on such go
= terms with them that he never had
~ strike, never carried and would
80 ashamed of dinner pail. In f,
" Hanna worked his way up as wor
ing man.
~ "The poor people pay the war t
on kilograms and express and the b
~ trusts escape because they contribut
~ to the '96 campaign fund. VIII
~ prosperity we haveis due to the mon
- the poor thus dig up and spend
NJ munitions of war and reaction
al. sure to follow.
Die "a million bushels of wheat W,
$500 l...,,a,.ol n. ro1,oeto,, ood .l,on