Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-29
The Campaign Opened.

The campaign in this city was
formally opened last Saturday ev
ening, Congressman Cushman, who
has served the people so faithfully
and well in the lower house of the
national congress during the past
two years, making a great speech,
and throwing telling shot into the
camp Of the enemy. The congress
man is an able exponent of the
principles of republicanism, and
made many friends for the party.
The town was filled with people
from the country Saturday after
noon who were waiting to hear the
speech, but late in the afternoon
terrific rain storm swept over the
Palouse country, driving many
people to their homes, nevertheless
a magnificent crowd greeted Mr..
Cushman at the auditorium, and
by their frequent bursts of ap-
pIause proved that the words spok-
en- were touching a popular chord.
The Palouse City band was in at
tendance and discoursed its music
on the streets and in the auditor
ium. w. J. Davenport, chairman
of the county central committee,
presided, and introduced the speak
er Mr.. Cushman is an entertain
ing political orator, and holds the
close attention of his auditors as
he pours out convincing argument,
or story with well pointed moral.
Mr.. Cusbman opened his speech
by remarking that no where in the
state of Washington, outside the
three large cities, could building
80 commodious, so beautiful and so
we'll suited, be found for public
meetings, as the auditorium which
he found is Pullman, town hich
he referred to as one made famous
by the agricultural college.
The speaker took up the political
questions in detail, and covered
his ground we'll He said in part
This Colonel Bryan is the same
Mr.. Bryan who in 1890 and 1892
worked with all his might for free
trade, in 1896 declared that free sill
yer was the great issue, and in 1900
is raising his voice against expan
sion. Whenever the falsity or
frailty of one issue is demonstrated
he takes up another And yet
when you mention this fuctuation
to a man afflicted with Bryahism he
tells you, Well, Bryan is eloquent.
My friends, there is as little feal
nourishment in a figure of speech as
in anything created by God or con-
trived by man. 1t takes something
more than crosses of gold and
crowns of thorns to keep the people
from starvation through the four
years of free trade administration.
How sincere are the democrats
in their opposition to trusts? Mr..
Bryan was elected to congress in
1892 by a party that had a plank
in its platform declaring against
trusts. Show me a law on our
statute books today that was intro
duced by that democratic congress
or signed by that democratic presi-
dent. At the last session of con-
gresS | was a member Of the house
judicial committee that drafted an
amendment on the trust question.
But the democrats in the house, for
fear the matter might be settled be-
fore the campaign, and the repub-
licans, being in the majority get
the credit, they defeated it, all but
seven of the democrats voting
against it. During the discussion
OF the proposed amendment Amos
J. Cummings read telegram from
William ]. Bryan, which guided the
democrats. 1t said we should wait
before passing such measure until