Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-27
HANNA HITS BRYAN.
Takes the Democrats Letter of Ac-
ceptance for His Text.
The OhiO Senator lakes Telling
speech to ChicaGOnns-Dcm
cratic Candiilutc's Position
Ably ASSaiied.

| Tuesday. September IS, made Nlgor-
| Gus address upon Bryan'S letter of ac
ceptance. in which he said:
| II take for my text Mr.. Bryan's views
| on the minor issues of the campaign as set
| forth in his letter of acceptance published
| to-day. Just before the democratic con-
| vention at Kansas City many pilgrimages
! were made to Lincoln, Neb., by democratic
missionaries at the urgent call of Mr.. Bry-
! an. This was for the purpose of putting
| Bryan's pet scheme of free silvtt in the
| platform
| But if you remember correctly. that is
| sue was only placed in the platform by a
majority of one vote of the committee.
| Now Bryan has relegated the silver issue
| to the rear, and brings out Imperialism as
the chief issue. Bryan gained this issue
when the treaty was made with Spain in
| which the Philippine islands were pur-
| chased. He went to Washington and by
| his own influence forced certain democrat
| ic senators to adopt the treaty, in order
| that the democratic party might fight
against it in the coming campaign. That
proves that Bryan has not the courage to
! stand by his own convictions.
| 'Bryans letter speaks of trusts. Yet he
does not mention the ice trust or the cotton
| bale trust. In the latter Senator Jones is
! heavily interested. Every one knows the
story of the ice trust. AS Bryan declares
that the trust is one of the main issues of
| this campaign, | can say that we are ready
to meet him on that proposition as well as
on any other
Hanna's Relations with Labor.
Bryan also makes much ado concerning
the conflict between capital and organized
labor For myself. l have this to say: |
was the first man in Ohio to recognize or
| ganiZed labor 1t was in 1871, when l was
| in the coal business in Cleveland, o. John
Seaney and John James, president and sec
retary of the first bituminous coal miners
| organization in the United States, called
| uDOn me and stated that the miners had
| organized into union.
LAS was leading coal operator, the two
| gentlemen urged me to use my influence in
| organizing the operators. That was my
first experience with a trust. | organized
| the operators in the district in which ] was
| interested, and during my entire expert
ence there we never had d strike or trouble
of any kind.
II want to make this statement here, once
and for all, in reply to all these charges and
insinuatiOns with reference to my aspect
| toward labor If any man in the United
States of America can bring into my pres
ence man who has ever worked for me
and truthfully state and substantiate that
| | have refused to meet at any time and
anywhere any man in my employ, that |
have ever Intentionally done any man a
harm, that | have ever insisted on lower
ing wages to any man who works for me,
or who can truthfully say that | have done
| evil to him, | will resign from the United
States senate tomorrow. Great applause.)
made the proposition in 1897; have found
no takers, and it is still open. daughter
| and applause.)
Republican Party Against Trusts.
Now, then, about this trust question, a
few words more. | would like to have Mr..
Bryan or any other democrat tell me what
a trust is. | don't believe there is a trust
in the United States, for every state law
and national law will destroy any trust
that comes within its jurisdiction; and the
only laws, state and national, that have
ever been put upon statute books We're en-
acted by the republican party. CA Voice:
Never enforCed) Yes, they are enforced
| (NOices: Put him out) No. don't put him
out. | don't want to put anybody out. GA
Voice. He is a good democrat; he shoots in
the rear)
I'VE have no objections to the democra tic
party being opposed to trusts, but they
have got no patent on it. (Laughter)
Dryan's Policy for Philippines.
"Now then, one word more with refer
ence to the position of Mr.. Bryan upon
this Philippine queston-and it has been
so thoroughly exploded that l won't men
tion 1t except in passing. ] recited to you
the part that he took in the execution of
that treaty, and the authority tina he used
with his party to ratify the treaty, and
think / have convinced a great many of
my hearers that his purpose and motive
was not patriotic. He tells the people of
the United States what he will do if he is
elected president of the United States. His
| first act would be to haul down the Amer
| lean flag in the Philippines "a Voice: He
| never could do IT'D
| "Then he would establish a stable gov
errn7ent-he doesn't saw republican gov
ernment-aud probably put Aguinaldo at
J the head of it. Then he said that he would
| establish a protectorate by the United
States pull down the American flag, with
draw our soldiers from the soil, and leave
| onr hurled dead there under the suner-
vision of Aguinaldo. renounce every yestige
| of nower which has come To MS legally and
lawfully. and then establish a protectorate
| which means what? 1t means that the
Government of the United states wo1lId he
| obligad to nrotect the government of
h,minaIdo from an foreica foes and inter
| farance And what would he the resulto
..Tmdaina. the future nv the mast the next
actiors of Ag1linaldo would he such as TO