The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-15
Tells Buckeye Democrats Republic
ans Are Not Giving Workingmen
Full Dinner Pail.
REFERS TO MINERS STRIKE
AND SAYS THE DIGGERS ARE NOT
PAID LIVING WAGES.
TaEy for Toledo Jones i'm Return for
Promise of a overwhelmingly
Letter Ridiculed.

", sept 1f-1HS Ono
Democrats opened their campaign here to-
day with meeting in the afternoon at
Goodale Park and in the evening at the
Goodale Auditorium The Democratic presi-
Dental candidate, w. ]. Bryan, made
speeches at both meetings, and there was
a large attendance of Democratic leaders
from all parts of the State. Previous to the
afternoon meeting Mr.. Bryan was rendered
a reception at the Great Southern Hotel
and he was escorted to the park by num-
Der of state marching clubs, including the
Duckworth Club, of Cincinnati Col. James
Kilbourn introduced the national candi-
date.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for an hour and quar-
ter He began with a reference to local
conditions, touching briefly near the outset
on the stand taken in behalf of Democ-
racy by Mayor Jones, of Toledo, and then
launched into national affairs regardless of
local coloring Declaring that he believed
the Democratic ticket entitled TO the cleo
toral vote OF Ohio. Mr.. Bryan said: Meas
ured by the principles for which the party
stands, there is every reason why the peo-
pie of this State should support our ticket.
and If any feel like being restrained by a
matter of state pride, you should remember
that you have had Presidents enough for
this State TO satisfy any reasonable pride,
and then one term is long enough If man
does what he ought to, and If he does not,
IL is too long.
eve have as our chairman to-day a man
who is a representative of the manufactur-
ing interests of the State and Nation. 1t
Is Colonel Kilbourne. If Colonel Kilbourne
is not afraid to trust his business under a
Democratic administration some of the
lesser lights need not worry so much. While
we have a representative of the business
interests as presiding officer and one
whose business is sufficiently large to make
him representative of the larger interests
/ found as 1 approached the State that We
also have the support of a man in this
State, above all other men. who sticks for
the laboring interests of the State-Mayor
Jones of Toledo. [Great applause and
cheers.l There is no man in this State who
stands nearer to the laboring man than
Mayor Jones. He does not support the
ticket because he advocates everything
that / do nor because L advocate every
thing that he does. But he believes that
the success of the Democratic party or of
the principles of the campaign will do more
the success of the Republican party and
its principles in this State. do not know
whether Mayor Jones agrees with me on
whether he is an advocate of the gold Stan
dard or not. But do know that he would
rather see the golden rule put into opera
ton I'm our international policy than to
have gold standard in the country" ZAP
plause.l
SAME AS IN 1896.
Declaring that the Democratic party had
taken no backward step Mr.. Bryan charged
that the Republicans had won the cam
paign of 1896 under the fa'~e pretense of
wanting international bmetalism, but not
withstanding this fact the Republican par
ty was, he said now trying to make the
financial question the paramount issue of
the campaign. 1.-THE Democratic party" he
said. stands to-day for the principles that
drew together six millions and a half of
votes in 1896, but it adds to it's platform
to cover new questions"
Referring to "the full dinner pail Mr..
Bryan predicted that it would not last
through the campaign. I'm the first place, :"
he said, "the Republican who meets every
argument made by the laboring man with
a full dinner pail insults the laboring man
because he assumes that the laboring man
Is all stomach. He continued on this line
as follows: 1.-THE President said In his let
ter of acceptance that the laboring man
wants short day instead of short dol
lar. Well, my friends, If i had a black
board here l would just write three things
on that blackboard L would write first of
all that the laboring man wants a short
day; then j would write under ii that a
Republican Senate refused to pass an
eight-hour law, and then L would write un-
der that: Sounding brass and a tinklinp
cym nt lApplause, II the laboring man
differences between labor and capital he Is
| told that as long as he has full meal he
| does not need anything else Ii the labor
ing man protests against government by
| injunction the only answer he gets is "a
| full dinner pail. If the laboring man points
| out that the Republican party has been in
power for four years and has made no eff
| fort to protect the laboring man from gov
eminent by Injunction his only answer is
an appeal TO his appetite.
MY friends, If the Republican party
wants to make its full dinner pail argument
| let ii go into the anthracite coal regions
where the operatives get less than $3.50 a
year. This mornings paper. this morning $
that the wages paid to miners will in some
instances, average less than $3.50 a year
Why, my friends, that will not give the
laboring man one full dinner pail a day
and he ought to have three. Applause
| am afraid that when the Republican party
was not looking, the lid of that dinner pail
| flew off and some coal got into the bucket
and / understand ii is coal that weighs
nearly twice as much per ton as the law re-
| quires and the Republican party when il
| goes to blow IL out. will have TO do IL with
| powder that Is sold to the miners at 81 20 a
keg, when Ii is only worth $1.50. No the
dinner pail argument will not last; the la
boring man will not be deceived by any at
| tempt to argue with him that all he needs
| is full meal"
MKINLEY's LETTER AND TRUSTS.
Mr. Bryan here undertook TO point out
Inconsistencies in the Republican party
saying that that party had changed front
| on almost every important issue that had
been before the country in recent years
| The party had changed its position on not
| only the silver question. but on greenbacks
| the national debt, the trusts, etc He said
| the Presidents letter had only a few SEN
fences on the trust question, Il see In the
| newspapers" he said. that originally this
| message contained $4,000 words. but that /,
was cut down TO 1900. | suppose" he
added. that the other 1900 words were OF
| the trust question. but We're cut out"
He had been told that of the six speeches
made in opening the Republican campaign
| I'm this State there was no reference to the
| trusts. In fact the Republican orators
| dare not discuss the trusts in view of the
| fact that the Republican party was respon.
| sible for them. If the Republican party
should destroy the trusts IL was probable
| he said. that they would cut of the prin-
cipal source OF their campaign fund He
| thought IL strange that Republicans who
| were not members OF the trusts should In
| sist upon supporting them, because they
| with others. must suffer from their opera
| tons.