The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-09
so SAYS WILLIAM JENNINGS RRY-
AN OF REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
ITS PLATFORM
IN MILWAUKEE YESTERDAY
QUESTION OF TIL HOUR IS THE
PRINCIPLE OF SELF
GOVERNMENT
TT ISN'T EVERYWHERE FULL
Speaker Opens the Dinner Pail of
the Anthracite Coal Miner on
an Average Ninety-Cent
Daily Wage.

Daily Wage.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. S.-William
Jennings Bryan made a record breaking
railroad run from Chicago to Milwaukee
today to open the Democratic national
campaign in Wisconsin. Ninety-six min
utes after the candidates special train
left Chicago, Col Bryan was bowling to
an enthusiastic crowd which met him at
the depot here. Chicago had a conspic-
uous share In todays doings, Mayor Har-
rison and the Cook County Democratic
Marching club, with De Baugh's band at
tracing almost as much attention as
did the Democratic candidate for presi-
dent. The special was met at Western
Union Junction by Mayor Rose and other
Milwaukee citizens and officials of prom
inence At the Milwaukee depot a band
was playing when Col. Bryan stepped
from the platform of his private car and
thence he and Mayor Harrison were
taken In carriages at the head of the
procession to the city hall, where the
national candidate made mute acknow-
ledPment of the crowds greeting. After a
brief pause, Col. Bryan was driven to
the residence of w. G. Bruce, chairman
Of the Milwaukee city and county Demo-
cratic committee, for luncheon. Mayor
Harrison and Mayor Rose went to Ma
tional park to pitch in a baseball game.
The Cook County Marching club were
taken in street cars to National park,
where they were served luncheon until
the speakers arrived at O'clock. The
crowd grew inpatient with waiting. De
Baugh's band played popular airs and
colored minstrels sang in a vain effort
to assuage the WEAKNESS Of the throng.
Finally ex-Gov. Peck introduced Mayor
Harrison, who apologized for his part in
the delay, pleading an engagement at the
ball game and complaining because the
Chicago players were defeated.
lows:
81 am made the sufferer of an unfair
advantage in being called upon to speak
at this great gathering. Not only have
! been invited and brought from Chicago,
but l have been impressed to pitch
had to pitch against Mayor Rose, who
was assured was an amateur. Now l am
convinced that l was put up against
ringer
soon we will have the pleasure of listen
ing to the man who is to be the next
president of the United States. shall
speak to you as a practical politician.
Illinois, which has never gone Demo-
cratic but once, is practically the same
position as you are here in Wisconsin
position as you are here in Wisconsin.
Now the issue is Imperialism.
Mayor Harrison then described how in
his opinion the Germans regarded this
issue and closed by declaring that if the
Democrats of Wisconsin did what the
Illinois Democrats were going to do there
could be no doubt as to the result
Mr.. Louis ]. Rohmrich, the can
didate for governor, followed Mayor
Harrison, he speaking until Col Bryan,
who was cheered enthusiastically, was
ready to begin his address. Col. Bryan
srniled broadly as he walked to the front
OF the platform, adjusted his blue and
white battered necktie, fecked the dust
off his blue serge sack coat, and waited
for the cheering to abate and proceeded
to attack the Republican party and its
platform.
BRYANS SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Mr.. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen:
defend its position upon any question now
before the country. 1t is on the de- ensive
on every question, and yet it is not able
to defend itself The question that Re
publican Leaders like to talk about is
the money question, and yet they are not
settled to defend the Republican position
on the money question any more than
they are on other questions The only
reason they prefer to talk about the
money question is that when they talk
on that question they can use old argu-
ments, and when they talk on the trusts
and imperialism they cannot use any ar
guments applause and laughter }
When Republican insists on discussing
the money question you ask him when
the Republican party became so sure
that the gold standard was good.
The difference between the Republican
party and the Democratic party in 1896
was that while both favored the double
standard the Republicans wanted to Sc
cure the double standard by foreign aid,
and the Democrats wanted to secure il
without the aid or consent of any other
nation on earth. (Applause)- Since 1896
the Republican party has put itself on
record in favor of the two metals as
against the one metal. How else can you
defend the action of a president in send
ing commission to Europe to ask
other nations to help us restore the
double standard? How else can you de-
fend the action of a Republican congress
in appropriating money to pay the -ex-
penses of commission which was to try
to get the double standard? How else
are you to defend it except on the theory
that the double standard is good?
Read the financial bill that was passed
within a year, and section IA declares
that the bill is not intended to stand as
an obstacle in the way of restoring the
double standard when other nations will
help us to restore it. (Applause) That
is within a year, and that bill received
the sanction of a Republican house of
representatives and Repub' lean senate
and a Republican pi esident put his sig
nature to the bill that had section IA In
it. (Applause)
Hence, when did the Republican party
become convinced that the gold stand
ard was good? That invers on took % ace
at Philadelphia. and only since the ma.
tional convention has the Republican
party stood openly and avowedly for the
gold standard.
IN DEBATE WITH ITS PLATFORM
You will find that the Republican party
finds itself In joint debate with It's plat
form Laughter)
Read what their platform said at Phil
adeIphia: I'VE renew our allegiance t.
the principle of the gold standard
I'VE renew our allegiance to re
new means to restate something tina
you said before, and that is the first time
they ever stated that position-"and de
clare our confidence in the wisdom of tn,
legislat ton of the Fifty-sixth congress by
which the parity Of all our money anf
the stability of all our currency on a ecI:
basis has been secured ''-congratula fel
the country that 1t had been done. tha,