The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-19

ture of the convention was the address
of Mr.. Bryan. AS soon as the Demo-
cratic nominee appeared on the plat
form there was a wild shout of greet
ing. and this soon developed into a
demonstration that continued for
about twenty minutes.
Mr. Bryan said:
"The Republican party is not pre-
pared to meet the issues of this cam
paign. The Republican party is today
lodging. running from nearly every
issue in the campaign. When they
started out they said the money ques-
ton was the question of paramount
Importance. But, my friends, they
found that when man says that
question of money is more important
than a question OF government he at
once arouses suspicion and people be-
gin to wonder whether he thinks
dollar Is more important than a man.
Think of trying to make the money
| question paramount In this campaign.
Why, my friends, when the money
question was paramount in 1896. we
out that the tariff was the paramount
issue. They said, let us open the mills
instead of the minis, and the first
thing they did when they got into
! power was not to reform the currency,
but to reform the tariff and give
the men who contributed a chance to
run their hands deeper into the pock-
cts of the people.
I'm 1896 they said we could not have
a double standard of money. Now they
think we can have a double standard
of government, republic here and a
despotism in the Philippine islands.
They said in 1896 that we could not
maintain parity between a white
metal and yellow. How can they
maintain parity between a white
citizen and yellow subject in the
Philippine islands?
And yet, my friends, they are not
prepared to meet the other issues. Mr..
Hanna says there are no trusts. That
settles that question. He ought to ask
his wife, Every wife knows there are
trusts. The only trust that any Repub-
lican in this country seems to know
about is the ice trust, and the Repub-
licans don't know much about that,
for if they did they would know that
every stakeholder is a Republican.
New York has a Republican governor,
Republican legislature, and you Re-
publicans who have been worrying so
much about the ice trust can just ease
your minds, for as long as the COVER
nor is out west making speeches you
may be sure nobody is being heard in
New York (Applause.) Why is it
that no Republican knows anything
about the Standard Oil trust, or the
sugar trust. or the salt trust, or the
cracker trust. or window glass trust
or the envelope trust. or the writing
paper trust. or the trust in the paper
that Republican editors use to write a
defense of the trusts upon? (Great
|; applause.) Why don't they know about
these trusts? Is it dishonesty or is ii
ignorance? Why is it that no Repub-
lican speaks out against any trust ex-
cept the ice trust, and why is it that
J the Republicans in charge do not de-
stroy that so you can believe Mr.
Hanna when he says there are nc
] trusts. (Applause)
"The Republican party is not pre-
| pared to defend itself on the trust
question, therefore they try to get il
out of the campaign. The Republican
party is not prepared to defend itseli
on the army question. They say there
is no question of militarism, and yet
an army four times as great as the
standing army of 1896 is demanded by
the presidents message of December
/ 1898. How much do we spenl for edu
/ cation in the United States? Less thar
, $1,000, 900 year. How much do tn,
} Republicans want to spend on militar.
3 establishment? One hundred million
3 dollars year. They want to spent
Y more than half as much for militar.
:. establishment as we spend for the edu
9 cation of all the children in the Unite,
States. Is that not step toward mill
: tarism?
s There are two reasons which lea
: men in this country to want farg
n standing army. One is domestic one
. the other is connected with our foreig
= affairs. What domestic reason is Their
g for large army? To protect us fror
n the Indians? No. the fewer Indian
# we have the more army the Republic
; an party wants. That Is not the caus,
}. Why do they want it? So that the
t can build a fort near every large cit,
and use the army to suppress by fore
Il the discomfort that ought to be cure
n by remedial legislation. (Applause)
II "The laboring man asks for arbitrs
i ton and gets a large army he ask
IS relief from government by injunt
IL ton and gets large army; he ask
6 protection from the blacklist and h
: answer is large army; he asks fc
e. shorter hours of labor in order that h
IS may have more time with his famil
and for the development of his min
d and his answer is large army. Il
a asks for representation in the pres
a dents cabinet in order that labor ma