The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-10-20

Gated them. They did not grow be-
cause advocated them. If l grew,
1T was because borrowed their
strength by standing for them; and
all of the credit deserve was that
was willing to go down to death
with them and / deserve to live now
that they live. Only those willing
to die for truth deserve to live when
truth lives. The only credit l claim
is that was willing to stand by these
things when they were despised, and
| shall not relinquish them because
they have become popular. l am
claiming no more credit that six
million others who are with me, and
not so much as many deserve. 1t
has never cost me anything to stand
for these ideas. / have been in
position where | was free and called
no man master. Not for one day
have | been in position where l
had to ask anybody what l should
think or how | should vote. 1t has
required no courage to stand for
these things that l believe to be
right. l would, if | could, take
a large part of the credit that has
been given me and turn it over to
discharge rather than surrender their
citizenship; who, when their en-
ployers have demanded that they
vote the republican ticket, have
told them that they could not de-
prive them of the right to vote as
they pleased on these questions.
These deserve the credit. l have no
doubt that they are now rejoicing
vi
have remarkable record. There is
nothing our party has fought for, for
the last IA years that has not been
vindicated beyond doubt. In all
the history of this country there has
never been party that has ever had
so many doctrines vindicated in so
Drlef experience. You remember
how they ridiculed those farmers
when they talked about the financial
power of money. Do you remember
how the fnanciers told us we did
not understand finance at all; that
it did not make any difference how
much money there was, so it was all
good. When Mr.. Taft went to N.
Y. the 18th day of last February and
spoke at the Lincoln banquet and he
was speaking of the nigh prices he
ume of money that came with the
larger production of gold. That is
just the position our party took
more money, higher prices and bet
ter times. And now today, in order
to explain the high prices when the
people complain, he has to fall back
on the democratic theory, the guam
titative theory, now established be-
11,% 1~
that Mr.. Taft did not explain the
difference between the rise in prices
due to the increased volume of mon
ey and the extra rise in this coun-
try due to the trust and the high
tariff that furnishes the wall behind
which the trust can hide to extort
from the people. All of these things
have been vindicated, my friends.
is it not proper to send a republican
A sense of justice would demand
that that you send democrat when
you admit that he has been right
and the republicans have been wrong.
l think republican should be
ashamed to ask to take the place of
a veteran democrat, if he comedies
that the democrats have been fight
ing for the things that the people
believe in. Frank Stuart is one of
these veterans. He is the man who
fought for these things, when the
men who now proclaim them did
not see the depth of the struggle or
the greatness of the issue. Why
should he step aside that one should
be honored that did not see until
lately, or does not yet see that the
people suffer at the hands of special
interests.
Spanish and Civil War Veterans.
My friends, I was in the Spanish
war for little while / volunteer
ed the day war was declared; 1 re-
signed my commission the day the
treaty was signed, so my service-or
Willingness to serve-dates from the
beginning to the end of this war. I
was Colonel of regiment l was
stationed in the camp and ready to
do anything required. Nothing was
required OF us except to stay and
wait; but we did all we could We
were ready for any emergency. Yet
l never feel like talking about being
soldier when l am in the presence
OF the veterans of the Civil war. I
never feel like CHASING myself with
the men who served 2, 3 and 4 years
and who endured the perils of the
field and the dangers of the camp.
I never feel like going up to one of
these war-scarred veterans and say
ing, Please get up and give Colonel
Bryan of the Spanish war your
seat"
The Trust Question.
Let me take the trust question. I
told you about the growth of ,senti-
ment on the trust question, and yet
today you will find very sharp diff
ference between the position of Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt on one side
and the democratic party on the 9TH
er side. What does Mr.. Taft say
about the trusts? He wants to regu-
late them. Two years ago he de-
nounced my platform, because my
platform said monopoly was indie
feasible and intolerable. He criti-
cised my platform because it said
that, when corporation reached
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