The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-06

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worn nor forced, a. some Bryan smiles
are said to have l0o.sed In the past
The smile was the real, genuine art1-
Gle and the crowd knew that Bryan
but . score OF times, that he was hap
py and glad and that the national adj
ministration was proving true the
dreams OF his life.
Joy Over Republican F10gsing-
Bryan flayed Bristow and jolted
Murduck and each time there was q
howl of joy from Kansas Democracy.
There was applause when the Nebras-
kan paid tribute to Hodges. Thompson
and Henderson Martin. Then Bryan
swung into the midst OF speech ana
the big crowd leaned forward to catch
every word and to yell when the Conn
moner drove home his argument by
reference to the men in bad repute
with Kansas voters. The crowd cheer
ed, Just az it did Is years ago. when
Bryan flayed Wall street and the
money powers. 1t listened to every
word Of the Bryan argument in favor
Of the new tariff and currency meas
ures and cheered the reference to
President Wilson for his fight for en-
actment of these measures. The
enthusiasm as Bryan told Of the
things that will happen to the trusts
under the Wilson administration and
the banqueters beat upon the tables
and yelled when Bryan told OF the
things that would happen to the idle
rich-mostly Republicans. he said-
under the new income tax law.
The only reference to the Mexican
situation was Bryan's discussion of the
world peace policy.
speech last night:
Ladies and gentlemen: 1t is good
to be here. I'm not the only happy
person In this country. There are
hundreds and thousands of them and
they're mostly Democrats. Custom
arises out Of conditions. Now-a-days
it is not the custom to ask man his
politics. II he's Democrat he'll tell
you: if he is Republican it is impo-
lite to embarrass him."
mo program Is complete in Kansas
now without Hodges. I'm glad you
have a governor like him. Men like the
president and your governor make 1t
for the Republicans to
claim a monopoly on inteligence ana
And I'm glad that De-
appeals to the heart of the
women as well as men. 1t is the
mother that trains the heart OF tho
child and the young men are the hope
Of the country.
"And Thompson-God bless him. I
came here when he was q candidate
and am sorry that he had sucn =
great majority as I might have been
able to- claim more credit in helping
to elect him.
II am glad to know that you have
q campaign and are ready for IT.
didn't expect to hear q eulogy OF Brts-
tow when came here. Bristow IL not
q Moses. What he saw was not q
burning bush, it was lightning pug.
He's gone back to the Republican
party and the return reminds me of
drunken man who was returning
home and met a friend. 4
VIII you help mo up?' the friend
inquired. =.
mo answered the man. but will
lie down with you.'
"And SO with Bristow. He has
found that he could not help the
up. SO has laid down
with them"
has been talking. Some one sent me q |
paper here. wherein he says that I
have helped Wall street. He Is like |
4 Scotchman who. while in the British
was making q speech l0p-
posing capital punishment. Tho
said that the worst whip |
ping he had ever received was Tor
telling the truth. and as he finished |
added:
".And 1t cured you. didn't it?'"
II have been with President Wilson |
ong enough to know that he Ii on the
side of the people. Wake him up any
time in the night and present any ques-
ton and he will look at 1t from the peo-
ple's side, and ask how 1t affects the
people Nlne-tenths Of the PEOPLE are
democratic at heart. That's the KIND
" a man that leads US from darkness
to light.
ever since there has been an effort |
TO revise the tariff you have seen the
trot out the bogey man
treat, saying that If the tariff walls |
v-ere lowered the country would bo |
ruired have lived in q period when
employers told working men not to re-
turn 20 work on Wednesday unless the |
Republicans won on Tuesday. The He-
puhlfcans said we would have a panic
|f the present tariff bill were enacted. !
We have the tariff and they have the
,a,,ic. The, country was exposed but
the disease wasn't catching.
Woodrow Wilson is striving to 1stse
the worlds disputes from bru.G force |
u tie forum of argument. He is not
wanting to make war remote because |
he doubts the patriotism OF the people. |
[f he should make a call to arms at
lawn for q million volunteers, q MIL
lion young men would be In line by
sundown to die for their country ana
the line would reach across every state.
He believes man was made for higher
purpose than to shoot and be shot at. !
He believes it is as glorious to i've Tor
this country as to die for II.
Nov the president Is ready to take !
no the trust question. He says that
private monopoly Is indefensible and in
tolcrable. They tried to talk Wilson to
ieath ON the tariff Then they tried to
brighten him to death on the currency. |
That didn't do, 30 now they are ready I
10 unscramble the eggs. Under the Re-
publican administration telephone
company reached out and 'swiped'
company. then took all its
competing lines; then refused to let in
dependent companies use its main lines
The other day the administration got a