Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1904 — HOW BRYAN TALKED AT HAMMOND [ARTICLE]

HOW BRYAN TALKED AT HAMMOND

W. J- Bryan made one tn r speech in Indiana, after the ui" here Wednesday after ou. I whs at Hauftnctd tbe evening o' the same day he spoke here, E idently he gave even fuller rein i his demagogic brain and vituperaive tongue than he did here, jud . ing from some observations on t.’ispeech in the Hammond Tribtidand a p irtion of which ate ben copied: Imperialism was tbe main topic of his His sincerity again came into question oujhis subject. He was one of the foremost of tin Congress in favor of the purchase of the Philippines and now he I as come about and started on another tack Again it was policy and "not the heart speaking. He a>'empted to explain the mistakes I Judge Parker in regard to the • x peuditures in the Philippines. A iiffi oult task for a better tran than Bryau. The increase of the stand ing army was condemned. Here Mr. Bryan showed these dem-igng-ical traits for which he has beo-u e famous. Hr stated in fact tha» tbe poor laboring man could be shot down if he attempted to ns-ert his rights and that the liberties of (he people were being assailed Very ocrveniently did Mr. Bryan forget that it was Mr. Cleveland, now of the reorganized Democracy that sent the regulars into Hammond to shoot down the strikers but Hammond men will not ferget. Very conveniently did Mr. Bryan forget that Mr. Roosevelt was tbe man that settled the coal strike by forcing the ooal Jbaroua to respect the rights of the working men. These were facts and facts seemed burdenson to Mr. Bryan, They did not fit into his speech. His assertions were B.yanesque if nothing else. Damnable in the extreme were his vituperative allusions to the character of the president in which he said if Mr. Roosevelt ever found bis pooket book on the street he, Bryan would be fearful lest Roosevelt keep it. Such language and such allusions belong to the harangue of a mob leader on the street corner and not to a former candidate for the presidency speaking before an intelligent audience.