Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-11-02 | Page 2 | Republican Senator Says Big Army is Partly to Intimidate Citizens

REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS BIG ARMY IS PARTLY p ARTL Y TO INTIMIDATE IE CITIZENS New Na York Nov No 1 I Stone Stene of Missouri Nis who ho Is in charge of the New York branch of the Demo Democratic cretin cratic national headquarters gave out the following statement today I Governor Roosevelt and other Re Republican publican leaders headers and Republican news newspapers newspapers newspapers I papers arft at criticising Mr Bryan for I denouncing the scheme of ot the admin administration to fasten a large standing army on the country and especially for saying that it was intended to quarter the army near large cities and use it to overawe workingmen Never Nevertheless thebes Mr Bryan is right Senator Hawley of Connecticut Is a Republican United States senator of the Brahmin caste and nd Stands high in the councils of his party He is chairman of or the senate committee on military affairs and In the senate he had charge of or the bill bilI increasing the army and made a strong speech In favor of K tt KOn itOn On March 8 1899 Senator Hawey also Io made a speech before the Conner Connecticut Connecticut legislature legi lature and in the speech he said And then along other lines Jines that great greet countries must of are the wild unreasoning insurrections and mobs It was a wise thing for the mer merchants merchants merchants chants of Chicago to give a tract of land to the nati national nal government who fortified It t and it Jt is now called cabled Fort SherMan Sheridan We Ve have heard of disturb disturbances disturbances ances nee iK hi 1 Chicago We ve hope however that we shall shaH never have hav any again but we know the best way not to have them is to be prepared for them So SoI I I say we shell shall need a large Jarge army to stand back of municipal authority In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last resort if a single lingle company of ot bluecoats march around the corner I with their steady solemn steps the mob disperses because they know they the theare are men who shoot when ordered to I It is simply a business with them No government is free from the of resorting to force