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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1900
Page
2
The ticket lists William J. Bryan for president and Adlai E. Stevenson for vice president. Electors are assigned to states including Mt Wt Aey of Umatilla and Dragate uf Malttomats of Benton. KHONE Of Mualtnomats is also named as an elector.
The piece critiques the Portland Oregonian for biased attacks on Bryan and praises Pendleton residents for public-spirited projects. It urges a local park bath lake plan to boost city growth and attract regional visitors while noting Pendleton’s fair drew visitors from Walla Walla and Umatilla County.
Local merchants from Walla Walla and Pendleton embrace cross town trade. Traders who long served Walla Walla now visit Pendleton for fairs and markets, linking the coast end with the valley and highlighting Pendleton as a growing trading center.
The article quotes Mr. Hanna denouncing trusts and asserts he speaks for the Republican Party. It notes a Chicago Downe town McKinley club speech, attacking Bryan and warning that trusts will oppress even the poor, urging support for McKinley.
A garbled denunciation argues that trusts prioritize profits over human life. It links the Galveston disaster to the dangers of concentrated capital and urges voters to oppose trusts to avoid further exploitation and worsening conditions under conservative remedies.
The speech urges moral action against theft by trusts and highway robbers, arguing government derives power from the governed and must serve the people. Bryan stresses that only justice and intention determine the morality of acts, whether theft occurs on the highway or in private life.
Fragmentary remarks discuss theft versus more serious offenses and compare criminal impact. The speaker questions the severity of petty theft relative to larger violations and contends those in prison commit greater wrongdoing. The language suggests a wartime or historical justice context with emphasis on moral comparison.
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