| Show UTAH REMAINS LOYAL TO THE GREAT SILVER LEADER > t L I1X I l Mr Bryan Discusses the National Na-tional Jssiies > 4 1i FIVE THOUSAND P QPfE AT THE SALtbBAlbAGE c 4 t Waited Patiently For the OUSt OU-St tesmans Apgedr at Eloquent and Convincdngptogument On the Silver Questioj ed Imperialism and the Trust t fha Vigorous MannerS iPeech yj By exSenator Duboir fIdaho Reception In the > filr P a Flowers For Mrs BrywL > < S I h tr Crowds swarmed into thSaltPalace grounds between 7 and Sjfq cioclc last evening to hear the gtea Democratic leader The Midwa3C Biaisance rwas overrun the pala e wasfailjofj people and every road and bypSjtkshad iarge I crowds They walked tujmhihe grass and over the lawns ithdpt regard to I the damage done ManyHhbusanus visited vis-ited the grounds and pro iably5OOQ remained 1 re-mained to hear Mr Eipyans address I But it was a long timelbefbre t jl Bryan appeared The ftralri which should have reached SaltjLake at 730 I did not come On time The south veranda ver-anda and steps of the Sa IjPalace where a platform had tieenMiullt for the occasion were billed andl jammed with ladies and gentlemen apd1 children chil-dren anxious to get as neatthe great Nebraskan as posslbl Fr 4Le9nard who had charge of the arrangements made many attempts to clear the veranda ver-anda but they wfere Ineffective The platform had been built in the center of the steps leaving a passageway passage-way down on each side People thronged these steps and would not leave them Ladies were jammed together to-gether anxious to catch a glimpse of the orator of the occasion and it required the efforts of many policemen to keep the passageways opeif so that persons could walk up and down the stairs The crowds were very patient > There was a sea of faces out in front of the palace stretching all the < way over to the entrance of the streets of Cairo Senator Rawlins Presided A long time after > 8 oclock Senator Rawlins and exSenator Fred T Dubois Du-bois of Idaho accompanied by Colonel John W Jones of the First Idaho volunteers vol-unteers C J Bassett of the Idaholm migration company Ei W Exura Frank W Beane of Idaho and J D Flenner editor of the iBblse Capital Senator Rawlins made I anVseffort to speak but the Mldway8plelefr and musicians drownedhiavoi 60U the could hardly be heard Theywere induced in-duced to stop whan he introduced Senator Sen-ator Dubois The gentleman from Idaho made quite an extended speech upon the silver question and Colonel Jones spoke a few words A mighty shout went up when Bryan I whose face is known to Utahns came in sight Every one in the vast audience audi-ence standing on the ground below J knew him at once Though itwas nearly near-ly 10 oclock when be arrived he was not discouraged He spoke oialmost an hour and a half upon the silver question ques-tion trusts and imperialism He was witty sarcastic serious and humorous by turns His speech was laden with jokes and funny sayings which kept the crowd in a splendid humor One noticeable feature of his address was his constant reference to the Bible Many of his points were Illustrated by parables stories and quotations from the Bible Discussed Imperialism His argument upon the question of imperialism was a strong statement of his position upon the Philippine war The treaty with Spain said he ought to have provided for the independence inde-pendence of the Filipinos The president presi-dent might now call a special session of congress and make the same promises prom-ises for the independence of the Philippines Phil-ippines as have been made to Cuba There were many and thunderous cheers as he attacked and piled up argument ar-gument upon argument against the Republican Re-publican partys position in regard to the Islands Those who accompanied Mr Bryan were Congressman B H Roberts Judgd O W Powers James H Mrfyle Bishop O F Whitney Hon Moses Thatcher Hon George W Thatcher exCongress man John T Caine and Councilman John Siddoway When Senator Rawlins came upon the platform he called the meeting to order and spoke as follows SENATOR RAWLINS REMARKS Pays Handsome Compliment to Senator Sen-ator Dubois of Idaho Ladies and Gentlemen feel greatly honored tonight in being permitted to speak to such a magnificent audience of people The interest which i the people peo-ple of this state manifested in 1896 when the state gave to Mr Bryan the magnificent majority of 60000 that same interest is still eminently predominant In the hearts of the people of Utah Applause I am not here tonight to make a speech because I know you are In a state of great expectation as to what is to come but I know this audience will be delighted to hear from a distinguished leader of bimetallism from the north A few years ago when I went to Washington when the question ques-tion was as to whether there should be a repeal of the purchasing clausoof the Sherman act and the forces were arrayed ar-rayed on the one side and the other of the great question of bimetallism there were certain men In the United States who stood conspicuously to the front in doing battle for the cause that I know Is dear to the people of the west to the people of Utah Among the distinguished distin-guished leaders in that fight was the gallant young senator which our neighbor neigh-bor state from the north honored itself by sending to the senate of the United States This gentleman had been a lifelong Republican but when that party deserted the cause of bimetallism raised the standard of gold against the interests and welfareof the people he and others like him in that party true to their convictions and their constituents constitu-ents did not leave their party for the sake of some tempting advantage they left it because they believed in that principle which had been deserted by the party with which they had been during their lives associated Although some of them are now in private life although the party which they deserted for the time being is predominant pre-dominant in thlsnation although It has gifts to bestow and patronage to dispense dis-pense these men are still true to their principles They have proved themselves them-selves not only honest and sinceretin t J 1 > v d fJol J i < i + 4 + tt + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + + + + t + + + + + + + 1 + I + + + It I f J C i f I + + + 1k + + + + e f i I + + l t 4ff + i1 tIt t + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + XW 1 L pj + + + + + xn2 J 4 t 1 + + + + I j IIi + + + + iiii + + r J 4 ¼ 1 + L + + 7re7 4 M4 + + + + + + 4 + + + + + 4q I YLfIi L ki 4 + tht 4 4 9LiC r + + i 4Wi7 1 i + + + + + + + + + + It + I + + + + + + + 1 = 4 4 I 1 f + + r < fo + + Tf 3 I k + 1 < < I = i tA flI7 + 4 + I q 4 I H 4 + 4 + + + r + d f + + + + + rfF + + + + + CAPTAIN DREYPUS AS HE IS TODAY 4 + The sketch was taken of the prisoner in the court room at Rennes It + shows tho new artillery unform which was given to him on his returnfrom + 4 Devils Island 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + their purpose but have demonstrated that they are true heroes heroes In the best sense of that word I take great pleasure ladies and gentlemen I feel it an honor to introduce intro-duce to you the honorable Senator Dubois Du-bois from Idaho SENATOR DUBOIS SPEECH Declares Silver Republicans Remain loyal to Bryan Senator Dubois spoke as follows Mr Chairman Ladies and Gentle menrrl did not come here tonight expecting ex-pecting to make a Speech to you nor did you come here tonight expecting to listen to me I came from my state of Idaho to pay my tribute of respect to the foremost American citizen In this republic Applause I came to pay my respects to the champion bimetallism bimetal-lism As your presiding officer stated almost four years ago there were some Republicans who left their old party when It declared in favor of the single gold standard I was one of those Applause And it was a boon to us when there stepped forward that brilliant bril-liant courageous and true man William Wil-liam J Bryan to take up the standard under which we had enlisted to fight Applause And is there any reason why any one who left the Republican party three years ago on account of principle in order to support William J Bryan Is there any reason I say or any logic why that man should desert William J Bryan who stands today and defies the gold men of his own party and the United States Applause Ap-plause Any one who for truly conscientious con-scientious reasons and on account of principle supported William J Bryan three years ago will follow him this time with ten times renewed energy and loyalty Conditions In Idaho So far as my own state of Idaho is concerned more than onehalf of the Republican party of that state left thQ party with their delegation in St Louis when tHey marched out and they are out yet I will say and it will go to Idaho perhaps that there are not twelye silver Republicans in the state there are not a dozen of them who will riot gladly cast their yotes for William J Bryan If he Is a candidate next fall Applause And when I hear it intimated that there are silver Republicans in Utah who have gone back I doubt it very much What have they gone back to If they go back to the Republican party there will be a singlegold standard stand-ard to mock and jeer at them Why the other day a bankers convention in Cleveland l was not satisfied so they say with the present condition of affairs af-fairs but drew up a resolution these goldbug bankers which they say congress con-gress mustpass this winter and congress con-gress probably will pass it and it provides pro-vides that every one of our species of money paper silver and all else shall be redeemed in gold only and that the greenbacks shall he retired as soon as they tare once redeemed and Jail money put in the handsofl the national banks Is that inviting to those who left the Republican party three years ago dn r to J f i r r J o 0 account of principle andbecause they were blmetallists Sometlmesan excuse Is given up in my country very likely down here by some one who wishes to return and join the gold standard ranks that he Is In favor of expansion or Imperialism or whatever they are of a mind to call it and that the Democracy Democ-racy will not be Therefore they will follow destiny expansion although It fake them into the ranks of the gold party They claim that expansion will increase in-crease our trade extend cur commerce that we should have Philippine islands is-lands for commercial reasons imperialism Not Needed It has been my good fortune to visit a number of tropical climes and you can ask any one of your soldier boys and they will tell you that the Utah farmers trade Is worth more to the United States than 10000 Filipinos Applause Ap-plause The hope of the white race and the entire world lies now in the country between the Missouri river and the Pacific ocean and British Columbia on the north of it It is the only country coun-try left in the world that the white man can live in and prosper in We have room enough here to ajjcommodate 400000000 people as many ias there are in China and then not be overcrowded and when they come from1 other countries coun-tries they will be American citizens the best citizens on the face of the earth and the most productive Applause Ap-plause We do not need any colonization coloniza-tion or imperialism to extend our trade The other day aPhiladelphia built a bridge on the Nile In Australia they use almost nothing except American goods all reapers mowers and machines ma-chines are made In this country Our trade now extends over the entire world and our tralrfs re going over the continent of Europe Wevjare trading in England itself AriS why Because I under this glbrious republic of ours we invited people from eyeryfriatioiLion the earth to come and live among us We said to them we wIll maRe you a free and equal citizen we will give you the ballot and every privilege which we possess WeAave lived thus 100 years It has producqtl the geateat nation the world has ever seen dnd rio nation on the earth cari compete with us Cheap Labor Competition We do not have to take in 8000000 or 10000000 Malays in order to extend our trade Why white men cannot live in these hot countries The men over there who possess wealth rill put up immense factories and employ cheap labor and teach that cheap labor to I manufacture goods to compete with our goods White labor cannot live there I I know because 1 have been in those countries myself I went into a factory in China a couple of years ago They had 2500 men and boys employed there They paid them 175 per month and they boarded themselves One dollar and seventyfive cents a month and these Chinamen can manufacture anything any-thing They were not making goods I however to compete with us because they Were making goods for their own people They have a tremendous market I mar-ket the in theeastsih those far east ConUnued r owPag4 1 P b f I > o J flt f < < r J r UTAH RfMAINS OVAL I I Continued from pace J J fr ern countries Over in Manila the only I laborers there are Chinese and China Is right at band where they can get all t that they want None of our white a I people will go to the Philippines If anybody goes away from home it will f be the Filipinos who will come here f Let Them Go x As I say some who supported bimetallism bi-metallism and Mr Bryan three years I j ago make expansion an excuse for the Ii i return Well I would say to them you can go for as has been said many times before this fight for bimetallism 3 will be met and won by those who stand for the people and for principle Applause And they will fight it out i until they win Applause L 1 have not tried to make a speech or a good while This is a magnificent Is tremendous audience and it Is dIfficult P at best to speak in the open air and r therefore I will thank you for your courtesy and kind attention Cries of Go ahead go ahead Give L us some wore The Philippine Trade lYf Well I will tell you somex more about the Philippine trade I will tell you what they are doing in Japan They manufacture everything there they pay their laborers IS or 20 cents a day I was down south last winter and i T made it my business to inquire at Memphis and some other places if they shipped any cotton to Japan and how much I knew they did They all aId they did ship quite a good deal tow to-w Japan Now these Japanese live in a tropical clime also They take this raw cotton which they buy in the United Unit-ed > States and with 15 or 20cen labor I they can manufacture any kind of cotton r cot-ton goods they want They manufacture manufac-ture a great deal of it They do not manufaqture It to compete with us and they wont have to If the Chinese and Japanese should und rtakc to manufacture i manu-facture iron goods woolen goods or r cotton goods or anything else and put V it in competitionwith us and we could see that it was destroying our own labor kf t la-bor we would have the power under M our Jaw to stop it We excluded the i Chinese from our shores because we uKciuuu JL aiucenao jj iuu netesiiy was upon us we would exclude Chinese r roods > But you will > t exclude the Philippine Philip-pine goods They will put up their plants there getthelr wool from Aus traliatheir iron from this country and their coal 4s right there in Japan and t Ohina The r will get their raw material i I mater-ial they wll take this cheap labor and L teachthem to manufacture goods just as suitable as any we can manufacture l for the Chinaman is very imitative and there is a clause of the constitution c constitu-tion of the < United States which says there shall be no trade discrimination rJ between different parts of our own country and they could not shut out tr the goods of these Filipinos who will have the raw material of this country it and the cheap labor of China and Japan r But that will be a temporary question ques-tion Of course I have not seen your r Utah soldiers but you could not give the Philippine islands to any of the i Idaho battalion none of them would go 1 there to live And our boys who have I come back are but shadows of their I former selves and are mighty glad to get into the mountains of Idaho again if hIt will be a temporary question because t be-cause the sentiment of the American J people will not allow any plan to suc E cee i which is going to keep a large t standing army in order to keep in subjection F sub-jection a people who know nothingof ti our civilization and want nothing to do r with it r My observation is that the great t question next time as it was last time will be the silver question and it will be stripped of all subterfuge There will be no international agreement thrown in to catch gudgeons with It will be a plain striight declaration And on the other hand the reform forces will rally once more around tne 3tandard of 16 to 1 that standard held aloft proudly and courageously by Wil liam J Bryan When Senator Dubois had finished there was quite an interval of time which many of the crowd spent in calling call-ing for Judge Powers who however I was not present An Idaho Soldier Senator Rawlins introduced Colonel Jones of Idaho who spoke as follows Ladles and Gentlemen When Mark Twain was introduced to President Grant he looked at him and said Mr 1 President I am embarrassed arent M I fl h I I t I i f Colonel Jones of Idaho I you Now I feel embarrassed to appear ap-pear before you as sandwiched in between be-tween a United States senator and the greatest American statesmen today the Hon William J Bryan I am just back from the Philippines and I want to say to you that I am glad to be back and I shall be proud to remain re-main here with you Applause I thank you ladies and gentlemen for the honor that you have Intended me by this call but I have not the strength to speak to you as r would desire ME BRYAN APPEARS Singing Speech On Silver and Other Issues When Mr Bryan cat le pushing through the crowd to the platform hundreds of hands were outstretched to him He shook hands with some of the ladies and passed on to the platform plat-form where ha was introduced by Senator Sen-ator Rawlins In a few words Mr Bryan i Bry-an spoke as follows Mr Chairman Laflies and Gentlemen Gentle-men 3E regret the delay of the train that has made me so late but that delay de-lay has given you a chance to hear I others and I only regret that I was i not permitted to hear them myself I I f know you have heard from Fred Dubois Du-bois and I always like to listen to him I because In the great crisis of 1896 when the gold Democrats left us he was in the front ranks of those who came to take their places I do not know whether you have heard from Senator Rawlins or not but I love to hear hlm But If I did come iate I am going td talk to you quite a white anyhow if you are willing to listen This stat gave a large majority 1 H = + t + I + t + + 4 t t + tfi j t + + i 4 r it ir > I I 2 1 iII + I i-II of 4 I 0 to + I14 C f o + + I + + + + + + + I i + tt I t t t 2 i 4 1 f d r4 4 f 1 + + 1ff71 I + t t I J + i + + wJ + t + L + T + + + + + + 4 1 4 + t + + + + + = = h v + + + + SENATOBDUBOIS DISCUSSES SILVER QUESTION ± + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + against the Republican ticket in i 1896 and if I you had one reason for leaving the Republican party in 1896 you have sixteen reasons for not going back to it now Why did you leave the Republican Re-publican party It was because you believed the Republican party to be wrong on a great public question Utah had been Republican state but the Republicans of Utah placed devotion to principle above devotion to party You left the Republican party because that party In your judgment was wrong The party has not changed its position since you left it Party Has Grown Worse If the Republican party was so bad that the silver Republicans could not reform it what Js the condition of the party since the reform element went out But bad as it was when the re form element left it when the gold Democrats went into the Republican party they made it worse still Since the Republicans of Utah left their party it has been going down hill and I want to show you why you cannot return to that party without confessing that you were wrong in 1896 and the I Republican party right I assert that the Republican party is placing the dollar above the man that it is en I thronipg money and debasing mankind I assert that the dollar mark is plain ly visible upon every Republican pol icy and that no policy is genuinely Republican I Re-publican today unless thedollar mark Is blown in the bottle Income Tax Plank In 1896 we advocated income tax the silver Republicans believed with us that an income tax is right The war I has made an income tax more necessary neces-sary and the incidents of the war have brought out into bold relief the injus tice of the Republican plan of collect ing taxes How do we collect taxes to support the federal government Largely from Import duties and internal inter-nal revenue tax both systems bearing heaviest upon the poor and lightest upon the rich When we as a party wanted to secure the passage of an income in-come tax law a Democrat in New York said to us that the rich Democrats would leave the party if the Democratic party favored an income tax and I de fended the rich Democrats and said they would not do it but I did ndt know the rich Democrats then as well as I did afterwards but I said Suppose they do leave wont the noor nennh licans come in to take their piacesF I thought they would but I didnt know the poor Republicans then as well as I did afterwards But if the poor Republicans Re-publicans did not understand the importance im-portance of the income tax in 1896 they understand it now Justice Brown a Republican member of the supreme court of the United States in hjs dissenting dis-senting opinion used these words II fear that in some hour of national peril this decision will rise up to paralyze the arm of the government Taste of Stamp Taxes Many people did not Ere the peril but when war came on theri that prophecy was verified We wanted more revenue We could not get it from Incomes Why Because of that decision de-cision and then we had to look around for any old thing to put a stamp on and now you are getting a taste of stamp taxes Who pays It Who pays the tax when you send a telegram Not the telegraph company Why Because Be-cause the telegraph company has more Influence with the Republican party than all the poor men who vote that ticket It is because aggregated wealth has more influence than the plain people I peo-ple of this country I believe the reform forces that I fought together in 1896 will fight again in 1900 and we shall secure an amendment amend-ment to the constitution that will specifically spe-cifically provide an income tax Death of Silver Issue Let me speak of another question You have been told that the money question is dead Do not worry the money question has been buried so often that a funeral ig i of no consequence conse-quence I remember in 1892 someone said that the money question would never be heard of after election and next year Mr Cleveland called congress together to repeal the Sherman law and bury the question again and then they said that settled I but it was up in I 1894 and had to be buried again and I then in 1895 they burled i again and I some of you may remember it was up I in 1896 Well they say they did bury it then I remember myself reading so in the headlines of the papers but they had to bury it again in 1897 and then in 1898 and if you will read the papers you will find the obsequies are still going on But 1 have examined the socalled corpse apd my candid judgment Is that it will havetotte buried again in 1900 Why is they have to bury I so often Because time they do not bury i well any And why do not they bury I Because Be-cause no ttmb was ever made so strong thatit timId imprison a righteous right-eous cause and our cause iswjghteous I anybody onydoubt that the gold standard was burled in 1896 l doubt was removed when Mr McKinley sent a commission 10 Europe to get rid of i Gold Standard a Curse The fact is that the first thing the president did < was to send three distinguished distin-guished men to Europe to ask the nation na-tion of Europe to help us get rid of the gold standard You cannot lay It l on thepresldent for congress appropriated ap-propriated 5100000 to pay the expenses of the commission When the commission commis-sion g ft to England the laboring men jqined in petitions to help restore bimetallism i bi-metallism They wanted it becaus the i gold standard has been a curse to them and while that commission was there an agricultural commission reported and ten out of the fourteen declared thatvthe gpd standard yasthe chief 3 cause of the agricultural depression in England and pointed to bimetallism the only hope of the farmer If there Is a silver Republicans wants togo to-go back to the Republican party I ask him to find out why Mr McKinleys commission failed Why the English government sent our commission home and put an end to the hope of interna tional bimetallism It was because on the 22nd day of September 1897 the bankers in London met at the clearing house and declared the gold standard was all right and those bankers meet ing in secret controlled the policy of the English government and that government gov-ernment controls the policy of Europe and Europe is controlling the policy of the United States through the Repub lican party partTo To Silver Republicans I And i there Is a silver Republican who wants to go back to the Republican Repub-lican party I want to tel him I shall continue my fight for this nation and to put it in the hands of the Americans But people say things have happened I that now make the silver standard unnecessary I un-necessary When did you find it out John Hay Republican secretary of state wrote a letter on the 25th x f last Novembertwo years after the last presidential election and two weeks after the last congressional election and that letter written by Secretary Hay to Lord Oldenham of England was published as a part of the investigation investi-gation of the English commission Into l Indian finances and i you will read that letter you will find that Secretary Hay says that Mr McKinley and a majority ma-jority of his cabinet still believed in the great desirability of international agreement I the gold standard is satisfactory azreement sat-isfactory why want an international Foreign Domination You tell me we have got to submit to it Who said so I deny the right of English financiers to settle the financial finan-cial policy of the United States This nation took up arms to help the people of Cuba rid themselves of foreign domination domi-nation and if we are willing to go to war to help a neighboring people free themselves from foreign domination shall we refuse to go to the polls to rid our own country of foreign domination tionIf we wanted to let the money question ques-tion rest the Republicans would not let us because they are now going for ward and proposing to carry the gold standard a little further > they are proposing pro-posing to make gold the only legal tender ten-der to retire greenbacks and place this nation more securely In the clutches of those who own the gold by saying that all debts must be paid in nothing but sold Question of Trusts I want to call your attention to two or three other things that the Republican Repub-lican party has been doing We were fighting the money trusts in 1896 and a great many people did realize what the money trusts meant but when the same principle was applied to the toothpick and match trusts they began be-gan to see i And trusts have been organized one after another until today A man came to our town some time ago He was called before an audience and said he le was glad to see 50 many people I looked like times were better and that confidence was restored and speaking of confidence he had been looking the matter up and found that according to Webster confidence was defined as trust and then he knew that confidence had been restored More trusts have been organized in the last two years than were organized in l the previous hiS J tory of the country Why Because i the Republican party secured success in 1896 by the aid of contributions I wrung from the great corporations of 1 this country and these corporations have a mortgage on the party and are I now getting back out of the peOple more than they contributed to the party You tell me that the Republican party is doing what I can to destroy the trusts I deny i I could destroy the trusts if it i wanted to Republicans Shield Trusts I believe a party can do something if it i wants to But the Republican I j party dont want to The attorney general gen-eral wrote a letter and said If there was any remedy at all for the trustit I must be found in the state He certainly cer-tainly meant you could not look to him for any remedy The party should not tolerate an attorney general who has that opinion Let him enforce the law that is I Is weak enough Well you say If he does it is not sufficient Then why dont we recommend recom-mend one that Is sufficient You say that the supreme court might hold i unconstitutional Well you cant tell unt the court meets what its dec sion wiU be but why dont the attorney attor-ney general propose an amendment to the constitution that will be suttlcient I am going to spend most of the time tKTs evening on the new questions because X know what you think on the old questions And If a silver Republican goes back to the Republican party you will have to place It on the ground that some new question has become more Important ant and therefore I ant < to talk about new questions Increase In the Army In 1896 we had a standing army of 25000 men that is all That was enough because the Republican party did not ask for any more arid I have such faith In the Intelligence courage cour-age of the Republican party hat I must b lee it would haye asked for more in 1896 if ue had needed more We do not need any more for domestic purposes now Will the Republicans say that during that time since which veJiave had Republican admjnlstrar Upi that fact rmakes meye soldiers t1 z = a necessary If confldence is restored and eslary erity has returned do we ne d 11Irg r rmy o my friends you haye sofjto < def end the army s the4 ground that < we need i fokou IMJ service Some leader ofthQ4Repllpr licanpaTty i are < wldemanclinsifhaf i have ah arjny of 100000 men r JI rejolcethaf so far as we have been enabled to defeat that proposition I am glad today that the army is standing stand-ing as it has stoodexcept forthe tern porary increase of the present war But If the Republican party wins in 1900 you may rest assured that there will bea larger army in this country Because they have been asking for i and some of them long before the war They are using long condition as are a-re oh for securing that change which they tried to secure before I believe in the citizen soldiery This nation has relied re-lied upon them In the past and I am In favor ofrelylng on them In the future fu-ture > r I The Republican party would pass vicious Jaws and then ask for a larger army to make the laWs palatable We propose to make laws that every citi zen will be willing t9 fight fore for-e Imperial Policy I thought I roved the citizen soldier before became acquainted with him but a few months service with the volunteer vol-unteer evert in camp has made me love him more r believe In the soldier who goes back to work after the war but I we have an Imperial policy we will have a large army I we do not have an Jmperial policy they will not be able to furnish a sufficient excuse for a large army Shall we have the menace and expense df a large military establishment establish-ment 1 I do not believe it wise or necessary nec-essary But my friends If you are opposed to a large army you must oppose are op pose the Imperial policy that Is being used as anexcuse for a larger army Our opponents do not like to be called imperialists J t am not surprised I haVe known men before to object ton to-n mes that described them We called them goldbugs but they said they were wexe advocates of sound money and an honest i hon-est dollar Now they talk about expansion expan-sion and do not like to be called Imperialists Imper-ialists There is a good deal of difference differ-ence between expansion and Imperialism Imperial-ism Expansion describes such annexations j annex-ations Of territory as we have had before s be-fore the acqulsltlonof territory that Iso s is-o be settled by American citizens and 1 bum up Into American states but im penalism describes the colonial policy which propQses tq haye a citizen here and a subject over there half republic and half Imperial halt resting upon the consent tof the governed and the other half upon force J donot believe In an imperial policy pol-icy or that the two ideas of government can grow side by side We cannot have both upon the same soil There are two systems of government by force and by consent C sent of the Governed The Declaration of Independence was that government derives Its Just powers from the consent of the governed gov-erned Is it true or false I think Its true That Is the only source of government govern-ment and I a not willing that we shall repudiate that historic document apd go back to the European definition that government is n thing about thir teen inches in diameter round in shape and fired from the mouth of a cannon I I am not willing to substitute that for I the American idea I do not doubt that we can whip the Filipinos I have I never doubted it I believe that we cn whip any nation in Le worldithat we ought to whipI cannot tell how long I it will take to whip the Filipinos nor how often we will have to repeat It but we can do lt because the Spanish came pretty near whipping them and they had only been at It 300 years and then they got 20000000 for the option on the fight when they went out I repeat I know we can whip them but my friends a great nation like this ought not to decide questions on that basis It is not what we can do but what We ought to do The man who tajkp about what wecan do is the man who would slnkthls nation to the level of brute force nThe question is what ought this nation to do Imperialistic Arguments IJ have heard three arguments in favor of imperialism First that there is money in it I would be willing to settle this question even on that basis I And I challenge you to estimate i If you can what i Is going to cost us to conquer and hold in subjection 8000000 Malays 7000 miles from home in 1200 I islands living under a tropical sun and fighting In the protection of a jungle Figure up what are going to make and If you can find that you are going to get more than we spend then you have got another problem Who will spend W and who will get i back The I money win be wrung from taxpayers and what we get back will go to the syndicate I noticed the Intervle from a gentleman in San Francisco who had returned from the Philippine islands He said this nation must hold the Islands for Its own sake and for the sake of those people and at the end of this the interview there was a sentence like thisMr Mr SoandSo had come to the United States to organize a new syndicate syndi-cate to develop the Philippine islands and a few days afterward he gave out another interview explaining what that syndicate would do He was going to develop all the various resource of those islands and I made up my mind that all there would bo for us to do would be to furnish the army while I syndicate developed the country i You cannot prove that there will be money in It Do you think they are I going to furnish a home there for our surplus population Do you think our j I people arc goIng there to find homes in Philippines Dont you know I they have sixty people to the square mile there or had when we first got acquainted with themand we have only twenty here Cannot Colonize Them If we connect the islands with this country people are allowed to move back andforth and there will be more Flliplnos come here than Americans go to Philippines The white race will not live in the tropic and If every Filipino were to die tomorrow you ccuidnf get 100000 Americans to go there and live in 100900 years and if they went they would not be white people in three generations Spain has been ting for 300 years and only has a Handful of Spaniards there Germany Ger-many hagsome colonies near there and haS 580000 natives and 198 white people Java under the Netherlands with 60 000 of European birth and blood has 25000000 natives Overcrowded England Eng-land has only been able to force a few Englishmen into India ngland has been there not for the purpose o uplifting those people but to get out of them all the money they could spare A distinguished Indian living in London says that the condition of the people of India under English rule is a little worse than the conditions during slavery yet the Republican party now Is embarkedupon a policy that will bind the fetters upon 8000000 Malays an give them a condition worse thank American slavery Agents of the Almighty Then the argument that weare going go-ing there as agents of the Almighty to Give them the blessings of our religion is that of a misguided man If there Is one man who Js more mistaken than another about the benefits of this policy pol-icy it is the man who sustains imperialism imperial-ism on the ground that we are doing missionary work If you believe that you can find support for this sort of a theory in the Blble want you to find the text I remember reading In one place where the people refused to receive Christ and some of his disciples wanted want-ed to call down fire from heaven upon thorn but Christ said to them Ye know not what manner of spirit your you-r of The Son ofMan came not Into the world to destroy biit to gave men That is the doctrine that was preached by the meek and lowly Nazarene Naz-arene If you wantto find where thIs subject > If i presented in a convincing TVjiyLwish you would read a sermon delivered by W T Brown of Roches 7 ¼ L l 0 L + + + + + + + + + + + + f4 + + + + + 9 + + + + k + + + + + + + + + + + i i t > + ff i J 1 j I r < a Eli ii J + + + A CHAB ACTERISTIC ATTITUDE + tar N Y from the text describing the cene of ChrIst before Pilatei Pilate aid Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee or put thee to death The preacher contrasted the doctrine o f force with the doctrine of love There was Pilate representing Caesar and behind him the Roman gov eminent and behind the Roman government eminent the legions of the army Plate tale says what I can do and before him stood the man who preached the gospel gos-pel of love and then the preacher went on to showhow from that day the power of the Roman government waned and of Christ increased Pilate was gone Caesar was gone and the Ro dman empire crumbled into dust but the name of Christ was taken with reverence rence upon the llps of new millions every day My friends I believe that minister presented what every Christian should think about What Is to be the mission of this ation Is it to go forth as a great moral force or as a bully and bruiser among the nations The gospel of Christ or the gospel of Pilate I believe lieve the time will come when every knee shall bend and every tongue shall praIse but it will be when the Chris tian people go forth with love to lift people up by example and not blow them up by dynamite in order to get their money Do you believe my friends that wean we-an justify a war of conquest Bible ground Now It is said that we owe it to the iMIfpinos to go there for their good Dewey announced to the government at Washington In June 1898 that the Filipinos were far more capable of self government than the Cubans and yet In order to furnish an excuse for taking tak-Ing the land of the Filipinos and thrpw Ing the net of our government over them they are now saying the Filipinos Filipi-nos arenot capable of governing them selves What Should Be Dote My friends you cannot defend it upon Christian grounds neither can you defend It upon political grounds You ask me what we can So there There ought not to have been one moments mo-ments hesitation Ifa man under stands that the people are the source of government he ought to understand what should be done If it is true that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed if it is true as we said It was if the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free then where can we draw the I line between the rights of the Cubans and the rights of the Filipinos I When we compelled pal to aumii the independence of the people of Cuba we did right I believe the same principle I prin-ciple ought to have controlled in the Philippine islands What else could be done The administration could give to the Filipinos the same independence that it gave to the Cubans Hot Too Late But my friends you tell me it is too late I say it is not It is never too late for this nation to do right and I believe that today the president might call congress togethEr and ask authority to make to the Filipinos the same propositions of independence that we have made to the Cubans Jt would cost money but not so much as to carry on a war 7000 miles away This nation ha the opportunity to win a victory such as It has not won since Yorktown We said to Cuba we do not want your land we want your independence And 20QOOO volunteer rushed to arms Let us say to the Filipinos ipinos as we said to the Cubans We have driven the Spaniards out standup stand-up and be free My friends what mockery to have the statue of liberty enlightening the world in New ork harbqr when we cease to be champions < bf selfgov ernment If we enter Upon an imper j I ialist policy what shall we do with i I Take it down and sent it back to I France and tell the people there that I we are not in the liberty business anymore I any-more and geta secondharid statue of I William the Conqueror and indicate the change of the American people in their policy for the future of this nation I The imperial policy is going backward I ask the question of you did our liberty bell ring in vain History tells us that when the declaration was about to be signed the people gathered in the streets and waited for the signal and when it came the old liberty bell rung out and the people caught up the sound and cheered anjJ neerep again hal we no longer stand before the I world and defend tne aoctrme ot tne rights of the people I know not what you think I care not but Inmy judgment judg-ment this nation is not ready to go back to royalty I Duty of the People I understand that some people think that we ought not to mention this subject sub-ject while the war is J that it is the duty of every American citizen to support sup-port the policy of the administration whether that policy Is right or wrong T do not believe in the doctrine that the i I king can do no wrong I you deny to us the right to object to a war of conquest con-quest you deny a right given to the English people even as far back as the days of the revolution And shall we1 say today that when we deny l dependence de-pendence and selfgovernment to the Filipinos that we endanger the doctrine trine of selfgovernment in the nation na-tion ton am not willing to surrender the right to govern ourselves Id ord r to get policy glittering promises of 8 colonial J believe we stand face to face with a great proposition upon the settlement settle-ment of which is to depend the question whether this Js to be a homogenous republic re-public or whether a heterogeneous empire em-pire e pireSpend your money in the development develop-ment of the American citizenship in the development of American Ideas and we shall i make this republic what the fathers Intended f We are not pleading fOg the Filipinos Fili-pinos If they were all to dletomorrov pllos Uc f9t this world would go on but put out the light of our civilization destroy the example of this republic and where shall we find the nation to which the struggling masses of mankind could looK Shall we turn lack Shall we forfeit the past Shall we descend to the low plane of physical force from which we started in revolutionary davs Destiny is not a matter of chance but amatter of choice And we are here for the purpose and must make that choice t I do not mean to say that God does not speak to the human race through man even today but in my humble judgment when God gets ready to speak to the American people he wilt not choose the head of the trust a his mouthpiece nor make his will known through Mark Hanna I |
