The San Francisco call., 1898-12-31
SELF-RESTRAINT NECESSARY
IMPERIALISM INSPIRED BY
 CUPIDITY.
One of the Speakers Denounces the Protective Tariff as a Mere Promoter of
 Trusts.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. BOA compli- mentary reception and banquet to Col onel William J. Bryan was rendered to- night by the Nebraska Travelling Mems Club at the Lincoln Hotel. Invita- tions were sent to 250 admirers of MT. Bryan, which, with few exceptions, were accepted. The only notable ab sentee was Congressman Bailey of Texas, who was. to have responded tc the toast Democracy" but who tele- graphed from Washington his inability to be present. The dining hall was thrown open at g o'clock and the speechmaklng began one hour later. MT. Bryan responded to the sentiment: Americas Mission. Let not the Crime of the East e'er Crimson Thy Name; be Freedom and Science and Virtue Thy Fame"
 After complimenting the members of the club for their fidelity to the Chi cago platform, MT. Bryan proceeded to discuss the Philippine question.
 He insisted that a colonial policy was wrong in principle and unwise. and he predicted that it would prove unprofit- able in practice. He said in part:-
 
 vent foreign financiers from disregard ing the rights of the American people. now you are called upon to use your innuence to prevent the American peo pie from diSregarding the rights of others. Self-restraint is difficult vir- tue to practice. Solomon says that he that rules his own spirit is greater than he that taketh city. The American people have shown that they can take a nf fH-. Na-i1 "a Q the spirit of conquest?
 It has been the boast of our nation that right makes might. Shall We aban- don the motto of the republic and go back century to the monarchial motto which asserts that might makes right:
 Be not carried away by the excite ment incident to war; it will soon sub side. Our people will turn again to the paths of peace; justice will resume her reign. Be steadfast in the faith of the fathers. Your fight is for yourselves as we'll as your country. In the words Of the distinguished Georgian, Hill, Who saves his country saves himself, and all things saved, do bless him, who let's his country die lets all things die, dies himself ignobly-and all things dying curse him.
 Imperialism finds the inspiration in dollars, not in duty. It is not our duty to burden our people with increased taxes in order tG give few specula- tors an opportunity for explorations It is not our duty to sacrif1ce the best blood of our nation in tropical jungles in an attempt to stifle the very senti ments which have given vitality to American institutions; it is not our duty to deny the people of the Philip pines the rights for which our forefath- CTS fought, from Bunker Hill to York town.
 ;% to liberate those who are in bondage not to place shackles upon those who are struggling to be free.
 We rejoioce in the marvellous vic tory won by Dewey in Manila Bay; we would give to him a sacred place in history and crown his memory with blessings. To us he is a hero; to the Filipinos he can be savior.
 Let him be known to posterity not as the subjugator of an alien race, but as the redeemer of an oppressed people not as Lord Give, but as a Lafayette. The gratitude of a people is better than a jeweled sword"
 The second most notable address was that of Hon. J. G. Johnson, Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, who spoke to the sentiment No Trusts" He took the position that the trust system of the country is the direct outgroWth of the protective tariff Sys tenn, without which to prevent foreign connection there could be no success ful cornering of any of the ordinary manufactured products of the country He claimed that there was no present financial activity except in trust-pro- tected industries, and insisted that the system has all of the worst elements of state socialism, without any of it's ad- vantages to the public.
 He closed by exhorting his hearers ito assist in the overthrow of the Re publican party and thereby eliminate both the protective tariff and the trusts"
 He thought there was no heaven sent l call to carry freedom 1000 miles across ! the sea when there is such crying need for financial, commercial and in- dustrial emancipation at home. 1 The other speakers were Governor Holcomb, Governor elect w. A. Poyn- ter, James Hanahan. G. M. Hitchcock, editor of the Omaha World Herald; i; Deputy Attorney General w. D. Old ham and General G. B. Weaver of ]