The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-24
BRYAN ON THE ISSUES.
The Democratic Leader Talks to
s His Neighbors.
WHO WILL HAUL DOWN THEFLAa2
Colonel lBryanAnswers the Presidents
Question by Declaring That 1t Shall
DO Hauled Down whenever tho Peo-
pie So Declare, as 1t Has Been Before.

pie So Declare, as 1t Has Seen BelOres
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 2.-Colonel W. J.
Bryan returned to Lincoln yesterday
afternoon, and was last night rendered
A a reception at the Oliver theater by
the Womans Bimetallic League. The
i house was crowded. and Colonel Bryan
received an ovation. He was intro
sduced by Governor Holcomb, who for
mally welcomed him home and compli-
mented him for his patriotism in en-
listing in the army.
\ After thanking his neighbors for their
tordial welcome and complmentins
The members OF his regiment and Colo
mel Vifuuln, in whose charge he left
them, he justified his resignation as
follows:
Il had five months Of peace in the
army and resigned in order to take
part in a fight. I am as much in
terested in the people of the United
States as am In the people of Cuba,
and unless I am mistaken In judging
we are called upon to meet more i'm
portant problems in the United States
just now than will confront our army
in Cuba.
. .. ooiHc VI lHeSe pIODIeIlS were GtlucT
! discussion before hostilities began
, Others have been thrust upon us as a
4 result of the war. Let me improve
\ this, my first opportunity, to assure
| you that my zeal for the reforms ad-
vocated a few months ago has not in
\ the least abated.
"The American people have not ac-
cepted the gold standard as final. 1t
has wrought more injustice in our
country during the last % years than
Spain has wrought in all her colonies.
and opposition to it will grow until
the gold and silver coinage Of the con-
stitution is fully restored. The trusts
which now flourish in defiance of law
are more merciless than Weyler was,
and the new trust-the paper money
trust, which is seeking to obtain con-
troll of all the paper money of the ma
tion-is greater menace to the coun-
try's welfare than any foreign foe.
There are, however, two new ques-
fions which demand immediate atten-
fion, because congress Is asked to act
upon them at once. The president rec
ommends that the REGULAR army be
permanently increased to 100000 men,
This question must be met now or not
at ALL"
Taking up the subject of imperialism
Mr.. Bryan said that the president has
misinterpreted the sentiment of the
people. They are opposed to giving the
philippine Islands back to Spain but
they have not as yet declared in favor
OF embarking upon a colonial policy.
30 great change, he said, could not
be undertaken without more investiga-
fion and deliberaton than the people
mad yet given the subject. Referring
TO President McKinley's inquiry: "Who
will haul down the f1ag?" he said:
THE flag is national emblem and
is obedient to the national will. 1t
was made for the people not the peo-
pie for the flag. When the American
people want the flag raised they raise
II: when they want 1t hauled down they
maui 1t down. The flag was raised upon
Canadian soil during the war of 1872,
and it was hauled down when peace
was restored. The flag was planted
upon Chapultepec during the war with
Alexico, and it was hauled down when
the war was over. The morning papers
announce that General Lee ordered the
rag hauled down in Cuba yesterday,
because it was raised too soon The
rag will be raised in Cuba again on the
nrst Of January, but the president de-
clares in his message that 1t will be
tauled down as soon as stable gov
srnment Is established. Who will deny
10 the people the right to haul the flag
down in the Philippines. If they SO de-
sire when stable government Is es-
tablished there?
y our nag stands for an indissoluble
union of indestructible states. Every
state is represented by a star, and