The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-24

BE Applied in the Philippines,
| LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 23.-Col. VIII
| liam ]. Bryan returned to Lincoln this
| afternoon and was tonight rendered
| reception at the Oliver theater by the
! Woman's Bimetallic league. The
| house was crowded and Col Bryan re-
! ceiVed an ovation. He was introduced
| by Gov. Holcomb, who formally well
coined him home, and complimented
| him for his patriotism in enlisting In
the army.
After thanking his neighbors for
their cordial welcome and compliment
ing the members Of his regiment and
Col. Vifiquain, in whose charge he left
them, he justified his resignation as
| follows:
| / hid five months of peace in the army,
| and resigned In order to take part in a fight.
| am as much interested In the people OF the
| United States am in the people of Cuba
and unless | mistaken in Judging We are
called upon to meet more important prob
| lens in the United States just now than will
confront army in Cuba.
Some Of these problems were under discus
sion before hostilities began; others have
been thrust upon as a result of the war
OcI 1uS iHpION6 IHIS, ulys uTSC opportunity,
to assure you that my zeal for the reforms
advocated few months ago has not in the
least abated. Vital questions cannot be KILL
ed or buried, and we were dealing with vital
questions when the call to arms resounded
through the land.
The American people have not accepted the
gold standard as final 1t has wrought more
injustice in our country during the last
-twenty-three years than Spain has wrought
in all her colonies, and opposition to it will
grow until the gold and silver coinage Of the
constitution is fully restored. The trusts
which now flourish in defiance Of laws are
more mercess than Weyler was and the
new trust-the paper money trust-which Is
| seeking to obtain control of all the paper
money of the nation, is greater menace to
| the cOuntry's welfare than any foreign foe.
NEW QUESTIONS.
There are, however two new questions
| which demand immediate attention, because
| congress is asked to act upon them at once
The president recommends 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
| interpreted the sentiment Of the peQ-
pie. They are opposed to giving the
|
! they have not as yet declared in favor
of embarking upon colonial policy.
! SO great a change, he said, could not
be undertaken without more investlga-
tion and deliberation than the people
| had yet given to the subject.
The principal part of Col. Bryan's
! speech was devoted to the Philippine
question. In this connection he referred
| to President McKinley's inquiry; "Who
| will haul down the f1ag?" and replied:
The flag is the emblem and Is obedient to
! the national will. 1t wes made for the peo-
! pie, not the people for the flag. When the
| American people want the flag raised they
raise it; when they want 1t hauled down they
| haul 1t down. The flag Wigs raised upon
Canadian soil during the war Of 1872, and it
was hauled down when peace was restored
! The flag was planted upon Chapultepeo dur
| ing the war with Mexico, and it was hauled
down when the war was over. The morning
papers announce that Gen. Lee ordered the
| flag hauled down In Cuba yesterday, because
/ it was raised too soon. The flag will be
raised in Cuba again On the 1st Of January,
| but the president declares in his message
! that it will be hauled down as soon as a
| stable government is established. Who will
! deny to the people the right to haul the fag
| down in the Philippines If they so desire,
when stable government is established
! there?
FLAG OF THE UNION
| Our flag stands for an indssoluble union Of
! indestructible states. Every state is repre-
sented by star, and every territory sees in
the constitution a star of hope that it will some
day take its place in the constellation. What
| is there in the flag to awaken the zeal or re-
| feet the aspirations of vassal colonies which
are too good to be cast away, but not good
enough to be admitted to the sisterhood Of
! states?
Shall we keep the Philippines and amend
our flag? Shall we add a new star-a blood
star, Mars-to indicate that we have entered
upon career of conquest? Or shall we
adorn f9g with a milky way composed
Of multitude of minor stars, representing
remote and Insignificant dependencies?
| No. thousand times better to haul down
| the Stars and Stripes and substitute the flag
! Of an independent republic, than to surrender
the doctrines that give glory to "Old Glory"
! 1t was the flag of our fathers in the years
that are gone; it is the flag of a reunited
! country today let it be the flag Of our ma
ton in the years that are to come. It's
! stripes OF red tell of the blood that was shed
| to purchase liberty; its stripes of white pro-
! claim the pure and heayen-born purpose OF
| government which derived its Just
! powers from the consent of the
! governed. The mission OF that flag is to
| hoat-not over a conglomeraton of common
weslths-but over 1.-The land of the free and
! the home of the brave" and to that mission
1T must remain forever true, forever true"