The age-herald., 1899-07-21
Same Policy Pursued In Cuba
 Should Be Observed
IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Our CourseS hould Have Been to Declare Filipinos Independent and Held Of Other Powers That the
 Republic Might Live.

Chicago, Ill.,, July 2O.-Four thousand people crowded into the auditorium to- night despite the sweltering heat, to at tend the political meeting given under the auspices of the Chicago platform demo- crats.
 It was from first to last a silver meeting, an Altgeld meeting, an antitrust and antl- expansion meeting. All of the speakers save Ex-Governor Stone, of Missouri, who was i'll, and talked for less than two minutes, declared in favor of 16 to and against the war in the Philippine Islands.
 The speech of Mr. Bryan evoked great enthusiasm among his hearers, especially when he declared that the American gov ernment should pursue in Luzon the same policy as was pursued in Cuba. The Phil ippines, he said, came into our hands by accident of war; and, being so acquired, they should have been treated on American principle and not on those practiced by European governments. The policy of the United States, he claimed, should have been to create republic in the Philippines, and say to all the world, Hands off, and let that republic live" His audience was in WILL ouS5SSllOAio uSSoA Niiie the Philippines and punctuated his speech with cheers.
 The meeting was largely made up of the local adherents of the Chicago platform and personal followers of Ex-Governor Alt geld. The meeting, therefore, partook somewhat of the nature of personal trib- ute to him. Many of the speakers alluded to him in laudatory terms, and at every mention of his name the audience shouted approval.
 MT. Atgeld did not occupy a seat on the platform, but throughout the meeting re- mained in the rear part of an upper box, and only made his appearance at the front of the box when the demand of the audi ence to hear from him became too loud for Chairman Clarence 8. Darrow to sub due.
 About one-half of the members of the national committee occupied seats on the platform, the balance failing to put in an appearance.
 After speeches by a number of prominent democrats from all parts of the country, MT. Darrow introduced MT. Bryan who was given an enthusiastic welcome. His de- claration that he felt embarrassed about speaking in Chicago because of the split in the local democracy and that 1t was not his business to employ the secret service to see who was the foremost democrat, provoked little opposition among the staunch ad- herents of MT. Altgeld but his assertion that "all Chicago democrats look alike to me" put them alright again, and from first to last his speech was most enthusiastically received.
 Talked of Local Differences
 MT. Bryan said
 Tn speaking in Chicago I am embarrass- ed by the fact that the advocates of the Chicago platform are divided into two camps. It is not my business to establish secret service in order to ascertain what democrats are most devoted to the princi- pies set forth in the last party creed. All Chicago platform democrats look alike to me, and instead of trying to drive any pro- fessed believer in that platform out of the party, my aim is to so impress upon all democrats the importance of the triumph of democratic principles that all local diff ferences will be lost sight of in the deter imitation to restore the government to the foundations laid by the fathers.
 "In the brief time that 1 shall speak to you, desire to condense what l have to say upon three subjects into a few brief propositions. First, President Mckinley by sending commission to Europe to secure international bmetallism, confessed the gold standard to be unsatisfactory. Second the failure of the commission to secure in- formation bimetallism proves that bi- metallism can be restored only through in- dependent action Third, the gold standard Is maintained today not because the Ameri- can people desire it, but because a few English financiers, by controlling the policy of England, through the republican party the financial policy of the United States Fourth, if the increased production of gold in the Klondike and the importation of gold from Europe have increased the volume of money and improved times, it Is evident fthat more money makes better times and times could be still further improved and the improvement made permanent by the restoration of bimetallism, which would make silver as we'll as gold available for coinage. Fifth, if 1t was more difficult to maintain the parity between gold and sil- yer when the supply of silver was in- creased. 1t must now be easier to maintain the parity since the supply of gold is in- creaSing.
 On the Trust Question
 "On the trust question I suggest the fol- lowing propositions for your considera- ton: First the trust Is menace to the welfare of the people of the United States. because it creates a monopoly and gives to the few in control of the monopoly al- ---~-~~---~~-~=-S->--~--~
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