Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-30
This Nation Must Choose Between
an Empire and Republic
AN EXPENSIVE ENTERPRISE
p,,uppins. WIN Never oner Home
for surplus ropulstion-c"nno' hn-
durc Half citizens, Hair Nsssais'

winn1mucca. New, Aug. 29.-iion-
,yuuam Jennings Bryan passed
,b,sueh winnemucca this afternoon ON
hi. way to California. where he will
,...t ths Yosemite. lie will remain a
week In the valley
Nr. bryan was mot at Goloconda, NJ
,..8 miles east of here. By Hon. George
p NIRUn and u representative ~ the
tssHsIated Press At Wiunemucca, the
an stopped to enable Mr. Bryan 30
HUvHr 1u address 20 'nc tarrC crowd
ma bad gathered. Mr Bryan spoke
sfr.nEIy CondcmninE the policy u exc
plraun as proposed by the present nd-
IiHHtratlon. In part. Mr. Bryan said
u believe the outlook Tor success In
i.u never better than at present ON
h. Ola questions Of the campaign OF
I'D we are stronger than We were dur
'rr that campaign. on the new quca-
i.lHs We are gaining steadily.
THE Chicago platform at the con.
,s1f.on next year will be- rcaiilrmci
srfIrr. In fact. 1 doubt whether any
opposition 10 the platform Will mani
M itself IN the convention at all.
The two greatest ~ the new Issues
that are before the country are the
trusts and the Philippine question.
The FIRST question can scarcely be
NHI|HN new WUN ANIH NNMHNN NANf NtfAA
20 multiplied that the question assumed
Importance which II ala not have In
Many methods have been suggested
for the determination Of trusts. Tho
most feasible. Il seems 60 me. j. TO re-
uuirr every corporation TO obtain "a
i.eenfe from the federal government
before u n permitted 10 do business
outside the State In which II IL or
rIHIFed.
This license can be- granted under
conditions which viii squeeze the wa
tsr OUT ~ the stock and prevent the
mUnup0lIzntion Of any Industry
This nation must choose between be-
Inc o. republic or an empire, This ~
becoming more and more clearly re-
C1nvulErd. While some We're carried
away by c.cxCltcmcnt attending the
war. I am sure that the second sober
thought on the part ~ the people VIII
lead them TO oppose any departure
from the principles ~ srlf-govcrumgnt
gs sot forth In the Declaration " In-
dependence.
IAN Imperial policy cannot be- de-
fcndcd on any grounds. From a tlnan-
clul standpoint 10 will be- an expense to
70 large majority OF the people and %
pront only 90 the capitalists who would
organize Hyndicutcs 10 develop the
Philippine islands
"rhe islands viii never onor a home
for our surplus population, The white
race viii not live In the tropics. only
100000 persons % British BIRTH reside In
india out Of 800. 0O0. 900 after 10 years
of English possession.
The Imperial policy demands an In
crease " 5000 men In the standing
army An army of 5000 will cost the
people not lees than 500. 900 900 q year.
That money spent In retaining the
arid lands o. the West would furnish
homes Tor far more American citizens
than VIII ever locate In the Philippine
Islands.
From religious point OF Wow q
cannot be defended 4 dpspotiHm nt
Manila ~ not consistent with free
government In the United States This
nation cannot endure while half It's
people are citizens and half ynssals."