The San Francisco call., 1899-08-31
AGAIN. COLONEL BRYAN.

= OLONEL BRYAN is impending, and take
| occasion to extend to him the freedom of the
- city and the hospitality OF California. We in
yoke Tor him and his interesting family good time
and restfu enjoyment OF the matchess scenery OF our
mountains and valleys We wish he could cast OFT
political cares but perhaps he bears them lightly and
it may be that his mind rests while he attends to them
He has made several speeches while coming to us,
and from them it IS apparent that he is practicng with
anti-imperiasm as an issue
The New York Journal, which early began mail
ing the flag to the Philippines" is an earnest sup
porter OF Colonel Bryan, and recently in discussing
the pleasing certainty OF his nomination. election and
useful service in the Presidency, said: The Journal
believes in expansion, but not in Imperialism. In the
true sense all Democrats are anti-imperialsts- that
is. they are all opposed to arbitrary government and
all in favor Of making flag the symbol OF freedom
wherever it may GO On that basis all can unite next
year Mr. Bryan will learn the difference between ex-
pansion and imperialism before that time If there
had been no expansion there would have been no
Nebraska for Mr. Bryan to hail from and no Iowa
to furnish him an audience for his speeches Expan-
sion will be a settled fact before the next Democratic
convention meets but imperialism, the exploitation OF
the ruled for the benefit OF the rulers will still be
live issue and upon it the Democratic party can go
united to victory"
We wish not to be taken as offensive when we ex-
press surprise that OF his supporters should ad-
init that Mr.. Bryan has anything to learn. Their
support OF him heretofore has been based the be
lief that he knew it all But the Journal kindly gives
him year in which to learn that expansion is right
though accompanied by our forcble conquest Of the
Philippines and by violation OF pledge Cuba.
SO far the Journal says, all Democrats are agreed.
Therefore all Democrats agree with President Nc
Kiney The Journal thinks it right to expand and to
rule the people whom expand, but that it will
be imperialism and wrong to exploit the ruled for the
benefit OF the rulers The lesson seems easy and our
faith in Colonel Bryans intellectual capacity is so
strong that we are willing to bet reasonable sum
that he can master the lesson saled out for him by
the Journal and so put himself in line with all Demo
Gratis Perhaps he and the Journal will point us to any
example in history in which the rulers have failed for
their own benefit to exploit the ruled. That is why
some have always wanted to rule 1t is the germ be-
ginning and foundation o. the desire of some to sub
ject others to their rule. 1t is the reason why ex-
panson as defined by the Journal is favored Every
reference to commerce following the flag to expan-
sion for trades sake to the allurng opportunities for
capital is simply proposition to exploit our newly
acquired subjects In the tropics there is no profit
in ownership sovereignty without such expoita-
ton Therefore expansion and imperialism are as in
separable as Colonel Bryan and the silver issue
But we beg pardon il this reference politics puts
fly in the amber d Colonel Bryan's enjoyment OF
California. He is Democrat and therefore, accord
ing to the Journal is expansionst. whether he is
aware of it not. and have only ventured to call
his attention to his tag