Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

would be cowardly, but do believe that
the brown men of the eastern archipelago
who have been struggling for liberty for
30O years ought to be given an opportu-
nifty to show that they can govern them
selves. Let me quote from what Mr.. Lin
coin said in that historic speech:
The President drops down half de-
spairing. The country is divided by dis
tracted factions. AS nearly as UNDER
stand his position, it is wait until our
soldiers in Mexico are all shot to DEATH
Then Mr.. Lincoln says in another place:
All this shows that the President is not
satisfied with his own position. The task
he has undertaken to perform is beyond
his power. He is running hither and
thither, like some tortured creature that
has been consigned to burning fur
mace
Mr.. Sells took occasion to compare the
conduct of President Polk, as portrayed
by the eloquent Lincoln, to that of Presi-
dent Mckinley in the political crisis that
confronts the administration. He called
attention to the Presidents trip across
Iowa at the request of Senator Allison,
of his attempts to inyeigle Admiral
Dewey into accompanying him to Ohio
and finally the failure of his administra-
tion to account for the poor showing made
by Otis since that commander was left
to his own resources. Mr.. Sells conclud-
ed his quotations from Lincoln's speech
with the following:
Again l say it is singular that the
President does not know when or where
the war will terminate. He knows not
where he is-he is a bewildered, con-
founded and miserably perplexed man.
God grant he may be able to show that
there is not something about his con-
science more painful than his perplexity!
Again." Mr.. Sells exclaimed, as he
closed the congressional tome and drop
ped it on the table, II desire to say that
stand where Lincoln stood and l defy
those Republicans who are crying out for
imperialism to criticise the honest-spoken
criticism of citizens who differ with the
President on his war policy"
Mr.: Sells dwelt upon the war for near
ly an hour. He stated that it offered
him multitude of ideas for the arraign-
ment of the Republican party on which
he could speak interminally. His hand
ling of the trusts was severe. Mr.. Sells
was chairman ofthe Iowa delegation to
the late trust conference held in Cen
trail Music Hall and heard every speech
and every paper that was delivered or
read during the four days the conference
was in session. He said that his observa-
tons during that period led him to know
that there were honest and dishonest nd
yocates of both sides of the trust ques-
ton. He assaulted Bourke Cochran of
New York with considerable bitterness
and placed that gentleman in the cate
CORY of dishonest advocates. His was
special plea" Mr.. Sells declared. at
was an adroit presentation in the inter
est of client, subterfuge, eloquent
but dishonest"
MIR. Sells paid a glowing tribute to Mr..
Bryan, whom he pronounced an honest
advocate of an honest method of dealing
with the trust problem. He told the audi
ence what Mr.. Bryan said to the confer
ence and that his solution was not alone
the most forceful, but the only complete
one that was proposed by any speaker
who appeared at the conference. He
warned the public to beware Of the man
who. seeks for redress against the trusts
through the medium of an amendment to
the Federal constitution. THAT man."
said Mr.. Sells, simply wants to secure
delay
Mr.. Sells drew an analogy between the
existing high tariff provided for by the
Dingley law and the multiplicity of trusts
that have sprung into existence during
the past year. He demonstrated that but
for the tariff the trusts could not sur
vive. Mr.. Sells prefaced his remarks on
Imperialism by reference to the mill
tary oligarchy that rules France. I've
want no military oligarchy in this conn
try" Mr.. Sells declared earnestly, 1.-THE
soldiers who fought for liberty in 1T76
We're content when they had won the
victory to lay down their arms and take
up the occupations of peace. They fought
for national and individual freedom. The
soldier who fought in 1898 fought for
the freedom of an oppressed people. The
soldier who fought Spain fought for lib
erty of an alien. The soldier OF 1860
fought for the liberty of black man.
There was no seltishness in his conduct.
Neither was there any selfishness in the
conduct of the men who went forth last
year and offered their lives on the altar
of another mans country"
Mr.. Bryan in his speech discussed the
trust issue Mt length, explaining his posi-
tion and repeating his suggestions made
at the trust conference in Central Music
Hall in Chicago last month for legisla-
tion against the combines.