The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
GLAD WELCOME HOME
William Jennings Bsyan's Trium>
phal Return to Ne5sask-'s
Capital City.
GLOWING TRIBUTE TO OLD GLORY,
Words Of Vision and Patriotism
From the Vests Great
oo1a.
Leader.

ASQNSls
At a banqu It given b. thu W)mlns'
B:mntallic Club of Lincnln in honor of
Col. w. j. Rryan's return to that city.
last week, Mr.. Bryan made the fol-
lowing remarks.
After thanking his neighbors for the
cordial welcome, in compIimen,ing the
members of his regiment aid Col. VII
Quain, III whose charge he left them.
to- justified his resignation as follows:
Il had five months of peace in the
trmy and resigned to take part in the
fight. am DIS much Interested in thu
people of the United States as in tn,
people of Cuba md unless I am mis-
aiken in judging. WI are call d upon to
meet more lmportont problems in the
Quilted States just now than will con.
front the army in Cuba.
Let me improve this, my first OPP
p%ortunity to assure you thai my zeal
for reforms advocated a few months
ago has not in the least abated. The
American people have not accepted
The gold standard as final. 1t hA-
wrong ht more Injustice in our country
during the last twenty-five years than
Spain wrought in all her colonies, and
opposition to it will grow until gold
is fully restored. Trusts which now
flourish in defiance of laws are more
merciless than WeYIer was and now
,he paper money trust which Is seeking
TO obtain control of all paper money is
Il greater menace to the country's well
fare than any foreign foe. There are.
however; two new questions which de-
mand immediate attention because cum
gress is asked to pass upon them AT
once. The president recommends that
the regular army be permanently in
creased to 100000 men. This question
must BE- met now or not at all.'
Taking up the subject of imperial
ism, Bryan said the pr esident misin-
terpreted the sentim ,nt of the people.
They were opposed to giving the Phil
ippine islands back to Spain, but have
not yet. declared in favor Of embark
ing upon a colonial policy. So great a
change he said, could not be under
taken without more investigation and
deliberation than thu people had yet
given to tine subject.
The principal part of Bryan's speech
was devoted to the Philippine question.
In connection he referred to McKin-
ley's inquiry. ''who will haul down the
lag?" and replied:
THE flag is d national emolem, obe-
dent to the national will. 1t was
made for the people, not the people fol
The flag. When the American people
want the flag raised, they will raise it:
when they want it hauled down, they
haul it down. The flag was raised upor
Canadian soil durin the wal of 1872
1t Was hauled down when peace Was re.
stored. The flag Was planted upor
Chapultcpec during the war with Mex.
leo; it was hauled down when the wal
was over The flag will b, r,lsed in
Cuba again on the first Of January bu1
the president declares in his message i
will be hauled down DIS soon as a stabl,
government Is established. VINO will
deny the p.oplc the right to haul the
flag down in the Philippians, if they s,
desire, when a stable government i
established there: Our flag stands fol
the indis oluble union Of indisputabI,
states. Every state is represented b.
Il star and every tel ritOry secs in tn
constitution d star of hope, that will
some day take place in the constella
ton.
What is there in the flag to awaken
the Zeal or reflect the aspirations U
vassal colonies which are too good t.
be cast away, but not good enough t.
be admitted to the ,isterhood of states
Shall we keep tie Philippines am
amend our flag? Shall We adj d ne,
star-the blood star of Mars-tO Iudt
cate that We have entered upon d caree
Of conquest: Or shall We borrow th
yellow, which in 1896 was the badge ,
gold and greed, and paint Saturn an
his rings, to suggest a carpetbag go,
eminent with lis schemes of spoilalion
, Or shall We adorn our flag with tn
milky way composed Of a multitude .
minor stars representing remote an
| Insignificant dependencies?
mo! u Thousand times better to hal
| down the stars and stripes and subst
, tute the flag of az independent repul
lie than surrender the doctrines tina
give glory to old glory 1t was tn
: flag Of u fathers in years that 9,