The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-16
PROSPERITY CAME
FROM kL0AD|KE
How Alaskan Gold Has Help
ed Mckinley.
BRYAN AT DIES MONIES
HE TALKS or MONEY, TRUSTS
AND IMPERIALISM.
HOW REPUBLIC DIFFERS FROM EMPIRE
A Republic Needs an Army of $4,000 For
10000, 600 People; An Empire l00,-
900 When You Add Popula-
lion of 10 O0o. 600 More,
lion Of 10, 600, 600 More.

+ Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 15.-The city
is full of Democrats tonight to attend
the Democratic convention and listen TO
William Jennings Bryan, General w. Is.
Weaver, and others eXpound the gospel
of rs to /. anti-mperialism and antitrust
views Two great meetings were held
this evening, the marin one at the audi
torium, where w. j. Bryan spoke to D.
600 people and the other at the Taberna-
Gle, where General Weaver held forth
for an hour until Mr.. Bryan came from
the first meeting. Some 10000 persons
congregated at the Tabernacle, and the
two buildings. were not great enough 60
accommodate the throng.
Concerning the action of the Demo
cratic convention, which meets tomorrow
morning but little cam be said with
accuracy. The action Of the committee
on platform and nominations depends
entirely on which wing of the party,
radical or conservative, is in control.
w. j. Bryan spoke for two hours at
the auditorium tonight to an audience
of 1890 peor,e. The house was crowo-
ed, aud the audience, which included
practically all the delegates to the Dem
ocratic convention to be held tomot ow.
took every opportunity to applaud. AIR.
Bryan first reviewed the record of the
Republican party, accusing it of putting
the dollar above the man. He then took
up the silver question, Saying prosperity
did not set in until six months after the
election, when the Klondike gold mines
began to be heard from. The Republic
cans who claim that times are better
because the balance of trade is in favor
of the United States give away their own
position and admit the Democratic view
of the quantitiye character of money is
correct The fnaneiers of England, he
said control the English Government.
through England the rest of Europe and
through Europe the United States.
The 6.500,000 Democratic voters Of
the Democratic party in 1896 We're for
silver. The 100000 Republican voters
were for platform which called for
international bi-metallis1n- Only the Pal
mer and Buckner voters We're for the
gold Sandwiches than / per cent, yet
now the Iowa Republican platform goes
a step farther and is making for gold
alone Moreover the Republicans threat
EN- to retire the greenbacks, though they
have never been before the people on that
issue.
The speaker next went after the trusts,
but said if the Democratic party neglect
ed the silver question to attend to trusts
it would rightly forfeit the confidence of
the people. The money trust is the big
gest trust of all. He was glad that
travelling men were fighting the indus
trial trusts now, but sorry they had not
seen the logic of events in 1896 and help
ed to fight the money trust then.
Mr.. Bryan closed his speech by a
lengthy discussion of Imperialism. The
difference, he said, between a republic
and an empire is this: A republic needs
an army of $4,000 for 70,000,000 people.
An empire needs four times that large an
army, when 100000 population is add
ed This suits the young men who get
fat jobs in the army, but not the people
who pay the $500 year needed to
maintain each of the soldiers in the Phil
ippines.
inns Government. he said. ought to
make a declaration of good intentions to-
wards the Philippines, as it did toward
Cuba. The President ought to have
done so, or if he did not have the power,
should have asked Congress for it. Now
he might call special session to ask for
the power. A special session now would
cost much money, hut not nearly so
much as the continuance Of the war.