The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-20
TRUSTS
Continued from First Page.

that one leech may suck blood without
the great public realizing its presence but
that an army of leeches took away the
substance of public life. He claimed that
the Republican party said some trusts
were bad and others good. DO you want
to know what trusts are?" asked the
speaker TRUSTS are actually so bad that
a Republican convention in this state, a
convention run by Mark Hanna, de-
nounced them. They told you there were
good trusts and bad trusts. Do you know
the difference between a good trust and
bad trust? good trust gives literally
to a Republican campaign fund and a
bad one does not. The Republican party
cannot destroy the trusts. When the at
torney general of the United States is
asked to intervene. there comes the Bibli-
cal injunction Remember thy creator
The Republican party was the creator OF
the trusts
Mr.. Bryan denounced the increase Of
the regular army as being called for by
the president two months before there
was any war or any act of hostilities,
which he construed as the basis for
change in our national policy. a change
from the simplicity of a republic to i'm
pei AeNA4Si14- ne e,dIQ ADJ dudIn lIlcOll ndQ
applied the principles of the declarat ton
Of independence to the black man. while
the Republican party Of today denied the
same principles to the brown man. st
dare the Republicans to defend the title
by purchase. of ten millions Of men" con-
tinued Mr.. Bryan. ''They claim the right
to be in the Philippines by purchase. and
that, too, after paying a less price for
human holm .rc ho xr-a1 g.
God choose between this definition of the
declaration of independence and that
which says all governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned. When we engage in a war of
conquest we abandon the doctrine Of self
government and lose our influence
throughout the world. If we ask justice
for the struggling Beers in South Africa
we are asked in return, What's the mat
ter with the Philippines. This nation
ceased TO be nation when II ran away
from the declaration of independence,
from the sentiment that all men were cre-
ated equal"
Mr.. Bryan said that when he first went
to Cincinnati. in March, 1895. to advocate
the cause of free silver, the first and
foremost man to lend him assistance and
sympathy was John r. Mclean. Under
his guidance" said Mr. BRYAN. "our
party in this state polled more votes prior
to 1895 than we would have done other
wise, and the only reason we did not
carry the state in 1896 was that there were
more votes counted than we or the law
machinery supposed existed in the state
When you vote for him you will register
vote for free silver and help save the
country from imperialism and militarism
and believe you will scare the Republic
can party to the support of the declara-
ton of independence"
Celina, Ohio, Oct. 19.-Celina was reach
ed onschedule time and the reception was
extremely cordial. A gathering of good
proportions greeted the arrival of the
train. In his speech at this point Mr..
Bryan referred to Governor Roosevelt's
in Ohio in support of a larger
amy, askd if il was for the pr1r-
pose of securing the blessings of assfmi-
lation, and ikened our Philippine policy
to the colonial policy of England in India
suggesting that the president Of the Unit
ed States have the title of president of
the United States and Emperor of the
Philippines, Queen Victoria being recog-
nized as queen of England and the EN-
press of India. The increased empire
meant an increased army and increased
taxation to support the theory of imperi-
alism. He challenged the Republicans TO
defend the policy of measuring human life
by the value of acquired territory. He
did not believe the American people would
be willing that one human being should
be sent to death in this way and he did
not believe, If every Filipino were killed
tomorrow, that you could get Americans
to go there and attempt to exist under a
tropical sun. He denounced the preach
ing that God had been the instrumentality
Of our presence in the Philippines and
said: when God gets ready to speak to
the American people, he will find some
body else than Mark Hanna as a mouth
piece" Mr. Bryan did not believe we
could shoot or dynamite our civilization
into the Filipinos. nor did he believe that
IN the matter of territorial acquisition we
should sink to the low level of European
nations, affirming that we should not
trade the glory of a hundred years as a
Republic for the doubtful glory of an en-
D ire.
At st. Mary's a good crowd met the
special train. Mr. Mclean introduced Mr..
Bryan, and Mr.. Bryan discussed the silver
ssue at some length and the matter of
government by injunction. and urged the
election Of Mr.. Mclean as governor.
Hand shaking and few personal greet
ngs were INDUCED in at Rackford and
ohio City.
Van Vert. Ohio. Oct 1o--Mr. Bryan ar
lived here at o'clock. The visiting party
vas escorted in carriages to the court
house, the public highway being thronged /
With a cheering mass of humanity. c. D.
Hoke presided and introduced Mr. Nc
Lean. who in brief terms introduced Mr..
Bryan. As heretofore, Mr.. Bryan warned
he audience that this falls election car
les with It an influence in determining /
he greater contest Of next year. Mr. |
Bryan insisted that we are face to face |
With the question Of imperialism on one |
land and the republic on the other, and |
colonial system supported by a large /
standing army, from which he discussed /
he Philippine question, declaring that |
this nation cannot afford TO do wrong. |
Tor can we place a money value on Amer /
can h-od Of trade
How much trade do you want? How 1
much is a mans life worth2 You dare 1
lot drag this question down 70 the basis /
Il dollars and cents. They haven sixty I
,eople 20 the square mile over there and 4
We have 80 here and get we hear Of our
urplus population going 10 the Philip /
line islands I want 70 say TO You that /
his fall you viii have 10 speak On these (
,reat questions. II you believe IN a large (
rmy and imperialism. vote the Republic 1
an ticket II opposed % each vote the I
Democratic ticket I want 20 say 70 the
republicans here. speak ont against this 4
'9liCy this fall, block this policy 0f the !
II not. the president has /
right 20 believe that you are standing
" him. The remedy lies in giving FL i
7inos what we have promised 70 give the 4
'ubans Say 20 the Filip!nos We have /
riven Spain out and "a ;he world hands
#: let this nation stand erect. supported +
- the great moral forces which repre-
ent the difference between Republican
>m and monarchy: and We shall shake
very throne in Europe. and thereby gain
victory greater than that q Yorktown
4 pplause-b
PauIdinE. Ohio. Oct IA great crowd /
vas present when Nj Brysa's tra.n
rev into the dea1t AZ O'Clock and the