The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-07
COLONEL BRYAN
The Guest Of ihe Duckw0rth
Club, Cincinnati, Last
Right.

|, so as 10 have Colonel W. " Bryan pres.
ent. as he If to respond to toast at the
} Jackson banquet in Ch,casO tomorrow
. night. This club has given many notable
I. banauets, but the ono tonight was the
most distinguished in its history. be.
cause OF the presence of Colonel Bryan.
Democratic leaders from oil over the
. state held conferences with him during
tile day. Joining In the large reception
; given Colonel Bryan at the chamber Of
, commerce at noon. over 400 plates were
turned at the Gibson house tonight The
> decorations were elaborate. After the ad-
dresses OF retiring presidents. Louis
Reemlin, and president-elect Gideon g.
Wilson and OF Mayor Tafel. Edward Kib-
Ter and Judge william II. jackson. the
guest OF honor, William J. Bryan. was IN
troduced ami~ storm Of applause.
Annexation cannot be defended on the
ground that we shall find n pecuniarv
profit In the policy. The advantages that
may come to a few individuals who hold
the offices or who secure valuable fran
chises cannot properly be weighed against
the money expended IN governing the
Philippines because the money expended
VIII be paid by those who pay the taxes
We are not yet In n position 10 deter
mine whether the peopI of the United
States as whole will bring back from
IN Philippines as much as they sent thore
There Is an old saying that II is not pr1t.
able TO buy a law suit our nation may
learn by experience that Il Ia not wise
to purchase the right TO conquer a peo-
PIE Spain under compusion. gives ue
a puit-claim deed to the Philippines IN
return for $4,000 900. but she does not
agree to warrant and defend our lltlo
as against the Philippines. To buy land
IL one thing; TO buy people Is another.
Land Is inanlmate and makes no resIs-
tanco to a transfer OF title. The people
are animate and sometimes desire n
voice In thlr own affairs But whittier.
measured by dollors and cents. the con-
quest Of the Philippines would prove |
profitable of expensive, IT viii certainly /
prove embarrassing TO those who stln /
hold to tho doctrine which underlle a re-
public. Military rule Is antagonistlc 10
our theory Of government. The arguments
which are used { Odefend II In tho Phil
ippines may be used to excuse Il in the
United States. Undr military rule mucn
must be left to the discretion of the mill
itary governor, and this can orly be ius-
titled upon the theory that the governor
knows more than the people whom he
governs, Is better acquainted with their
neds than they are themselves is entirely
In sympathy with them and Is thoroughly
honest and unsellsh IN his desires to do
them good. Such a combination OF wit
dom, Integrity and love. is difficult to find
and the republican party will enter upon
hard task when II starts ont to select
suitable military governors for our remote
possessions. Even II the party has abso-
lutte confidence in it's great political man
ager, Senator Hanna. 1t must remember
that the people OF Ohio have compelled
him to serve them In the United States.
and that inferior men must be- trusted
with the distribution of justice and ben
evidence among the nations dark skinned
subjects In the Pacific.
END OF COLONIAL POLICY
If we enter upon o colonial policy we
must expect 10 hear the command "sl-
lence" issuing with Increased emphasis
from the imperialists. When the decision
OF fundamental principles Is attempted
In the United States, n member of CON
gress attempts To critlcise any injustice
perpetuated by government official
against helpless people he viii be warn
ed to keep silent unless his criticism en-
courageH resistance 10 American auth
ority in the orient. II an orator on the
ith Of July. dares to speak OF inalenablo
rights or refers with condemnation to
the manner In which our foretathers re-
sisted taxation without representation he
Will be warned to keep silent unless his
utterances create rebellion among dis
tant subjects. If we about n colonial pol
4 "a.
the revolution OF l77G. we must mufne J
the tones Of the old liberty bell and con
mune in whispers when we praise the
patriotism OF our forefathers.
We cannot afford 10 destroy the decla- J
ration OF independence; We cannot afford !
10 erase from our constitution. state and ]
the bill OF rights, we have not Q
time to examine the libraries OF The nat
ion and purge them OF the essays, the {
SEQ eches and Tn books that defend the J
doctrine that law Is the capitalization |
Of the public opinion. rather than an [
from physical power
But even II we could destroy every YES
tlge OF the laws which are the out
growth OF the immortal law penned by
Jefferson; II we could ~obliterate every
written word that has been inspired by {
tA1 AANA AhhA AhAa ~ a EpNfiNAlcAA Oh /
The people, by the people and for the
people. we could not tear from inc hear.
of the human race the hope which the
American republic has planted there. The
lmpassloned appeal "Glve me liberty or
give me death" stll echoes around the
world. In the future as IN tie past the
lesire to be free win be stronger than the
iesire 10 enjoy a mre physical existence.
Tn conflict between right and might will
continue here and everywhere until day !
Is reached when the low Of mony will no ,
longer scar the national conscience and
hypocricy no longer hide the hideous ,
features Of avarice behind the mask Of /
Among the others responding 10 toasts
were General 70. B. Finley. Otway j.
Cosgrove. Judge j. T.. Tarvin and Con- I
gresham Lentz and Kern.
After discussing the Chicago platform
onel Bryan took up the new questions
and emphasizing the l6 20 1 plank, Col
lhta have grown out OF the war. He
called attention 10 the presidents rec
for a larger army and in
sisted that the army should be divided
INTO two branches, the army for domestic I
use duties, which he said, did not need
10 be increased; the amry OF occupation
which Is temporarily necessary for use
outside OF the United States. He said
that the army Of occupation should be re-