The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-20


and ought to be in the selection of the
public officer, but it is said he allows
himself to go to sleep and never awakens
until the affairs of the nation have run
up against a stone wall / think the
time has come when no farmer can af-
| ford to be Republican. | believe the
farmer who supports that party stands in
/ his own light and is doing himself an
| injustice ] believe the members of the
Republican party of an earlier date had n
great reverence for Abraham Lincoln.
| Great changes within the party have
! taken place since then. Abraham Lin
| colin in 1859 wrote a letter in which he
| demonstrated that he believed in the
man first and the dollar afterward. Since
those days the party has placed the dol
| lar first and the man lafterward and, If
you Republicans who reverence the name
of Lincoln want to change conditions
bring the party back to Lincoln's stand
ard, you must employ an artist TO draw
the difference between Mark Hanna and
Abraham Lincoln, employing the tobog-
gan slide as background (Applause.)
with Abraham Lincoln the man came
first, with Mark Hanna nothing is gen
uine unless the dollar mark is blown in
the bottle. When the Republican party
was organized it was with the idea that
political convictions were stronger than
party ties. The vicious dollar mark was
not Il consideration then"
MIR. Bryan then discussed the income
tax and the greenback with the accom-
panying right to issue money, claiming
the Republican party planned to retire
the greenbacks in favor of the national
ha,1 infi1 6Q
common people, recalling the fact, as
an evidence of inconsistency, that the
Republican, national convention of 1888
denounced Cleveland for demonetizing
silver.
Regarding the trusts Mr.. Bryan fol
lowed his previous line of argument.
saying that when the Republicans tell
YOU some of the trusts are bad and
some good, tell them all look alike to you
until the Lord sends angels to take care
Of them and he has not sent them
yet" Uaughter).
He made a passing reference to Cover
nor Ro0seyelt'S appearance in this State
in support of larger standing army,
asked if it was for the purpose of Sc
curing the blessings of assimilation and
likened our Philippine policy to the colo
nial policy of England in India, sug-
gesting that the President of the United
States have the title Of president OF
the United States and Emperor of the
Philippines" Queen Victoria being rec
ognized as the Queen OF England and
the Empress of India"
The increased empire meant an in
creased army and increased taxation
to support the theory of imperialism.
He challenged the Republicans to de-
fend the policy of measuring human
life by the value OF acquired territory.
He did not believe the American peo-
pie 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 at
tempt to exist under a tropical sun.
He denounced the preaching that
God had been the instrumentality of our
presence in the Philippines and asked
when God gets ready to speak to the
American people, he will find somebody
else than Mark Hanna as mouth
piece" Mr.. Bryan did not believe we
could shoot or dynamite out civilization
into the F'ilipinos 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 hundred
years as a Republic for the doubtful
glory of an empire.
Il am more interested in the princi-
pies for which / stand than any mere
compliment you can pay me-" said Mr..
Bryan in conclusion, II would rather
have a big majority for the candidates
this fall, because | want these candi-
dates to win and | shall be happy if you
telegraph me that Mclean has a larger
vote than / received in 1896. Cap
plauseD.
st. Mary's had good crowd present
to meet the special train. Mr.. Bryan
discussed the silver issue at some length
and the matter of government by in
junction.
Misunderstanding and a few personal
greetings We're indulged in at Rockford
and Ohio City
END OF FIRST DAY IN OHIO
Defiance, o., Oct 19.-T1he Bryan par
ty closed the first day of the Ohio tour
i'm this city tonight before large and
interested audience in the opera house
A street parade preceded the meeting.
TlA-1OHSFFSSlldH w. ~. 11lll, ltfeS1ueu.
Hon. John j. Lentz, who was speaking
when the Bryan party entered, gave way
TO John r. Mclean, the candidate for
Governor, who briefly addressed the
meeting in Introducing Mr. Bryan. Mr..
Bryan said in reference to the introduc-
ton as the next President:
II only have ONE ambition, shared by
every citizen, and that is to leave this
Government to my children better than
found it. | want YOU to believe ME
when / tell you that if the Victory won
Dy the Republicans in 1896 insures to
the good Of the people, | shall rejoice
with every Republican. | expect TO be
here for many years. | say this for the
benefit of those Republicans who heap
criticism upon me"
Mr.. Bryan then discussed silver. ''They
have been burying this question for
years" he declared, "and they are bury
ing it again, / but | don't think they
bury it we'll And why? Because no
tomb is strong enough to hold a righte-
ours cause. (Applause.) They would
rather bury the question than discuss 1T.
/ know these Republicans. | know how
careful they are of public money.
know when they appropriated 100000
to defray the expenses of the monetary