The record-union., 1899-09-07

dollar above men; the dollar market is
stamped on every Republican policy. II
| were to warn you to-day of the ap-
proach of a monarch, I would be called
demagogue.
The Democratic platform of 1900
will be the same as the platform of
1886, but each plank in it will be
stronger than it was three years ago.
Arbitration is coming, and injunctions
which now govern the country will be
thing of the past at no distant day.
The courts will not issue injunctions
as they do now"
Mr.. Bryan spoke earnestly on the
necessity of an income tax law, and of
the prospects of one being a benefit
of the country, which he held were
good. He said that the revenue stamp
went for the assimilation of the Fill
pino. He said that the reason the peo-
pie had to place a stamp on each tele-
gram they sent was because telegraph
companies had more influence in the
republican party, and therefore the
Government, than the people did. He
spoke In a similar vein of the stamp
imposed in bank circles. He said that
the only fair tax was the income tax,
and from the great applause received it
would be taken that his hearers agreed
with him.
Regarding silver, Mr.. Bryan said in
part: Silver is not dead, in spite of
the associations of our Republican
friends, who have buried it each year
The people want the double standard
and at the last election less than one
per cent. of the voters balloted for the
gold standard purely The Republi-
cans voted for an international agree
ment and a commission sent out by
President Mckinley spent 100000 of
the peoples money, and accomplished
nothing, in spite of the fact that the
working people of Great Britain and
france and other European countries
were clamoring for the double STAN
dard. The gold standard was the cause
of the agricultural, depression in Gree
Britain, and the gold standard prevails
In that country because the wealthy di-
rectors or the Bank of England believe
in it,"
Mr.. Bryan asserted that this countrs
was in the hands of European bankers
VINO by withdrawing their gold from
our banks could bankrupt the country
on snort notice. Il want to take this
country out of the hands of the Euro
pean financiers,' said Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan spoke at length on the
fauIts of a national policy which per-
mitted national banks TO deposit their
bonds with the Secretary of the Treas
ury, receive full value in crisp United
States currency and at the same time
draw interest on the bonds as Mr.
Bryan likened it to "eating your cake
and having it,
The subject of trusts seemed to urge
Mr.. Bryan to greater effort and earn
estness. He was indignant that Mr..
Mckinley should choose an Attorney
General from the State of New Jersey,
the home of trusts He upbraided the
Attorney General for not doing his
duty by drafting law which would
prevent the formation of trusts 1.-The
matter does not lie with the States: it
lies with the Federal Government. A
law. should be enacted compelling cor
porations doing business in one State
and wishing TO do it in another, to take
out a Federal license. This is the only
possible means of killing the obnox-
ious trusts.
He asserted that every prominent
financier who voted for gold in 80
would be found behind the bulwarks of
the trusts if he were searched for
THE two great questions which have
been thrust upon the people as the re-
suit of the war are the questions of
Imperialism and militarism Imperi-
alism cannot exist without it's twin
brother, militarism. Before the war
with Spain d, 600 soldiers were all that
were necessary to care for 70,000,000
of this country, but since the war 100
00O soldiers cannot care for ten millions
more in the Philippines. Who is to pay
for it, the F'ilipinos? Tax them several
times greater than Spain ever did, and
then will they know how blessed il was
to lose spain. 1t took Spain 300 years
TO almost accomplish the defeat of the
Filipinos, and then they rot a bonus
OF S20,000,O00 for nearly licking them.
l have no fear that we can defeat the
Fflipinos l think we can whip any
nation in the world
The argument has been advanced
that the Philippines VIII be an outlet
for our too rapidly growing populace
There are sixty Fflipinos to the square
mile as against twenty Americans to
the square mile The money used
during the next ten years to subdue
and control the Philippines rouid be
more profitably invested by reIaiming
the arid lands of this great Western
country England mas a colonial sys-
tenn and the expense of maintaining
it does not fall on one class cf people,
but comes out of the income tax i'm
posed by that country"