New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-17
VIEWS ON THE PHILIPPINES.
WHAT BRYAN TOLD HIS ADMIRERS Al ne
GRAND CENTRAL PALACE ON
THE SUBJECT.


GRAND CENTRAL PALACE ON
THE SUBJECT.
~, p-,,.r IN his speech at the 81 dinner OF the
cn,c.eo platform Democrats in Grand Central Pai-
ace on Saturday night added considerably 10 INC
typewritten copies of his address winch were I
tributed to the newspaper men oeforehaii' -.
IA what he actually said. in addition 10 '"d' 20.
of his speech which appeared In The irioune
terday 1t deals with the Philippine situation
rsor. :. oro,,er subject that is not included in
the Gnesge sets FORTH The President in his
ssa. sisfd me for We si save rad
convention since that time But ssrn 40 that
fse p 20 party IS opposed to marsm n
he Unsd a sss s Wsys For a0Isa
soldiers pee WSy R %ha has happened
e es the Repubcan Ga%sssG
RSS EsgaSsa1w Sen
dence Is Restored necessary to hays se0 snd
Sers, that fn c We peg Oh
for outside SecaTse the President has prom
ised the cubans that our Occupation od Soldiers per-
therefore he would aae n they nf needed in Porto
ReS IN epnon the Psspe
o:%siS a be and e
their Ppaass? I gS5 IL far and ns Seem mA 10 de
Pns's sSn sS aesre S ia. not to
where he az ws esso Why my The Priest
dent in his Boston speech sslu tnar neonle and
until the American people SETTLE u soldiers there
know i viii need sat Ws do ssseeordng
Eminent. need seventy thousand SOLDIERS ,neI re
permanently r 5ssn 10 ask SEX SCp
costs 1900 soldier to keep the AZ, a1m ibe IN ARMY
nSa If. tn anS 70
ders would over 100000 tv year x friends
army we viii have to tax them several times s as
m auS as ps ago forcbe could not be
thought Of: now forty thousand s odiehrs III ex
atom to the Philippine Islands IAgpl a. SIX
teen months ago consry TO our onSs ago az Criminal
aggression now manifest destiny. Naughterl W nat
as n Rssfs M %Rins sood eG
ago and denounce conauess as com,ra frIen 20 we
code Of , woa Az ere S9 my
retreat from Atlanta to Boston a s W Tsso
his speech d %s6s At. and re- his
at Boston where he said IN substance ~ I py
ssns. AND sss M % aff be ansi 4
TO q S Of ws
thousand. and that hereafter when we want to to
speak OF great retreat we VIII mehuoh 1an ~
glad the President rersasd because ass ,S at
right Of the people to settle this aTsstisS s d Sqt
when was a small boy and worked on farm and and
| will tell the story III the reporters
promise not to take II down. never thought
when heard il that II could ever be applied TO
President l remember that. when as a boy,
wac helping to build a rail fence around the farm
and was eating luncheon at noon with two men
ground junks / remember that these two stories
were told: One said he was In q Southern
prison and the wall was twelve feet high around
He said he thought he hit his feet on the fence
as he went over but some one who saw him jump
the fence said he cleared 1t a foot and half Il
think it was good jump" said the man. The
other man said Il was not He said he heard Of
a man in a Southern prison. and the wall was
thirty-two feet high. and he could not get
chance TO run for start. so he pulled off his
shoes and stockings and stood by the fence. and
with one tremendous leap went over; and Just he
was going TO alight on the other side
shouted GLASS and remen bering he was bare
footed he turned around and went back. Oaugh-
Now this question. according to the President is
in the hands Of the American people How will they
settle It? II an, compelled 10 guess will guess
that they will settle II in accordance with the prn-
ciples that have governed them in the past They
are not going TO settle 1t in the excitement Of the
hour Why, the Presidents friends said after he
came back from Omaha last fall that he had not
made up his mind what to do until he went TO
Omaha and on bis way out and back he listened
10 what the people faid gathered what they wanted
and then resolved what to do
Well. my friends the President is under no ob-
CATION to consult But II he had consulted me
could have told him Row vain II was to rely upon
sentiment gathered fror7 the year end Of railroad