Arizona republican., 1899-10-03

/ De presented HOW 1OE SOIuIlOn III 1AC
| light of the experience of the past
thirty years, there would be immense
and fundamental notifications. Mr.
Bryan appears to be in awe Of his
fame He seems tc, fear that if he does
not wear the same clothes and say the
same subjects as in his famous presi-
Dental campaign he may be suspected
of fickleness and feeble vacillaticn.
No human composition, perhaps, Is
of less Importance and consequence
than political platform, unless it may
| be the menu of a subteranean cook
shop; but Mr.. Bryan habitually refers
to the Chicago platform as if it had
the sanctity of the deca1ogue and the
sermon On the mount, and insists on
the acceptance CT the dogma CT Is to 1
as Indispensable to political salvation.
The Modern Woodmen CT America
had a picnic and cakewalk at st.
Mary's, Kan, recently, at which Mr..
Bryan, who is making his annual tour
Of the provinces, appeared at one of
the principal attractions for a fee, as
the papers stated, CT $3.50. From st.
Mary's he went to Upton, Mo-, to
speak for Judge Shackleford, whom
the democrats nominated for congress
as the successor CT the 1amented Bland
He made the same speech on both
occasions, and, returning from Upton,
was interviewed at Kansas City, where
he reiterated his devotion to free sill
yer and the Chicago platform, with
hostility to imperialism, militarism
and trusts added thereto. AT Upton
Mr.. Bryan rubbed against the shins of
the populist and purred very gently,
urging mutual combine with demo-
Gratis in support of Shackleford. but his
appeals lacked the fervid response OF
former occasions.
The populist has been tic. the barber
this year. He has had the hayseed
combed out CT his hair and his chin
whiskers vandyked. He wears collar
and a four+in-hand. He has had
shine, and his trousers are outside his
boots. When he takes the middle Of
the road it is in Columbus buggy,
with a pair of cobs and knot CT blue
ribbon on his whipstcck. He has
wheat in the bin, and corn ripening in
the field, and a bunch CT fat cattle III
the pasture. Things do net lCck to
him as they did in '96. Adversely was
a harsh schoolmaster, but prosperity
has not been without its instruction.
He has begun to discover that, not
Withstanding the crime OF 1873, the
gold standard and recommendation,
something has scattered plenty Ger a
smiling land.
It has dawned above the hCrizcn of
his intelligence that if the farmer has
grain and beef and pork to sell the per
capita is not important. He sees dim
ly that the way to abolish poverty is 10
increase the aggregate of wealth, and
not to divide that which already ex-
lists. He has begun to doubt whether
the poverty CT the poor is caused by
ths wealth Of the rich. Free silver has
lest its spell. AS an issue it is defunct.
In 1896 it was a herGsy. In 1889 it is
a jest.
The audience at Tiptcn grew FESTIVE
at the discussion OF the money ques-
ton, and hundreds silently stole away
In response to the demand of an impa-
tent nearer to give them something on
imperialism, MIR. Bryan said: I'VE
drove the Spaniards from Cuba. and
then told the Cubans thsy were free to
govern themselves. We have driven
the Spaniards from the Philippines,
and why not tell the Filipinos they are
free to govern themselves ?"
Quite SO. So say we all; but sup
pose, after we drove Spain from Cuba,
an army OF insurgents and malcOn-
tents, under the lead of an ambitious
and unscrupulous outlaw, had attacked
our troops, defed the flag, burned
towns, leyied contributions on reluct-
ant inha bitants, kept up guerilla war
fare, fired on hospitals and flags OF
truce and refused all overtures for
peace, what then about Cuba, Mr. |
Bryan?
What would have been the verdict Of |
the American people upon the man or
the party that, under such conditions, |
advocated hauling down the flag, the |
retreat of cur armies, the surrender Of |
Havana and Santiago. the evacuation |
of the island and the abandonment Of |
Cuba to the undisputed supremacy of |
the most degraded and malignant ele-
ments of its population? Freedom |
shrieked when we annexed the Sand
witch islands, but that wild cry Of |
alarm has died away. We have taken
Porto Rico. Eventually we shall take
Cuba, by a cOmm0n-law marriage, if
not by a more intimate relation, and |
we are fighting in the Philippines, as
everybody but Mr.. Bryan knows, not
for glory of empire but for justice and
patriotism, our country and its destiny
When Mckinley said where the flag
was raised it would float in peace and
triumph and honor, he hit the bulls
eye and rang the bell. This closed the
debate.
Mr.. Bryan has distinctly lest ground
in this part of the world the past year.
Public interest in him has diminished.
He does not draw as well. Intellectu-
ally he has retrograded He has
eheapened himself. He has that fatal
facility CT speech which is an irrisist-
bile temptation to Incidence. He re- 4
peats himself and seems to be destitute
IF versatility. He is specious, but pro-
sale and commonplace, and is degener-
ating into a secondhand dealer in
political platitudes. 1t is his misfor-
-uneI to talk too much and not think
annl1gh John T ingalls, in New York /