Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-07-27
AN ALTCELD MEETING
The Chicago Platform Democrats
Rally at the Auditorium.
The SPEECH OF WILLIAM J. BRYAN
No Friction Developed at the Meeting Of
the Democratic National Committee
Editor Devlin Deposed from
the Press Bureau.

last night, despite the swelterlng heat,
to attend the political meeting given
under the auspices Of the Chicago plat
form democrats. 1t was from first to
last silver meeting, an Altgeld meet.
ing, an antitrust and anti-expansion
meeting. All of the speakers save ex-
Gov. Stone, Of Missouri, who was i'll,
and talked for less than two minutes,
declared in favor of sixteen to one and
against the war in the Philippine is
lands. The speech of Mr.. Bryan evoked
great enthusiasm among his hearers,
especially when he declared that the
American government should pursue
in Luzon the same policy as was pur-
sued in Cuba. The meeting was large
ly made up of the local adherents OF
the Chicago platform and personal fol-
lowers of ex-Gov. Altgeld. The meet
ing therefore, partook somewhat of
the nature of personal tribute to him.
Many of the speakers alluded to him in
laudatory terms and at every mention
of his name the audience shouted APP
proval.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
| In the brief time that shall speak to you, |
desire to condense what have to say upon
three subjects into few brief propositions
First, President Mckinley, by sending COM
mission to Europe to secure international BIZ
,nsatissac,orv Second ,bo ,oi,,ra os Tho oo,ul
,nission N sec,re ,nternet,onai himetaIlism
nroyey tha, binot,,li.m am no rosor,od on,,
thro,,,,h indorondont oo,;on Th,rd tho .o,5
s,andord 10 ,npin,ainad ~. dnr nnt haoau,o tho
,,,,ariaan ,ao,,,o dosiro I, ~, hoon,,s.
fow Enalish ananoiors nv oontro,,ina tho
noI,o,, 81 rna,nnd ao,,,ro, ,,ro,,,,,, ,ha ranuh
liam rort, The snanc;ai no,icv Of tho ITni,od
| ctn,o. fro,,th to ,ho inaronsod ,,rod,,ot;or AZ
uold In tho Klondi,,o and tbo ir,nor,otion ~
aold fro,, Enron1 ha,,o innroasad ,ho vol,,,a ~
,,a,a,, a,a i,,,,uo,aa ,i,,as H. 1, a,,,annt ,hat
,noro ,nonor raa,,os hot,or t,ros ana ,i,oos
could he still further imnroved and the i'm
n U moda narnonep, Nv tho alton
- ,,,,an,a,,,a ,,,i ar ND a,.o s,,,,on nc
" , n''.'e -i', .',i,ua " s. r,s,,, t., 4.
,ros ,noro d,f,o,i, ~ ,,o,n,o;r ,ho nartr no.
,uoo, ,,old a,d s;,,,or rhor ,ho s,,n, ~ s;,,or
,,euaaair,, !, ,,,st h aal,ar IN ,,a;n
,on ,ha rn,,,,' s,ooa ,ho s,,,,,,,,, ~ oold il in
saaa ,ns f"'-'' ''A'' ''' suppl "
'' w. ,,,s ,ns. ,.,,o re..os. .,a ,o,,ou,,nn
,,ronosi,,ona for ,,our aonsiderat,on. Tirst tho
p ",,, T., ~ ~ ,rosan" ~ .ho aor,a ~
wv 1rnitad s,a,as honarsa - oroa,os a ,norono
". "a ,',,o, 10 ~ so,, IL, oantro, ~ no monpn
a. ,,,,,,,i,ad ,ha ,ras ana
~ al,, a. "a ,,rod,,onrs
.p, Sanad ,,o ,,,osi,lont orroints
". " ~" ",.aa.. , le o ~ 10 ho das,,as
ao @s'ua :, 1o ,rhn ,, ON ,orna ,ho
s,I'e ,aws TS,rd ,ho ottnrner asrera
"as s,sa,an. io,rs ~ .ho nrasant
,s "n isa,,sa,ta.. t,a,n.s ,,a o.,ou,,a,,
la as.a ~ ~, aaan.~a -, no,,d,r,ort 10 tha
constitution II the present constitution makes
1t impossible to extinguish the trusts Fifth,
nv iepu1oal par ~ " tnuub tSa
money to continue the republican party in
power
In the Philippine question certain fundament-
a. principles are lnvovea t'ss' .nere are ou'
se @w monarcb IL beina founded mon force re.
publics upon consent. Second, the declaration
of independence asserts that all governments
uerve .neir usu powers 81 IRON ,ne ,Gsos y, se
n ned is sound We cannot rigbtfulv acquire
title to the Philippine islands by conquest or by
purchase from an alien monarch to whose re-
Delllous suoec,s we ourselves lurnlsnea arms
~ he trea thew shauid be immedintelv assured
Of our nations intention to give them independ-
ence as soon as a stable government can be es-
tablished Fifth, the F'lipinos having fallen in
to our hands by accident of war should be dealt
WIN acc1runR 70 ptinupes anu nu'
outside interference While thew work out their
own destiny
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Chicago, july sL-No friction de-
welcomed at the meeting of the demo-
cratic national committee Yesterday
and the men who made such belliger-
emf assertions Wednesday niuht failed
10 make them Good Yesterday Not a
single warlike note was sounded and
No defances were uttered either bv tbe
man who demand tb,t .s;vtaen IN one,
shall be tho r,llv;no crv in the nsxt
camnaion ny hy those who onnose lie
adontion The only movement made
bv tho silvar mon lool,inr toward
recognition nv the national commits
too w,s d,r;nr the aftarnoor wbap
tbe Ohio vallev Rime,allic leaone
was admitted to the committee
rooms, ana James r. Isivlrs or hen-
lucky, acting as spokesman, read some
resolutions adopted by the committee
earlier in the day at the Palmer house.
These resolutions he demanded be in
serted in the next democratic national
platform, opposing trusts and imperial
ism and adhering to the silver ratio of
sixteen to one. "And along these lines
we offer Won our aid.n said Mr.. Tar