Evening star., 1900-10-11
Waking the Echoes With His 0ratory
in Michigan.
OPENED UP EARLY THIS MORNING
Propounds List Of Questions to
the Republicans.
ONE SPEECH OF A MINUTE

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, October H.
Despite his arduous labors of yesterday
Candidate Bryan was astir early this morn
Oh the program for the day at Hastings,
beginning at quarter past I. and notwith-
standing the early hour he had good au-
dience He was greeted with a shout as he
emerged from the sleeper, and sent away
with cheer he re-entered. He talked
largely of imperialism at Hastings, say
ing that the Filipinos should have their own
flag and not our flag, and that We should
protect them in the possession of their flag.
They should be allowed 10 work out their
own destiny, as desired to be allowed
to work out ours For no nation good
enough to own and govern another nation,
as no man was good enough to own and
govern another man.
The second speech of the morning was
made at the little town of Nashville. Mr.
Bryan had only five minutes and he con
tented himself with suggesting a series OF
questions to republicans. These were as fol-
lows:
Questions for Republicans.
IF the trust is good thing, why did the
republican platform denounce trusts? If
the trust is a bad thing. why did the repub-
lican administration permit more trusts to
be organized than during all the previous
history of the country? If some trusts are
good and some bad. can you tell the differ
ence between a good one and bad one?
Do you know Of any good monopoly In pri-
vate hands? Do you know OF any man
good enough to stand at the head Of mo-
nopoly and determine the price of that
which others are te use? Do you know
of any good reason why the army should
be made 100000. Would YOU be willing to
make the army 0,Hn If the republican
leaders said so. or half million If they
wanted it? What is your title to the FIJI
ipino? Did you buy him or did you get
him by force? Do you think you can buy
the right to govern people? What are YOU
going to do with the Filipino when you get
him? Are you going to kill him? If he
lives, is he to be a citizen or subject? Are
you going TO have congressman from the
Philippines. and senators and electors? If
not. are you going TO have subjects? When
did you decide that 1t was wise for to
have half an empire and half a republic? l.?
When did you decide that colonial policy
was good? Shall we folce upon the Porto
Ricans, because we have the power, that
which we would not bear ourselves? What
you going to do with the Philippine
question:
Twenty-Minute TaIk =. Charlotte.
At Charlotte Mr.. Bryan ran huriiedy
over the issues of the campaign during die
twenty-minute stop. He charged the re-
publican party with defense of the trusts.
and said:
IF you like trusts vote the republican
ticket. and then you will get all that you
want of them. If you don't Ike the trusts
you will have to leave the republican party
to get relief"
He charged that the republican party was
afraid to destroy the trusts. because the
trusts were the chief source of supply in
their campaign fund.
Incident OF the Meeting.
Discussing the increase In size of the
army Mr.. Bryan asked If there was a man
in the audience who had ever written to
any public official asking for army OF
100000 men. One hand went up. voice
in the crowd shouted, He can't write
The man In the crowd then said that he had
never resigned a commission in the army
and to this Mr.. Bryan replied that he had
resigned his commission and that he had
done because he thought this country
In more danger at that time than was Cuba.
He said that he had volunteered on the
day that war was declared. and had re-
signed on the day that the treaty OF peace
was signed. He said that when he found
the republican party trying to estab-
ilsh here the doctrines which underiie the
empires Of the old world he could be OF
more service as citizen than as a soldier.
At Bellevue Mr.. Bryan made speech OF
one minute. and at 800 reached Battle
Creek, where he talked for half hour.