The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-09
COL WILLIAM 1. bryan SOUNDS TE KEYNOTE Of THE Fight
IMPERIALISM THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE Of IBE CAMPAIGN

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In the great battle upon US we will
make the fight thickest and hottest upon
this monster Imperialism, which always
feeds upon the life blood of liberty. The
The highest duty of humanity is to help
others to be free. The just punishment
of g. people that enslave and rule over
another is the loss of their own liberty,
for democracy cannot be an empire and
remain both.
The platform DECLARES unceasing war
fare in nation, state ana city against
trusts and private monopolies in every
form. This declaration means that the
laws now on the statute books against
this growing evil must be enforced by
honest and competent officials and that
there shall be enacted other laws eff
c1ent enough to completely govern and
control all trusts and monopohes. The
baneful effects of these organizations
cannot be estimated or described They
have grown up under the fostering care
or the party now in power, which has
completely controlled all the law-making
authority for nearly four years. BY it's
1naction this party confesses it's inability
or dfSinclfnation, Gather of which is GRIM
inal, to deal with the trusts. If the peo-
pie therefore would put q curb on the
trusts they must vote the government
out of the hands of the trusts. We re-
Gently saw Republican congress sur
render the combination of the treasury
vaults to the armor plate trust one day,
and on a different day for the benefit of
another trust withdraw the constitution
trusts now count the United States as
one Of their assets. They claim to own
congress. Self-control is a great attri-
butte. These trusts therefore are in IA
gress controlled by trusts In other
words. the trusts will trust the congress
sional trust to control the trusts. The
serious objection to trusts is that by
their methods they are rapidly acquir-
ing all the business of the country They
have driven out of business by their
methods tens of thousands of Heretofore
prosperous establishments trading in
comparatively small way. The prosper
tty which they have created is Republi-
can prosperity and not the prosperity of
the masses Of the people, or of the vast
body known as the middle classes They
multiply the fortunes Of a few until they
are many times millionaires. One of our
trust magnates boasts that he intends to
increase and the wages of those in the
rural districts barely sustain life.
l cannot, without trespassing upon the
propriety of this occasion, further dis
cuss, or even make mention of the other
titude before us is impatient and eager
to catch the first utterance of your lips
issues of the campaign. The vast null
and hang on your eloquent words.
need not tell you that we will follow
wheverer you lead, knowing that there
never was and cannot be a sublimer dllty
than that of defending and encouraging
abroad.
Our platform is American. 1t was con-
structed by Americans for Americans,
native and foreign born. 1t is democratic
and all who love liberty and despise tyr
amy can stand upon 1t and support our
nominees.
We know that we can, with entire con-
hdence, make appeal to the people for
our ,country's rescue in this hour of our
peril. We appeal to all who loathe i'm
perialism and venerate our constitution
We appeal to all who despiSe n1ilitarisno
and love liberty. We appeal to all who
oppose nigh war taxes in time of peace
and other increase of taxes, and who fa-
Vor Just system of revenue collection
and all who in every way oppose UNEQUAL
taxation. We appeal to all who favor
our hitherto free institutions and equal
opportunity for all under the law We
appeal to all who are willing to resist
the ever-increasing oppression and rob-
berry of the trusts and rnonopolies We
appeal to all who are opposed to the
criminal aggression of forcibe annexa-
ton, and who do not favor having our
Sulu slaves. and Oriental harems. We
appeal, IN snort, to all patriots and low
erS of liberty, regardless of past px1 ty af-
filiations, to enlist in our cause and help
triumphantly to bear our banner
BRYAN TAKES THE FLOOR.
There was an immediate change of de-
pertinent on the part of the crowd when
Mr.. Bryan arose. He was introduced at
3;30 by Chairman Jones' and, as If order
~ NAAN
up, which evidently had the effect of
bringing some relief to the overheated
and much crowded mass of people At
any rate, after one burst of rapturous
applause, the crowd quieted down and
remained we'll behaved throughout the de-
livery of the speech There were occa-
sional cries of Louder" when Mr.. Brv
an nrst began to speak, but these were Off
set by huzzas for the speaker. After q
contests M Li,H
made no further signs except to apnlaud
the strong points of the speeches as thev
were made.
MI. Bryan read his speech, departine
not from his manuscript EXCEPT in word
OF explanation at the beginning of his ad-
oress He was sitting Immediately to the
left OF Senator Jones when he was pra
senleo py that gentleman. He arose
promptly, and was Immediately recoo-
nlzed by the entire assemblaee Tbe
democratic leader never appeared r. hot
ter advantage. His face was slfsht1,,
hushed, but his eye was clear and calm
and his voice was never more complete1v
at his command.
HIS manner was calm and cool and
evidently he felt his full control of
the situation as he took the one sion
necessdry TO bring him to the front ot
the platform. He was dressed in =
black sack coat which was loosely hnt~
toned about the waist white sbi,-+
front was capped by a white@neck tie
These gave the appearance of coolnesc
IN temperature and comported we'll with
the speakers personal bearing. Thew
was no suggestion of impediment of
speech. His clear voice was far reaching
and that he was heard at a great dc.
tance was made evident bv the fao+
that people far out in the crowd tstened
apparently as 4ntently as did those who
sat OH the platform. Apparently M
strong point was lost to any one present
Among the sentiments of the speecb
which We're applauded with special zes+
were those declaring that under exist
Ing circums tances I'VE dare NOT educate
the Fllipfnos lest they learn to read
the Declaration of Independence and the
constitution of the United States; that
ne would never agree to exchange the
glory OF this country for that of all the
empires; that ut is not necessary to
own people in order to trade wifi
them, and that the command "go We
Into all the world and preach the gos-
pei, has no gattling gun attachment"
There was also general cheering over
the promise to convene congress imme-
diately to remedy the Philippine stu
alton II elected; but no part of the
address received the earnest commenda-
ton that was bestowed upon the peror-
alton. This called out an outburst that
was both tumultuous and prolonged
Mr.. Bryan spoke few words extern
poraneously in introducing his speech,
all of which, except the preoration, was
read from manuscript. The closing sem
tences were repeated from memory in
a most effective manner. The extempor-
aneous Introduction was as follows:
Il feel that owe an apology or ex-
planatlon to the people who are to listen
for the fact that just read what 1 am
going to say. 1t would be more pleasant
TO me and more agreeable to You to