The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-17
Handwriting mt Their Residence Fol.
lowed by a Reception at the
State Capitol.
SPEECH BY THE CANDIDATE
HIS REASONS FOR GADDING ABOUT
THE COUNTRY.
celebration of His Position on Ma
tiOnal Questions - Alarmist
View OF Expansion.

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return home to-day at $40 p. m. He was
met at the depot by a large crowd and was
escorted to his residence. There was a
speech there and handshaking with both
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan and the crowd dis
persed. In the evening a reception was
given In the State capitol grounds which
partook more of the nature of an official
function.
When the Rock Island brought the Bryan
party in there was a local committee OF
escort in carriages. all gaily bedecked
with the national colors. while the Bryan
Home Guards in white suits and the Con-
~tinentals in new George Washington uni
forms. together with many citizens not in
uniform, marched on foot as a guard OF
honor. The march consumed about half an
hour, and when the escorting party joined
the people who were waiting about the
front porch Of the Bryan residence the
crowd not only covered the lawn and the
sidewalk, but extended across the street
and well toward the intersecting streets.
There were speeches ofs welcome for both
husband and wife, as there were loud
cheers not only for 1.-The next President
but also for 1.-THE next Presidents Wife
Mrs. Bryan was presented, with a bouquet
of roses. The speech to Mr.. Bryan was
made by Mr.. w. NJ. Working, a local Sill
yer Republican leader, who congratulated
Mr.. Bryan especially upon his indianapolis
speech as one which would be used by
future generations as a weapon against
tyranny and oppression"
Mr.. Bryan expressed his and Mrs
Bryan's appreciation Of the good will OF
their townspeople of all parties and ex-
planned why he went away from home to
meet people instead of having them come
to Lincoln to see him. II nave sometimes
been criticised said he, for going away
from home instead of staying here and
having people come to see me, but 1 have
.elt in the first place hat people could
not come here as well as they could go to
Canton. Lincoln is not in the center of a
thickly populated country as Canton Is.
and our people have not the means of trav-
cling without cost as they have in some
parts of the country under some circum-
stances and / have felt that 1t was a great
deal cheaper for me to go and see the peo-
rle than for ms to compel them to come
and see me. [Applause.l Even looking at 1t
from a business standpoint, looking at ii
from the standpoint of those
in our city who would find a
profit in crowds coming here, / have felt
that / could do more good by doing that
which would insure election than in any
other way, for it is a great deal better for
this city to be the home of a President for
four years than to be the home of a presi-
Dental candidate for a little while. But i'm
the discussion of public questions in a
great fight like this We cannot stop to
measure the advantages of any policy to
the people in a particular section. / believe
that the fight in which we are engaged is
one that concerns every citizen in this
broad land. More than that, l believe it
concerns the people of all the world. / be-
lieve that here we are trying an expert
ment, and that that experiment, If success
everywhere, and that if the experiment
fails here there is no place where it can
be tried with better prospect of success"
NATIONAL ISSUES.
Mr.. Bryan then discussed national issues
at some length, in part as follows: mot
long ago a Republican was Gliding one of
our people with the fact that the Fflipinos
were looking to a Democratic election for
the securing of their rights, and the Re
publican said: Are you not ashamed that
the Filipinos are expecting aid from the
Democrats?' and this man replied to the
Republican: DO you know of any people
in all the world who are fighting for liberty
who are looking to the Republican party
for help at this timer The Beers in South
Africa are hoping for the success of the
| Democratic party because they believe
they have a right to expect the sympathy
of the American people in their struggl
for liberty. The Republican party or to-day
is not the representative Of human rights,
as it claimed TO be forty years ago. L want
those who are about 10 cast they first vote,
as well as those who have voted before. To
take these questions that press upon them
for solution and ask themselves: What
will the result be?'
when we say that Republican success
menaces the foundation of our government
some Republicans laugh and say we are
| alarmists, but it is much easier TO take
| the second step in the wrong direction than
IL is to take the first step, and IL to-day
the American people declare that We can
hold the people of Porto Rico as subjects
and exclude them from the guarantees of
the Constitution IL will be easier to take
the next step. III we dare TO exclude these
people of Porto Rico from a share in the
government in which they live we will deny
our faith in a principle that has been fun-
damental In this country for a century
| and a quarter"
He then explained the reasons OF his
party for an apparent change of issues.
saying: Parties do not make issues; par
ties meet issues. 1t is now ten years since
| first became a candidate In this commu-
nifty, and you will remember that in that
campaign of 1890 the dominant question was
the tariff question. That was the question
then before the country That was the
question which we discussed. Before 1892
the silver question began to rise into prom
inence. and In the campaign of 1892 we dis
cussed both the tariff question and the sill
yer question, but the silver question more
than the tariff question BY 1894 the silver
question had so risen in Importance that
il became the question in this State. The
Republicans carried this State and had
two-thirds of the Legislature, but the sill
yer question went on increasing I'm i'm
portance until in 1896 we had the fight in the
Nation upon the same lines that We had IL
I'm the State two years before, and after
two years of consideration the people OF
Nebraska had so changed their minds that
we carried this State by 1900 majority.
place after a study OF the subjects then
before the country. III We had our way
about il we would have In this campaign
at this time the same questions We had In
1896. but events have thrust into the arena
of politics new questions. The trust CUES
ton, which was considered some, has be-
come more important because the Repub-
lican party has stood sponsor by the cradle
of more trusts than came Into existence in
all the years previous TO 1886. Applause.
Ii is the fault of the Republican party that
the trust question lis of more Importance
now than II was four years ago.
"But the Republican party has brough;
into this campaign a question more i'm.
portant than any question that merely in
wolves the system OF taxation, the indus,
t~tof Systouo or the financial xxSfovo 1wI<