The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-17

Mr.. Bryan E~ulogizes Tax
Eating, Vice-Protectfng Society.

Eating, society.
The trip To Tammany Hall was made
through streets lined with cheering thou
sands. Mr.. Bryan and his party arrived
at 9:25. Senator Mackey was speaking, but
as soon as the crowd recognized Bryan 1t
rose to it's feet and cheered for several
minutes. Richard Croker, who accompa-
MED Mr.. Bryan. took a seat on the rear of
the platform, while the candidate went to
the front and acknowledged the greeting.
When the cheering had continued for a
couple of minutes he raised his hand to
command silence. AS soon as he was able
to speak he began:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen-I
hope you will excuse my appearance. l
have been trying to talk to all the people
of New York. and l am afraid that show
the effects of the exertion. But / am here
for a moment to express my appreciation
of the work that is being done in this cam
paign by this great organization.
1 heard of Tammany Hall before Tammany
Hall ever heard of me. 1 came here sew
eral years ago on the Fourth of July, and
I was pleased to know that this society
made Ii a rule to celebrate the anniver-
sary of the Nations birth. One hundred
and twenty-four years ago, on the Fourth
of July, this Nation gave to the world the
~grandest document ever drafted by human
man. on the 4th day of July last the
Queen of England celebrated the anniver-
sary of our Nations birthday by issuing
an order for the overthrow OF two repuD-
lies. What a change in Ia years. For Ia
years or more the Republican party op-
served the Fourth of July, but the hepup-
lican party this year was not alarmed
when our Nations birthday anniversary
was used for the signing of the death war
rant of two republics.
What advantage did you ever hear
claimed for an imperial policy? First,
that there is money in it. Second, that
God is in it. Third. that we are in 1t and
can't get out of it. The man VINO says
there is money in it must be prepared TO
tell us what human life is worth; but
can any man living tell the value or a
human brain or a human heart full or love
for its fellow-men? Measure III you can
the influence Of the great soul dedicated
TO the uplifting of his fellow-men, and yet
the Republican party, in defending imperi-
alism on the ground that IL can be made
to pay, must be prepared to tell US the
value of the two thousand men whose
bodies f1oated back to us across the ocean.
I would not put an American boy on the
auction block and sell him for all the
trade of the Orient. When you hear a Re-
publican specializing or the trade value
of a human life. tell him to buy it with
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people. Our forefathers prayed to God for
guidance in the struggle to maintain the
principle of no taxation without represen-
tation. 1t was the same God We have
now as then, the same God as yesterday,
to-day and forever. Is 1t not worse than
mockery to pray TO the same God for VIC
tory over people who fight for the same
principle, taxation without representation,
for which our forefathers fought and died
who says we cannot get out? Those
who put us in? They do not want us 10
get out. / denounce this cowardly excuse
that would make a chicken thief out OF
every man who could reach a hen roost
There has not been an hour in twenty
years that we could not have taken Canada
had we wanted to. Or Mexico, or the
South or Central American republics. But
we have not wanted TO and to-day we are
| in no position to take the Philippine islands
that we have been in the past TO take
those nations. Let this Nation declare tina
it is not going to conquer the Philippines
and then say TO other nations Thou shalt
rot Then If any European nation should
provoke war with us to get the Philippine
islands, this Nation would be in a position
to stand before the world as the exponent
OF the doctrine of self-government, and nc
king would dare oppose her. This Nation
has already lost a great opportunity
What an opportunity for us to show the
difference between our ideals and those
of Europe. They say that others will
laugh at us. Let them laugh. People
laughed at our forefathers when the Dec
laration of Independence was given to thS
world. Let emperors laugh and those
laugh who despise the people, but let this
Nation stand erect, and a struggling PEG.
pie will raise their eyes to heaven and
thank God that there is one republic left
Tammany Hall had been crowded to re.
pletion from 6 O'Clock on, and to fill up the
time before the arrival of Mr.. Bryan Q
4 NUMBER OF others had spoken.