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detrimental to the best interests Of our
whole well-being. to our financial. COM
mercial intellectual and social advance
1nent. Further i believe that It IS a !
menace to the existence of seif-Goyern-
ment among US.
Mr. W-ellir gton declared his conv2ction
."rl.a President Mckinley is but the pro-
Consul of the English Queen in the man
agement Of American q fairs.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Weliington's
address, he was loudly appiauded.
BRYAN APPLAUDED.
Mr.. Bryan was promptly introduced and
the applause Which had welcomed his first
appearance was repeated. He began by
referring to Senator Wellngtons speech
as a notable occurrence. He also rebuked
the Kissing of the Senator's remarks. ask
ing if those who had been guilty of this
conduct had conducted themselves in a
like manner when the gold standard Sena-
tors had left the Democratic party.
As Mr. Bryan proceeded he was cheered
and applauded. and it soon became evil
dent that Notwithstanding his criticism OF
some members OF the audience. he had
the respect. if not the good will Of ali
there. He. declared that Mr. Wellington
| could not come to the Democratic parry
either for money or honor. and satd II
must be that his only reason co''la pe
=
Mr. Rrvan said: 81 have listened to
| n;urt to q speech that ought to produce a
nrofound impression unon the kNnerieaf
reonle NV friends. want to ernphaSlze
the importance Of independence OF act.o,i
in a country like yours. pe.le'e1 VIII
Senator WELLINGTON that the CLAIMS Oh .,'e
country are infinitely greater than me
claims. of any marty. / believe with MN
that a man should make his party al
citations suit his convictions not MIKE
his convictions suit his nartv Greet
! ASKS QUESTIONS
.sIn 1896 Gold Democrats lel1 US ail.1
silver Republicans came to US. l -
some people kissing hare to-night oect'use
Senator yelling ton left his party upon ti1e
| paramount issue of this hour. l Va "
| ask those men who Kissed 1T they za!sseu
-, -I,e,,ocratic Senators left the Dem
ocrat;c ,,artv on the money question III
1900 If a. Democratic Senator had rlsht
| to leave the Democratic party to save the
! eoh: standard, cannot RepuoEcah sen
| ator leave the Republican party to save
| the Declaration of Independence when
| is the more important-that you shail
| have a. financial system which you IKE
| or that you shall have Government De
irving its just powers from lhe
| Of the governed.
| .Senator Wellington and / differ upon
| the tariff question: but did not John e.
| Carlisle. the apostle of tariff reform, sup
| port William Mckinley, the apostle OIL
| protection, when he thought that money
was the paramount issue? We loaned
! YOU some Gold Democrats in 1855 Ihe3.
| have come back, and it is only faif; tiittt
| you Republicans should pay US interest
and if / may be permitted to speak for
the Democratic party, let me- say that
am willing to accept Senator Wellington,
! at interest and you give q receipt IN fllii-
| Republican applause and cheers tor
| Nel!ington)
MORAL COURAGE.
Courage has always been admired, but
sometimes people have admired physical
courage more than they have admired
| moral courage. Moral courage IS often
wanting where physical courage IS pres
ent, and what this nation needs more than
| physical courage OF its people is the moral
courage of the citizen who would rather
! die right than live wrong. S(ApplauseO 1t
! requires moral courage for a man to separ-S
ate from his party. Senator Wellington
has displayed much courage in leaving the
Republican party and may we not nope
that the same courage will be displayed by
tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands
and millions of his fellow Republicans OF
| the rank and file who are not held to the
party by ties 50 strong and SO binding.
I And yet is there not enough to inspire even
| a Republican Senator to leave his party.
! 1 ask not what Senator Wellington did in
| 1896 l ask not what he will do in 1900
| The same intelligence and the same cour-
age within mis- keeping to-day will be
! his four years from now to- guide and
direct him then. But to-day in meeting
| the crisis that is upon US has ne not
| enough to inspire him to break party ties
| and endure the Kisses of those VINO lack
| the courage to do what he has done!
Y 1: h.,
| to us for money? No man would come
| to the Democratic party for money.
! daughter aud applause.) Does he come for
! honor? His own party has satisfied his
| ambition for honor. What brings him to
! the Democratic party at this time? What
| makes him act with those VINO support the
! Democratic party? It is his belief that
| his country is in peril. It Is belief that the
course which the Republican party is pur-
| suing tends directly toward the repudia-
| ton of those principles which the Repub-
| lican party advocated until the last three
| years.
If there be one Of his Republican associ-
ates who think that his judgment is err
roneous let that Republican associate read
wer to it.
| STANDING ARMY
Senator Wellington believes that an
administra ton that asks for an army four
times as large as the army was when it
went into power. tends toward imperial
ism. Let any of You deny it. Why it
was the boast Of Republicans in years past
that we did not need a large standing army
in this country. If you can in one admins
tration multiply your standing army by
four and make it 100000 instead of 5000
will it not be easier for the next admins
tration to multiply it by four and make it
400 coo instead OF 10000. Is there not some
thing there to alarm the man who loves
his country. believes in its institutions
and wants a Government SO good that it
does not need a large standing army to
keep it in existence. a Government SO
good that every citizen will die if need be
to preserve that Government.
Senator Wellington believes that the
Republican party is entering upon career
of Imperialism. He is not deceived by
the attempt to hide Imperialism under the
name of expansion. He knows the history
of his country and he knows that this
nation has expanded before it has. extended
the limits of a Republic. and that the
Constitution followed the flag. He knows
that this is not attempt to extend the
limits Of a Republic here and a desnotisn1
He ,1rt;l