The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21

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periaIism Is Not Expansion.
| BALTIMORE, Jan. '20.-William j. Bry-
! an delivered an address here tonight upon
| the political questions Of the day to an
| audience which filed Music hall. the big
| gest auditorium in the city, to Its 1uii
capacity, and which greeted him and his
remarks with the greatest enthusiasm.
| The meeting was held under the auspices
| of the Maryland Democratic association,
| one of the free silver wings of the Demo-
cratic party of the state. and was not
encouraged in any way by the regular
Democratic organization. In fact, the
latter held strictly aloof from any par
ticipation in the affair. They made no
effort to discourage it in any way, but
not one of the Democratic leaders ap-
peared upon the platform, and an offer
Of stage tickets was politely declined by
the principal members of the Democratic
central committee.
Mr.. Bryan came over from Washington
in a special car, attached to the Penn
sylvania railway train, which left WASH
tngton at 5 p. M, accompanied by
committee under the leadership of S. S.
Field, chairman CT the committee Of ar
rangements. Upon reaching this city,
about 6:15 p. M, the party drove to the
Eutaw house for supper, after which they
went to Music hall
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Bryan's adj
dress he was the guest at banquet
given in his honor by his admirers in
this city and vicinity.
With the party who came over from
Washington were: Senator Tillman. of
South Carolina; Congressman Sulzer, Of
New York; Richardson. Of Tennessee;
Jones, of Virginia. and De Almond, Of
Missouri. 1t was nearly o'clock when
Mr. Bryan reached the Music hail, where
the crowd greeted him uproariously. Mr..
Bryan, in part, said:
81 want to assure you in the begin
ming that my happiness does not depend
upon any honor which the people of this
nation can confer, neither do l believe
that this nations happiness or welfare
depends upon any ore person. AS in
politics. as in the army, the generals get
the glory and the privates do the work.
And, therefore, 1 feel that I owe it to
those who for nearly four years have
been bearing the burden in the heat of
the day. owe it to them to say that
what 1 have done is but an atom COM
pared with what they have done.
I'm 1896 the voters proved that they
could control the policy Of the party. and
during the last three years they have
proven that they could hold what they
gained In 1885, In spite Of newspapers, In
spite of railways, IN spite Of banks and
In spite of every influence supposed to
obtain, the plain people Of the Democrat
ic party have stood, and now stand, for
the Chicago platform in all that 1t says.
/ want to begin with an accepted PROPOSE
tion-that proposition which 1 consider
most fundamental in government.
EQUALITY OF MANKIND.
"I find it in thu Declaration Of INDIE
pendence. If you will pardon me for quot
ing anything from that old and worm
out document, as our Republican friends
seem to think 1t is The Declaration of
Independence was once highly respected
document; it is under cloud just now,
but I have confidence that in a few
months the clouds will be rolled by, and
that old document will shine with all
its former brightness. That fundamen-
tai principle is that all men are created
equal.
81 do not mean to say that all men are
created equal in physical strength; 1 do
not mean to say that all men are created
equal in mental ability, or in moral
worth. or that under any just form of
| government man will be equal in ca
| pacity for enjoyment or in the enjoy
ment that We have. What 1 mean to
! say is this: That whenever government
comes into contact with the citizen;
| whenever the citizen touches the govern
| ment, then all must stand equal before
| the law, and there must be no high, no
! low, no rich, no poor. That government
| must be administered according to the
maxim of Jefferson: Equal rights to all.
and special privileges to none.
INCOME TAX.
81 am going to ask the Republicans
here to think for a little after they go
home of the income tax, and see If 1t Is
| not within the doctrine of equal rights
| to all and special privileges to none. How
do we collect our federal taxes today?
! Well, before the Spanish war broke out
| we collected almost the entire tax from
| two sources-from internal revenue du-
ties on liquor and tobacco, and import
| duties on what we eat and wear. and US
ually what proportion do the people pay
to these taxes? In proportion to the ben
/ efits received from the government? Not
at ALL In proportion to property? Not
/ at all. In proportion to income? Not at
/ all In what proportion do people pay in
ternal revenue taxes ?Why, in proportion
to the liquor and tobacco they use. They
do not use those things in proportion to
their income, and so far as you collect
| taxes from liquor and tobacco, you make
| the poor man pay on an average a larger
percentage of his income to support the
government and the rich. When the
Spanish war broke out we had to have
more taxes. and the Republican party
looked around for any old thing to put
a stamp on, and you run across the
stamp taxes all the time. Every time
send a telegram | have to pay the regu-
lar rate, and in addition thereto 1 cent is
added for the benefit of subdung the Fill
ipinos. Why is it the people have to pay
this tax? Because the law says So And
why was this law made so? So the tele-
graph company could shift the burden on
the man who sends the telegram. Be-
cause the telegraph companies have more
influence with the Republican party than
all the Democrats or Republicans who
use the telegraph wires.
MONEY ABOVE BLOOD.
"In time of peril the government can
take the husband from his wife, the son
from his mother, the father from his
children, and stand him up before the en-
emys guns, but in an hour of danger the
government cannot lay it's hands upon
the accumulated wealth and make that
wealth bear its share of the expenses.
Why is It? 1t is because the Republican
party has made money more precious
than blood
''My friends. you have heard men de-