The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-05
DEMOCRATS HEAR BRYAN.
Addresses Gathering Of Clubs
at Indianapolis.
CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION.

CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION.
Candidate Escorted Through the Streets
by Marching Clubs-- Characteristic Dem
onstration at the Hall--AIl Join In an
Enthusiastic Welcome.
Indianapolis, Oct. 5.-The hall in
which was assembled the National
Association of Democratic clubs was
thronged with people yesterday after
noon, probably 5000 being present,
but as the hour approached for the
advent of Mr.. Bryan at o'clock the
aisles were filed to degree of almost
suffocation. After Adlai e. Steveh-
son had concluded James r. Sovereign,
ex-grand master workman of the
knights of Labor, spoke, dealing with
the workingman from a political
standpoint.
Mr.. Sovereign was followed by j.
Milton Turner, minister to Liberia un-
der Grants administration, who spoke
briefly.
AS Bishop Turner concluded, Mr.,
Bryan appeared upon the platform
His arrival served to instill into the
meeting degree of enthusiasm which
had not marked the proceedings OF
the convention. He reached the city
a few minutes before o'clock. He
was escorted through the streets by a
har of m n al, nd 1o q
welcomed at every turn by throngs of
people.
AS soon as the Democratic national
candidate appeared on the platform
there was wild shout of greeting and
this soon developed into demonstra-
tion, which continued for about 6 min
utes, until indeed, there was call fol
a cessation from Mr.. Bryan himself
The speech was literally applauded
throughout and when it was concluded
there was a rush to the stage on the
part of those in the audience who
wished to shake hands with him. He
however, avoided this demonstration
and soon found his way back to his
hotel.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
The Republican party is not prepared
to meet The issues of this campaign. The
Republican party is today lodging and run
ming from nearly every issue in the cam
paign. When they started out they said
the money question was the question OF
paramount Importance. But, my friends
they found that when man says that q
question of money is more important than
nf ,a,,% I,o
arouses suspicion and people begin to won
der whether he thinks dollar is more i'm
portant than man. Think Of trying to
make the money question paramount in
this campaign! Why, my friends, when
the money question was paramount In
1896, we found the Republicans trying tc
make out that the tariff was the para.
mount isue Now, when the question OF
human race and human liberty are at stake,
the Republicans say that the money ques
tion is the paramount issue. The American
people have not yet decided in favor of i'm.
perialism The Republicans refuse to meet
1t. They say now that the reason we are
in the Philippines. the reason our boys are
dying, the reason large army is necessary
the reason we cannot come home is be-
cause helped to ratify the treaty
If it is the hand of God that takes us to
the Philippine Islands. why do the Repub.
licans want to lay it onto a Democrat
Now they say the war would stop if it were
not for the Democratic party. They say
that the Filpinos would lay down their
arms but for the hope they have that
may be elected. My friends, whenever q
Republican tells you chat, you tell him that
the colonists fought the same battle that
the Filipinos are fighting and that they
did 1t nearly hundred years before
was born.
Tell them that the republic Of South AZ
rica fought the same fight before this ques
tion ever arose in American politics. Tel
them that the Cubans waged war fol-
30 years to secure the same rights before
there was ever an anti-imperialist party in
this country or ever need for such party
| Tell them that the Filipinos issued a decla
ration of independence patterned after
ours before the question of Imperialism
| ever entered into American politics.
| My friends they do me too much honor
when they say that am responsible fol
the Filipfnos' hatred of foreign domination
If they have not forgotten the teachings
OF Abraham Lincoln they would know that
he said it was not a party or a man, but
God himself who planted in the human
heart >Se love of liberty which no Repub
! lican party can take away
Mr.. Hanna Says there are no trusts
That settles the question. He ought to ask
his wife. Every wife knows there are
trusts. The only trust any Republican in
| this country seems to know about Is the
ice trust and the Republicans don't know
much about that, for If they did they would
know that every stockhoder is a Repub
lican. If they knew more about the ice
trust they would know that it's harm was
confined to the people of New York. and ii
they knew that they had as governor of the
state of New York man who would not lei
any harm come to his people, they would
| know there would be no ice trust there, fol
the governor would kill it.
| Crane Again NaIhed for Governor