The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-23

familiar strain. as to old neighbors. Before
he began his speech the people We're adj
dressed by Governor POINTER. who said the
had redeemed the State from much embar-
rassrnent due to previous Republican coa-
troll.
Mr. Bryan did not attempt to deliver a
formal speech. but he talked to the people
for half an hour or more concerning the is
sues OF the day, dwelling especially on the
the Republicans were not united on the
alleged evils Of Imperialism and militarism
as he views these questions and warning
his hearers against them. He told them
question of supreme Importance in the cam
paign, some of them giving that place TO
the tariff and others TO the financial issue.
There could not, however, as he looked at
the subject, be any doubt that the question
OF the form of government was more vital
than either of these He then proceeded to
argue that the Republican party is seeking
10 establish imperialistic practices in our
new insular possessions, thus subve-ttng
our present democratic form of govern
ment and in the end bringing untold evils
on the people.
AT Firth, Mr.. Bryan addressed crowd
composed largely of Holland Dutch, and
he was introduced by q speaker in the
Dutch language. His speech was In the
main an argument against the policy OF
the administration In the Philippines He
declared that the Republican policy is of a
character calculated TO strike at the very
principles of government and he contendeu
that If we were to have imperialism we
the Republican party meant to maintain
q large army was made manifest by the
increase already established. There are
PEOPLE. he said, who want a big army for
domestic reasons '"They are the people
he declared, who are opposed to the
arbitration of the differences between labor
and capital and who are in favor of the
use of injunctionS in labor disputes.
He declared that the Republican party
was embarked upon a policy of Imperialism
and was holding out false hopes to the
question. 'They will tell you he said,
that they are going 10 give the Philippines
the blessings of our government. They
are not going to do any such thing, for
does not their own party platform say that
they mean TO give these people such a
government as they think the FilipinoS
ought to have" AS for the abstract rights
of the United States in the premises he
asserted that no nation had ever lived that
was great enough to trample upon the
rights of the weak and the people on the
earth
In reply to an inquiry from the crowd
as to whether he does not believe that we
should have a coaling station at Manila,
Mr.. Bryan said the Fiiipinos had always
stood ready TO give us a coaling station
there, but" he said 1.-The trouble is tina.
we have wanted to hold all the land to see
whether there any coal there" and
III the language of a member of Congress
il was. he said, significant that one of the
first acts of the government after Dewey S
victory was to give instruction TO ascertain
whether there was coal in the archipelago.
This inquiry was undertaken in the sum-
mer, but If the taking of the Philippines
was the Lords work, what was the need
of coal at that season of the year? II IL
was the devils work he would, of course,
need coal at any season."
After his speech at Firth, Mr.. Bryan
drove to Haitian, a distance of nine miles,
and there made the last speech of the day.
He defended a former declaration made by
him that the President of the United States
= "A m a hon r1o0
occupying that Office forgot that he was 4
hired man that was a sign that he had
outlived his usefulness a public official.
He also said that political party was
a suit of clothes-to be put off when worn
out and that the Republican party was i'm
that condition.