The age-herald., 1900-10-05
MR. BRYANS GREAT SPEECH BEFORE
 THE CONVENTION AT INDIANAPOLIS

trust except the ice trust, and why is 1t that the Republicans in charge do not de- stroy that so you can believe MT. Hanna when he says there are no trusts? (Ap- plause)
 Another Inoonsistency
 'The Republican party says there Is no question of militarism, and yet an army four times as great as the standing army of 1896 is demanded by the Presidents message of December, 1898. How much do we spend for education in the United States? Less than s20o 900 a year How much do the Republicans want to spend on military establishment? One hundred mill lion dollars year. What domestic reason Is there for large army? To protect us from the Indians? No, the less Indians we have the more army the Republican party wants. Why do they want it? So they can build fort near every large city and use the army to suppress by force the discon- tent that ought to be cured by remedial legislation. tApplause.)
 The laboring man asks for arbitration ana gets large army; he asks relief from government by injunction and gets large army; he asks for shorter hours of labor In order that he may have more time with his family and for the development of his mind, and his answer is a large army. He asks for representation in the Presidents cabinet in order that labor may be pro- tected, and his answer is a large army. That Is the domestic reason which is nor glVen and yet it Is a reason entertained by many. (Applause) What is the reason? They say we need 1t for our foreign policy, but, my friends, they asked for the army before the American people had ever de- cided upon foreign policy that made large army necessary What does 1t want with 1t? It intends to exploit the Philip pine Islands, and if you want to under stand the reason for a large army, read the prospectus issued by the Philippine Lumber and Development Company You will find that at the head of the company as president stands Republican member of Congress who is the chairman of the army committee of the House of Repre- sentatives, and another Republican Con- gressman is attorney for the company But the prospectus shows that already valuable timber lands have been secured, and the prospectus also explains that the labor problem is easily solved because there is a quantity of Chinese labor there that can be employed at from 50 to 75 cents a day in Mexican money. What do you want army for? To hold the Phil ippines while they are being developed by syndicates headed by Republican politi- clans. (Applause)
 "The Republicans say now that the req son we are in the Philippines, the reason our boys are dying, the reason large army is necessary, the reason we cannot come home, is because I helped to ratify the treaty. Naughter)
 l few moments and you will find that the Republican party said we were in the Phil ippine Islands because Of the act or God, and 1t is great come down from God to me. Gaughter) If it is the hand of God that takes us to the Philippine Islands, why do the Republicans want to lay 1t on a Democrat? They claim to be silent part ners with the Almighty, but the trouble is that they make all the noise and thus far the Almighty has been the silent part ner.
 '"rhey say that the Filipinos would lay down their arms but for the hope they have that I may be elected. My friends, | whenever Republican tells you that you tell him that the colonists fought the same 1 battle the Filipinos are fighting, and they did nearly one hundred years before l was born. Tell them that the Republic of South Africa fought the same fight before this question ever arose In American politics. Tell them that the Cubans waged a war for thirty years to secure the same rights De- fore there was ever an anti-imperialist party in this country or ever need for such a party. Tell them that the Filipinos is- sued a declaration of independence pat termed after ours before the question of im- perialism ever entered into American poli- ties (Applause) My friends, they do me too much honor when they say that I am responsible for the Filipinos' hatred of for egn domination. Until human nature is entirely changed people held In bondage will rise agalnst 1t whenever there Is prospect of success. God never made race that would welcome a foreign mas ter, and one thousand years from now, no matter what party Is in power, the Filipinos will hate us and stand ready to rise against us if we attempt to hold them in Vassalage and tax them without their consent Buckle, in his history of civilization in England, says:
 "In order to defend the attempt to de- stroy the liberties of America, principles were laid down, which, if carried into ef- feet, would have subverted the liberties of England.'
 That Is the language of an English his tcrian, that in order to defend English policy in America they had to assert prin- olples in England, which, If carried out, would have destroyed English liberties as well American liberties.
 The Republican Policy Republicans, what we object to is that in order to defend your imperial policy you have to lay down doctrines which, if car red out, will destroy the right of the American people to participate in their own government. If you are simply going to kill the Filipinos off and come home we might get over the crime. but that is not your policy. You have got to let the people live if you want to trade with them; and if they live, they will have to be citizens or subjects.
 
 shall not have them for subjects If we can prevent it. The same power that can olsregard the constitution and make a sub ject out of Filipino can disregard the con sutution and make subjects out of the American people. You have as much right to exclude American citizens from the guarantees of their constitution as you have to exclude the Porto Ricans. The very moment you draw line and say on this side are people who will gov ern themselves and on the side are people who will be governed without consent and taxed without representation, the moment you draw that line you establish not a definite but an imaginary line that can be changed at the arbitrary will of those who have the power to change it.
 When all men are created equal we can stand upon that and defend our rights, but the moment we abandon 1t every man has to carry his pedigree with him to show that he belongs to the well-born class. The Re- publican party is following the paths of monarchy. It does not propose King, but it proposes a principle upon which only a tno ofa md {