The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-05

the money question was the question of
paramount Importance. But, my friends,
they found that when a man says that
question of money is more important
than question of government he at
onces arouses suspicion and people begin
10 wonder whether he thinks a dollar is
more important than q man. Think of
Trying TO make the money question para
mount In this campaign! Why, my
friends, when the money question was
paramount in 1886, we found the Repub-
means trying TO make out that the tariff
was the paramount issue. They said let
US open the mills instead of the mints,
and the first thing they did when they
got into power was, not to reform the
currency, but to reform the tariff and
give the men who contributed a chance
TO run their hands deeper into the pock-
cts of the people.
Now when the question of human race
and human liberty are at stake the Re-
publicans say that the money question is
the paramount issue. They were afraid
dollar. Now they have given US an S5
per cent citizen IN Porto Rico, and they
don't dare tell us what per cent of citf
zenship the Filipino is to have.
QUOTED MKINLEY.
Let me remind you what was said by
nations position and III relation to the
principle set forth in the DecTara ton Of
independence. We have insisted, as all
have insisted, who have defended the
declaration, that 1t was not written for
day, nor for year, nor for a century.
We have contended that 1t was written
Tor all time and all peoples, and that no
nation would ever be so great that it
could not rest securely on that Deelara-
ton OF independence. We are not alone
in this idea. Until the poison of impe-
r1allSm- entered the minds of Republicans
they agreed with US in this doctrine as
you will see from a Fourth of July speech
made by the president himself in Chicago
i've years ago last July. Speaking of the
authors and signers of the Declaration of
independence and the constitution he
sald: They built for themselves, but
Tor posterity. Their plans stretched
out into the future, comprising the ages
and embracing mankind. Not alone for
the present We're their sacrifices and
their struggles, but for all time thereaf-
ter; not for American colonists only but
Tor the whole human race wherever man
ana woman are struggling for higher and
Ireerer and better conditions. 1t was the
yeafnlng OF the soul for emancipation. 1t
was the cry of humanity for freedom
freedom to think, speak and act within
Lle, Lne iamltations Of just and proper laws
1t should prove Intellectual all was lost
and tyranny and oppression would be per
petual 1t was the mighty struggle of
the ages for the freedom of man f9r the
equal opportunity of all mankind. ~.
There We're no limitations on that con-
S{ltiltl2H. SlslI There were no limitations on
mat Declaration of independence. 1t
was not intended for the people who
struggled then; it was for them and their
ehildren's children to the remotest ages
II was not for the Anglo-Saxon then.
mighty mighty struggle Of all creation. And
then he added: "All men have eoua1
rights guaranteed by our constitution
ana. ana laws, and that equality must be for
ever preserved and strengthened and ev-
efyWnere recognized. We are all Aneri-
cans; we are all soVereigns. equal in the
9allot, and that citizen is the best who
does his best, who follows the light as
God gives him to see the light, who con-
cedes to all the races of mankind that
me the CLAIMS for himself, rigidly respects
ready to assist others; who has the baS+
heart, the best character, the greatest
G6naIFlty 6oIdI frad1 and sympathy, and who with
Ias1Is nolus from none OF his fellow men the
respects, privileges and protection he
claims for himself nc
FREEDOM OF CUBA.
You tell me that every nation IN F,,,ro,,a
approves OF our title. Every nation in
Europe approved of the English fife 70
tue, tue american IN colonies when the Declara-
II our forefathers had waited to sTe1 thai
uocument until they could get the con
sent sent OF the nations of Europe we would
never have been free. Titles good in E1I1-
Tope, Republicans four wears. ago c,1Iba
was ngntlng. To- throw off the Spanish
YOKE. She had borne the yoke for three
@ sooo IN Europe. But the Republicans said
tnat IN the national platform that theV
synpath1zed with the Cubans Thev h n.
e9,,s e9 tney Wouto get free. The Repubii-
Scns were not afraid of Spain then Yeu
dld not ask the consent of Europe What
90 you ind now? Two repunlics In
S2 South AFRICA against a yoke they had
DoIhe, Put against a yoke which is TO he
imposed upon them, and yet you Repubz
ns leans are afraid to express a sentiment
on the Roer question today.
cannot better describe the fall of 4ba
!tepupllcan party; cannot better nict1Irs
It's generalization; I cannot better de-
@ @scrloe ITS complete surrender to the doc
tr1neS that underlie monarchies and ono
pres and despotism, than to tell Won
When a king dies a Republican pres;dent
ta tan send message. or coincidence. but
pn snIfI biican %nen Two two republics expire no Re-
Ruohcan shedS tear. We want the
american 19,nn people to attend to their own
BUSINESS. We want them to have their
pMn thia lueas and stand by them. We want
tHIS natlon to be among the nations as
Hgnt anQ example. l go into a com
munlty and see some gray-haired na,ri-
dTcR diTl4 whose life is so upright, whose con-
9ct 9uct IS SO just that people submit TO him
tHelr dlHerences and abide his judgment
ana when l see such a one l am re-
nlln9ed of the words of Solomon: "A
Sood name is rather to be chosen than
great riches and loving favor rather than
silver ana gold | want this nation to
pc ne the e. patriarch among the nations. I
want 1T to stand erect l want II fo he
Just and upright that when other nations
quarrel, instead of calling out great
armies to Kill each other they will saw
toe-'0 eHS question TO the United StatoS:-
tney can be trusted" L want this nation
to be peacemaker among the njl1inos
aud 1t will earn the reward promised to
the peacemaker: Blessed are the peace.
I MAKERS for they shall be called the chill
! Mr.. Bryan left at o'clock over the
Ing -Four road TOR Lebanon, Ind. to de-
hyer an address IN the evening He ex-
pected to return to Indianapolis at mid
nlsht, leaving tomorrow morning on his
! tour of Indiana us
The concluding session of the conven-
ton, ct which w. Bourke COCHRAN was
the speaker of the evening, witnessed a
densely. packed hall and great enthus;-
asm Gov. Mcmillan, of Tennessee, call
ed the meeting to order at o'clock and