The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-26
TREMENDOUS ENTHUSI l.
ASM-CROWDS TURNED
FROM THE DOORS.
The Eloquent N e bra S k a n
Pleases a Large Audience by
His Able Speech at Music
Hall-Talks about Money,
Trusts and Imperialism.

more, on Saturday evening last,
under the auspices of the Mary.
land Democratic Association.
Those who heard the distin.
guished orator say that this eff
fort surpassed any he has yet
attempted, and even the most
bitter enemy of his political
principles, went away impressed
with his earnestness and intense
enthusiasm and firmness Of con-
viction.
Among those who went from
Frederick to hear the address
and occupied seats on the stage
were: State Senator Jacob Rohr.
back, Mr.. Alfred Ritter, Hon. f.
J. Nelson, Hon. j. 4. Il. Wood,
Dr.. Lloyd 7. MacGill, Jr., VIM.
Anderson and DR.. j. Z. Beatty.
In the audience were noticed Jos.
Chew and John Hagan.
The subject of Bryan's speech
was the money question, trusts,
imperialism and expansion. His
views on silver and financial mat
tiers generally does not differ
from those expressed in the cam
paign of 1896, but a new issue for
his fluent tongue is the imperial
istic policy of the government of
Mckinley, and this and the trust
question he handles without
mercy. Following are some ex-
tracts from his EXTENDED remarks
on our new departure, in foreign
colonization, from the intent of
the Constitution and the methods
of our illustriOus anceStors-the
founders of this glorious land of
the free:
"There are questions which are
entirely new. First, there is the
size of our standing army. For
merly $4,000, now 100000 men.
What does it mean? 1t means
gigantic step toward militarism
in the United States. Is it pos
sible that the people can see this
step taken without alarm? Here
tofore we have depended upon
the citizen soldier. He has been
our anchor. We have said we
should do what was right, and
then, if we had trouble, we could
call upon our citizens to defend
the nation. But now we are to
have hired soldiery like the ma
tons of Europe, an army four
time as great as the army we had
when the Republican party came
into power, and this, of course,
without consulting the people.
Why do we need a large army
now? They say because of the
new policy upon which the ma
ton has entered. But have the
people decided to enter upon a
new policy? There has been no
vote by the people since the Pres
dents policy has been declared.
But, my friends, if we have i'm
perialism we shall have militar-
ism; if we have a policy that
reaches out by force and drags
under the flag unwilling subjects,
it will be necessary to have a
large army to keep those people
from making faces as they swal-
low benevolent assimilation. APP
plause.
"There are some who think
that we haven't any right to dis
cuss the Philippine question
while the war lasts. The Repub-
llcan party is trying to adopt the
policy of Imperialism without first
asking the opinion of the Ameri
can people upon the subject. All,
my friends, it will be "a sad day
when the people of this nation
are not able to criticise their pub
lie servants. Why, / read a
speech the other day in which a
man said we must not criticise
the President here because the
Filipinos don't understand free
speech, and when they read any
thing said in this country against
the President they suppose that
the President must be in q minor.
ity or else he wouldn't permit
that thing to be said. Laughter.
DO you see the philosophy of it?
When this race comes into con
tact with an inferior race that
does not understand free speech,
then, instead of lifting them up
and making them to understand
free speech, we are to be denied
free speech because they can't
understand it. Applause
TRUE AND FALSE EXPANSION.
81 want to distinguish between
expansion and Imperialism. Re-
publicans try to hide behind the