The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-18
BRYAN BANNER RAISED
The Democratic Central Committee
Unfurls Its Standard.
Senator Daniel Discusses the Issues
of the Campaign, While Thousands
ru Cheer i'm che Street.-The Repubii-
Z cnn Party Challenged as the
-.- -Conservator of the Rights of Man.

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a Democratic campaign banner was un-
furled above Pennsylvania Avenue, be-
tween the Metropolitan Hotel and the Err
good Building, last night. At the top Of
this banner is inscribed Headquarters,
Democratic Central Committee, d. c."
Then follows the line. For President,
William j. Bryan, of Nebraska" Beneath
this are the portraits of Bryan and Stew
enson, and under them the line For Vice
President, Adlai z. Stevenson, of Illinois"
The raising of the emblem was accom-
panied by a Democratic demonstration.
There was large number of people pres
ent. stirring music, and good speeches.
The orators were Senator John w. Dan
iel, OF Virginia; Charles II. Turner, of
Washington; Major Daniel o. Driscoll; of
Maryland; Charles Benedict Calvert, Of
Maryland, and a gentleman who was in
troduced as Mr.. Kettler. of Canton, Ohio.
The addresses we-e delivered from the
balcony of the hotel and in the Avenue
below were gathered in the early part of
the proceedings a crowd of 1900 thousand
which at the close had shrunk to 1000.
Though Senator Daniel was the principal
speaker he was the last This was due
to the delay of his arrival. Selator DAN
iel said in part:
Il am not one OF the converts. / beg
leave to say to you that / an one of
those who is OF the same opinion still.
No one, however. is mere glad to well
come converts than / am. / am glad to
extend my welcome to them upon their
entrance into the great American
brotherhood; for every man who believes
in the principle of liberty there is but
one place for him to take his stand,
and this is in the Democratic camp.
THE Democratic party was not
founded in sectional prejudice. 1t was
founded in the bright dawn of this Re-
public by the soldiers and the sailoIc
Tho fought to establish the Government
which 1t now becomes our duty to pre-
serve Having done that for which Ii
was called into being. the appropriate
thing for the Republican party to have
done would have been to lay down and
die But as it has displayed a certain
Negligence and tardiness in doing this
eminently proper thing, we have con-
cluded to undertake its burial
The cause of the difference which
once existed between the North and the
South was the question of slavery Cur
brethren in the North having sasd their
slaves. came to the conclusion tliat there
ought to be no more slaves. Slavery d
not originate either with the Democratic
or Republican party. 1t came from i'm
perialism. The kings and queens and
the moneyed classes of England thought
the slave trade would be a fine thing.
They agreed to capture and transport
the slaves IL the American coIoIds s
would buy them at high price Vir-
ginia entered her solemn protest against
the INTRODUCTION of slavery There arose
nofn
Republican party the question the set
tlement of which was Cnly effected after
deldge Of blood
in 1858 one of the last effects of the
civil war was wiped from the statute
books. In that year the law that no ex-
Confederate could hold commission in
the United States Army was biotted out
l thought the last vestige of the slavery
qeestion had passed away. Just as we
he'd done this. the Republican party comes
along and dumps in upon us ten million
Fiiipinos
What does imperialism mean? An i'm
perial government is an arbitrary gov
ernment, government which begins with
the governors and goes down to the
governed. In republican form of gov
ernment, the government begins with the
people and gees up TO the governo.s.
''The principles involved in the Ameri-
can revolution were taxation and repre-
sentation. Where there is taxation with
representation there you will find free
institutions; where there is taxation with
cut representation. there you will find
Imperialism. matter what kind of label
may be put on the box. The alternative
is presented TO you. Do you want ten
millions of Filipinos or Malays or Mon
gols to have ten Senators and fifty Rep
resentatives in Congress? Then why are
we taking the Philippine Islands unless it
is to turn this Republic into an empire?
You must take your choice. We win pre-
serve this Republic and let the FiIipinos
attend to their own business.
Expansion IS a healthy growth. The
Democratic party has been the architect
OF the healthy growth OF this ration. Vir-
ginia presented to the nation a territory
out CT which was carved Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois. Michigan. and Wisconsin. but she
presented this territory TO the Union with
the unders landing that when population
would warrant 1t the States should be
formed. Jefferson gave fifteen millions OF
dollars for Louisiana. We have already
paid one hundred and eighty-six million
dollars for the Philippines. From Louis
lana Territory We have carved the States
OF Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Ne
braska, too
Senator Daniel reviewed at some length |
the acquisition of Florida, Texas, Califor-
mia, Arizona, and New Mexico, and, con-
tinuing, he said;
And what has the Republican PARTY
done, 1t has brought to as Hawaii Alas
ka, and l thought last year that it brought
to us Porto Rico. II there is anybody who
can tell me where Porto Rico is will be
much obliged to him. Fer some purposes
OF taxation Porto Rico is in the Union, and
fo- some purposes of taxation it is not in
the Union, and in the matter of repre-
sentation 1t is nowhere. 1t is the most be-
tarriffied piece Of territory in the world.
The party which has boasted of its be-
lief in the equal rights OF all men has gone
into the slave trade in the Philippines.
We have appointed committee to find out
where Porto Rico is-to look for the golden
grail. William Jennings Bryan is the chair
man l hope and it is my belief that in
November the sun of political freedom will
break upon the island OF Porto Rico.
William Jennings Bryan is gettine
nearer to the White House every day
MARYLAND has already vindicated her right
to be ci2ssed in the column OF Democratic
States Ia West Virginia, although we
have got the enemy on the run. we are
keeping pretty close up with him. Ken
lucky has been redeemed to the Demo-
eracy and will remain redeemed AS for
Virginia, there she is. standing like a
stone wall. And the Republican party will
not be able to chip even small relic
from that wall. In New York the Demo-
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