Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-10-25
BRYAN IN VIRGINIA


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were made at Huntington. Hurricane. St.
: Albans, Charleston. Brownstown. East
Bank Montgomery. Sewen. Thurmond
and Hinton. The size of the audiences
varied, but all of them were large in pro-
! portion to the population OF the towns and
! Of the surrounding country. There were
/ especially fine crowds at Huntington,
! Charlestown and Hinton. people coming
/ into those towns from all adjacent re-
/ gions.
/ The one notable feature OF the day was
! Mr.. Bryan's repeated reference to the
! race question His line of travel to-day
! was further south than he had gone be-
| fore, and farther than he will again go,
! and there were quite a number OF colored
| people scattered through the crowds at
! all the stopping places. Mr.. Bryan evil
IDENTIFY noted their presence and took oc-
aston to address portions Of his speeches
especially to them. appealing to them to
do justice by the Filipinos as they would
have justice done by themselves. The first
| point at which he touched upon this ques-
| ton was at ST. Albans. There he said:
when We complain that the Republi
cans are applying in the Philippine islands
doctrines that deprive people of the right
to govern themselves the argument that
q Republican makes is that some of the
Southern States have adopted amend
ments requiring an educational qualifCd-
ton for voting. l wish to submit this
question to the Republicans. DO they ap
prove of what is being done in the South
or do they oppose it? If they oppose II,
why do they propose worse things in
Porto Rico and in the Philippine islands
than have been proposed in the South?
;Gx,at o1n a1 lyvH HrCfrr
own administration for voting in Porto
Rico and you Will lind that they have an
educa tional QualitiC2 ton there that de-
prives SO per cent. of the black men OF
voting age Of the right to vote; not only
this, but they deprive them of the prot6c-
ton of the Constitution of the United
States. In the Philippine islands they are
going on the theory that the brown people
there have no right to a voice in their
government, and when a Republican tells
black man in this country that he ought
to vote the Republican ticket. l want the
black man to ask him this question: If a
brown man in the Philippine islands has
no right to a voice In his government.
what about the black man?'
"And | want to ask what black man
can stand on his own right to a voice in
his own government if he votes the Re-
publican ticket and denies to the people
In other lands right to a voice in their
government. And il the Republicans tell
the colored man that he is under obliga-
hons to the Republican party. let the col
pred man reply that he has paid his deot
of gratitude. If Lincoln were here the col
pred man might vote for him, but the
modern leaders of the Republican party
have had more from the colored man than
they have given to him. The colored man
has bestowed Presidencies upon the Re-
publican party and received janitorships
In return 1 want the cobred men before
they vote the Republican ticket to know
that the policy of the Republican party
Is to send a few white men to the Philip
pine islands and hold those white men in
authority over ninety-nine per cent. OF
the popula alton, which will be brown, and
ihis is to be done by d standing army. In
stead of using the race question as rea-
son why we should annex the Philippine
Islands, let the race question be a warn
Ing to us not to bring to this country
class of people who are to share in the
full destiny Of nation. l want the
Filipino to have his own flag and his own
government and to work out his own
destiny and l want this nation to stand
BY him and say to the world Hands of:
let this republic live" '"
Mr. Bryan reverted to the race question
in his speech at Charleston. There he
said:
Forty years ago the Republicans saio
that a black man should not sell for
thousand dollars, but now they will buy
brown men by the job lot for two dollars
and a half piece. They said generation
ago that the Declarat ton of Independence
applied to a black man. Now they say 10
does not apply to a brown man. 1t cost
US hundreds of thousands OF lives ana
hundreds of millions Of money to take
out of the Declaration of Independence
kln ola m pYplIl6ad
black man. Now shall we wage a war Oh
conquest to write in the Declaration OF
independence another exception CLAUSE
excluding the brown man? No, our pro-
gress has been upward up to this time.
Let it not be backward from now on. Do
not dare to deny to any people in for
eign lands the right that you claim foS
yourselves, for if you have right to youf
government the Filipino has a right to
his and if you deny him the right to his
own government, you will not long have q
right to yours.
Mr. Bryan also referred to the race
question in ether speeches during the day.
In his discussion at Huntington of the
question of government by injunction Mr..
Bryan quoted an extract from an article
written for the Review of Reviews by
Governor Roosevelt. in September, 1896.
and continued: You laboring men whs
are opposed to government by injunction
can here find out what opinion the Re-
publican party has of you, as stated oy
the man who now represents the Repuo-
Hcan party as its candidate Mr.. Brya1
then quoted Governor Roosevelt as writ.
ting: The men who object to what they
style government by Injunction are a.
regards the essential principles in hearty
sympathy with their remote skinclad Al.
cestors who lived in caves. fought one IN.
other with stone axes, and ate the mann
moth and woolly rhinosceros."
Commenting on this Mr. Bryan said: =
want to ask you whether you expect any
relief from government by injunction from
opposes government by injunction ougha
to be classed with the wooliy rhiLosceroA
The Democratic party is opposed 10 gov.
ernment by injunction. The Democrats
party believes that tie right Of trial b
can give it to the meantst thief ana
blackest murderer, you ought TO give 1t To
q laboriEg man as We'll.
Mr.. Bryan spoke to a congregation COM
poseQ largch CT Goa! miners at the Lit.
tie mountain town Of swell. He told tns
people there that Il" Democratic parJ
stood for the aTbitrat.Ca Of labor disputes
and for a Representative of the labor IN
terest in the Cabinet OF the Presiden&.
When some one in the crowd asked hin
what he would DO for the old soldiers u
elected he replied he would appoint q
commissioner OF pensions who would -
more satisfactory TO the soldiers than th9
present one. :
After the train started to move in Ieay4
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