The St. Mary banner., 1900-08-18
THE CA MPAIGN.

u
cd Of their nominations last week a
Indianapolis. Ind. Yon have al
read the speeches. What DO Not
think Of them? Now You will heal
some of the 'sisc and knowing ones
say that Bryan AMI Stevenson don't
know what they are talking about;
that all this cry about imperialism
is hosh. Well last 1896 they, these
same fellows. raised an unmtigatcd
howl about the silver question and
said that we would 90 pcll- neil 10
the dcmni,ion wows,if we adopt
ed Bryan silver hcreSy. We dldn t
adopt it and We are row nearer the
dcmnition hov- vows than We could
possibly have been had Bryan been
elected. Oh. these fellows are great.
They are now trying to saddle on
Bryan tie responsibility of the
prs sent condition Of our foreign
affairs. That sophistry is. however,
as transparent IS tie sun light and
all their deep laid plans 10 cnSnare
the people in such an open trap
will lie as futil rs the cries Of the
damned. Mr.. ". }. Bryan. Am"ri-
can. hears none ~ Tie responsibility
OF Iii" present crisis, III the role of
having brought it Oh. He docs bear
great Responsibility II his efforts 10
throw ii OF. The American people
will dO well 20 place 4 real man IN
the presidency. We need one there
Mr.. Bryan can he trusted to d.. Or
to try manfuliy 10 40, cvpry single
thing which he has promised. There
need he no fear Of this. He will,
there fore, if elected, do rs hc says:
call Congress in Special Session to
deliberate on the welfare Of the
Republic. He will instruct them to
follow to The letter the promises Of
the Democratic platform and give |
The Fiiipinos the Independence justly !!
their own. Now nobody doubts this. !
In fact every body knows, hat those
who have fattcncd NJ the public crib
will have 10 20 TO work that trusts !
will have to shut;l: off this legal coil |
and go to living in an honest way, |
that is, stop being trusts.
The Republicans are afraid If the
issue Of imperialism. They want to
fight the haNle on the free silver
question. You remember that the
Republicans were saying short
while ago that the silver qu,s'i ion
was Il dead issue. In fact tie Rcpub-
lican orators have been trying to
convince the people that the silver
question is a dead issue. because
they wanted 10 fa,tcn on tie Gold
Standard and wear sanctimorious
face while doing SO. But then they
were not thinking Of the question Of
Imperialism. That lad not arisen. ;
AS socn as it did arise, the Rcpub
Leans became afraid Of it, and The, |
are now going about saying lha: this y
SILVER question, dead issue. has been !,
-esurrected and still lives. Tie /
kepuhlicans do not want a live issue II
they want rcsurrccted corpse to
leht over. Chacun u son gout 3
The Democratic Party is not afriad f,
II any issue now before the pcopIe
70 every sort of government favorjt. Il
SIN 1t presents the same solid front !"
Il opposition. Choosing the motto Of Il
thomas Payne, it says "Whcre liberty a
not, there is my country.
1t believes that the Declaration OF u u
Independence and the Constitution !,
o hand.ln-hand and walk sidc-bv side.
believes that liberty is not aues- "
ION OF latitude or longitude. 1t be. y; y;
ewes, that like the. morning drum Ii
cat OF the English nation, it encir
les the globe with one continuous az
nj unbroken strain, proclaiminy to ~ =.
very people that they .'are and of re-
'sht ought TO he free and indepcnd- be
nj. This is an Inspiration worthy
me greatest century in the history - -
the world. :" 81,