The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-07

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apols speech four years ago. predicted
that commerce would be at IA standstii
because gold would so out OF the country
and that the issuing OF bonds would he
necessary TO bring Il back. Every single
prediction he has made has been falsife3
by the event
'-Our opponents were as cock-surc nbou,
the gold dollar being a 'robber dollar
four years ago as they are about what
they are pleased TO term militarism and
imperialism at the present day and then
utterances mean no more now than they
meant then.
Committed 20 silver.
"Mr Bryan seems at the moment un-
easily conscious that there is something
very wrong with hts proposed financial
policy and talks very little about II, but
he has definitely committed himself TO II.
and the various conventions that nominat-
ed him have reiterated their belief In all
the absurd and exploded theories which
he championed four years ago Unless
our opponents are guilty Of the crosses.
hypocrisy they must, II they carry tire
election, Immediately start in to revolu-
tionize our whole financial system. and
begin a series Of experiments with our
Industrial well being. which could only
result IN the most widespread disaster.
1T il terrible and most lameptahle
truth that our soldiers whp are now fac
Ing death In the Philippines are forced 10
recognize in the Bryanistic Democracy
their most dangerous foe The bullets that
shay our men In I.ixon are inspired by the
denouncers Of America here. No Taxai
general--nof Aguinaldo himseif--can do
ha Hrh fau fs4n an Il a
much 10 increase the hloodshed Of Amer
leans and Ifllpinos alike. ms has been
done by ths Kansas city convention.
D~morrasic Phams0ms.
$50 far as I know there is no man IN
the United states who believes I'm either
Imperialism or miiitsrism. They are pure
phantams OF an even more shadowy and
Intangible quality than tho iuf~htous
.rosbber gold dollar which disturbed Mr.
Bryan no much four years ago. The reg
ular army is rot nearly as numerous. reia-
lively 20 the whole population. as is the
New York police force relative 10 the pop
uiation Of New York. just nj present we
have In the regular army. as compared
with our population. nlne-fenths OF y
soldier for every thousand Of population
The increase Of militsristn sinee the palrny
days OF Jefferson. a century hack. is rep
resented ny exactly one-ianfh ~ Soi-
the increase TO the danger ~ our insti-
tufions is measured. therefore. by thc
amount Of tyranny which "a capable OF
being exercised by one American IN uni
form over fs.1a8 OF his feilew citizens with
out uniforms.
Consent of the cosern~d.
s.Mr Rfyan and HIS associates cannot
say enough ahauf tho 'runasnf ~ the gov
crnsd' doctrine "a applying % the Philip
pines. They dsafi npen the fact that 'nD
man Il good enough TO govern another
In North Carolina and other Southern
states We see before our eyes the process
o. the Acknowledgement of The negro. we
SEES before our eyes the black man gov
erned without his c0nsvnt ~ the white
man. uniii cur opponents have removed
the beam from their own eye ~ applying
their consent ef the governed aactrinn
at home. les them hold their aeace about
the TeFai bandits 20 whom their words
give frtsh heart 20 shoot down our soi.
diers N The FAR EasteFn Archipelago.
Policy Of Expan.isa.
The poiisy ~ expaasian IL Auscrica'a
historic policy. We have annexed me
phlappinss exactly a. we have annsxed
Hawaii New Mexico. and AiaekA They
are now Part al American territory ard
we havu no more rirht 10 Fiye fsera 80
than We have TIE figaf fc resfgre Hawaii
20 trn k8I2&A HftNN or 70 &f*tff34N MAJ
ka 20 the E.gsfmaux There N nat par
tisge ~ difference between fhe eaHer We
cannot So back. fsNt tnr the e@ke % tha
ISLANDS ihsFnNafess. ena nest s&F the sake
og oar own heaor
~The men waa are making speeches "a
fhe @Asighfeassutss uf oar expanaing ~
ihs Phiipplnes might ~fth ns much tassi-
fleafi0n iacsse fhs Slopx ard the Af.achs
trihes 90 outbreak aRafnHt us m the
graund that we have no right 10 fntain
south Dakota or Arizana
seThe policy ~ the Kansas CITY platform
II a policy ~ economic disaster ans Hsaa-
clRl Aishqnnr Al home. an4 q anwpsthY
shrinking frum duty abroad. ana We np-
rsai 10 All honest. fafs@fiux bFave ara
patriotic raen. Scrfh of Eaeta East az
West. whatever tAeir poiittaaI sfilLaslrSs
rrsay haze been in the past. 20 etara vita
10 now against Tire nseR Who w0uid hyfm9
such abuse and sntssgy uFnn 1&r eoaniFy.
and 10 suppQTt vs. 40 we upheld fh< cause
q bonexty ard Industrial wesibefnx at
horne, and the honor of the Arnerican nax
IN the face Of ali the peoaiss Of the
earth"