New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-13
HOAR ASSAILS BRYAN.
SENATOR SAYS HE Is MORE DANGEROT-s
THAN TRUSTS.

MERE AGITAToRs A MENACE TO SECURITY
OF PROPERTY AND sANcTITY OF LAWS.
If the trust he = bad as Mr.. Bryan repre-
sents il. it is not. in my Judgment, as great
n danger = Organism.
You helping the cause of an+5-ir,
perinlism by going into partnership with
Hryanism. HOu cannot mix tyranny, dis
one cup and have constitutional liberty os a
result OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HoAR at Con
cord. Mass.I
Concord Mass, Oct. 12.-The Hon George
Frisbe Hoar, senior Senator from Massachu-
setts, delivered a campaign address at the Re
publican rally held here tonight, and the entire
town turned out to greet him in the Town Hall.
over the speakers platform was the motto
Sound Money and on either side was a large
picture of Mckinley and Roosevelt. Samuel
Hoar was chairman of the evening.
Senator Hoar introduced as naturally
of Concord incidentally of Worcester" In
opening his speech, Senator Hoar said: ''I know
that you will believe me incapable of coming to
Concord to bring base or ignobIe counsel"
After referring to the Repubicansm of this
historic town, and to the outlook of the cam
paign, Mr.. Hoar said
We have the same old Democratic party. we
have the same old Mr.. Bryan, we have with
one exception. the same old declaration of pur-
pose in the same old platform 1 believe that
Of imperialism, and that he does mean business
in the matter of free coinage of silver and the
attack on the courts.
Mr.. Hoar analyzed briefly the Democratic
platform, held Mr.. Bryan responsible for the
adoption Of the treaty and said the Demo-
cratic leader was not sincere in his attitude
toward Imperialism. Continuing Mr.. Hoar said:
by great aggregations Of wealth, which we call
trusts. If the trusts be as bad Mr.. Bryan
represents it, it is not, in my judgment as great
danger as Organism. The only practical rem
edy Mr.. Bryan suggests is that if any protected
article be manufactured by a trust that article
snaIl at once be put upon the free list When
Mr.. Bryan comes to talk Of trusts, he makes the
tariff a very real and vital issue
The solution for trusts Mr.. Hoar said, was the
laws of trade which will overthrow them sooner
or later. Then continuing, he said:
There is but one danger. That comes from
agitators like Mr. Bryan, who would destroy
alike the security of property the protection Of
the courts and the sanctity OF the laws. That
danger will pass by and disappear.
But they tell you that great mistake has
! been made in the matter of the Philippine
Islands. I think so, too My opinion is well
! known. The policy which seemed to me best
/ for the country seemed to me also best for the
! Republican party. If that course had been
! pursued we should in my opinion. have had the
! Presidential election almost without a struggle.
! Our question now is for the future. 1 find
no substantial difference, when we come to any
practical declaration of purpose between the
two candidates or the two parties that
question. In general both parties say they
mean to give TO the Philippine Islands self-gov-
ernment as soon they are ready for it.
The Democratic platform gives no assurance
of immediate independence. Mr.. Bryan in his
speech of acceptance makes suggestion of
recalling our troops by Executive power or of
letting the Filipinos alone, or of making them
any promise by Executive authority He says
he Will call Congress together to do the things
set forth in the Democratic platform Now he
knows perfectly we'll that the Congress he will
call together will do nothing beyond what the
President has declared his purpose to have
done
There are undoubtedly many persons in the
Republican party who have been carried away
by the dream of empire. They mean, have no
doubt, to hold to the Philippine Islands for
ever. But they do not constitute the strength
Of the party. l have abiding confidence that
these pledges are to be kept. 1 believe Agu-
naldo and Mabini entitled to self-goVernment.
believe also that Booker Washington and Robert
Small are entitled to self-government I have
little respect for the declaration Of love of lib
erty Of the men who stand with one heel on the
forehead of Booker Washington of Alabama
and the other on the forehead of Robert Small
of South Carolina, and wave the American flag
over Aguinaldo and Mabini. You are not help
ing the cause of anti-imperialism by going into
partnership with Bryan. You cannot mix
tyranny dishonOr. broken faith, anarchy, license
in cup and have constitutional liberty the
result of the mixture. If the firm of Bryan
Croker Altgeld, Boutwell, Tillman and Schurz
do business at the old Democratic stand they