The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
W. ]. BRYAN PUTS
SOME QUESTIONS
The Things he Wants RepubIi.
cans to Stop and
Answer.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Oct. n.-W. j.
Bryan made the first speech OF the day
at Hastings, beginning at Ills, and not
withstanding the early hour he had
good audience. He talked largely of I'm
perialism, saying that the .Filipinos should
have their own flag, which we should help
to protect. They should be allowed to
work out their own destiny as we desir-
ed to be allowed to work out ours.
The second speech was at Nashville,
where for five minutes Mr.. Bryan sug-
gcsted a, series of questions to Republi-
cans. These We're as follows:
IF the trust is a good thing why did
the Republican platform denounce trusts?
If the trust is bad thing, why did
the Republican administration allow more
trusts to be formed than during all the
previous history of the country?
IF some trusts are good and some bad,
can you tell the difference between
good one and a bad one?
DO you know of any good monopoly in
private hands?
DO you know of any man good enough
to stand at the head of a monopoly and
determine the price of that which others
are to use?
do you know of any good reason why
the army should be made 100000?
my 100000 if the Republican leaders said
so. or half million if they wanted it?
What is your title to the Filipino? Did
you buy him or did you get him by force?
DO you think you can buy the right to
govern a people?
What are you going to do with the 81
lipino, when you get him? Are you going
to kill him?
We'll, you cannot do that, because then
you would lose your trade argument. You
have got to let him live if you trade with
him. Dead men don't buy things. If he
lives is he to be citizen or a subject? Are
you going to have Congress from the
you going to have Congressman from the
philippines and Senators and electors? If
not are you going to have subjects? When
did you decide that it was wise for rs to
have half an empire and half a republic?
When did you decide that colonial poll
cy was good? Shall we force upon the
Porto Ricans because we have the power
that which We would not bear ourselves?
What are you going to do with the Phil
ippine question:"
At Charlotte Mr. Bryan ran hurriedly
over the issues of the campaign during
during the twenty minute stop. He also
defended his declaration that the Presi-
dent of the United States is only a hired
man and said that when any man in a
republic reached the conclusion that he
had right TO rule he was very sure to
W IouHu W pe wrong HiIIlSeiI. he chdr5-
ed the Republican party with defense of
the trusts, because the trusts were the
chief source of supply in its campaign
fund.
Discussing the increase in the size of the
army, Mr.. Bryan asked if there was
man in the army who had ever written
t public official asking for an army of
100000 men. One hand went up. A voice
in the crowd shouted: He can't write"
The man then said that he had never re-
signed a commission in the army To this
Mr. Bryan replied that he had resigned
his commission and that he had done so
because he thought this country in more
danger at that time than was Cuba. He
said he had volunteered on the day that