The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
WANT SPLENB0RS OF EMPIRE
TEA ACHINGS OF THE MARTYR OF
CALVARY FORGOTTEN BY THE
IMPERIALISTS
PkYAN's DAY WAS IN INDIANA
Alter Delivering Fourteen Speeches
at Different Points He Reach
ed Louisville, Kys
Last Night.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 6.-Hon. Wm
J. Bryan, the Democratic presidential
. candidate, today concluded his tour Of
the state of Indiana, arriving here about
$50 o'clock tonight. He made fourteen
speeches during the day bfore crossing
the Ohio river. These speeches were
made at Pfainfeld, a small station few
miles out from Indianapolis; Greencastle,
where the Depauw university is located;
Brazil, an important mining center; Terre
Haute, Lewis, Elnora, Linto, Washington,
Shoals, Mitchell, Orleans, Salem, New
Albany and Jeffersonville. His audiences
were well balanced except at the very
small towns. At such places as Terre
Haute, Salem and Washington there
were mUltitudes of people.
AT all the stopping points great enthus-
iasm was displayed, and the people rush
ed after Mr.. Bryan, whether he was in
carriage or on the train, with a reck-
lessness which often imperiled their own
limbs, to say nothing of his. A light
= rain fell the greater part of the day but
this circumstance was not allowed to
interfere with the meetings in any way.
The people did not desert and Mr.. Bryan
protected himself with an umbrella Mr..
Bryan is standing up wonderfully under
the strain Of the campaign and he said
when he arrived here tonight that he
felt better than he did when he started
out.
SPEECH AT TERRE HAUTE.
At Terre Haute, Mr.. Bryan spoke for
half an hour to an audience. He said
the reason why more time was spent in
discussion of the question of imperialism
than in discussion of the money question
was found in relative Importance of the
questions; it was not due to a changing
heart upon the finance. If there were new
questions to discuss in this campaign, the
Republican party had only itself to blame
In closing, he said:
IF the president can ignore the Con-
stitution when he deals with the Porto
Ricans, he can ignore it when he deals
: with you. The same power that could
force the Porto Rican bill through con-
gress and through the White house can
compel your subjugation when the time
arrives for it. If we are going into the
business of holding colonies we should
begin by apologies for the war of the Rev
olution. How are you going to defend
your policy if you denounce the British
system? England only wants to assert
a right to govern people of her own
blood and within 5000 miles of her own
shores. When we want to go 1000 miles
away and subjugate an entirely alien
race, a people who inhabit a country
which is SO far away that before the
spanish war no RepI Oiican culd have
told whether they were in the Eastern
o. in the Western heniSphere''
Mr.. Bryan SAID he did not want the
nation - 20 out and su5iugate other
weak peoples and then claim that God
was in it,
At Linton Mr. Bryan discussed the fol-
lowing policy IF the administration, say
ing in part: .! want you II consider
imperialism. 1t is the excuse that is
being driven for A large army.
They want the splendOrs of empire
Tel them what Goldsmith said in his
Deserted Village
'Ye friends of truth, ye statesmen to
survey
The rich's joys to increase, the poor's
'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits
stands,
Between splendid and a happy land"
BUYING TRADE WITH BLOOD.
Republicans, you want the splendor
of an empire; we want the happiness
OF a self-governing and a contented reo-
pie You want the American trumpet
to be heard around thu world; we want
N@AS sun VI 44OcIly 10 shine so [ VIII be
seen around the world. You want this
nation to go out as a bully ana as a
braggart; you want this nation to Jump
onto inferior peoples, as you call them;
do you want this nation to go out and
purchase trade with human blood. You
say 1t will pay. How much Is a man
worth, measured by trade? Two THOUSAND
dead bodies have fioated back across the
Pac1f1c. How much are they worth in
trade! How much is one of your soAs-
ask you, fathers and mothers, aow
much is one of your sons worth, mea~-
ured by trade? 1 want to expand yt;,r
trade by every peaceful means, but 1
won't put one American boy OH the auc-
ton block and sell him for all the trade
of the Orient if L had to buy 1t with his
blood If you think you can justly pur-
chase trade with human blood do not
go into the back room of back and
talk about it, but go and buy il with
your own blood and then let US know
what you think blood is worth. Do not
place a price upon the blood of other
people.
Il believe in Almighty God. believe
He knows the thoughts and the purposes
of men, but I am not willing to blame
God for evil thoughts. If l feel in my
heart an impulse to do good, 1 will lay
1t to God; if 1 feel in my heart an i'm
pulse to do bad, I will not lay it on
Him. You must distinguish between
temptation and opportunity. Temptation
comes to do wrong; oppo" unity comes
to do good; but you at your peril must
decide whether it is a temptation Or an
opportunity. Temptations have come in
the past. Sometimes men have yielded