The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-01
,AMBERG, S. c.. THURSDAY, MARCH |. 1900.
COL, BRYAN SPEAKS
IN THE GATE CITY
Atlantians Are Entertained With An
Address In the State Capitol.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
He Explains Difference Between
Empire and Expansion.

W.. Bryan entertained big audi
ence IN the hall Of the house OF repre-
sentatives at Atlanta, Ga, Friday
night with one of his characteristic
speeches.
The crowd which gathered in the
hall was probably the largest that ever
assembled in as small place before in
the Gate City. AS early as o'clock
the audience began to gather, coming
not only from Atlanta, but from points
in the vicinity of the city, and long
before the hour set for the speaking
arrived the house was comfortably
filled. There was an evident purpose
in the mind of all there to hear what
the Nebraskan had to say at the cost
of convenience and after the aisles
were filled the crowd pushed in at the
doors and as far back as the walls to
the rear of the entrances upturned
faces could be seen, men and women
trying to get sight of Colonel Bryan. .
With the hall in this packed condition
Bryan arrived with the committee OF
the Young Mems Democratic League.
With three policemen Immediately IN
front of the party it took fifteen min
utes for them to reach the speakers
chair, and having arrived, he was par
tally exhausted as result of the trip
to the platform.
It is difficult to estimate the number
of people who were turn ed away, hav-
ing failed even to obtain place near
the doors from which they could peer
into the room, but the number was
roughly estimited by many at between
/, 900 and 1900. The seating capacity
of the house is comparative small, but
the large majority of those present
were standing in the wide aisles, pack
ed uncomfortably close together, but
cheerful to a degree under such cir
cumstances.
With the exception of one person
who raised his voice from the center
of the hall at stated intervals to an
nounce that we will have Nebraskan
for president next year, there was no
interruption. To the supporter who
predicted his election Colonel Bryan
expressed his thanks, but urged upon
him the necessity for closer attention.
In this position the crowd remained
for two hours.
Colonel Bryan enuneiated with de.
cision the position he has occupied
and occupies still on the subject oi
imperialism. His distinction between
expansion and imperialism was appre'
ciated by every one in the vast audi
ence.
can EMPIRE" said Colonel Bryan,
sis different thing from expansion
We expanded when we wook in Flor
ida, when we enlarged the republic
BY the addition of Louisiana and whe1
we took in Texas. Now it is not ex
pansion that is being proposed, bu
the changing of a republic into an EN-
pire. We are going abroad to get
foreign rsce for subjugation. The fae
is to stand there in the Philippine
over men who are taxed without repre-
sentation.
In scathing terms the speaker hand
led the sentiment of "philanthrop,
and five per cent" as expressed by tn
secretary of the treasury and repeate'
by other Republican speakers.
The only reference during the ad
dress to the wor in Scnth Africa wa
the wish that England might have oc
casion to need more men on the, cont
nent than she has there at present.
At the close of the address it wa
fully twenty minutes before Colone
Bryan could escape from the crowd tha
, pressed around anxious to shake hi