The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-05

beg you to spend every possible mo-
ment between now and election in Sc
curing funds for those principles which
you believe in. and for this cause
which 1 have so earnestly espOused-
Mr. BRYAN then went into a discus
sion of the campaign issues. paying eS-
Decial attention to the trust question
He continued:
How much do we spend for educa-
ton in the United States2 Less than
100000 600 a year How much do the
Republicans want to spend on military
establishments One hundred million
dollars q year.
THE labOring man, asks for arbitra-
ton and gets large army; he asks re-
lief from government by injunction
and gets a large army; he asks pro-
lection from the blacklist and his an
sWer is large army; he asks for
shorter hours of labor in order that he
may have more time with his family.
and for the development of his mind,
and his answer is large army; he
asks for representation in the Dresl-
dents cabinet in O~der that labor may
be protected, and his answer is large
army. This is the domestic reason for
the large standing army which is not
given. What is the reason they give?
They say we need it for our foreign
policy but. my friends. they asked for
the army before the American people
had ever decided upon foreign policy
that made a large army necessary.
In December of 1888, when the presi-
dent asked for his army, the treaty
had not yet been signed, but its terms
were understood When the Republi-
can congress voted TO raise the army to
100, 600 the treaty had been signed and
no arm was raised against this nation
anywhere in the world But the Amer
lean people had never voted for a CO.
lonial policy, up to this time the Amer
lean 9eO-)le have never voted for
colonial policy, and yet the ReDubli-
can party is pledged to large army
UncroWned King is Proposed
Mr.. Bryan made his customary re-
view of the Philippine question and
continued:
when we say all men are created
equal we can stand upon that and de-
fend our rights; but the moment We
abandon it every man has to carry his
pedigree with him to show that he be
longs to the well-born class The Re
publican party is following the paths
of monarchy. 1t does not propose a
king, but it purposes n principle upon
which only a king can stand 1t does
not propose crown. but it proposes a
doctrine that can fit nothing but a
crown The Republican party has done
in Porto Rico just what England did in
this country, and our president is doing
today just what George III did a cen
tury and q quarter ago What does it
matter whether you call him president
or emperor or king, if he administers
the powers of a king?"
Mr.. BRYAN left at + o'clock over the
Big Four railroad for Lebanon, Ind,
to deliver an address in the evening He
expected to return to Indianapolis at
midnight, leaving tomorrow morning
on his tour of Indiana.
The concluding session of the con-
vention, at which ". Bourke Cochran
was the speaker of the evening, wit
messed a densely packed hall and great
enthusiasm Governor Mcmillan of
Tennessee called the meeting to order
at o'clock and introduced Mr.. Cock
ran. who was received with great ap-
D!ause-
Cochran on Imperialism.
Mr.. Cochran devoted his speech to
the question of Imperialism He said in
Nobody can dispute the fact that
congress can seize any territory that ii
chooses. That power nobody disputes
If the taking of the Philippine islands
be profitable. and if the mere fact that
it be profitable makes II juStifa bic,
then where on top of this earth is there
a piece of territory that we ought not
to seize?
There are million reasons for tax
ing Canada. 1 do not think there is
one for hesitating to annex it provid-
ing it could be accomplished peaceably.
/ The annexation of Canada is the dream
of every patriot think an event in
the future almost as certain as any
thing that can be forecasted- The an
nexation of Mexico is not an improba-
biEty. The annexation of China would
be a less fancifuI suggestion now than
! the annexation of the Philippines
would have been three years ago Nay
more There is much more abundant
1 justification for the taking of China
than for the taking of the Philippines
| China has at least insulted our dignity