The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-25

speaks to 1000 People in sn
Oprn Air Meeting at
Withita.

WICHITA, KAN, APRIL a. William
}. Bryan arrived here today az HOG a.
m, on his way TO his home In Nebraska.
His visit was under the auspices Of the
sunhower ,sagUe a democratic organiza-
ton cmbr,citr the state MIR Bryan at
tended a meeting OF the club this after
noon, making a short address, and later
delivered an open air speech to 1000
people. Tonight be was the guest OF hon
or az the annual banquet OF the sunflow-
err League
John s. crosby, of New York and Allen
o. Meyer, OF Ohio, were also guests sen-
Ator Blackburn OF Kentucky and ex-con-
gressman Charles A rowue OF Minnesota.
was on the program hut we're prevented
from attondtg a letter from Mr. Towns
was read
MI Bryan in the course OF HIS banquet
81 IA said:
"rhe public wonders why have
dropped the silver question New meas
ures are resting upon us. but shall new
er drop the silver question untii the lisiis
coteries OF English hnanciefs cease to
mset IN secret and plan the laws OF this
country The differecce between this
campaign and that OF 'se is that tho nnas-
ters OF trusts and Imperialism have been
injected and the East hes become educat-
ed on the silver question. The East no
longer regards populists ns anarchists
but has come to respect them"
Referring 10 the Boer VAR Ne said;
''1 measure mems opinions by THEN
sympathies The sympathics Of all pee
pie are with republics. and IN the grcax
contests that are fought between king
doms and republics we know where to
place the heart OF Americans. II Is Vo-
day with the Beers. and DO not say this
because I am against England I have
some regard for aSngland, bocause I am
part English myself I am also part
Irish and part Scotch. but above all am
an American"
As to colonial affairs Mr Bryan said:
1--WE are unalterably for the republic
ara everlastiniy against the empire. aud
denounce the present national administra-
tion for its shameless attempt to unsettlo
the foundations OF our governments For
It's abandonment or the Monroe doctrine;
for its attempt 10 thrust our country into
European and Asiatic politics against
which we have been warned Dy The faith
ers; for It's attempt TO subiugate Hn-
willing and lberty-loving people not TO
make them citizens, but serfs; for it's
attempt to adopt for our country The En-
glish colonial system. as foreign 10 our
plan OF government as a titled fistocracy
OF a king for its brazen disregard of our
promise 10 the peolpe OF Cuba TO Give
them their free elomi for It's permanent ,n~
crease OF our standing army from $500
TO 10000 men, with no possible 3Ustlnca-
ti0n except 10 Keep unwilling foreign reo-
plas in subiugauon for IT'S notonous Sec
rat alliance with England TO be used as
a menace 20 other friendly nations and
for It's carpetrbaG government and un-
constitutional tariff inaugurated I'M Porto
Rico. All OF these things. the natural se-
quonce OF republcanlsm. and the first
symptoms OF a m litary Imperialism. VIC
viii forever oppose"
IT, an interview today Mr., Bryan said
The democratic outlook for success was
Improving Was evaslye az regards
Dewey's capdidaoy and declared that he
would not attend the Kansas CITY con-
vention.