The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26
WANT BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.
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''F"t S't NV VII nLSIDEN I.
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can remember what was i'm the Republican
platform of 1886 and while no gold Demo-
crat can repeat the Indianapolis platform.
every Democrat and Republican can re-
member the Chicago platform. The Dem
ocrats ought TO make progress in this
state because the Republican party is
more corrupt in this state than any other
state in the Union. Unless the people
have forgotten to think and act for them
selves they ought TO rise up and wipe The
Republican party out of existence. be
lleve We are going to win in the campaign
of 1907
At the Night Meeting.
At to-night's meeting Mr.. Bryan opened
with congratulations to the Pennsylvania
Democracy on the suspicious opening of
the campaign of 1900, and predicted that
the vote there this year would be largely
increased, both because of the issues and
because of the hostility which machine
politics is arousing among Republicans.
After reiterating his ideas as to the dol
lar mark in Republican politics, Mr.. Bry-
an said:
isn't it strange that men who have la
bored to fasten the gold standard on their
country for thirty years should now he
defending their position by arguments
tAat have arisen since the election? When
/ say that reverses in war with a hand
full of Beers will shake our financial sys-
TEN. where will he the gold standard if
England ever attacks nation of her size
and gets into a real war? When we join
ourselves to the gold standard. when we
make gold alone the legal tender for the
payment OF debts, we connect ourselves
with every disturbance in Europe and
make ourselves dependent upon their CON
dition for our prosperity"
Col Bryan said the Republican party
seeks to fasten on this country a perpet-
ual and ever increasing debt in order that
the banks may control the volume of the
peoples money.
when man tells you now that more
gold means more money and that more
money means better times you tell him
that he has admitted the quanttive the
DRY of money and that is what we con-
tended for in 1896. We wanted more gold
and we wanted more silver, too"
Trusts and Philippines.
Discussing trusts Mr.. Bryan said.
III they are bad are you going TO say
you can't help yourselves; that you have
got to submit to the trust or to the monop-
oily? The American people do not have
10 submit to anything that is detrimental
TO their welfare In a government like
ours If things are bad ID is because the
people permit them TO he so. You can de
stroy the monopoly when you want to do
so. The trouble is the monopoly never
makes an open warfare in its defense, bur
secretly controls the strumentaliues Of
government and thus protects itself"
on the Philippine question he said
Let US tell the Filipinos that having
driven the Spaniards out, they are to
stand up and be free and then say to all
the world Hands off, and let that repub-
lie work out its destiny Tel me that we
are pleading the cause of the Fihplnos?
No, we are pleading the cause of the
American people. 10 the Filipinos were to
die tomorrow the world would go on, but
if this nation ceases to be republic the
light of civilization would go out forever
To what nation, then, does struggling hui
manity look for hope and inspiration? If
you want to see the sad inroads of this
doctrine upon the conscience of the Amer
lean people let me point TO you what is
going on down in South Africa.
A republic lighting with an en-
pire. In every contest heretofore
between monarchy and republicanism
the American people have expressed their
sympathy When Greece was struggling
to be free Webster and Clay exerted their
eloquence in defense of a resolution pledg
ing sympathy; when the Cubans We're
fighting for their liberty all parties de-
clared the sympat thy of the American peo-
Pile. But what do we find now? We find
that when the English government Is at
tempting to take from the people of the
Boer republic the right to govern them
selves the people who believe in imperial
ism i'm this country dare not say word
to express their sympathy with the people
over there. This is the paralysis that is
already creeping over the nation"