Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-21

aVenge the insult to the flag, the spon-
taneous outburst of enthusiasm and ap-
plause was such as Mr.. Bryan with all his
wealth o. oratory will never be able TO
awaken.
Bryan's Attitude Not Liked.
His promise to abandon the Philippines
in the event OF his election is not we'll re-
ce.ved by the people. IN view of the fact
that it was through his influence that
enough silver senator's voted for the treaty
with Spain by which the Philippines were
acquired, TO secure the necessary two-thirCs
vote In the Senate to make its "a titication
possible. They think there must have been
some lack of honesty Of purpose either tueu
when he was in favor OF acquiring the
Phil ppines or now, when he promises to
abandon them.
His constitutional argument that we
have no right 20 govern the Filipinos with
out their consent does not carry much
weight in view of democratic precedcnts in
repeated acquisitions of territory by Dtir-
chase from Russia, Mexico. France and
even SDain, without reference to the con-
sent OF the people in the acquired terri
tory.
'Most Of the democrats in Congress voted
in favor of the large appropriation for the
coming celebration of the centennial of the
LOUISIANA purchase from France which
was of precisely that character.
DiSpreportionnte Congregational Rep
resenfation.
The free silver silicitude for the consent
of the Tagal Indians to their government
by the United States Is quite inconsistent
with Mr.. Bryan's silence upon the subject
of recent occurrences in several democratic
states. as. for instance, in. Mississippi.
where, by constitutional enactment less
than $3.50 people are permitted to vote
out of a population OF 1.JD,G9o To
precise, 22..itSJ men in 1873 were permit ted
10 vote for and elect seven members of
Congress phOnt will
elect nine members in the electoral college
this year who viii vote for Mr.. Bryan,
and neither they nor he will trouble them
selves about the consent OF the diSfran-
chised population Of that conlmonwe alth.
'"Fhe nutrages uron the rights of the
governed in South Carolina perDetrated
in the congressional elections in 1s!tS and
already perDetTated n 1879 in North Caro-
lima by the methods by which the ad0p-
ton of the new DISTINGUISHING constitu
tiona provision was secured. involving vio-
lence and biOOdshed, as we'll as deprlva
ton CT constitutional rights, do lot enlist
the sympathy Of Bryan. While he dis
courses fusntly upon every other conceiv
able topic. he is significantly silent upon
this.
Pennsylvania Germans.
"A few gold democrats in Pennsylvania
will vote for Bryan. They are mostly those
who. for purely political reasons. wish to be
within the organization. On the other
hand many VINO voted the third ticket III
1896 will vote directly for Mckinley this
year
There are a good many Germans III
Pennsylvania and great many in my
district. but l know Of no disaffection
among them. 1 have not heard of single
one. democrat or republican. who voted for
Mckinley four years ago who VIII not vote
for him now.
THE people are not deceived They know
that free coinage OF silver and free trade
are still the real issues and that Bryan
stands for both. They know that the sill
yer issue was forced into the platform by
BRYAN himself who absolutely refused to
accept a nomination unless 1t were specif-
cally included. He was not satisfied with
the mere reaffirma ton OF the Chicago plat
form but demanded that the 1b TO L doc
trine should be specifically and distinctly
enunciated in the democratic PLATFORM OF
1900. But nobody ever heard. nor even
dreamed, that he would decline II Imperial
ism and trusts were both omitted from the
platform. Free silver Is his hobby and
was his ultimatum. and everybody knows
what he would do If he were elected Presi-
dent.
Bryan's Constitutional Talk Refuted.
I'm his speech at St. Louis on the 18th OF
this month Mr.. Bryan Is reported as say
ing: Without impairing the present au-
thority OF the state. Congress can provide
that corporations organized In any state
shall not do business outside of the state
until certain necessary conditions are COM
piled with And again: The moment a
monopoly crosses state line and invades
other states Congress has a right to and
must interfere for the protection OF the
public at large.
.F,ither he has not read the Constitution
of the United States and the decisions of
the courts thereon or else he is not honest
with the American people as Congress does
not possess the power he claims for IT..
True where corporation OF one state en-
cages in what is called Interstate COM
merce' Congress has power to regulate II.
But IL the Standard Oil Company, corpo-
| ration of Ohio, chooses to buy oil wells and
refineries and manufacture oil in Pennsyl-
vsnia that is commerce purely within the
| state. over which Congress has no 1urisdic-
| ton whatever. Or. II sugar refining COM
/ pany chartered by New Jersey chooses to
| refine sugar in that state and also I'm Louis
/ lana. that is not interstate commerce. Bust
| ness transacted wholly within one state.
| even though by corporation of another