The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-05
WHEELING 1NTELIIGENcER. s. 1900

lule unless ne wants TO be Idle. Mr..
Bryan completely and signally failed.
Cheers ~ (, n Y, &. ~
Mr.. Bryan's platform is. Just sImplysto
get in on like the platform OF IN pas
senger coach. 1t Is not platform TO
stand on. (kpplause.) y The Democrat
ic platform always contains, free some
thing, except free negroes. (Cheers.)
The nnimating sentiment OF a republic
Is virtue. Mr.. Mckinley with all his
power, IL no more sovereign than you
or /. So long as he carries out our
wants We nre heartily In sympathy
with him. He cannot establish colonies
OF the United States without the con.
sent of the people of this country. ( 4.
Spain III treated Its subjects. They
asked the world to come TO their res
cue. This government interposed in
the interest OF humanity and Spain
objected. To show that we meant
business ship was sent down there.
The Maine had hardly landed before
she was blown up. The conclusion was
that the Spanlards. had blown it up.
All demanded revenge. Democrats, Re
publicans and P0pulists alike. In two
months we had an army prepared. No
nation of the world ever prepared an
army so quick. The news came one
Sunday night that the gallant Dewey
had sunk the Spanish fleet ut Manila.
'(Applause9 Litter, under the gallant
Roosevelt (appiause) our soldiers took
Ell Caney. Victory followed victory un-
I'll the Spaniards sued for peace. 80
Disfranchisement Of the Negro.
BY the Paris treaty the Philippine is
lands are ours. Wherever the Ameri-
can flag is placed. there 1t stays for
ever. (Cheers) Mr. Bryan is a good
talker. No man in the world could talk
forever unless he Is good talker.
Naughter) He talks Of the consent
of the governed. How. about North
Carolina? There, we have government
without the consent of the governed
To dlsfrnnchise,75.00 900 voters Is not GOV
erning with the consent Of the govern
ed. II the negro of the south were al
lowed to vote the Republicans would
be in majority there. This government
stands for the liberty of the Individual.
This was the, basic foundation9ofS~th the
teachings Of Thomas Jefferson! x The
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution give
the negro the right to vote and protect
him In that right.
Union intact and make 1t perpetual.
The sweetest word In the English Ian
guage Is Liberty" (Applause.) It is
the one jewel for which the negro has
cohtended. People come to us from all
parts OF the world because they would
be free. The Pilgrim fathers fell on
their knees at Plymouth Rock and ded-
icated this country to liberty. Right
and liberty IRE the things that the
American people love. II It is consist
ent for one 1t Is consistent for another.
Take mule that has been tied for
any length Of time. Take the halter
from him and he jumps, romps. and Is
happy; he is free. Liberty Is the one
thing for which, civilized man fights.
You may give man all the money that
you will and take away from him lib
erty: he Is unhappy. 1t is the spirit of
mankind. The Republican party came
into being under John C. Fremont and
Abraham Lincoln. Liberty is the spirit
of the north. 1t Is the spirit OF the
west and 1t must be the spirit OF the
south. 1 could not defend the Repub-
1t great place. With me liberty is
the paramount issue. (Applause.)
Loyalty of the Negro.
The negro holds the balance Of power
in many states OF the Union. When
you wanted protection TO you work.
ingmen, the black man was with you.
The Democrats seek to dlsfranchise the
negro In the south to-day. not because
he Is black man, but because he Is n
Republican, I trust the Democrats of
West Virginia are. better than the
Democrats. Of North Carolina. The ne
gro contributes In cotton alone hun
drcds of thousands OF dollars to the
productive wealth OF the nation We
contribute S450,000,000 to the productive
wealth Of this country. Some people
say the negro Is tired and shlftless. No.
no: the negro Is not tired or lazy. We
were n little tIred.tn, 1886. so we rested
n little while. daughter and ap-
plause.)
believe in the principles OF William
Mckinley, because It means the further
uplifting OF the negro. Did you ever
study the negro? We are the huppiest
race in the world. He laughs on his
way TO the Workshop or the Jail. II
he does not laugh he Is crushed out. If
YOU set him the example of being mean
he can be mean and too mean for any
body. If you set him the example Of
being good. he can be good. The policy
OF the Republican party Is TO lift the
negro up. and the policy of the Demo-
cratic party is to keep him down.
The speaker concluded with talk on
the loyalty of the negro, and he was
cheered to the echo when he closed.