The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-16
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Nc GRE GsEAT DEMONSTRATIONS.

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GREAT DEMONSTRATIONS.
c,rsr,,o,. Eo,rwe.i was accorded great
demonstration when no took the gave ne
said: ,,.,,
Il charge that the policy upon "hcl4
this administration has entered Will msa1i
the Abandonment of the pr1ncpies upoi'
which our Government was founded: taaI
It will change the Republic into an tInpi,e-
The first OF the means before US for the
preservat.on OF the Union. il our aLesa-
ron is true, is the overthrow OIL the az
nltniStrauoa.
I'VE are told there is peace in the Philip
p;nes and our sixty thousand soldiers there
are merely performing police duty. The
President has said the Islands are ours
and there will be no abatement OF our
rights, and there viii be no scuttiing policy
This seems to indicate that We have
entered upon a coonia policy.
Il am not able 10 explain the policy OF
Mckinley IN taking this policy l believe
he is the m1ster-guind ii his Cabinet and
that nothing has oransptred except thal
which he himself has originated, and ne
has carried It through thus far without
interruption. He is the one person re-
sponsHble for what has been done. and II
we are opposed to what has been done
our chief duty IS the overthrow OF the
administration. OF which he is the head.
Ctlr4AtrID THE REV EVUIUTION.
The troubles in China have been ag-
gravated and the missionaries and amoaS-
sailors of the various Governments have
been put in peril by the policy of the United
States. 1t is not true that,in the last ten
years there have been statements again
and again that it was the purpose OF the
various States of Europe to partition
China When we occupied the Philippines
it was an additional menace to the Chinese
Empire and it has led to the revolution IN
China and put the missionaries and am
bassadors in peril of their lives Instead
OF being a fortunate circumstance the face
tnat We we're in the Phi lippines was the cher
occasion of that revolution in Cn!na Is
General Chaffee or General Grant to be
put under the lead OF a Prince of the
House of Germany. or. on the other hand,
IS the Government of the United states
TO take upon itself the peril of allowing one
of its officers to take command OF the
troops of England and France and Ger
many, and be responsible for all mistakes.
Who does not see that the day OF
Englands downfall is approaching? And
we are asked to follow her example and
tread in the imperial footsteps of Great
Britain. knowing that these steps are lead
ing the British Empire to destruction.
Now Is the time for the people to arrest
this progress TO ruin, and the laborinS
men OF this country are the men to whom
I appeal. If we accept imperialism 1t
means that some people shall do the think
ing and the rest do the working; then the
course of liberty cannot be saved
Governor Boutwell, asked the negro
voters to work against Imperialism for the
sake of the ten million colored population
in the Philippines and claimed that the fact
that some negroes were deprived of their
| rights In the South was no excuse for the
oppression OF the F'ilipinos.
FOR BRYAN.
How is the overthrow OF the adminis-
tratton to be Accomplishment" concluded Mr..
Boutwell,. There is but one available
means and you know what that is. I am
for Bryan. tremendous applause0 I am
for Bryan In spite of what he may do In
coming the currency or the finances OF the
country This question to which we In
vite the country's attention Is question
Of life or death to the Republic. In such
a crisis shall we stop to consider whether
the silver should be worth more or less
than 1t is? II the currency is impaired we
can redeem it. It was impaired during
the Civil War and we redeemed 1t after
wards.
.If you have not been deceived In a
man and he promises to do what is right.
you are not to blame If you try him. Mr..
Bryan to me stands in that position. Even
his enemies say nothing against ham as
a man. In this very city he has made
the most explicit promises to pursue that
policy which we advocate. am disposed
to trust him. I believe Mr.. Bryan Is as
honest in his purpose to redeem TINS coun-
try from its degradation and its policy OF
Imperialism as any man who sits in this
audience Therefore for one. I am In
favor of supporting Mr.. Bryan in spite OF